Qiao Xu graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering in 2016, and obtained her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2021. She carried out postdoctoral research at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from 2021 to 2023, and joined the same institute in 2023, serving successively as Assistant Researcher and Associate Researcher. Her main research focuses on the biogeochemical behaviors of pollutants and their environmental effects. She has presided over or participated in a number of research projects, including the Youth Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program, the International Partnership Program of the Bureau of International Cooperation of CAS, the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Ningbo City. So far, she has published more than 20 SCI papers in important journals in the fields of soil and environment, such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. She has also been granted 1 national invention patent. She was selected into the "Ningbo Yongjiang Talent Project Leading and Top-Notch Talents (Third Level)". Meanwhile, she serves as a reviewer for several academic journals in the environmental field, including Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Water Research, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Environmental Pollution.
Environmental soil science, environmental behavior and ecological effects of emerging contaminants, biogeochemical processes of tire wear particles.
1. Xu, Q., Kazmi, S. S. U., Li, G.* Tracking the biogeochemical behavior of tire wear particles in the environment - A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2024, 480, 136184.
2. Xu, Q., Wu, Z. Y., Xu, Z. H., Li, G.* Soil moisture-dependent tire wear particles aging processes shift soil microbial communities and elevated nitrous oxide emission on drylands. Science of the Total Environment. 2024, 952, 175948.
3. Wu, W., Xu, Q.*, Li, J. H., Wang, Z., Li, G. The spatio-temporal accumulation of 6 PPD-Q in greenbelt soils and its effects on soil microbial communities. Environmental Pollution. 2024, 358, 124477.
4. Ihenetu, S. C., Xu, Q.*, Khan, Z. H., Kazmi, S. S. U. H., Ding, J., Sun, Q., Li, G.* Environmental fate of tire-rubber related pollutants 6PPD and 6PPD-Q: A review. Environmental Research. 2024, 258, 119492.
5. He, K. W., Han, R. X.*, Wang, Z., Xiao, Z. F., Hao, Y. L., Dong, Z. Z., Xu, Q.*, Li, G. Soil source, not the degree of urbanization determines soil physicochemical properties and bacterial composition in Ningbo urban green spaces. Science of the Total Environment. 2024, 930, 172550.
6. Kazmi, S. S. U., Xu, Q., Tayyab, M., Pastorino, P., Barcelò, D., Yaseen, Z. M., Khan, Z. H., Li, G.* Navigating the environmental dynamics, toxicity to aquatic organisms and human associated risks of an emerging tire wear contaminant 6PPD-quinone. Environmental Pollution. 2024, 356, 124313.
7. Xu, Q., Li, G.*, Fang, L., Sun, Q., Han, R. X., Zhu, Z., Zhu, Y. G.* Enhanced formation of 6PPD-Q during the aging of tire wear particles in anaerobic flooded soils: The role of iron reduction and environmentally persistent free radicals. Environmental Science & Technology. 2023, 57, 5978-5987.
8. Xu, Q., Wu, W., Xiao, Z. F., Sun, X., Ma, J., Ding, J., Zhu, Z., Li, G.* Responses of soil and collembolan (Folsomia candida) gut microbiomes to 6PPD-Q pollution. Science of the Total Environment. 2023, 900, 165810.
9. Xu, Q., Jiang, X. H., Tong, J. H., Wu, H. X., Luo, Y. T., Shi, J. Y.* Penicillium oxalicum SL2 as a sustainable option to mitigate the accumulation of Pb in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Science of the Total Environment. 2022, 823, 153769.
10. Xu, Q., Gao, Y., Wu, X. S., Ye, J. E., Ren, X. Y., Zhou, Z., Cai, Q. Y., Wu, H. X., Pang, J. L., Luo, Y. T., Shi, J. Y.* Derivation of empirical model to predict the accumulation of Pb in rice grain. Environmental Pollution. 2021, 274, 116599.
11. Xu, Q., Ye, B. H., Mou, X. Y., Ye, J. E., Liu, W. Y., Luo, Y. T., Shi, J. Y.* Lead was mobilized in acid silty clay loam paddy soil with potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) amendment. Environmental Pollution. 2019, 255, 113179.
12. Xu, Q., Duan, D. C., Cai, Q. Y., Shi, J. Y.* Influence of humic acid on pb uptake and accumulation in tea plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2018, 66, 12327-12334.
1. Principal Investigator. “Mechanisms for 6PPD-Q formation and microbial response during aging
process of tire wear particles in soil”. National Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 42207010, 01/2023-12/2025.
2. Principal Investigator. “The biotic/abiotic transformation characteristics and influencing mechanisms of soil nitrogen mediated by tire wear particles”. Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 2023J05078, 08/2023-08/2026.
3. CO-PI. “Research on the nitrogen cycle process under the background of global climate change”. International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, NO. 322GJHZ2023004MI, 06/2023-05/2025.
4. CO-PI. “Research and application of rapid reconstruction technology for tillage layer of reclaimed soil”. Ningbo Bureau of Science & Technology, NO. 2023Z114, 08/2023-07/2026.
5. CO-PI. “Regulatory mechanism of Penicillium oxalicum on the speciation, translocation and accumulation of lead in soil-rice system”. National Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 42077119, 01/2021-12/2024.
6. CO-PI. “Research on the migration, transformation and bioavailability of Cd, Pb and Hg in soil”. National Key Research and Development Program of China, NO. 2016YFD0800401, 01/2016-12/2020.