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Faculty

Yanhua Wang Professor

Bio: 

Educational Background

December 2008, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Ph.D.

Research experience

  • 2006-2007, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, Visiting Professor
  • January 2009 to present, Nanjing Normal University, China

Primary research interests

Watershed Ecosystem Evolution, Surface Source Traceability, Carbon and Nitrogen Transport and their Impacts and Responses to Global Change and the Regional Environment

Main social part-time jobs

She is currently a member of the East Asia Center of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), an international member of the Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE), a member of the Soil Society of China, a member of the Chinese Society of Environmental Science, and a reviewer for Chinese and English journals in related fields. He is also a reviewer of English journals in related fields. He is an expert in the evaluation of scientific and technological talent awards of the China Association for Science and Technology (2024-2029).

Honors and awards

  • (1) The fifth “333” young and middle-aged academic and technical leaders in Jiangsu Province.
  • (2) Nanjing Normal University's “Hundred Leading Talents” program.
  • (3) Young and middle-aged academic leaders of Nanjing Normal University under the “Blue and Blue Project”.
  • (4) Second Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Education Teaching and Research Achievement Award (Research Category) (First Completer, 2018)

Major publications (*corresponding author)

  • [1]    Zhao ZH, He XH, Chen SD, Ning LT, Chen KX, Wang YH*, 2025. Quantifying the environmental fate and source of nitrate contamination using dual-isotope tracing coupled with nitrogen cascade model on the basin scale. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 482, 136594.
  • [2]    Zhao ZH, Chen Y, Ye C, Wu J, Cai ZC, Wang YH*, 2025. Linkage between nitrogen loss, river transport, lake accumulation and water quality properties in plain river network basin. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2025, 157: 65-76.
  • [3]    Chen Y, Zhao JY, Zheng XY, Bei K, Zhao ZH, Guo JY, Chen SD, Wang YH*, 2025. What is the influence of centennial evolution from macrophytes to algae on organic matter burial in the upper reaches of Yangtze River from the biomarker carbon isotope fingerprint. Journal of Environmental Management, 390: 126275.
  • [4]    He XH, Zhao ZH, Zhang YQ, Cai ZC, Wang YH*, 2025. Sediment nitrogen form occurrence associated with its ecological risk in the Yangtze River Delta plain-river network. International Journal of Sediment Research, 40: 312-321.
  • [5]    Chen Y, Zhao ZH, Zhang YQ, Yao ZP, Wang YH*, 2025. Terrestrial organic matter input changes recorded by biomarkers alter phosphorus burial in the upper Yangtze River Basin. Environmental Earth Sciences, 84: 49.
  • [6]    Chen Y, Zhao ZH, Wang F, Ye C, Zhang ML, Li CH*, Wang YH*, 2025. Deciphering anthropogenic nutrient impacts on aquatic eutrophication through coupled nitrate isotope tracers and hydrogeochemical fingerprints, Science of the Total Environment,1001: 180473.
  • [7]    Zhao ZH, He XH, Chen SD, Ning LT, Chen KX, Wang YH*, 2024. Quantifying the environmental fate and source of nitrate contamination using dual-isotope tracing coupled with nitrogen cascade model on the basin scale. Journal of Hazardous Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136594.
  • [8]    Liang YH, Yan MF, Wu J, Wang F, Guo JY, Cai ZC, Wang YH*, 2024. Characteristics of nitrogen dynamics and impact of nitrate enrichment in the agri-food system of the Taihu Basin. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-05699-8.
  • [9]    Chen Y, Guo JY, Zheng XY, Wu HZ, Wang YH*, 2024. Dual biomarker traceability and ecological risk assessment of centennial organic contamination in South Dongting Lake. Science of the Total Environment, 175449.
  • [10]    He XH, Tian JM, Zhang YQ, Zhao ZH, Cai ZC, Wang YH*, 2023. Attribution and driving force of nitrogen losses from the Taihu Lake Basin by the InVEST and GeoDetector models. Scientific Reports, 13: 7440.
  • [11]    Chen Y, Zhao ZH, Wang YH*, et al., 2023. Effects of organic carbon burial on biomarker component changes in contamination in northeast Dianchi watershed. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 445: 130474.
  • [12]    Sun T, Yu KK, Zhao ZH, Zhang ML, Wang YH*, 2023. Occurrence characteristics and environmental significance of nutrients over the past 100 years in the northern Taihu Basin, China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2600-2612.
  • [13]    Tian JM, He XH, Wu HZ, Chen Y, Yu KK, Zhang ML*, Wang YH*, 2023. Driving forces underlying changes in carbon molecular component deposition in a river-lake ecotone. Ecological Indicators, 147,109976.
  • [14]    Lang XL, Yu KK, Zhao ZH, Chen Y, Tian JM, Zhang ML, Wang YH*, 2023. Vertical distribution, environmental occurrence and risk assessment of organic pollutants in lacustrine sediments in southeast China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30: 51206-51216.
  • [15]    Liang YH, Zhang YQ, Wang YY, Kong XG, Cai ZC, Wang YH*, 2023. Increasing nitrogen losses due to changing food consumption patterns in Bayannur City, China. Foods, 12, 752.
  • [16]    Lang XL, He XH, Wang YH*, et al., 2022. Spatial occurrence and sources of PAHs in sediments drive the ecological and health risk of Taihu Lake in China. Scientific Reports, 12:  3668. 
  • [17]    Zhao ZH, Zhang ML, Chen Y, Ti CP, Tian JM, He XH, Yu KK, Zhu WY, Yan XY,Wang YH*, 2022. Traceability of nitrate polluted hotspots in plain river networks of the Yangtze River delta by nitrogen and oxygen isotopes coupling Bayesian model. Environmental Pollution, 315: 120438.
  • [18]    Chen Y, Wang YH*, Yu KK, Zhao ZH, Lang XL, 2022. Occurrence characteristics and source appointment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and n-alkanes over the past 100 years in southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 808: 151905. 
  • [19]    Sun T, Wang YH*, Tian JM, Kong XG, 2022. Characteristics of PAHs in soils under different land-use types and their associated health risks in the northern Taihu Basin, China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 22: 134-145.
  • [20]    Chen X, Wang YH*, Sun T, Chen Y, Zhang MH, Ye C, 2022. Evaluation and prediction of water quality in the dammed estuaries and rivers of Taihu Lake. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29: 12832-12844.
  • [15]    Zhao ZH, Zhang ML*, Tian JM, Yu KK, Chen Y, Wang YH*, 2022. Occurrence and driving forces of different nitrogen forms in the sediments of the grass and algae-type zones of Taihu Lake. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29: 30114-30125.
  • [21]    Sun T, Wang YH*, Chen Y, Zhang ML *, Kong XG, 2022. Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the estuarine sediments of Taihu Lake and associated with toxic effect for aquatic organisms. Pedosphere, 32(6): 833-843.
  • [22]    Wang YH, Cai ZC *, Lang XL, Yan XY, Xu KQ, 2021. Nitrogen cascade in the agriculture-food-environment system of the Yangtze Delta, 1998−2018. Science of the Total Environment, 787: 147442.
  • [23]    Wang YH, Huang Y, Tian JM, Li CH, Yu KK, Zhang ML, Lang XL, Sun T, 2021. A sediment record of terrestrial organic matter inputs to Dongting Lake and its environmental significance from 1855 to 2019. Ecological Indicators, 130: 108090.
  • [24]    Lang XL, Xu AL, Wang YH*, Song ZW*, 2021. Seasonal variation of aerosol fungal community structure in reed constructed wetlands. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29: 19420-19431.
  • [25]    Sun T, Wang YH*, Chen Y, Kong XG, Ye C, 2021. Sedimentary record and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the northern Taihu Basin. Geochemical Journal, 55(4): 251-263.
  • [26]    Chen X, Wang YH*, Sun T, Huang Y, Chen Y, Zhang ML, Ye C*, 2021. Effects of sediment dredging on nutrient release and eutrophication in the gate-controlled estuary of northern Taihu Lake. Journal of Chemistry, 2021, ID 7451832. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/7451832.
  • [27]    Wang FF, Wang YH*, Cai ZC, Chen X, 2020. Environmental losses and driving forces of nitrogen flow in two agricultural towns of Hebei province during 1997–2017. Environmental Pollution, 264: 114636.
  • [28]    Chen X, Wang YH*, et al., 2020. Response of the nitrogen load and its driving forces in estuarine water to dam construction in Taihu Lake, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27: 31458-31467.
  • [29]    Chen X, Wang YH*, et al., 2020. Effects of land-use and land-cover change on nitrogen transport in northern Taihu Basin, China during 1990-2017. Sustainability, 12(9): 3895.
  • [30]    Li CH, Xian Y, Ye C*, Wang YH*, et al., 2019. Wetland ecosystem status and restoration using the Ecopath with Ecosim model. Science of the Total Environment, 658: 305-314.
  • [31]    Chen X, Wang YH*, et al., 2018. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition associated with the eutrophication of Taihu Lake. Journal of Chemistry, ID4017107. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4017107.
  • [32]    Liu YP, Wang YH*, et al., 2017. Sedimentary record of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from the Shuanglong catchment, Southwest China. Journal of Chemistry, ID4976574, 1-10.
  • [33]    Cao GP, Yang RY, …, Wang YH, 2017. Simple and sensitive determination of trace nitrite in water by zero-crossing first derivative synchronous fluorescence spectrometry using 6-amino-1,3- naphthalene disulfonic acid as a new fluorescent probe. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 409(19): 4637-4646.
  • [34]    Sun PP, Xie B, …, Wang YH, 2017. Historical trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the reservoir sediment of the Dianchi watershed, Southwest China. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicolgy, 99: 117-124.
  • [35]    Xu MN, Wang YH*, et al., 2015. Modern climate and vegetation variability recorded in organic compounds and carbon isotopic compositions in the Dianchi watershed. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22: 14314-14324.
  • [36]    Wang YH, et al., 2015. Biomarker and stable carbon isotopic signatures for 100-200 year sediment record in the Chaihe catchment in southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 502: 266-275.
  • [37]    Wang YH, et al., 2015. Characterization of n-alkanes and their carbon isotopic composition in sediments from a small catchment of the Dianchi watershed. Chemosphere, 119: 1346-1352.
  • [38]    Xie B, Wang LY, Yang H, Wang YH, et al., 2015. Consumer perceptions and attitudes of organic food products in Eastern China. British Food Journal, 117(3): 1105-1121.
  • [39]    Wang YH, et al., 2013. Molecular biomarkers for sources of organic matter in lacustrine sediments in a subtropical lake in China. Environmental Pollution, 176: 284-291.
  • [40]    Wang YH, et al., 2013. Effects of plant species on soil microbial processes and CH4 emission from constructed wetlands. Environmental Pollution, 174: 273-278.
  • [41]    Wang YH, et al., 2013. Methane formation in soil-plant systems treating wastewater as influenced by microbial populations. Environmental Earth Sciences, 70(4): 1647-1652.
  • [42]    Xie B, Qin J, Yang H, Wang YH, et al., 2013. Organic aquaculture in China: A review from a global perspective. Aquaculture, 414-415: 243-253.
  • [43]    Wang YH, et al., 2009. A simulation model of nitrogen transformation in reed constructed wetlands. Desalination, 235: 93-101.
  • [44]    Wang YH, et al., 2008. Nitrous oxide emission from polyculture constructed wetlands: Effect of plant species. Environmental Pollution, 152(2): 351-360.
  • [45]    Wang YH, et al., 2008. Influence of plant species and wastewater strength on constructed wetland methane emissions and associated microbial populations. Ecological Engineering, 32(1): 22-29.
  • [46]    Yuyue Wang, Zihan Zhao, Mengfan Yan, Yanhua Wang*, 2024, Analysis of the Research Trends on Lake Denitrification Based on CiteSpace, Research of Environmental Sciences, 37(7), 1524-1533.
  • [47]    Xi Chen, Zishuai Dai, Ling Jiang, Chun Ye, Yanhua Wang, Xiaoli Huang, Cancan Yang, Sidi Chen, 2024, Scenario Simulation of Nitrogen Emissions in the Chaohu Basin Based on Land Use Patterns, Journal of Lake Sciences, 36(1), 149-164.
  • [48]    Kangkang Yu, Yanhua Wang*, et al., 2022, Changes and Predictions of Carbon Emissions from Land Use in the Taihu Basin, Soil, 54(2), 406-414.
  • [49]    Wangyue Zhu, Yanhua Wang*, et al., 2022, Analysis of Research Hotspots and Progress on Nitrogen Cycling Based on CiteSpace, Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment, 38(6), 702-713.
  • [50]    Jiaming Tian, Yanhua Wang*, Chun Ye, et al., 2020, Evolution of Land Use Patterns and Their Effects on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loads in the Taihu Basin, Journal of Nanjing Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 43(2), 63-69.
  • [51]    Xi Chen, Yanhua Wang*, Zucong Cai, et al., 2018, Response of Nitrogen Loads in Aquatic Systems to Land Use Patterns in Changshu City, Soil, 50(4), 674-680.
  • [52]    Ning Zhang, Yanhua Wang*, Yu Qiu, et al., 2017, Quantification of Nitrogen in the Farmland-Livestock-Household Waste System and Its Environmental Impacts in Suzhou City, Soil, 49(5), 926-934.
  • [53]    Yi Xian, Chun Ye*, Chunhua Li, Yanhua Wang, 2016, Construction and Analysis of an EWE Model for Wetland Ecosystems in the Buffer Zone of Zhushan Bay Lake, Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 27(7), 2101-2110.

Major research projects undertaken (participated in)

  • (1) National Key Research and Development Program “Comprehensive Management of Water Resources and Water Environment in the Yangtze River and Yellow River Basin” Special Project “Demonstration of Basin Surface Source Pollution Prevention and Control Technology and Application” (No.2021YFC3201500, 2021-2025, sub-project). (No. 2021YFC3201500, 2021-2025)
  • (2) National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 1) Project: Characteristics of Nitrogen Flux in Taihu Lake Basin and Its Influence Mechanisms (No. 41673107, 2017-2020, Chair).
  • (3) Major Project of Education Department of Jiangsu Province: Research on the Ecological Risk of PAHs Degradation and Its Metabolites in Lake Taihu, (No.20KJA170001, 2020-2023, Chair)
  • (4) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Top) Project: Isotope Tracing Study on Soil Erosion and Nitrogen Loss in Dianchi Basin, (No.41273102, 2013-2016, Chair)
  • (5) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth) Program: Quantification and Generation Mechanism of Greenhouse Gases in Ecological Soil Wastewater Treatment System - A Case Study of Taihu Lake Basin (No.50908116, 2010-2012, Chair)
  • (6) Ministry of Science and Technology, Science and Technology Major Special Project on Water Pollution Control and Management: Comprehensive Investigation and Characterization of Degradation Characteristics of Estuarine Watershed Ecology (No.2017ZX07203-005, 2017-2020, sub-theme)
  • (7) National Major Scientific Research Program of China (973) Project: research on reactive nitrogen sources in China and their impact mechanism on air quality and climate change (No.2014CB953800, 2014-2018, sub-topic)
  • (8) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Batch 5 Special Grant: Nitrogen Loss from Soil Erosion in Taihu Lake Basin and Its Model Simulation (No.2012T50508, 2012-2014 , Chair) 
  • (9) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Normal Alkane Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Tracing of Organic Matter Sources in Degraded Ecosystem Sediments of Taihu Lake Basin (No.2011M500938, 2011-2013, Chair)
  • (10) Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Grant Program: Quantitative Study on Soil Erosion and Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loss (No.1101015B, 2011-2013, Chairperson).

Patents

  • (1) Method for Restoring River Sediment by Means of Biochar Prepared from Agricultural Waste. Patent for Invention, PA180352/ZA. (International Patent, 2023, granted)
  • (2) Rainwater collection and purification device. PA180351/ZA. (International Patent, 2023, granted)
  • (3) A spherical underwater soil sampling device and method. (Patent for invention, 2024, granted)
  • (4) Intermittent water intake soil-plant nitrogen removal device (Utility model patent, 2011, granted)
  • (5) Continuous flow compound plant nitrogen removal device (Utility model patent, 2013, authorized)
  • (6) A special tank for radioactivity testing of environmental samples (utility model patent, 2018, authorized)
  • (7) A kind of cracking type convenient soil sampler (Utility model patent, 2018, authorized)
  • (8) A multifunctional sediment column sampler (utility model patent, 2020, authorized)
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Contact

  • E-mail: wangyanhua@njnu.edu.cn
  • Office Address: Room 332, School of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
  • Correspondence Address: School of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, No.1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, China
  • Tel: 13851778468