23 April 2026
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Board Members of Toxics

Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) is pleased to announce the addition of the following 73 researchers to the journal’s 2025 Early Career Editorial Board. We would like to congratulate them on becoming part of the Toxics community!

Name: Dr. Yunquan Zhang
Affiliation: School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Research interests: air pollution; climate change; environmental epidemiology

Name: Dr. Jing Li
Affiliations: 1 Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China;
2 National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Research interests: air pollution; health effect; VOCs; children

Name: Dr. Yongzhen Ding
Affiliation: Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
Research interests: antibiotics residue; antibiotic resistance genes; drug-resistant bacteria; polymicrobial interaction

Name: Dr. Maria A. Antonopoulou
Affiliation: Department of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Patras, GR-30131 Agrinio, Greece
Research interests: photocatalysis; visible-light photocatalysts; water treatment; hybrid systems; decontamination; detoxification; reactive species; transformation products

Name: Dr. Huanbo Wang
Affiliation: School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Research interests: characteristics of the chemical components of particulate matter; source apportionment of particulate matter; analytical methods for emerging contaminants

Name: Dr. Wenqian Huo
Affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Research interests: cardiovascular disease; air quality; ultrafine particulate matter; bisphenol S; lexan; phenol; sex hormone-binding globulin; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Name: Dr. Zhiquan Liu
Affiliation: School of Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
Research interests: biodiversity; macrobenthos; aquatic ecology; environmental toxicology of emerging pollutants; nanotoxicology

Name: Dr. Duckshin Park
Affiliation: Department of Transportation Environmental Research (BD no. 11), Cheoldobakmulkwanro 176, Uiwang-si 16105, Kyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Research interests: indoor air quality; source identification; thermal comfort; particulates; VOCs and radon control in subway systems

Name: Dr. Patrícia Pereira
Affiliation: Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Research interests: mercury toxicology; neurotoxicity; behaviour; fish

Name: Dr. Luís Félix
Affiliation: Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Research interests: toxicology; environmental sciences; biochemistry and molecular biology; pharmacology; developmental biology; anaesthesiology; neurosciences

Name: Dr. Yun Zhao
Affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100190, China
Research interests: environmental health; environmental exposure; toxicology

Name: Dr. Yifan Wang
Affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150006, China
Research interests: ecological effects and remediation technologies of soil pollution

Name: Dr. Zhenxing Chi
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, 2# Wenhua West Road, Weihai 264209, China
Research interests: environmental chemical pollutants; PAEs; PBDEs; micro-/nanomaterials; hematologic toxicity; oxidative stress; interaction between small molecules and biomolecules

Name: Dr. Maria Jose Rosa
Affiliation: Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Research interests: asthma; wheeze; respiratory health; child health; air pollution; particulate matter; metals; stress; prenatal exposure

Name: Dr. Zhangjian Chen
Affiliations: 1 Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China;
Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Research interests: nanotoxicology; occupational health; environmental health; heavy metal toxicology

Name: Dr. Karen Esquivel Escalante
Affiliation: Graduate and Research Division, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Research interests: nanotoxicology; characteristics of the chemical components of particulate matter; source apportionment of particulate matter; analytical methods for emerging contaminants

Name: Dr. Mohammed Jakaria
Affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Research interests: neuropharmacology; receptors; neurodegenerative diseases; neurotoxicology

Name: Dr. Zhiyuan Li
Affiliation: School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Research interests: air pollution exposure assessment; indoor/outdoor air quality and human health; smart and sustainable cities

Name: Dr. Fengxia Yang
Affiliations: 1 Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China;
2 Dali Agro-Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Dali 671004, China
Research interests: emerging contaminants; antibiotic resistance genes; antimicrobial resistance; livestock farming; agricultural environment; risk assessment

Name: Dr. Haibo Chen
Affiliation: School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Research interests: toxicological effects of emerging contaminants, particularly microplastics

Name: Dr. Mercedes Fernandez-Serrano
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
Research interests: ecotoxicity; environmental assessment; microplastics; surfactants; encapsulation; enzymes

Name: Dr. Manuela Dias Machado
Affiliation: CIETI—Bioengineering Laboratory, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
Research interests: environmental toxicology; microalgae and yeast; contaminants of emerging concern (antibiotics, biocides, pesticides, heavy metals); development and application of bioassays for assessing aquatic pollution; mixture toxicology; elucidation of mechanisms of action of pollutants on microorganisms and adaptive pathways to combat oxidative stress

Name: Dr. Shuyan Zhao
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, Ocean and Life Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
Research interests: ecotoxicology; environmental toxicology; environmental monitoring and analysis

Name: Dr. Xiangbiao Yin
Affiliation: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
Research interests: clay minerals; hydrothermal treatment; radioactive waste disposal; soil remediation; silica gel

Name: Dr. Xin Zheng
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Research interests: ecotoxicology; water quality criteria; ecological risk assessment of POPs

Name: Dr. Fabrizio Olivito
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
Research interests: sustainable chemistry; environmental chemistry; medicinal chemistry; macromolecules

Name: Dr. Tingting Ku
Affiliation: School of Environment and Resource Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
Research interests: environmental health; air pollution; nanoparticles; exposure and toxicity identification; molecular mechanism

Name: Dr. Chijioke Emenike
Affiliation: Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada
Research interests: waste management; plastic degradation; pollutant toxicity; bioremediation

Name: Dr. Guangxian Wang
Affiliation: School of Science and Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
Research interests: food contaminant detection

Name: Dr. Lizhu Tang
Affiliation: School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
Research interests: ecotoxicology; emerging pollutants; environmental behavior; environmental migration; biological accumulation; exposure risk; toxic effects; toxic mechanism; ecological toxicological effect

Name: Dr. Andreia Rodrigues
Affiliations: 1 Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Aix-Marseille University (AMU-MIO), Marseille, France;
2 Centro de Estudos de Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Research interests: aquatic ecotoxicology; oxidative stress; biotic and abiotic stressors; chemical
contamination; Arctic ecosystem; hydrothermal influenced ecosystems; aquaculture; sustainable production and animal welfare; food safety

Name: Dr. Rosalia Emma
Affiliations: 1 Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy;
2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (MEDCLIN), University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
Research interests: tobacco harm reduction; alternative products to cigarette smoke; tobacco-related diseases; toxicology

Name: Dr. Chia-Yi Tseng
Affiliation: Chung Yuan Christian University Department of Biomedical Engineering Center for Nano-Technology 200 Chungbei Road, Chungli City, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
Research interests: toxicity; neurodegenerative disease

Name: Dr. Bipul Ray
Affiliation: NIDCR, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Research interests: neuroscience; gut–brain axis; alcohol; neurodegeneration; animal models in behavioural neuroscience; mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress

Name: Dr. Jheng-Jie Jiang
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320314, Taiwan
Research interests: environmental chemistry and toxicology of classic and emerging contaminants (ECs), including perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), organophosphate esters (OPEs), and pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs); regional and global environmental fate, transport, and deposition of organic micropollutants in the aquatic and atmospheric compartments; microplastics in the aquatic and atmospheric environment; novel nanomaterials for the removal of ECs

Name: Dr. Xunfeng Chen
Affiliation: Biofuels Institute, School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Research interests: carbon nanotubes; heavy metal; phytoremediation; soil remediation

Name: Dr. An Zhu
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou 350108, China
Research interests: drug toxicology; computational toxicology; epitranscriptomics

Name: Dr. Shenbo Wang
Affiliation: School of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University. No.100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Research interests: environmental analysis; air quality; reactive nitrogen compounds; secondary aerosol

Name: Dr. Weixin Zhao
Affiliation: School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Research interests: waste treatment

Name: Dr. Yeongkwon Son
Affiliation: Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512-1095, USA
Research interests: exposure science; environmental health; human and ecological risk assessment; biomarkers; biomonitoring; air pollution; water pollution; indoor air pollution; persistent organic pollutant; emerging contaminants; global health

Name: Dr. Leslimar Rios-Colon
Affiliation: NCCU-RTI Center for Applied Research in Environmental Sciences (CARES), RTI International, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Research interests: environmental exposure; toxicology; environmental justice; molecular biology; microplastics

Name: Dr. Barbara Pawłowska
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, 13/15 Armii Krajowej Av., 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland
Research interests: ecotoxicology; oxidative stress; phytotoxicity; plants; ionic liquids; NSAIDs; chlorophyll fluorescence; microtox; toxkit

Name: Dr. Tae-Yong Jeong
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea
Research interests: environmental metabolomics; environmental toxicology; biomonitoring

Name: Dr. Qilei Chen
Affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
Research interests: natural products; drug discovery; pharmacognosy; inflammation; nanotechnology

Name: Dr. Maikel Rosabal
Affiliation: Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québecà Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, QC H2X 1Y4, Canada
Research interests: metal toxicity; metal detoxification; hyphenated techniques; mining activities; subcellular metal partitioning; environmental metallomics; aquatic environments; benthic organisms

Name: Dr. Sebastián Andres Elgueta Palma
Affiliation: Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Los Leones, Providencia 7500000, Chile
Research interests: pesticide residues; non-thermal technologies

Name: Dr. Dan Xu
Affiliation: College of Environment Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
Research interests: emerging contaminants; molecular toxicity; health risks; cardiovascular diseases; carcinogenicity

Name: Dr. Tingting Huo
Affiliation: School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Research interests: environmental mineralogy; pollutant interaction; surface and interface alterations; and safety evaluation of new environmental pollutants

Name: Dr. Linjing Deng
Affiliation: School of The Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Research interests: nanoparticles; environmental toxicology; environmental remediation; environmental health; green building and sustainable development

Name: Dr. Chiara Martino
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Research interests: marine biology; ecotoxicology; pollution; climate change; global warming; circular economy; marine sustainability

Name: Dr. Pablo Miralles
Affiliation: Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Region (FISABIO-Public Health), Av. Catalunya 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain
Research interests: risk assessment; plastics; biomonitoring; environment; emerging pollutants; analytical methods

Name: Dr. Guo Yu
Affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Research interests: soil remediation; hyperaccumulator; rhizosphere; abiotic stress; metal transporter

Name: Dr. Song Yu
Affiliation: Division of Chemical Toxicity and Safety Assessment, Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
Research interests: mycotoxin; mass spectrometry detection technology; contamination control; toxicity intervention; food quality and safety assessment

Name: Dr. Manuela Piccardo
Affiliations: 1 Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy;
2 Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio, 9, 00196 Roma, Italy
Research interests: ecotoxicology; micro- and nanoplastics; emerging pollutants; ecological risk assessment; multi-stressor effects; effect-based tools; ecological status indices; ecotoxicity tests

Name: Dr. Ioanna Efthimiou
Affiliations: 1 Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, Greece;
2 Department of Sustainable Agriculture, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Patras, GR-30131 Agrinio, Greece
Research interests: genotoxicity; cytotoxicity; micronucleus tests; DNA damage; genetic toxicology; genotoxicology; in vitro toxicology; cell culture; environmental toxicology; oxidative stress biomarkers

Name: Dr. Anyi Niu
Affiliation: College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
Research interests: mangroves; carbon cycle; soil pollution; ecosystem ecology; environmental management

Name: Dr. Claudia Trignano
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Research interests: forensic toxicology; DUID; DFSA; forensic pathology; legal medicine

Name: Dr. Weijie XU
Affiliations: 1 State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China;
2 Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Soil Remediation and Quality Improvement in Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311300, China
Research interests: biowaste reduction and resource utilization; contaminant removal
adsorption of heavy metals and emerging contaminants in water; transport and fate of hazardous metal(loid)s in soil

Name: Dr. Weijie Xue
Affiliation: Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
Research interests: heavy metal; cadmium; ecotoxicology; migration and transportation; soil remediation

Name: Dr. Wan Yang
Affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
Research interests: heavy metal; occurrence; biochar; biotransformation; microbial community; sewage sludge

Name: Dr. Dušan Nikolić
Affiliation: Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia
Research interests: ecotoxicology; aquatic toxicology; fish toxicology; heavy metal toxicity; trace elements; health risk assessment; ecological risk assessment; bioaccumulation; biomarkers

Name: Dr. Daochuan Li
Affiliation: School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Research interests: epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis

Name: Dr. Yanhui Dai
Affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Research interests: microplastics; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; engineered nanoparticles; toxic effect; environmental behavior; biotransformation

Name: Dr. Wei Qian
Affiliation: School of Ecology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Research interests: metal-based nanoparticles; arsenic biotransformation; plastic additives; nanoplastic; marine ecotoxicology

Name: Dr. Lizi Lin
Affiliation: School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong 510000, China
Research interests: maternal and child health; environmental pollution; risk assessment; particulate matter; POPs

Name: Dr. Yufeng Jiang
Affiliation: School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Lanzhou Jiatong University, Lanzhou, China
Research interests: POPs; emerging contaminants; environmental fate; risk assessment; transfer and transformation; soil

Name: Dr. Dong-Xing Guan        
Affiliation:
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Research Interests:
soil contamination and remediation; passive sampling; chemical imaging; soil-plant interaction; contaminant and nutrient bioavailability; food safety; soil health

Name: Dr. Ting Wang
Affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Research Interest: environmental health; air pollution; particulate matter; risk assessment; exposure science; toxic effect and mechanism

Name: Dr. Huayi Chen
Affiliation: School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Research Interests: agriculture; soil science; biochar; hydrogel; water purification; pollutant removal; ecological evaluation

Name: Dr. Jiefeng Liang
Affiliation: Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Research Interests: environmental analysis; environmental toxicity; health effects; molecular mechanism

Name: Dr. Gang Wang
Affiliation: Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
Research Interests: atmospheric pollution; air-pollution control; environmental monitoring; numerical simulation; remote sensing applications; particulate matter; regional transportation; volatile organic compounds; emission inventory; ozone; climate change; machine learning

Name:  Tommaso Campani
Affiliation: Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
Research Interests: toxicological effects of chemical contaminants on terrestrial and marine organisms; sustainable agriculture; impact of pesticides on pollinating insects and soil organisms; environmental risks of olive oil by-products; presence of contaminants in agricultural products

 

Name: Roberta Tassinari
Affiliation:
Center for Gender-Specific Medicine, Italian National Institute of Health, 00161 Rome, Italy
Research Interests: toxicology; contaminants; endocrine disruptors; in vivo models; biomarkers; sex-specific effects; hazard identification; histopathology

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