Zhi-Qing Lin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences &

Director, Environmental Sciences Program

College of Arts and Sciences

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
3316 Science Building

Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-1651


Phone: 618-650-2650
Fax: 618-650-3174
E-mail: zhlin@siue.edu

 

Education/Training | Professional Experience | Research Interests | Research Laboratory | Teaching | Publications | Service | Press

Education/Training

 

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2007 - present
  • Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2002 - 2007
  • Postgraduate Researcher (VII), University of California at Berkeley, 2001 - 2002
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1988 - 1990
  • Research Associate, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1986 – 1988

 

Research Interests

My research interests cover the following aspects: 1) developing phytoremediation technology for the cleanup of trace element contaminated water and soil, including the use of  phytoextraction, phytostabilization, phytovolatilization, and constructed wetland treatment systems; 2) understanding the control of major environmental factors over the biogeochemical cycles of contaminants in the air-water-soil-plant system, particularly with respect to transport, fate, and chemical transformation of pollutants in ecosystems; 3) characterizing ecosystem responses to phytoremediation processes and other anthropogenic perturbations, such as agricultural or industrial pollution and waste management.

 

My research program is conducted in an interdisciplinary approach, combining laboratory, field, and theoretical approaches, and at multiple spatial and temporal scales. 

 

Research Laboratory

 

Teaching

 

Publications (Peer-Reviewed Journals, Books, and Conference Proceedings)

(Reprints can be Requested via Email)

  1. Mudhoo, A., S.K. Sharma, Z.-Q. Lin, and O.P. Dhankher. 2010. Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Environment: An Overview. In: S.K. Sharma and A. Mudhoo (Eds.), Green Chemistry for Environmental Sustainability. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (in press)
  1. Liu, Y., F. Li, X.B. Yin, and Z.-Q. Lin. 2010. Plant-based Biofortification: from Phytoremediation to Selenium-Enriched Agricultural Products. In: S.K. Sharma and A. Mudhoo (Eds.), Green Chemistry for Environmental Sustainability. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (in press)
  1. Banuelos, G.S. and Z.-Q. Lin. 2010. Cultivation of Indian Fig Opuntia in selenium-laden agriculture drainage sediments under field conditions. Soil Use and Management. (in press)
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., N. Terry, S. Gao, S. Mohamed, and Z.H. Ye. 2010. Vegetation changes and partitioning of selenium in 4-year-old constructed wetlands treating agricultural drainage. International Journal of Phytoremediation. (in press)
  1. Bañuelos, G.S., Z.-Q. Lin, and X.B. Yin (Eds.). 2009. Selenium Deficiency, Toxicity and Biofortification for Human Health. USTC Press, Hefei, China. 116p.
  1. Mahdy, A.M., E.A. Elkhatib, N.O. Fathi, and Z.-Q. Lin. 2009. Effects of co-application of biosolids and water treatment residuals on corn growth and bioavailable phosphorus and aluminium in alkaline soils in Egypt. Journal of Environmental Quality. 38: 1501-1510.
  1. Banuelos, G.S. and Z.-Q. Lin (eds.). 2009. Development and Uses of Biofortified Agricultural Products. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. 2009. Uptake and accumulation of selenium in plants in relation to chemical speciation and biotransformation. In: G. Banuelos and Z.-Q. Lin (eds.), Development and Uses of Biofortified Agricultural Products. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 45-56.
  1. Keller, S., T. Zhang, S. Webb, R. Brugam, K. Johnson and Z.-Q. Lin. 2008. Effects of suburban land use on phosphorous fractions and speciation in the Upper Peruque Creek, Eastern Missouri.  Water Environment Research. 80(4): 316-323.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. 2008. Ecological process: volatilization. In: S.E. Jorgensen & Brian Fath (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Oxford, UK. 3700-3705.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., H. Mohamed, Z.H. Ye, and N. Terry. 2007. Phytorestoration of metal-contaminated industrial wasteland: a greenhouse feasibility study. In: D. Sarkar, R. Datta, and R. Hannigan (eds.), Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 487-502.
  1. Bañuelos, G.S. and Z.-Q. Lin. 2007. Acceleration of selenium volatilization in seleniferous agricultural drainage sediments amended with methionine and casein. Environmental Pollution. 150(3): 306-312.
  1. Banuelos, G.S. and Z.-Q. Lin. 2006. Reuse of agricultural drainage water in Central California: Phytosustainability in soil with high levels of salinity and toxic trace elements. In: E. Frossard, W. E.H. Blum, and B. Warkentin (eds.), Function of Soils for Human Societies and the Environment. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 266: 79-88.
  1. Shrestha, B., S. Lipe, K.A. Johnson, T.Q. Zhang, W. Retzlaff, and Z.-Q. Lin. 2006. Soil hydraulic manipulation and organic amendment for the enhancement of selenium volatilization in a soil-pickleweed system. Plant and Soil. 288: 189-196.
  1. Tryfonas, A. E., J.K. Tucker, P.E. Brunkow, K.A. Johnson, H.S. Hussein, and Z.-Q. Lin. 2006. Metal accumulation in eggs of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in the Lower Illinois River. Chemosphere. 63: 39-48.
  1. Bañuelos, G.S., Z.-Q. Lin, I. Arroyo, and N. Terry. 2005. Selenium volatilization in vegetated agricultural drainage sediment from the San Luis Drain, Central California. Chemosphere. 60(9): 1203-1213.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. 2005. Bioaccumulation. In: Jay H. Lehr, Jack Keeley (eds.). Water Encyclopaedia: Surface and Agricultural Water. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. 34-36.
  1. Bañuelos, G.S. and Z.-Q. Lin. 2005. Phytoremediation management of selenium-laden drainage sediments in the San Luis Drain: A greenhouse feasibility study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 62(3): 309-316.
  1. Ye, Z. H., Z.-Q. Lin, S. N. Whiting, M. P. de Souza, and N. Terry. 2003. Possible use of constructed wetland to remove selenocyanate, arsenic, and boron from electric utility wastewater. Chemosphere. 52: 1571-1579.
  1. Gao, S. K.K. Tanji, Z.-Q. Lin, N. Terry, and D.W. Peters. 2003. Selenium removal and mass balance in a constructed flow-through wetland system. Journal of Environmental Quality. 32: 1557-1570.
  1. Gao, S., K.K. Tanji, D.W. Peters, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2003. Selenium removal from irrigation drainage water flowing through constructed wetland cells with special attention to accumulation in sediments. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 1: 263-284.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. and N. Terry. 2003. Selenium removal by constructed wetlands:  Quantitative importance of biological volatilization in the treatment of selenium-laden agricultural drainage water. Environmental Science & Technology. 3: 606-615.
  1. Bañuelos, G.S., Z.-Q. Lin, L. Wu, and N. Terry. 2002. Phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated soils and waters: fundamentals and future prospects. Reviews on Environmental Health. 4: 291-306.
  1. Fox, P., D. LaDuc, H. Hussein, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2002. Selenium speciation in soils and plants. pp. 339-345. In: Y. Cai, and O. Braids, (eds.), Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., M. de Souza, I.J. Pickering, and N. Terry. 2002. Evaluation of the macroalga, Chara canescens, for the remediation of selenium-contaminated agricultural drainage by microcosms. Journal of Environmental Quality. 31: 2104-2110.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., V. Cervinka, I.J. Pickering, A. Zayed, and N. Terry. 2002. Managing selenium-contaminated agricultural drainage water by the integrated on-farm drainage management system: role of selenium volatilization. Water Research. 12: 3150-3160.
  1. Lee, A., Z.-Q. Lin, I.J. Pickering, and N. Terry. 2001. X-ray absorption spectroscopy study shows that the rapid selenium volatilizer, pickleweed (Salicornia bigelovii Torr.), reduces selenate to organic forms without the aid of microbes. Planta. 213: 977-980.
  1. Ye, Z.H., S.N. Whiting, J.H. Qian, C.M. Lytle, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2001. Trace element removal from coal ash leachate by a 10-year-old constructed wetland. Journal of Environmental Quality. 30: 1710-1719.
  1. Ye, Z.H. S.N. Whiting, Z.-Q. Lin, C.M. Lytle, J.H. Qian, and N. Terry. 2001. Removal and distribution of Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni within a Pennsylvania constructed wetland treating coal combustion by-product leachate. Journal of Environmental Quality. 30: 1464-1473.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., R.S. Schemenauer, V. Cervinka, A. Zayed, and N. Terry. 2000. Selenium volatilization from a soil-plant treatment system for the remediation of contaminated water and soil in the San Joaquin Valley. Journal of Environmental Quality. 29: 1048-1056.
  1. Zayed, A., E. Pilon-Smits, M. de Souza, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2000.  Remediation of selenium-polluted soils and waters by phytovolatilization. pp. 61-83. In: N. Terry and G.S. Bañuelos (eds.), Phytoremediation of Metal Contaminated Soil and Water. Lewis Publishers, New York.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., D. Hansen, A. Zayed, and N. Terry. 1999. Biological selenium volatilization: method of measurement under field conditions. Journal of Environmental Quality.  28: 309-315.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., R.S. Schemenauer, P.H. Schuepp, N.N. Barthakur, and G.G. Kennedy. 1997. Airborne metal pollutants in southern Quebec, Canada and their likely source regions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.  87: 41-54.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., P.H. Schuepp, N.N. Barthakur, G.G. Kennedy, and R.S. Schemenauer. 1997. On pathways of Mn and Zn deposited in subalpine forests in southern Quebec, Canada. 099.pdf (6pp). In: R. Prost (ed.), Contaminated Soils. INRA, Paris.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., and P.H. Schuepp. 1996. Contamination and distribution of metal deposits on the surface of balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L) Mill) foliage by micro-PIXE. Environmental Science & Technology. 1: 246-251.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., W.H. Hendershot, G.G. Kennedy, P. Dutilleul, and P.H. Schuepp. 1996. Total elements in forest soils affected by acid deposition in southern Quebec. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 76: 165-171.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., N.N. Barthakur, P.H. Schuepp, and G.G. Kennedy. 1996. Uptake and translocation studies in balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L) Mill.) seedlings with 54Mn and 65Zn radioisotopes applied to soil surfaces. Journal of Environmental Quality. 1: 92-96.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., N.N. Barthakur, P.H. Schuepp, and G.G. Kennedy. 1995. Uptake and translocation of 54Mn and 65Zn applied on foliage and bark surfaces of balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) seedlings. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 4: 475-483.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q., P.H. Schuepp, R.S. Schemenauer, and G.G. Kennedy. 1995. Trace metal contamination in and on balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L) Mill.) foliage in southern Quebec, Canada. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 81: 175-191.  
  1. Huang, H.Y, C. Liang, and Z.-Q. Lin. 1995. Element contents in tree rings of Sand-pine (Pinus clausa Sargent.) and the environment change in Changbai Mountain. Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research. Chinese Science Press, Beijing. 7.
  1. Huang, H.Y., D.M. Jiang, Y.B. Zhang, Z.-Q. Lin, and Y.Y. Wang. 1993. Heavy metals in tree rings: A bio-indicator of environmental pollution. pp. 1-6. In: G.Z. Tu, D.S. Liu (eds.). Environmental Geochemistry and Human Health. Chinese Environmental Science Press, Beijing.
  1. Huang, H.Y., D.M. Jiang, and Z.-Q. Lin. 1993. Cadmium in tree rings and environmental Cd-pollution. China Environmental Science. 13: 11-16.
  1. Huang, H.Y., D.M. Jiang, C.X. Zhang, Y.B. Zhang, and Z.-Q. Lin. 1991. Study of the control of cadmium-pollution in soils by forest ecological engineering. China Environmental Science (English Edition). 1: 36-45.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. and H.Y. Huang. 1989. Tolerance of woody-plants to mercury. Acta Ecological Sinica. 4: 315-319.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. and H.Y. Huang. 1989. Uptake and tolerance of plants to mercury in soils (Review). Agro-Environmental Protection. 5: 33-35.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. and H.Y. Huang. 1989. Application of forest eco-engineering in controlling environmental pollution. Urban Environment and Ecology. 1: 41-43.
  1. Lin, Z.-Q. and H.Y. Huang. 1988. On phytoremediation of Hg-contaminated soils by woody-plants. China Environmental Science. 3: 35-40.
  1. Liu, R.K., Z.-Q. Lin, L. Wang, and W.H. Chen. 1986. Sulphur content in tree bark and the assessment of air quality in winter. Journal of Liaoning University (Natural Sciences). 3:54-59.

 

Service

  • Vice President, International Society of Environmental Bioindicators (2009-present)
  • Chair, Environmental Science Division, Illinois State Academy of Science (2004-2006)
  • Theme Editor: Environmental Bioindicators & Pollution Ecology. The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers Co. Ltd., UK (2006 – present)
  • Co-Chair, First International Conference on Selenium in the Environment and Human Health, 2009, Suzhou, China
  • Chair, Phytoremediation of Metalloids Session at the 3rd International Conference on Soil Pollution and Remediation, 2008, Nanjing, China
  • Chair, Bioindicators of Water, Air and Soil Pollution Session at the 16th International Conference on Environmental Bioindicators, 2008, Orlando, Florida
  • Chair, Salinity & Selenium Session at the 4th International Conference on Phytotechnologies, 2007, Denver, USA
  • Co-Chair, Symposium on the Development and Uses of Biofortified Agricultural Products at the 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 2007, Beijing, China
  • Chair, Bioindicators of Water, Air and Soil Pollution Session at the 15th International Conference on Environmental Bioindicators, 2007, Hong Kong
  • Invited Scientific Reviewer for Journals:  Agricultural and Food Science in Finland; Australian Journal of Soil Research; Bioremediation Journal; Bioresource Technology; Chemosphere; Ecotoxicology; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Environmental Pollution; Environmental Sciences & Technology; Environmental Technology; Ethiopian Journal of Science; Functional Plant Biology; International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry; International Journal of Phytoremediation; Journal of Environmental Engineering; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of Environmental Quality; Journal of Environmental Sciences; Journal of Hydrology; Journal of Plant Growth Regulation; Landscape and Urban Planning; Oxford University Press; Pedosphere: an International Journal; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Plant and Soil; Science of the Total Environment; Soil and Sediment Contamination; Soil Use and Management; Water Environment Research; Wetlands
  • Invited Scientific Reviewer for Funding Agencies:  Arab Science & Technology Foundation; Louisiana’s National Science Foundation; Qatar National Research Fund; Swiss National Science Foundation; USDA-CSREES; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation; U.S. National Science Foundation.

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