General Information
Name: Tu Chen
Title: Associate Professor
Work Email: ctu@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881126
Research Fields
(1)Soil Pollution Processes and Bioremediation
(2)Interactions of Microplastics and Biofilms
Education Background
(1)2007 – 2011, Ph.D., Environmental Pollution Processes and Ecological Remediation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
(2)2004 – 2007, Master, Developmental Biology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
(3)2000 – 2004, Bachelor, Biotechnology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
Professional Experience
(1)2022 ― Present, Associate Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2019 ― 2022, Associate Professor, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China
(3)2011 ― 2019, Assistant Professor, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China
Social Positions
(1)2023 – Present, Early Career Editor, Eco-Environmental Health
(2)2022 – Present, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Soil Science
(3)2021 – Present, Editor, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
(4)2020 – Present, Member and Secretary, Environmental Microplastics Working Group, Soil Science Society of China
(5)2020 – Present, Senior Associate Editor, International Journal of Phytoremediation
(6)2018 – Present, Scientific Officer, “Future Earth Coasts” International Project Office
(7)2017 – Present, Board of Director, International Phytotechnology Society
Projects
(1)Biofilms formation of microplastic-degrading microbes on mulching films and the enzymatic degradation mechanisms in farmland soils, 2022.01-2025.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(2)Mechanisms of DPAA releasing and degradation coupled to iron reduction mediated by sulfate reducing bacteria in the soil, 2016.01-2019.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(3)Molecular mechanisms of rhizosphere degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by alfalfa with rhizobium bioaugmentation, 2013.01-2015.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
Patents
(1)Tu Chen, Liu Ying, Wei Jing, Luo Yongming. The isolation, culture method and application of a sulfate-reducing strain: 201910108278.3, 2022-03-18
(2)Tu Chen, Liu Ying, Luo Yongming. Gibberella sp. NT？？1 and its application: 201710671482.7, 2020-06-02
(3)Tu Chen, Liu Ying, Zhou Qian, Luo Yongming. The isolation, screening and application of a high-efficient polyethylene degrading bacteria: 201910743229.7, 2019-11-26
(4)Tu Chen, Liu Ying, Li Lianzhen, Zhang Haibo, Luo Yongming. Pseudomonas sp. and its application: 201510821018.2, 2019-04-09
Publications
(1)Xing QW, Cao XY, Tan CY*, Sun LJ, Deng YQ, Yang J, Tu C*. Effects of single and combined applications of three root exudates of Sedum plumbizincicola on the phytoremediation efficiency of paddy soil contaminated with Cd. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023: 670397.
(2)Zhou Q, Tu C*, Liu Y, Li Y, Zhang HB, Vogts A, Plewe S, Pan XL, Luo YM, Waniek JJ. Biofilm enhances the copper (II) adsorption on microplastic surfaces in coastal seawater: Simultaneous evidence from visualization and quantification. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 853: 158217.
(3)Tu C, Ma HQ, Li Y, Fu CC, You ZJ, Newton A, Luo YM*. Transdisciplinary, co-designed and adaptive management for the sustainable development of Rongcheng, a coastal city in China in the context of human activities and climate change. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022, 10: 670397.
(4)Tu C, Liu Y, Li LZ, Li Y, Vogts A, Luo YM*, Waniek JJ. Structural and functional characteristics of microplastic associated biofilms in response to temporal dynamics and polymer types. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021, 107: 633-639.
(5)Zhou Q, Tu C*, Yang J, Fu CC, Li Y, Waniek JJ. Trapping of microplastics in halocline and turbidity layers of the semi-enclosed Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021, 8: 761566.
(6)Tu C#, Wei J#, Guan F, Liu Y, Sun YH, Luo YM*. Biochar and bacteria inoculated biochar enhanced Cd and Cu immobilization and enzymatic activity in a polluted soil. Environment International, 2020, 137: 105576.
(7)Tu C, Chen T, Zhou Q, Liu Y, Wei J, Waniek JJ, LUO YM*. Biofilm formation and its influences on the properties of microplastics as affected by exposure time and depth in the seawater. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 734: 139237.
(8)Tu C, Zhou Q, Zhang CJ, Liu Y, Luo YM*. Biofilms of microplastics. In: He DF and Luo YM (eds.), Microplastics in Terrestrial Environments. Switzerland, Springer Nature, 2020.
(9)Tu C, Guan F, Sun YH, Guo PP, Liu Y, Li LZ, Scheckel KG, Luo YM*. Stabilizing effects on a Cd polluted coastal wetland soil using calcium polysulphide. Geoderma, 2018, 332, 190-197.
(10)Tu C, Liu Y, Wei J, Li LZ, Scheckel KG, Luo YM*. Characterization and mechanism of copper biosorption by a highly copper-resistant fungal strain isolated from copper-polluted acidic orchard soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25: 24965-24974.
(11)Tu C, Luo YM*, Teng Y, Christie P. Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls is coupled to nitrogen fixation by a legume-rhizobium symbiosis. Science China – Earth Sciences, 2018, 61(3): 285-291.
(12)Luo YM, Tu C. Twenty Years of Research and Development on Soil Pollution and Remediation in China. Singapore, Springer Nature, 2018.
(13)Tu C, Ma LY, Guo PP, Song F, Teng Y, Zhang HB, Luo YM*. Rhizoremediation of a dioxin-like PCB polluted soil by alfalfa: Dynamic characterization at temporal and spatial scale. Chemosphere, 2017, 189: 517-524.
(14)Tu C, Teng Y, Luo YM*, Li XH, Sun XH, Li ZG, Liu WX, Christie P. Potential for biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 186(2-3): 1438-1444.
(15)Tu C, Teng Y, Luo YM*, Sun XH, Deng SP, Li ZG, Liu WX, Xu ZH. PCB removal, soil enzyme activities, and microbial community structures during the phytoremediation by alfalfa in field soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2011, 11(4): 649-656.
Awards & Honors
(1)2022, The Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Shandong Provincial People's Government, China
(2)2016, The First Prize of Natural Science, Ministry of Education, China
(3)2012, The Second Prize of Science and Technology (Natural Science) Award, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, China
