主要从事环境地球化学研究，以环境微生物学机制研究为主线，重点研究紫外吸收剂、抗生素等新型有机污染物的来源和自然消减行为，揭示分散性污水处理系统中污染物去除的微生物机制。主要学术成果包括：（1）揭示了水环境中紫外吸收剂的污染来源和光消减机理，结合厌氧微生物纯培养和高通量测序技术手段揭示紫外吸收剂的微生物降解机理。（2）解析分散性污水处理系统中微生物种群结构特征与污染物去除的响应关系，为优化分散性污水处理技术提供了技术支。（3）揭示了养殖环境中抗生素和耐药基因的污染输出和环境迁移，分析了养殖环境中抗生素和抗性基因的污染特征和环境输出，以及养殖方式差异对抗生素和抗性基因的丰度、组成及传输的影响。共发表SCI论文
53篇（第一作者 11篇、通讯作者2篇），SCI论文
总他引600次。
发表的部分论文如下：
1. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2012) Occurrence and removal of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Environmental Pollution 165, 225-232.
2. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2012) Biodegradation of the UV filter benzophenone-3 under different redox conditions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31(2), 289-295.
3. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2011) Photostability of the UV filter benzophenone-3 and its effect on photodegradation of benzotriazole in water. Environmental Chemistry 8, 581-588. DOI: 10.1071/EN11068.
4. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2011) Biodegradation of three selected benzotriazoles under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Water Research 45, 5005-5014.
5. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2011) Simultaneous determination of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in ground water, effluent and biosolid samples using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A 1218, 5328-5335.
6. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2011) Photolysis of benzotriazole and formation of its polymerized photoproducts in aqueous solutions under UV irradiation. Environmental Chemistry 8, 174-181.
7. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2013) Biodegradation of three benzotriazoles in aquifer materials under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 151, 131-139.
8. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2013) Photodegradation of three benzotriazoles induced by four FeIII-carboxylate complexes in water under ultraviolet irradiation. Environmental Chemistry 10, 135-143.
9. Liu YS, Ying GG, Shareef A, Kookana RS (2013) Degradation of six selected ultraviolet filters in aquifer materials under various redox conditions. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation 33(4), 79-88.
10. Chen J, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Wei XD, Liu SS, He LY, Yang YQ, Chen FR (2017) Nitrogen removal and its relationship with the nitrogen-cycle genes and microorganisms in the horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands with different design parameters. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A 52(8), 804-818.
11. Chen J,
Liu YS, Zhang JN, Yang YQ, Hu LX, Yang YY, Zhao JL, Chen FR, Ying GG (2017) Removal of antibiotics from piggery wastewater by biological aerated filter system: Treatment efficiency and biodegradation kinetics. Bioresource Technology 238, 70-77.
12. Chen J,
Liu YS, Su HC, Ying GG, Liu F, Liu SS, He LY, Chen ZF, Yang YQ, Chen FR (2015) Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in rural wastewater by an integrated constructed wetland. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, 1794-1803.
13. Yao L, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Zhang QQ, Jiang YX, Liu S, Liu WR, Yang YY, Ying GG. 2017. Personal care products in wild fish in two main Chinese rivers: Bioaccumulation potential and human health risks. Sci Total Environ, doi: j.scitotenv.2017.2010.2117.
14. Yang YY, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Liu WR, Zhang QQ, Yao L, Hu LX, Zhang JN, Jiang YX, Ying GG (2017) Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and artificial sweeteners (ASs) in surface and ground waters and their application as indication of wastewater contamination. Science of the Total Environment
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.241.
15. Su HC,
Liu YS, Pan CG, Chen J, He LY, Ying GG (2017) Persistence of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community changes in drinking water treatment system: from drinking water source to tap water. Science of the Total Environment 616/617, 453-461.
16. Shi WJ, Zhao JL, Jiang YX, Huang GY,
Liu YS, Zhang JN, Ying GG (2017) Transcriptional and histological alterations in gonad of adult zebrafish after exposure to the synthetic progestin norgestrel. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry DOI:10.1002/etc.389.
17. Yang YY, Liu WR,
Liu YS, Zhao JL, Zhang QQ, Zhang M, Zhang JN, Jiang YX, Zhang LJ, Ying GG (2017) Suitability of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and artificial sweeteners (ASs) as wastewater indicators in the Pearl River Delta, South China. Science of the Total Environment 590-591,611-619.
18. Liu WR, Yang YY,
Liu YS, Zhang LJ, Zhao JL, Zhang QQ, Zhang M, Zhang JN, Jiang YX, Ying GG (2017) Biocides in wastewater treatment plants: mass balance analysis and pollution load estimation. Journal of Hazardous Materials 329, 310-320.
19. Ying GG, He LY, Ying AJ, Zhang QQ,
Liu YS, Zhao JL (2017) China must reduce its antibiotic use. Environmental Science & Technology 51, 1072-1073.
20. Hu LX, Ying GG, Chen XW, Huang GY,
Liu YS, Jiang YX, Pan CG, Tan F, Martin FL (2017) FTIR spectroscopy as a novel application towards providing effect-based endpoints in duckweed toxicity testing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 36(2), 346-353.
21. Pan CG,
Liu YS, Ying GG (2016) Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water treatent plants: Removal efficiency and exposure risk. Water Research 106, 562-570.
22. Yao L, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Yang YY, Liu WR, Ying GG (2016) Simultaneous determination of 24 personal care products in fish muscle and liver tissues using QuEChERS extraction coupled with ultrapressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer analyses. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 408, 8177-8193.
23. Chen XW, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Hu LX, Liu SS, Ying GG (2016) Evaluation of estrogenic activity in the Pearl River by using effect-directed analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23, 21692-21702.
24. Chen J, Ying GG, Wei XD,
Liu YS, Liu SS, Hu LX, He LY, Chen ZF, Chen FR, Yang YQ (2016) Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from domestic sewage by constructed wetlands: Effect of flow configuration and plant species. Science of the Total Environment 571, 974-982.
25. Liu WR, Ying GG, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Hu LX, Yao L, Liang YQ, Tian F (2016) Photodegradation of the azole fungicide climbazole by ultraviolet irradiation under different conditions: Kinetics, mechanism and toxicity evaluation. Journal of Hazardous Materials 318, 794-801.
26. Chen J, Wei XD,
Liu YS, Ying GG, Liu SS, He LY, Su HC, Hu LX, Chen FR, Yang YQ (2016) Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from domestic sewage by constructed wetlands: Optimization of wetland substrates and hydraulic loading. Science of the Total Environment 565, 240-248.
27. Huang GY,
Liu YS, Liang YQ, Shi WJ, Hu LX, Tian F, Chen J, Ying GG (2016) Multi-biomarker responses as indication of contaminant effects in
Gambusia affinis from impacted rivers by municipal effluents. Science of the Total Environment 563-564, 273-281.
28. He LY, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Su HC, Chen J, Liu SS, Zhao JL (216) Discharge of swine wastes risks water quality and food safety: Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from swine sources to the receiving environments. Environment International 92-93，210-219.
29. Huang GY,
Liu YS, Chen XW, Liang YQ, Liu SS, Yang YY, Hu LX, Shi WJ, Tian F, Zhao JL, Chen J, Ying GG (2016) Feminization and masculinization of western mosquitofish (
Gambusia affinis) observed in rivers impacted by municipal wastewaters. Scientific Reports 6:20884, DOI: 10.1038/srep20884.
30. Zhang NS,
Liu YS, van den Brink P, Price OR, Ying GG (2015) Ecological risks of home and personal care products in the riverine environment of a rural region in South China without domestic wastewater treatment facilities. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 122, 417-425.
31. Jiang YX,
Liu YS, Ying GG, Wang HW, Liang YQ, Chen XW (2015) A new tool for assessing sediment quality based on the Weight of Evidence approach and grey TOPSIS. Science of the Total Environment 537, 369-376.
32. Zhang QQ, Ying GG, Pan CG,
Liu YS, Zhao JL (2015) Comprehensive evaluation of antibiotics emission and fate in the river basins of China: Source analysis, multimedia modelling, and linkage to bacterial resistance. Environmental Science and Technology 49, 6772-6782.
33. Liu SS, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Yang YY, He LY, Chen J, Liu WR, Zhao JL (2015) Occurrence and removal of progestagens in two representative swine farms: Effectiveness of lagoon and digester treatment. Water Research 77, 146-154.
34. Liu WR, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Chen ZF, Yang YY, Zhang QQ, Ying GG (2015) Biocides in the Yangtze River of China: Spatiotemporal distribution, mass load and risk assessment. Environmental Pollution 200, 53-63.
35. Zhang QQ, Ying GG, Chen ZF,
Liu YS, Liu WR, Zhao JL (2015) Multimedia fate modelling and risk assessment of a commonly used azole fungicide climbazole at the river basin scale in China. Science of the Total Environment 520, 39-48.
36. Zhang QQ, Ying GG, Chen ZF, Zhao JL,
Liu YS (2015) Basin-scale emission and multimedia fate of triclosan in whole China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, 10130-10143.
37. Peng FJ, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Su HC, He LY (2015) Joint antibacterial activity of soil-adsorbed antibiotics trimethoprim and sulfamethazine. Science of the Total Environment 506-507, 58-65.
38. Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Liu WR, Jiang YX, Su HC, Zhang QQ, Chen XW, Yang YY, Chen J, Liu SS, Pan CG, Huang GY, Ying GG (2015) Tissue-specific bioaccumulation of human and veterinary antibiotics in bile, plasma, liver and muscle tissues of wild fish from a highly urbanized region. Environmental Pollution 198, 15-24.
39. Pan CG, Ying GG, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Liu SS, Du J, Kookana RS (2015) Spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances in surface sediments of five major rivers in China. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 68, 566-576.
40. He LY,
Liu YS, Su HC, Zhao JL, Liu SS, Chen J, Liu WR, Ying GG (2014) Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in representative broiler feedlots environments: Identification of indicator ARGs and correlations with environmental variables. Environmental Science & Technology 48, 13120-13129.
41. Peng FQ, Ying GG, Yang B,
Liu YS, Lai HJ, Zhou GJ, Chen J, Zhao JL (2014) Biotransformation of the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) by freshwater microalgae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33(8), 1705-1711.
42. Zhang QQ, Zhao JL, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Pan CG (2014) Emission estimation and multimedia fate modeling of seven steroids at the river basin scale in China. Environmental Science & Technology 48, 7982-7992.
43. Pan CG, Ying GG, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Jiang YX, Zhang QQ (2014) Spatiotemporal distribution and mass loadings of perfluoroalkyl substances in the Yangtze River of China. Science of the Total Environment 493, 580-587.
44. Pan CG, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Zhang QQ, Chen ZF, Lai HJ, Peng FJ, Liu SS, Ying GG (2014) Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wild freshwater fish from rivers in the Pearl River Delta region, South China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 107, 192-199.
45. Su HC, Ying GG, Zhao JL, Zhou LJ,
Liu YS, Tao R, Zang RQ, He LY (2014) Contamination profiles of antibiotic resistance genes in the sediments at a catchment scale. Science of the Total Environment 490, 708-714.
46. Pan CG, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Zhang QQ, Chen ZF, Peng FJ, Huang GY (2014) Contamination profiles of perfluoroalkyl substances in five typical rivers of the Pearl River Delta region, South China. Chemosphere 114, 16-25.
47. Huang GY, Ying GG, Liang YQ, Liu SS,
Liu YS (2014) Expression patterns of metallothionein, cytochrome P450 1A and vitellogenin genes in western mosquitofish (
Gambusia affinis) in response to heavy metals. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 105, 97-102.
48. Peng FJ, Zhou LJ, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Zhao JL (2014) Antibacterial activity of soil-bound antimicrobials oxytetracycline and ofloxacin. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33, 776-783.
49. Chen ZF, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Zhang QQ, Zhao JL, Liu SS, Chen J, Peng FJ, Lai HJ, Pan CG (2014) Triclosan as a surrogate for household biocides: An investigation into biocides in aquatic environments of a highly urbanized region. Water Research 58, 269-279.
50. Su HC, Ying GG, He LY,
Liu YS, Zhang RQ, Tao R (2014) Antibiotic resistance, plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes and ampC gene in two typical municipal wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Sciences: Processes & Impacts 16, 324-332.
51. Lai HJ, Ying GG, Ma YB, Chen ZF, Chen F,
Liu YS (2014) Field dissipation and plant uptake of benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers in biosolid-amended soils. Environmental Sciences: Processes & Impacts 16,558-566.
52. Chen ZF, Ying GG, Jiang YX, Yang B, Lai HJ,
Liu YS, Pan CG, Peng FQ (2014) Photodegradation of the azole fungicide fluconazole in aqueous solution under UV-254: Kinetics, mechanistic investigations and toxicity evaluation. Water Research 52, 83-91.
53. Lai HJ, Ying GG, Ma YB, Chen ZF, Chen F,
Liu YS (2014) Occurrence and dissipation of benzotriazoles and benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers in biosolid-amended soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33, 761-767.
54. Peng FQ, Ying GG, Yang B, Liu S, Lai HJ,
Liu YS, Chen ZF, Zhou GJ (2014) Biotransformation of progesterone and norgestrel by two freshwater microalgae (
Scenedesmus obliquus and
Chlorella pyrenoidosa): Transformation kinetics and products identification. Chemosphere 95, 581-588.
55. Zhang QQ, Zhao JL,
Liu YS, Li BG, Ying GG (2013) Multimedia modeling of the fate of triclosan and triclocarban in the Dongjiang River Basin, South China and comparison with the field data. Environmental Sciences: Processes & Impacts 15, 2142-2152.
56. Liu S, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Peng FQ, He LY (2013) Degradation of norgestrel by bacteria from activated sludge: comparison to progesterone. Environmental Science & Technology 47, 10266-10276.
57. Zhang RQ, Ying GG, Su HC, Zhou LJ,
Liu YS (2013) Antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of
Escherichia coli isolates from traditional and integrated aquaculture in South China. Journal of Environmental Science and Health (Part B) 48(11), 999-1013.
58. Huang GY, Ying GG, Liang YQ,
Liu YS, Liu SS (2013) Effects of steroid hormones on reproduction- and detoxification-related gene expression in adult male mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 158(1), 36043.
59. Huang GY, Ying GG, Liang YQ, Zhao JL, Yang B, Liu S,
Liu YS (2013) Hormonal effects of tetrabromobisphenol A using a combination of in vitro and in vivo assays. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 157, 344-351.
60. Zhao JL, Zhang QQ, Chen F, Wang L, Ying GG,
Liu YS, Yang B, Zhou LJ, Liu S, Su HC, Zhang RQ (2013) Evaluation of triclosan and triclocarban at river basin scale using monitoring and modeling tools: implications for controlling of urban domestic sewage discharge. Water Research 47, 395-405.
61. Chen ZF, Ying GG, Lai HJ, Chen F, Su HC,
Liu YS, Peng FQ, Zhao JL (2012) Determination of biocides in different environmental matrices using ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 204, 3175-3188.
62. Su HC, Ying GG, Tao R, Zhang RQ, Zhao JL,
Liu YS (2012) Class 1 and 2 integrons, sul resistance genes and antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from Dongjiang River, South China. Environmental Pollution 169, 42-49.
