JOHN J. YANG, Ph..D
Associate Professor
Environmental Chemistry
Tel: 573-681-5383
Email: yangj@lincolnu.edu
Office: 310 Foster Hall, Lincoln University
Education
Ph.D. 1995. University of Missouri
Research
Chemistry of metal contaminants
Environmental risk assessment
Soil and water remediation
Soil-plant interactions.
Research Summary
Yang’s research interests are primarily on chemistry aspects of the soil-plant-contaminant interactions in terrestrial ecosystem, in context of specie transformation, environmental fates, risk assessment, and remediation. Recent activities are focused on in situ metal immobilization in contaminated soils for exposure and ecological risk reduction; Aqueous metal removal by chemically-modified activated carbons and nano-structured carbon tues; Plant species-specific rhizodegradation of munitions explosives; Application of fluorescent emission spectroscopy for water quality assessment; and Development of micro-chip sensor array for studying the rhizosphere interactions.
Courses Teaching
Environmental/Soil Chemistry
Environmental Risk Assessment & Monitoring
Environmental Contamination and Remediation
Hazardous Waste Management
Capstone in Environmental Science
Selected Publications (2006-2007)
Hua, B., Yang J., Deng, B.L. 2007.
Radioactive Waste Management Review. Water Environmental Research 79 (10): 1903-1928
Yang, J. 2007.
Soluble phosphate treatment for in-situ lead immobilization and risk reductions in contaminated urban soil. Proceeding of the Principle and Application of Risk-Based Land Management. CRS, Australia. pp39-45
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. J. 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