Summary
Summary
I am a Principal Investigator (NERC IRF) at Grantham Institute and Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park). Research focuses on the impacts of human activities (e.g., environmental pollution, climate change) on ecosystem functioning and environmental health, and particularly interested in the development and application of novel technologies and an interdisciplinary approach including Physics, Chemistry and Biology to solve questions in these areas. Our research is funded by Natural Environment Research Council, the Royal Society and European Commission.
Current projects focus on toxicity, limitation and nutrition of metals in marine and freshwater ecosystems, with implications in the important contemporary issues of Climate, Ocean and Environments. For example, the impacts of metals on the carbon/nitrogen cycling in oceans, the potential adverse effects of deep-sea mining on the health of marine organisms and their ecological functioning, environmental risks from the “cocktail” of toxic substances in the aquatic environment, and the unknown role of metals in favoring the development of antimicrobial resistance.
Opportunities at both graduate and post-doc levels: If you would like to discuss a potential application to work in my team, please write to me at fengjie.liu@imperial.ac.uk.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Liu F, Fortin C, Campbell PGC, 2017, Can freshwater phytoplankton access cadmium bound to low-molecular-weight thiols?, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol:62, ISSN:0024-3590, Pages:2604-2615
Peng X, Liu F, Wang W-X, 2016, Organ-specific accumulation, transportation, and elimination of methylmercury and inorganic mercury in a low Hg accumulating fish, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol:35, ISSN:0730-7268, Pages:2074-2083
Liu F, Wang W-X, 2015, Linking trace element variations with macronutrients and major cations in marine mussels <i>Mytilus edulis</i> and <i>Perna viridis</i>, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol:34, ISSN:0730-7268, Pages:2041-2050
Rainbow PS, Liu F, Wang W-X, 2015, Metal accumulation and toxicity: The critical accumulated concentration of metabolically available zinc in an oyster model, Aquatic Toxicology, Vol:162, ISSN:0166-445X, Pages:102-108
Liu F, Wang W-X, 2014, Differential influences of Cu and Zn chronic exposure on Cd and Hg bioaccumulation in an estuarine oyster, Aquatic Toxicology, Vol:148, ISSN:0166-445X, Pages:204-210
Liu F, Rainbow PS, Wang W-X, 2013, Inter-site differences of zinc susceptibility of the oyster <i>Crassostrea hongkongensis</i>, Aquatic Toxicology, Vol:132, ISSN:0166-445X, Pages:26-33
Liu F, Wang W-X, 2013, Facilitated Bioaccumulation of Cadmium and Copper in the Oyster <i>Crassostrea hongkongensis</i> Solely Exposed to Zinc, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol:47, ISSN:0013-936X, Pages:1670-1677
Liu F, Wang W-X, 2012, Proteome pattern in oysters as a diagnostic tool for metal pollution, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol:239, ISSN:0304-3894, Pages:241-248
Peng X, Liu F, Wang W-X, et al., 2012, Reducing total mercury and methylmercury accumulation in rice grains through water management and deliberate selection of rice cultivars, Environmental Pollution, Vol:162, ISSN:0269-7491, Pages:202-208
Liu F, Tang Y, Du R, et al., 2010, Root foraging for zinc and cadmium requirement in the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulator plant Sedum alfredii, Plant and Soil, Vol:327, ISSN:0032-079X, Pages:365-375