Brief CV

• BSc, Department of Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University (2000-2004)
  

• PhD, Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (2006-2010)

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography, Xiamen University (2011-2013)

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Montreal University (2012.09-12)

• Associate Professor, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University (2013-present)

Research Interests

• Modeling and prediction of metal risks in estuarine ecosystems

• Toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic models for predicting metal bioaccumulation and toxicity

• Biomonitoring of coastal marine environments

• Shellfish food safety

Selected Publications

• Tan Q-G, Ke C, Wang W-X. 2013. Rapid assessments of metal bioavailability in marine sediments using coelomic fluid of sipunculan worms. Environmental Science & Technology 47: 7499–7505.

• Tan Q-G, Wang Y, Wang W-X. 2015. Speciation of Cu and Zn in two colored oyster species determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology 49: 6919–6925.

• Chen W-Q, Wang W-X, Tan Q-G*. 2017. Revealing the complex effects of salinity on copper toxicity in an estuarine clam Potamocorbula laevis with a toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic model. Environmental Pollution 222: 323–330.

• Tan Q-G, Zhou W, Wang W-X*. 2018. Modeling the toxicokinetics of multiple metals in the oyster Crassostrea hongkongensis in a dynamic estuarine environment. Environmental Science & Technology 52: 484–492.

• Tan, Q.-G.*, Lu, S., Chen, R., Peng, J. 2019. Making acute tests more ecologically relevant: cadmium bioaccumulation and toxicity in an estuarine clam under various salinities modeled in a toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic framework. Environmental Science & Technology 53: 2873–2880.

• Lin Z, Fan X, Huang J, Chen R, Tan QG*. 2020. Intertidal mussels do not stop metal bioaccumulation even when out of water: Cadmium toxicokinetics in Xenostrobus atratus under influences of simulated tidal exposure. Environmental Pollution 261:114192.

• For more：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qiao-Guo_Tan

Teaching Experience

• Analytical Chemistry, Undergraduate course

• Biochemistry Laboratory, Undergraduate course

• Environmental Data Analysis and Visualization, Postgraduate course

• Ecotoxicology, Postgraduate course

Research Funding

• 2020-2023 “Mechanisms underlying the interspecies differences in cadmium bioaccumulation in common marine mussels and oysters of China”. Project from National Natural Science Foundation (41977347), 610,000 RMB, Role: PI.

• 2015-2018 “An improved biotic ligand model for predicting the toxicity of Cu and Zn to estuarine organisms”. Project from National Natural Science Foundation (21477099), 900,000 RMB, Role: PI.

• 2012-2016 “Biokinetics and toxicity of heavy metals in estuarine organisms from southern China”. Key Project from National Natural Science Foundation (21237002), 3,000,000 RMB, Role: Co-PI.

Awards and Honors

• Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry editorial board member (2014-2016，2018-2020)

• Editorial board of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2014-2016, 2018-2020)

• ET&C High-ranking Reviewers of 2017, 2018, 2019

• ET&C Exceptional Reviewers of 2015