Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments

Dr. Eddy Y. Zeng is a Full Professor and Dean of the School of Environment, Jinan University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California in 1992. He was employed by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project first as Senior Scientist and then Principal Scientist for a number of years, before returning to China in 2004. His research interests include 1) intercompartmental processes and fluxes of persistent organic pollutants (POPs); 2) human exposure to persistent toxic substances and risk assessment; 3) occurrence and toxic effects of microplastics/plastics in terrestrial and aquatic environments; and 4) the utility of using passive sampler to measure freely dissolved concentrations of POPs in the aquatic environment. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Pollution and Associate Editor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He also served as guest editors on numerous journals.

1. A Global Perspective on Microplastics: Sources, Occurrence, and Transport 2. Analytical Methods for Processing Microplastics in Environmental Samples 3. Limitations for Microplastic Quantification in the Ocean and Recommendations for Improvement and Standardization 4. Sorption of Toxic Chemicals on Microplastics 5. Chemicals Associated with Marine Plastic Debris: Analyses and Contaminant Levels 6. Occurrence and Fate of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants 7. Microplastics in the Terrestrial Environment 8. Sampling and analyzing microplastics in rivers: What methods are being used after a decade of research? 9. Behavior of Microplastics in Coastal Zones 10. Riverine Inputs of Land-Based Microplastics and Affiliated Organic Contaminants to the Global Oceans 11. Microplastics in Marine Food Webs (Effects and interaction of paint fragments on marine organisms: an emerging issue of contamination) 12. The Effects of Microplastic Pollution on Aquatic Organisms 13. Nanoplastics in the Aquatic Environment 14. Management strategies and mitigation measures for plastic pollution