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ProfessorDepartment of EngineeringDalhousie University

Sophia He

Professor

Department of Engineering

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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84 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 25 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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148

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4,615

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Research

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Latest papers

Built-in-field carbon quantum dot-nanotube heterointerfaces enable concurrent solar H2 evolution and pollutant degradation.
Environmental research · 2026 · senior author
Nitrification potential and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal diversity in three contrasting acidic soils of eastern China
Environmental Research · 2026
Surface-enriched natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent in pullulan-cellulose nanocrystal films via immersion-hot pressing: Enhanced barrier and bioactive properties for rice noodle preservation
Food Bioscience · 2026

All 148 publications

148 publications.

Built-in-field carbon quantum dot-nanotube heterointerfaces enable concurrent solar H2 evolution and pollutant degradation.

Changotra R, Rajput H, Hu Y, He QS

Environmental research20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125287 PMID: 42476394

Nitrification potential and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal diversity in three contrasting acidic soils of eastern China

Jiaqi Shen, Quan Sophia He, JunTung Lai, Zhengyao Hu, Zhonglong Tang, Chengwu Liu, Dongdong Wang, Yong Guan, Peng Zhang, Jun Xia, Cai Chen

Environmental Research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.124744 PMID: 42128334

Surface-enriched natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent in pullulan-cellulose nanocrystal films via immersion-hot pressing: Enhanced barrier and bioactive properties for rice noodle preservation

Hui Zhou, Yihan Gong, Bo Liu, Qingwu Shen, Quan Sophia He, Jie Luo, Qian Xiao

Food Bioscience2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2026.109250

Predicting diagnostic gene biomarkers in allergic asthma

Weihua Liu, Shuanglan Xu, Quan Sophia He

Medicine2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000048466 PMID: 42065182

Enhancing Biomass Hydrothermal Liquefaction through Natural Sea Salt and Machine Learning Enabled Additive Selection

Xiaoyu Lin, Jie Yu, Wangfang Ye, Xiaomei Zhong, Jianlin Shen, Xuan Lin, Quan Sophia He, Jie Yang

Waste and Biomass Valorization2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12649-026-03688-8

Predicting bio-oil yield from hydrothermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass: machine learning approach and uncertainty propagation via joint bootstrap Monte Carlo

Oraléou Sangué Djandja, Yulin Hu, Yimin Zeng, Quan Sophia He

Fuel2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2026.141091

Carbon quantum dots: Synthesis via hydrothermal processing, doping strategies, integration with photocatalysts, and their application in photocatalytic hydrogen production

Zijing Wang, Rahil Changotra, Mita Dasog, Gurpreet Singh Selopal, Jie Yang, Quan Sophia He

Sustainable materials and technologies202538 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01386

Acid hydrolysis and microwave digestion enhanced protein extraction from red seaweed Palmaria palmata.

Wijethunga AM, He QS, Prithiviraj B, Sun X

Food chemistry: X202512 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2025.102222 PMID: 39944284

Synthesis of bimetallic biocomposite materials prepared from activated hydrochar/biochar for methylene blue removal via Fenton oxidation coupled with adsorption

Milad Jalilian, Quan Sophia He, Yulin Hu

Chemical Engineering Science20259 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2025.122514

Comprehensive review on flax shives–Physicochemical properties and application potential

Pubudi Perera, Rahil Changotra, James Forren, Jennifer Green, Yulin Hu, Quan Sophia He

Industrial Crops and Products20258 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120585

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Sophia He

Research

Latest papers

Built-in-field carbon quantum dot-nanotube heterointerfaces enable concurrent solar H2 evolution and pollutant degradation.

Nitrification potential and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal diversity in three contrasting acidic soils of eastern China

Surface-enriched natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent in pullulan-cellulose nanocrystal films via immersion-hot pressing: Enhanced barrier and bioactive properties for rice noodle preservation

Predicting diagnostic gene biomarkers in allergic asthma

Enhancing Biomass Hydrothermal Liquefaction through Natural Sea Salt and Machine Learning Enabled Additive Selection

Predicting bio-oil yield from hydrothermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass: machine learning approach and uncertainty propagation via joint bootstrap Monte Carlo

Carbon quantum dots: Synthesis via hydrothermal processing, doping strategies, integration with photocatalysts, and their application in photocatalytic hydrogen production

Acid hydrolysis and microwave digestion enhanced protein extraction from red seaweed Palmaria palmata.

Synthesis of bimetallic biocomposite materials prepared from activated hydrochar/biochar for methylene blue removal via Fenton oxidation coupled with adsorption

Comprehensive review on flax shives–Physicochemical properties and application potential

Frequent collaborators

Quan He

Yulin Hu

Sohrab Rohani

Hassan Gomaa

Haibo Niu

Jingxu Zhu

Kang Kang

Chunbao Xu

Charles Xu

Haibo Qiu

Azadeh Kermanshahi-pour

Satinder Brar

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Xiaohong Sun

Aitazaz Farooque

Greg Naterer

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