Dr. Wenzhong joined RCEES as an assistant professor in 2010 (associate prof. from 2014), focusing his research on heavy metal transport and transformation process, bioavailability, and control in sediments.

Heavy metal transport and transformation process, bioavailability, and control in sediments

National Natural Science Foundation of China. Mechanism of sediment oxygen consuming process and its influence on the heavy metal release and bioavailability in black and malodorous water bodies. No. 41877368, 2019/01-2022/12.

1. Wenzhong Tang, Wenqiang Zhang, Yu Zhao, Hong Zhang, Baoqing Shan. Basin-scale comprehensive assessment of cadmium pollution, risk, and toxicity in riverine sediments of the Haihe Basin in north China. Ecological Indicators. 2017. 81:295-301.
2. Wenzhong Tang, Baoqing Shan, Yu Zhao, Xinhui Wang. Comprehensive analysis of mercury pollution in the surface riverine sediments in the Haihe Basin, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2017. 24(25): 20794–20802.
3. Wenzhong Tang, Chao Zhang, Yu Zhao, Baoqing Shan, Zhixin Song. Pollution, toxicity, ecological risk of heavy metals in surface river sediments of a large basin undergoing rapid economic development. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2017. 36(5):1149-1155.
4. Wenzhong Tang, Baoqing Shan, Hong Zhang, Xiaolei Zhu, Shanshan Li. Heavy metal speciation, risk, and bioavailability in the sediments of rivers with different pollution sources and intensity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2016. 23(23):23630-23637.
5. Wenzhong Tang, Shenghui Duan, Baoqing Shan, Hong Zhang, Wenqiang Zhang, Yu Zhao, Chao Zhang. Concentrations, diffusive fluxes and toxicity of heavy metals in pore water of the Fuyang River, Haihe Basin. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2016. 127:80-86.