1. Environmental Water Chemistry @ Griffin
Qingguo “Jack” Huang
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
University of Georgia

2. Laboratory Major Equipment HPLC/MS/MS GC/MS Scanning UV/Vis
Liquid Scintillation Counter
HPLC-PDA-Florescence
FTIR
Freeze dryer
Biological oxidizer
Waters

3. Group Members Ph.D. Students MS Students Postdoc
Rashmi Singh (2008-)
Sudeep Sidhu (2008-)
Lisa Luo (2011-)
MS Students
Liwen Zhang (2008-)
Lisa Luo ( )
Postdoc
Junhe Lu ( )
Visiting Ph.D. Students
Liang Mao (Nanjing University) ( )
Lina Zhou (Northwest A&F University)
Undergraduate Students
Michelle Gerlosky 2008
Matthew Aderhold 2011
James Byrd 2011

4. Molecular identification
General Theme
Chemical analysis
Molecular identification
Molecular basis
Environmental
behaviors

5. Research Area Plant Materials Catalysis Nanoparticles
Emerging Contaminants
Nanoparticles

6. Emerging Contaminants: Enzyme catalysis
1. Mao et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., Mao et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., Lu J. et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., Lu J. et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2010

7. Emerging Contaminants: PFOA
DoD SERDP, $150,000, PI Huang
Remediation of Perfluoroakyl Contaminated Aquifer using an In-Situ Two-Layer Barrier: Laboratory Batch and Column Study
Colosi et al., 2009, Environ. Toxi. Chem.

8. Carbon Nanotubes SEM (140,721 x). TEM (100K x). HRTEM (300K x).
We adapted an established chemcial vapour deposition method, and used C14-labeled methane as the feedstock gas and went through the synthesis procedure and obatined radio-labled multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

9. EPA STAR Grant ($383,376) Phase Distribution Transformation
Environmental Behaviors of Solubilized Carbon Nanotubes in Aquatic Systems: Transformation, Sorption, and Toxicity Exposure
PI Qingguo Huang
Co-PIs Marsha Black, Zhengwei Pan
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Phase Distribution
Transformation
Bioavailability to fish
1. Petersen et al. 2008, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2. Petersen et al., 2008, Environ. Health Persp. 3. Liu X.Y. et al., 2009, Environ. Sci. Technol. 4. Zhang L. et al., 2011, Environ. Sci. Technol.

10. Iron Nanoparticles
20 nm
To achieve those desirable features, we have lately developed a approach to simultaneously synthesize and immobilize zero iron nanoparticles. This approach invovles four general steps.
Preassemble polyelectrolyte multilyers using LbL self-assembly.
Poly(allylamine hydrochloride)
Then we dip the support material in ferrous sulfate solution. Some iron 2+ will complex to the polyelectrolyte multilayers through ion exchange.
Pay attention to PAA, which is a weak acid. This allows us to manipulate the size of the particles, which I will discuss later.
1. Huang et al. 2008, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2. Xiao et al. 2009, ACS Applied Materials 3. Shen M. et al. 2009, J. Phy. Chem. 4. Xiao et al. 2010, J. Materials Chem.

11. A novel Bio-dethatch Approach
U.S. provisional patent “Methods and compositions using fungal laccases to reduce turf thatch (61/388,160).

12. Publications & Grants @ UGA
22 peer-reviewed journal articles (12 as senior authors
Grants
EPA STAR ($383, 376), PI
DoD SERDP ($150,000), PI
GCSAA ($40K), PI
EPA region 4 ($67,615), Co-PI
GA EPD ($25K), Co-PI
Sea Grant ($150K), Co-PI

13. Collaboration and Service
Collaborators
UGA (in/outside department), outside UGA
Affiliations
UGA (NanoSEC, Tox, Engineering)
Professional (SSSA, ACS)
Committees
Interdisciplinary toxicology program graduate admission committee (2010-)
Griffin Campus Laboratory Safety Committee Chair (2011-)
Griffin Campus Employee Council Member ( )
Griffin Campus Visitors Housing Committee Member (2009-)
CAES Faculty Affair and Grievance Committee member (2008-)
CAES Griffin Campus Scholarship Review Committee member (2010-)

14. Professional Activities
Manuscripts review (47 since 2007)
Meeting presentations
21 total by members from my group (7 SSSA, 5 ACS)
12 total by myself (2 SSSA, 2 ACS)
Symposium Organization
SSSA annual meeting, 2011, in process
“Environmental Fate, Transport, Transformation of Organic Contaminants in Soil/Water Systems”
Grants Review
NSF Environmental Engineering (panel)
United states-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation
Scholarship Review
EPA GRO graduate fellowship

15. Professional Activities
Invited talks
Nanjing University, China, May 2007
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, May 2007
Nanjing University, China, June 2009
Donghua University, China, June 2009
Queen’s University, Canada, March 2010
The Asia/Pacific chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2010 Conference, Guangzhou, China, June 2010
Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China, June 2010
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, June 2010
Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, June 2010
Donghua University, Shanghai, China, June 2010
Georgia Institute of Technology, October 2010
Michigan State University, December 2010

16. Recognitions Baiyulan award, 2010 Students honor
First place student presentation, ASA - Southern Branch meeting, 2011.
First place student poster presentation, SSSGA annual meeting, 2011.
Second place student presentation, ACS 240th National meeting, 2010
First place  graduate student oral presentation, C-05 Industry Division, ASA meeting, 2010
Second place student presentation, Combined Carolinas and Georgia SECTAC Annual meeting, 2010
Second place poster presentation award at AWWA annual meeting, 2008.

17. Teaching & Extension Teaching Extension
Introduction to Water Quality (1.95, 1.15, 1.32)
Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples (1.60, 1.58)
Extension
GGCSA/USGA
Georgia turf field day
Griffin water works

18. Thanks!