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Research
Latest papers
Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics.
Nature nanotechnology · 2026
Uncovering hidden PFAS burden in Canadian fish: A direct Total Oxidizable Precursor (dTOP) assay approach.
Journal of hazardous materials · 2026 · senior author
Enriching microbes capable of fluorotelomer acid defluorination: thermodynamic constraints and experimental challenges.
NPJ emerging contaminants · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $80,000
Mitigating Environmental Contamination from Highly Fluorinated Organics: A Multidisciplinary Approach
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $136,348
Sampling platform for environmental toxicology and chemistry studies of airborne contaminants
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
Identifying the dark, unknown components of PFAS in the environment
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
64 publications.
Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics.
Yang T, Liu J, Nicell J, Praetorius A, Fang M, Wang Z
Uncovering hidden PFAS burden in Canadian fish: A direct Total Oxidizable Precursor (dTOP) assay approach.
Zhang C, Dinh QT, Houde M, Sauvé S, Liu J
Enriching microbes capable of fluorotelomer acid defluorination: thermodynamic constraints and experimental challenges.
Wang D, Yan B, Perreault NN, Liu J
FAIR and Effective Communication of Data on Chemical Contaminant Biotransformation in the Environment.
Rich SL, Hafner J, Salz M, Qanbarzadeh M, Geng F, Yan L, Liu J, Helbling DE, Higgins CP, Fenner K
A province-wide mapping of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface waters of the St. Lawrence River watershed, Québec, Canada.
Teymoorian T, Munoz G, Vo Duy S, Vaudreuil MA, Liu M, Liu J, Sauvé S
Influence of organic waste amendments on uptake of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances from soil to crops: Insights from long-term field experiments.
Saliu TD, Michaud AM, Munoz G, Dinh QT, Feder F, Arrouy L, Sappin-Didier V, Watteau F, Houot S, Liu J, Sauvé S
Corrigendum to "Applying the modified UV-activated TOP assay to complex matrices impacted by aqueous film-forming foams" [Sci. Total Environ. 924 (2024) 171292].
Glover CM, Pazoki F, Munoz G, Sauvé S, Liu J
Uptake of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances into Concrete from Aqueous Film-Forming Foams: Experimental Investigations and Comparison to Field-Impacted Samples.
Lutes D, Boyd A, Jekimovs LJ, Hamilton BR, Mueller JF, Arnseth R, Ross I, Liu J
Zwitterionic, cationic, and anionic PFAS in freshwater sediments from AFFF-impacted and non-impacted sites of Eastern Canada.
Munoz G, Taxil-Paloc A, Desrosiers M, Vo Duy S, Liu M, Houde M, Liu J, Sauvé S
Critical Evaluation and Meta-Analysis of Ecotoxicological Data on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Freshwater Species.
Wang L, Yang T, Liu X, Liu J, Liu W
Mitigating Environmental Contamination from Highly Fluorinated Organics: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Principal investigators: Liu, Jinxia
Keywords: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; persistent organic pollutants; microbial degradation; defluorination; mass spectrometry; supramolecules; sorption; remediation; water quality; soil quality
Sampling platform for environmental toxicology and chemistry studies of airborne contaminants
Principal investigators: Verreault, Jonathan
Identifying the dark, unknown components of PFAS in the environment
Principal investigators: Sauvé, Sébastien
Keywords: PFAS; Emerging Contaminants; Mass Spectrometry; Non-Target Analysis; Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ; Bioaccumulation; pyrolysis-GC-MS ; Orbitrap
Upgrading high-resolution mass spectrometry system for advancing research in emerging environmental pollutants
Principal investigators: Liu, Jinxia
Novel clay mineral-based technologies for the treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances-impacted matrices
Principal investigators: Liu, Jinxia J
An ultracentrifuge for advancing research on characterization and remediation of emerging environmental pollutants and on green chemistry
Principal investigators: Ghoshal, Subhasis
High-Resolution Continuum Source Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for Environmental and Human Health Research
Principal investigators: Liu, Jinxia
Enhancing the understanding of microbial transformation of polyfluoroalkyl chemicals and microbial defluorination
Principal investigators: Liu, Jinxia
Advancing energy recovery from source-diverted municipal wastewater: shaping microbial community through direct interspecies electron transfer_x000d_
Principal investigators: Liu, Yang
Remediation of groundwater and soil impacted by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances using novel modified clays
Principal investigators: Liu, Jinxia
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Benoit Barbeau and Madjid Mohseni: 10 shared papers
- Iris Koch and Kela Weber: 8 shared papers
- Subhasis Ghoshal and Jinxia Liu: 5 shared papers
- Xinyu Liu and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Benoit Barbeau and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Madjid Mohseni and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Iris Koch and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Yang Liu and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Elizabeth Edwards and Kela Weber: 1 shared paper
- Elizabeth Edwards and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Boyd and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Kela Weber and Jinxia Liu: 1 shared paper
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- Génies civil, géologique et des mines
- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences Group
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Subhasis Ghoshal
Civil Engineering
5 shared papers, latest 2021
Benoit Barbeau
Génies civil, géologique et des mines
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Madjid Mohseni
Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Iris Koch
Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences Group
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Yang Liu
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Elizabeth Edwards
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Andrew Boyd
Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Xinyu Liu
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Kela Weber
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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