General Information
Name: Song Xin
Title: Professor
Work Email: xsong@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 86-25-86881543
Research Fields
(1) Occurrence, fate and transport of emerging contaminants in subsurface, with an emphasis on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
(2) Innovative remediation strategies for soil and groundwater contamination
Education Background
(1) 2000 – 2005, Doctor, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
(2) 1997– 2000, Master, Environmental Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(3) 1993 – 1997, Bachelor, Environmental Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Professional Experience
(1) 2013 ― present, Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2) 2005―2013, Hydrogeologist/Environmental engineer, ARCADIS U.S. Inc., San Francisco, USA
(3) 2000―2005, Research Assistant/Teaching assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Social Positions
(1) Vice Chair, Division 4, International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) (2023-Present)
(2) International Scientific Council Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific (2023-Present)
(3) Deputy General Secretary, Soil Science Society of China (2020-Present)
(4) Deputy Director of the Soil and Groundwater Remediation Committee, China Association of Environmental Protection Industry (2022-Present)
(5) Member of the National Groundwater Association (NGWA) (2006-Present)
(6) Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologist (2006-Present)
Projects
(1) National Key Research and Development Program of China (Sub-lead), 2024YFC3712705, Demonstration of Engineering Application for Multi-Interface Collaborative Containment and Control Technology at Typical Groundwater Contaminated Sites, 2024/12-2028/11
(2) International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI), 32061133001, Enhanced in situ Bioremediation for Contaminated Land Remediation (EiCLaR), 2021/01-2024/12
(3) China Construction Eighth Engineering Corp., CSCEC Eco-Environmental Engineering Research Center (PI), CSCEC-PT-009, Development of remediation technologies and equipment for contaminated sites, 2022/9-2024/6
(4) National Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (PI), 2019YFC1805700, in situ Thermal Treatment Coupled with Innovative Engineering Solutions for Contaminated Sites with Organic Mixtures, 2021/01-2023/12
(5) General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI), 41771354, Behavior and Remediation for a Typical PFOS Alternative F-53B in Soil and Groundwater, 2018/01-2021/12
(6) General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41571460 (PI), PFOS and PFOA Transport in Groundwater and Their Advanced Oxidation Using Activated Persulfate, 2016/01-2019/12
(7) Sino-German Center of National Natural Science Foundation, Sino-German Symposium “Fate, Transport and Remediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Soil and Groundwater”, 2017/04-2017/04 (0.18 million RMB)
(8) EU Erasmus+ Project, 2015-3471/001-001, International University Cooperation on Land Protection in European-Asiatic Countries, 2016/01-2018/12
Patents
(1) Xin Song, Peng Jin, Changlong Wei, Kang Li, Zhiwen Tang, Heng Fu, Xing Chen, Method for constructing Groundwater Monitoring Well Inside PRB Trench, US Phase: No.: 11454114
(2) Xin Song, Kaiyou Huang, Qing Wang, Changlong Wei, Zhuanxia Zhang. Simulation reaction apparatus for in-situ thermal treatment coupled with bioremediation of contaminated sites. No.: 202210275480.7.
(3) Xin Song, Changlong Wei, Yuyu Chen, Runlai Luo. Layered double hydroxides modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Preparation method and application, treatment method of PFASs contaminated water. No.: 202211644456.2
(4) Xin Song, Keke Xu, Wei Tang, Xinbo Wang. Experimental apparatus and method for reductive remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbon DNAPL contamination sources in saturated aquifers using zero-valent iron-PRB. No.: 201710581572.7.
(5) Xin Song, Peng Jin. Risk management and control method for contaminated sites, as well as in-situ risk management and control zone for contaminated sites. No.: 202210269818.8.
(6) Xin Song, Chang Xu, Aiwei Mu, Zhiwen Tang. Remediation method for PFASs contaminated wetlands. No.: 202110088566.4.
Publications
(1) Noman Yashir, Qi Sun, Xiqian Zhang, Min Ma, Dong Wang, Yasong Feng, Xin Song*. Co-occurrence of microplastics, PFASs, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes in groundwater and their composite impacts on indigenous microbial communities: A field study. Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 961: 178373.
(2) Min Ma, Frederic Coulon, Zhiwen Tang, Zhiyuan Hu, Ye Bi, Mingxin Huo*, Xin Song*. Unveiling the truth of interactions between microplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in wastewater treatment plants: Microplastics as a carrier of PFASs and beyond. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025.
(3) Zhuanxia Zhang, Zeliang Liu, Frederic Coulon, Gubai Luo, Qing Wang*, Xinyu Gao, Zhongyuan Li, Xin Song*, Co-occurrence of PFASs, TPHs, and BTEX in subsurface soils: Impacts on native microbial communities and implications for bioremediation. Environmental Research, 2025, 267,120650
(4) Rui Li, Changlong Wei, Zhiwen Tang, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhipan Ma, Bing Li, Ailiang Gu, Xin Song*. An in situ reactive zone approach using calcium peroxide for the remediation of benzene and chlorobenzene in groundwater: A field study. Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 373, 123899.
(5) Min Ma, Mingxin Huo*, Frederic Coulon, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhiwen Tang, Xin Liu, Zhian Ying, Bin Wang, Xin Song*. Understanding microplastic presence in different wastewater treatment processes: Removal efficiency and source identification. Science of the Total Environment. 2024, 929: 172680.
(6) Zongshuai Yang, Changlong Wei, Jingke Sima, Song Yan, Lipu Yin, Ao Xian, Jinzhong Wan, Jie Yang*, Xin Song*. Quantitative sustainability assessment for in-situ electrical resistance heating coupled with steam enhanced extraction: An effective approach for the development of green remediation technologies. Water Research, 2024, 267:122450.
(7) Xianghui Cheng, Longfei Jiang, Wuxing Liu, Xin Song, Jurate Kumpiene, Chunling Luo*. Phytoremediation of trichloroethylene in the soil/groundwater environment: Progress, problems, and potential[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 954: 176566.
(8) Xin Liu, Peng Jin, Zongshuai Yang, Changlong Wei, Paul Bardos, Da Ding, Zhuanxia Zhang Xin Song*. An evaluation approach for sustainable mega-site remediation in China integrated with remedial duration, Pedosphere, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedsph.2024.07.008.
(9) Zhuanxia Zhang, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhiwen Tang, Qi Sun, Qing Wang, Xin Liu, Lipu Yin, Song Yan, Minmin Xu, Frederic Coulon, Xin Song*. Unveiling complete natural reductive dechlorination mechanisms of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater: Insights from functional gene analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 134034
(10) Mukhtiar Ali, Qing Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Xing Chen, Min Ma, Zhiwen Tang, Rui Li, Biao Tang, Zhongyuan Li, Xiangfeng Huang, Xin Song*. Mechanisms of benzene and benzo[a]pyrene biodegradation in the individually and mixed contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution, 2024, 347, 123710
(11) Zhengtao Li, Xin Song, Songhu Yuan, Heping Zhao*, Unveiling the inhibitory mechanisms of chromium exposure on microbial reductive dechlorination: Kinetics and microbial responses[J]. Water Research, 2024, 253: 121328
(12) Yuhao Wu, Yuefei Wu, Gubai Luo, Teng Zhang, Qing Wang, Liwu Fan*, Xin Song & Zitao Yu. Effects of Diesel Concentration on the Thermal Conductivity, Specific Heat Capacity and Thermal Diffusivity of Diesel-Contaminated Soil[J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2024, 33(2): 696-709.
(13) Zhiwen Tang, Timothy M. Vogel, Qing Wang, Changlong Wei, Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song*, Microbial defluorination of TFA, PFOA, and HFPO-DA by a native microbial consortium under anoxic conditions, Journal of Hazardous Materials，2024, 465, 133217
(14) Xiaoyan Ding, Changlong Wei, Yunxiao Wei, Peng Liu, Dixiang Wang, Qing Wang, Xing Chen, Xin Song*. Field test of thermally activated persulfate for remediation of PFASs co-contaminated with chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in groundwater[J]. Water Research, 2024, 249: 120993.
(15) Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song*, Qing Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Meng Zhang, Min Ma, Jilu Che, Rui Li, Xing Chen, Zhiwen Tang, Biao Tang, Xiangfeng Huang. Effects of short and long-term thermal exposure on microbial compositions in soils contaminated with mixed benzene and benzo[a]pyrene: A short communication. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 168862.
(16) Jilu Che, Chang Xu, Xin Song*, Xiaoyan Ding, Mukhtiar Ali, Hong Chen, Bioaccumulation of PFASs in cabbage collected near a landfill site in China: Laboratory and field investigations. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 167578.
(17) Zongshuai Yang, Changlong Wei*, Xin Song*, Xin Liu, Zhiwen Tang, Peng Liu, Yunxiao Wei,Thermal conductive heating coupled with in situ chemical oxidation for soil and groundwater remediation: A quantitative assessment for sustainability,Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 423, 138732.
(18) Meng Zhang, Qing Wang, Xin Song*, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhiwen Tang, Xin Liu, Zhuanxia Zhang, Shurong Ma*, Jinhui Bi, Zhongyuan Li. Co-occurrence of PFASs, heavy metals and PAHs and their composite impacts on microbial consortium in soil: A field study[J]. Pedosphere, 2024, 34: 736-748.
(19) Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song*, Qing Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Meng Zhang, Xing Chen, Zhiwen Tang, Xin Liu. Thermally enhanced biodegradation of benzo[a]pyrene and benzene co-contaminated soil: bioavailability and generation of ROS. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 131494.
(20) Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song*, Qing Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Jilu Che, Xing Chen, Zhiwen Tang, Xin Liu, Mechanisms of biostimulant-enhanced biodegradation of PAHs and BTEX mixed contaminants in soil by native microbial consortium. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 318,120831
(21) Zhiwen Tang, Xin Song*, Minmin Xu, Jin Yao, Mukhtiar Ali, Qing Wang, Jun Zeng, Xiaoyan Ding, Congjun Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Xin Liu. Effects of co-occurrence of PFASs and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons on microbial communities in groundwater: A field study. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 435, 128969
(22) Qing Wang, Siwei Guo, Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song*, Zhiwen Tang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Meng Zhang, Yongming Luo. Thermally enhanced bioremediation: A review of the fundamentals and applications in soil and groundwater remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022,128749
(23) Xiaoyan Ding, Xin Song*, Minmin Xu, Jin Yao, Chang Xu, ZhiwenTang, Zhuanxia Zhang. Co-occurrence and correlations of PFASs and chlorinated volatile organic compounds (cVOCs) in subsurface in a fluorochemical industrial park: Laboratory and field investigations. Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 152814
(24) Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song *, Da Ding,Qing Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, Zhiwen Tang. Bioremediation of PAHs and heavy metals co-contaminated soils: Challenges and enhancement strategies. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 118686
(25) Xin Liu, Qing Wang*, Xin Song, Kang Li, Mukhtiar Ali, Changlong Wei, Jilu Che, Siwei Guo, and Xuedan Dou. Utilization of Biochar Prepared by Invasive Plant Species Alternanthera Philoxeroides to Remove Phenanthrene Co-Contaminated with PCE from Aqueous Solutions. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022
(26) Xiaojing Zhu, Xin Song, Jan Schwarzbauer, First insights into the formation and long-term dynamic behaviors of nonextractable perfluorooctanesulfonate and its alternative 6:2 chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonate residues in a silty clay soil, Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 761, 143230
(27) Qing Wang, Xin Song, Changlong Wei*, Da Ding, Zhiwen Tang, Xiangming Tu, Xing Chen and Shenghui Wang. Distribution, source identification and health risk assessment of PFASs in groundwater from Jiangxi Province, China. chemosphere, 2021, 132946
(28) Qing Wang, Xin Song*, Changlong Wei, Peng Jin, Xing Chen, Zhiwen Tang, Kang Li, Xiaoyan Ding, Heng Fu. In situ remediation of Cr(VI) contaminated groundwater by ZVI-PRB and the corresponding indigenous microbial community responses: a field-scale study. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 150260
(29) Xiaoyan Ding, Xin Song*, Xing Chen, Da Ding, Chang Xu, Hong Chen. Degradation and mechanism of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid by thermally activated persulfate in aqueous solutions. Chemosphere, 2021, 131720
(30) Xin Song, Qing Wang*, Peng Jin, Xing Chen, Shiyue Tang, Changlong Wei, Kang Li, Xiaoyan Ding, Zhiwen Tang, Heng Fu. Enhanced biostimulation coupled with a dynamic groundwater recirculation system for Cr(VI) removal from groundwater: a field-scale study. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 772, 145495
(31) Chang Xu, Xin Song*, Zhaoyang Liu, Xiaoyan Ding, Hong Chen, Da Ding. Occurrence, source apportionment, plant bioaccumulation and human exposure of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil and plant leaves near a landfill in China. Science of the Total Environment, 2021,776,145731
(32) Chang Xu, Zhaoyang Liu, Xin Song*, Xiaoyan Ding, Da Ding. Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in multi-media around a landfill in China: Implications for the usage of PFASs alternatives. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 751: 141767-141775.
Awards & Honors
(1) ISSCAS Science and Technology Annual Award, 2024, 2022
(2) "333 Talents" at Jiangsu Provincial Level, China, 2024, 2016
(3) Second prize, Science and Technology Award for Environmental Protection, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China, 2020
(4) Outstanding Groundwater Project Award (on behalf of ARCADIS U.S.), USA, 2013
