John Yang, Ph.D.
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Principle Investigator, Cooperative Research Programs
Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
Director, Center of Excellance for Environmental Sciences
Lincoln University
Room 310 Foster Hall
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel: (573) 681-5383
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1995. University of Missouri,Columbia, MO.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Chemistry of metal contaminants; Environmental risk assessment; Soil and water remediation;
Soil-plant interactions
Current Research Projects
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RISK ASSESSMENT OF PHOSPHATE-BASED REMEDIAL TECHNOLOGY IN CONTAMINATED URBAN SOIL AND MINING WASTES.
- THE FEASIBILITY STUDY OF METAL STABILIZATION AND RISK REDUCTION IN CONTAMINATED MINE WASTES AND SHOOTING RANGES.
- HORTICULTURE-ON-A-CHIP: AN INNOVATIVE BIO-MEMS DEVICE TO STUDY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ROOTS AND THE ROOT ZONE
- FRACTIONATION OF DOM IN LAKE WATERS BY PARAFAC ANALYSES OF FLUORESCENT EEM SPECTRA: IDENTIFICATION OF THM PRECURSORS
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ENHANCED DEGRADATION OF ARMY MUNITIONS EXPLOSIVES IN SOIL BY NATIVE PLANTS DEVELOPMENT OF NANOCARBON TUBES AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS FOR ENHANCING AQUEOUS METAL REMOVAL
TEACHING
- AGR 309P Environmental, Soil and Water Chemistry
- ENV 301 Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment
- ENV 315 Waste Management
- ENV 425 Capstone in Environmental Issues
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hua, B., Yang J., Deng, B.L. 2007. Radioactive Waste Management Review. Water Environmental
Research 79 (10): 1903-1928
Vaughan, Jr., Yang, J., R.L., Reed, B.E. 2007 Characterization and Surface Acidity Modeling of an Iron
Oxide Impregnated Activated Carbon. J. Absorption Sci. and Technol. 25 (5): 295-310
Yang, J., Y. L. Li, C. L. Zhang, and B. L. Deng. 2007. In-situ formation of pyromorphite from labile
lead minerals. Land Contam. Reclam. 5 (4): 453-458
Yang J., X. Tang. 2007. Water quality and ecotoxocity as influenced by phosphate treatments in
metal-contaminated soil and mining wastes. Environ. Monitor. Restor. 3: 21-33
Gu, Z. M., B. L. Deng, Yang, J. 2007. Synthesis and evaluation of iron-containing ordered
mesoporous carbons (FeOMC) for arsenic adsorption. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials.
102: 265-273
Yang, J., R. M. Hu. R. C. Bu. 2006 Microscale spatial variability of redox potential in surface soil. Soil
Sci. Journal 171:10:747-753
Hua, B., B. L. Deng, and J. Yang. 2007. Incorporation of chromate into calcite structure during
coprecipitation. Water, Air & Soil Pollution. 179:381-390
Yang, J., and D.E. Mosby 2006. Field assessment of treatment efficacy by three methods of
phosphoric acid application in lead contaminated urban soil. Sci. Total Environ. 366:136-142
Li, Y., Zhang C. L., Vali H., Yang, J., and Palumbo A. V. 2006 Reduction of iron oxides enhanced by a
sulfate-reducing bacterium and biogenic H2S. Geomicrobiology. 23:103-117
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