Hao Chen Data-verified

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High Impact

Assistant Professor

UA Pine Bluff

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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hao.chen@uvm.edu

35 h-index 125 pubs 6,172 cited

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Hao Chen's research investigates environmental contaminants and their impacts. His work includes the recovery of phosphorus from wastewater, focusing on current phosphorous removal technologies, and the characteristics, analytical methods, and impacts of microplastic pollution in soils and groundwater. Chen also studies the modification of materials like hydrochar and biochar to enhance their capacity for removing pollutants from wastewater, such as heavy metals (Pb(II), Cu(II), Cd(II)) and antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine).

Further research areas include the photoreactivity of dissolved organic matter from microplastic sources using high-resolution mass spectrometry and the gut toxicity of polystyrene microplastics on earthworms, examining insights into gut bacteria communities and their translocation. Chen also examines the occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in soils as influenced by functional areas and human activities. Additionally, his work extends to the adsorption of elemental mercury from nonferrous smelting flue gas using disordered MoS2 nanosheets.

Chen holds a strong publication record with 125 total publications and has accumulated over 5,957 citations, contributing to a highly cited researcher designation. His h-index is 34. He collaborates with Hem Chandra Sharma at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, with whom he shares two publications.

Metrics

h-index: 35
Publications: 125
Citations: 6,172

Selected Publications

Fe-Mn biochar filtration columns for removal of co-existing sulfamethoxazole microplastics (2025)

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Caffeine removal in wastewater: a comprehensive review of current treatment plants and small-scale innovations (2025)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Removal of sulfamethoxazole using Fe-Mn biochar filtration columns: Influence of co-existing polystyrene microplastics (2024)

10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Evaluation of iron-modified biochar on arsenic accumulation by rice: a pathway to assess human health risk from cooked rice (2024)

12 citations DOI OpenAlex
The effects of size and surface-coating of CuO-nanoparticles on extractable Cu and enzyme activities in soil (2024)

10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Foliar application of green synthesized ZnO nanoparticles reduced Cd content in shoot of lettuce (2023)

14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Potassium permanganate modification of hydrochar enhances sorption of Pb(II), Cu(II), and Cd(II) (2023)

60 citations DOI OpenAlex
Biochar inhibited hydrogen radical-induced Cd bioavailability in a paddy soil (2023)

28 citations DOI OpenAlex
Foliar Application of Green Synthesized Zno Nanoparticles Reduced Cd Content in Shoot of Lettuce (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater: A review based on current phosphorous removal technologies (2022)

172 citations DOI OpenAlex
Biochar Modification with Hematite and Goethite for Efficient Persulfate Activation and Pollution Degradation (2022)

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Biochar modification with hematite and goethite as efficient persulfate activation catalysts for sulfamethoxazole degradation: one-step biochar synthesis method and solution matrix effect on sulfamethoxazole removal kinetics (2022)

13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Fixed bed column performance of Al-modified biochar for the removal of sulfamethoxazole and sulfapyridine antibiotics from wastewater (2022)

59 citations DOI OpenAlex
Mesoscale Aggregation of Sulfur-Rich Asphaltenes: <i>In Situ</i> Microscopy and Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation (2022)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Occurrences and impacts of engineered nanoparticles in soils and groundwater (2022)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex