Honglan Shi

Biography

"Zhengzhou University, China, B.S., Chemistry, 1981 Iowa State University, MS, Biochemistry, 1990 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, 2010"

Research Interest

"Trace emerging pollutants analysis and control in natural and drinking water - water disinfection by-products (DBPs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), algal toxins, pesticides, perchlorate, Cr(VI), and more. 2) Development of novel economical and green technologies for water treatment – use agricultural byproducts, such as rice hulls, soybean hulls, and other agricultural wastes for water treatment. 3) Method development for rapid characterization and quantification of engineered nanomaterials – Novel single nanoparticle (SP)-ICP-MS methods development and screening study in environmental samples. 4) State-of-the-art instrument development and manufacturing - Development of novel multifunctional single cell analyzer and high throughput and multifunctional single nanoparticle analysis system. 5) Advanced test kit developments and manufacturing – Development of plant tissue test kits for assessing environmental and food contaminations, such as explosive compounds, pesticides, and emerging pollutants. 6) Instrumentation analytical method development and applications - ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (IC-ICP-MS), liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), ion chromatography (IC) 7) Life science related research – small molecule cancer markers and other markers investigation by advanced analytical technologies, bioactive material-biofluid-bioorganism interaction study by advance analytical technologies. 8) Food nutrition and toxic contaminants - soybean food, isoflavone, vitamins, toxic chemicals in food products"