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  1. Atmospheric Aging of Tire Rubber Antioxidants Forms Complex Mixtures that Trigger Inflammation in Human Macrophages

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  2. Risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure through marine fish consumption

    Article • Science, December 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Xianming Zhang

  3. Mapping the distribution of contaminants identified by non-targeted screening of passively sampled urban air

    Article • Chemosphere, November 2025, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  4. Ecological risk assessment of marine plastic pollution

    Article • Nature Sustainability, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Xianming Zhang

  5. Multiphase OH Oxidation of Bisphenols: Chemical Transformation and Persistence in the Environment

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  6. Global antibiotic hotspots and risks: A One Health assessment

    Article • Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, May 2025, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  7. Tire-Derived Organic Chemicals in Urban Air at the Source-Sector Scale and Guidance on the Application of Polyurethane Foam Disk Passive Air Samplers

    Article • ACS ES&T Air, March 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  8. Strategies to Reduce Uncertainties from the Best Available Physicochemical Parameters Used for Modeling Novel Organophosphate Esters across Multimedia Environments

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  9. Spatial Variations of Atmospheric Alkylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons across the Western Pacific to the Southern Ocean: Unexpected Increasing Deposition

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  10. Elucidating the size distribution of p‑Phenylenediamine-Derived quinones in atmospheric particles

    Article • Environment International, March 2025, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  11. Prioritizing Chemical Features in Non-targeted Analysis through Spatial Trend Analysis: Application to the Identification of Organic Chemicals Subject to Mountain Cold-Trapping

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  12. Contribution of Coal Tar Sources to Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds and Associated Ecological Risk in Lake Ontario Sediments: Inference from a Novel Marker

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  13. Molecular docking for screening chemicals of environmental health concern: insight from a case study on bisphenols

    Article • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Xianming Zhang

  14. Exploring global oceanic persistence and ecological effects of legacy persistent organic pollutants across five decades

    Article • Science Advances, September 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Xianming Zhang

  15. Secondary organophosphate esters: A review of environmental source, occurrence, and human exposure

    Article • Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Xianming Zhang

  16. Oxidation of commercial antioxidants is driving increasing atmospheric abundance of organophosphate esters: Implication for global regulation

    Article • One Earth, September 2023, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  17. Air monitoring of tire-derived chemicals in global megacities using passive samplers

    Article • Environmental Pollution, December 2022, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  18. Composition and transformation chemistry of tire-wear derived organic chemicals and implications for air pollution

    Article • Atmospheric Pollution Research, September 2022, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  19. Indoor exposure to selected flame retardants and quantifying importance of environmental, human behavioral and physiological parameters

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2022, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  20. Pesticides in the atmosphere and seawater in a transect study from the Western Pacific to the Southern Ocean: The importance of continental discharges and air-seawater exchange

    Article • Water Research, June 2022, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  21. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in groundwater: current understandings and challenges to overcome

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Xianming Zhang

  22. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Marine Atmosphere from the Western Pacific to the Southern Ocean: Spatial Variability, Gas/Particle Partitioning, and Source Apportionment

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  23. Towards a better understanding of deep convolutional neural network processes for recognizing organic chemicals of environmental concern

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, January 2022, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  24. Uncovering global-scale risks from commercial chemicals in air

    Article • Nature, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Xianming Zhang

  25. Dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the Northwestern Pacific to the Southern Ocean: Surface seawater distribution, source apportionment, and air-seawater exchange

    Article • Water Research, December 2021, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  26. Response to Comment on “Screening New Persistent and Bioaccumulative Organics in China’s Inventory of Industrial Chemicals”: A Call for Further Environmental Research on Organosilicons Produced in China

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  27. Modeling of Flame Retardants in Typical Urban Indoor Environments in China during 2010–2030: Influence of Policy and Decoration and Implications for Human Exposure

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  28. Fate processes of Parabens, Triclocarban and Triclosan during wastewater treatment: assessment via field measurements and model simulations

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Xianming Zhang

  29. Uncovering new global risks from commercial chemicals in air

    Article • March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Xianming Zhang

  30. Diphenylamine Antioxidants in wastewater influent, effluent, biosolids and landfill leachate: Contribution to environmental releases

    Article • Water Research, February 2021, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  31. Passive air sampling and nontargeted analysis for screening POP-like chemicals in the atmosphere: Opportunities and challenges

    Article • TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, November 2020, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  32. Halogenated organic contaminants of concern in urban-influenced waters of Lake Ontario, Canada: Passive sampling with targeted and non-targeted screening

    Article • Environmental Pollution, September 2020, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  33. Transient Multimedia Model for Investigating the Influence of Indoor Human Activities on Exposure to SVOCs

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  34. Indoor occurrence and health risk of formaldehyde, toluene, xylene and total volatile organic compounds derived from an extensive monitoring campaign in Harbin, a megacity of China

    Article • Chemosphere, July 2020, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  35. Identification of Potential PBT/POP-Like Chemicals by a Deep Learning Approach Based on 2D Structural Features

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  36. Screening New Persistent and Bioaccumulative Organics in China’s Inventory of Industrial Chemicals

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  37. Rapid fingerprinting of source and environmental microplastics using direct analysis in real time-high resolution mass spectrometry

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, December 2019, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  38. Compositional space: A guide for environmental chemists on the identification of persistent and bioaccumulative organics using mass spectrometry

    Article • Environment International, November 2019, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  39. Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Seawater and Plankton from the Northwestern Atlantic Margin

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  40. Tap Water Contributions to Plasma Concentrations of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a Nationwide Prospective Cohort of U.S. Women

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, June 2019, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Xianming Zhang

  41. Novel Dechlorane Analogues and Possible Sources in Peregrine Falcon Eggs and Shark Livers from the Western North Atlantic Regions

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  42. Identifying further chemicals of emerging arctic concern based on ‘in silico’ screening of chemical inventories

    Article • Emerging Contaminants, January 2019, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  43. A model for risk-based screening and prioritization of human exposure to chemicals from near-field sources

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  44. Multigenerational Effects and Demographic Responses of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Exposed to Organo-Bromine Compounds

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  45. Estimating subcooled liquid vapor pressures and octanol-air partition coefficients of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and their temperature dependence

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2018, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  46. Can profiles of poly- and Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human serum provide information on major exposure sources?

    Article • Environmental Health, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Xianming Zhang

  47. Semivolatile Organic Contaminants in the Hawaiian Atmosphere

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  48. North Atlantic Deep Water formation inhibits high Arctic contamination by perfluorooctane sulfonate

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, August 2017, Wiley

    Xianming Zhang

  49. Vertical Profiles, Sources, and Transport of PFASs in the Arctic Ocean

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  50. Temporal Shifts in Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in North Atlantic Pilot Whales Indicate Large Contribution of Atmospheric Precursors

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  51. Source attribution of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in surface waters from Rhode Island and the New York Metropolitan Area

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology Letters, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  52. Modeling the fate of p,p′-DDT in water and sediment of two typical estuarine bays in South China: Importance of fishing vessels' inputs

    Article • Environmental Pollution, May 2016, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  53. Persistent Organohalogens in Paired Fish Fillet and Eggs: Implications for Fish Consumption Advisories

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  54. Novel flame retardants: Estimating the physical–chemical properties and environmental fate of 94 halogenated and organophosphate PBDE replacements

    Article • Chemosphere, February 2016, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  55. Risk-Based High-Throughput Chemical Screening and Prioritization using Exposure Models and in Vitro Bioactivity Assays

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  56. Exploring the role of the sampler housing in limiting uptake of semivolatile organic compounds in passive air samplers

    Article • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Xianming Zhang

  57. Model for Screening-Level Assessment of Near-Field Human Exposure to Neutral Organic Chemicals Released Indoors

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  58. Cooking fish is not effective in reducing exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

    Article • Environment International, May 2014, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  59. Mountain Cold-Trapping Increases Transfer of Persistent Organic Pollutants from Atmosphere to Cows’ Milk

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  60. Effect of Wind on the Chemical Uptake Kinetics of a Passive Air Sampler

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  61. Calibration and Application of a Passive Air Sampler (XAD-PAS) for Volatile Methyl Siloxanes

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  62. Atmospheric deposition of current use pesticides in the Arctic: Snow core records from the Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada

    Article • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Xianming Zhang

  63. Effects of skin removal on contaminant levels in salmon and trout filets

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Satyendra Bhavsar, Xianming Zhang

  64. Modeling the Uptake of Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Passive Air Samplers: Importance of Mass Transfer Processes within the Porous Sampling Media

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  65. Influence of Sampler Configuration on the Uptake Kinetics of a Passive Air Sampler

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  66. Sampling Medium Side Resistance to Uptake of Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Passive Air Samplers

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  67. Long-Term Environmental Fate of Perfluorinated Compounds after Accidental Release at Toronto Airport

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  68. Sources, Emissions, and Fate of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polychlorinated Biphenyls Indoors in Toronto, Canada

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  69. Historic Trends of Dechloranes 602, 603, 604, Dechlorane Plus and Other Norbornene Derivatives and Their Bioaccumulation Potential in Lake Ontario

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  70. Assessment of chemical screening outcomes based on different partitioning property estimation methods

    Article • Environment International, August 2010, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  71. Polychlorinated biphenyls in domestic dust from Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States: Implications for human exposure

    Article • Chemosphere, June 2009, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  72. Multimedia Modeling of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Emissions and Fate Indoors

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Xianming Zhang

  73. Effect of physical forms of soil organic matter on phenanthrene sorption

    Article • Chemosphere, July 2007, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang

  74. Two-Compartment Sorption of Phenanthrene on Eight Soils with Various Organic Carbon Contents

    Article • Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B, December 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Xianming Zhang

  75. Distribution of sorbed phenanthrene and pyrene in different humic fractions of soils and importance of humin

    Article • Environmental Pollution, September 2006, Elsevier

    Xianming Zhang