PhD Project title:

Abundance and source identification of microplastics in Chinese farmland soils

Supervisors:

Prof. Dave Chadwick & Prof. Davey Jones.

I am a PhD student that currently working in the project called "Do agricultural microplastics undermine food security and sustainable development in less economically developed countries?” (GCRF, Project NE/V005871/1). This project is supported by the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund and the Natural Environment Research Council project, and the High-level Team Project of China Agricultural University.  This project is led by Prof. Davey Jones at Bangor University. 

Abundance, source identification and ecological impacts of plastics residues in Chinese farmland soils

Research Interests:

- Microplastic,

- Plastic Pollution,

- Model, 

- Material Flows Analysis (MFA)

2025

• PublishedHigher potential leaching of inorganic and organic additives from biodegradable compared to conventional agricultural plastic mulch film
  Reay, M. K., Graf, M., Murphy, M., Li, G., Yan, C., Bhattacharya, M., Osbahr, H., Ma, J., Chengtao, W., Shi, X., Ren, S., Cui, J., Collins, C., Chadwick, D., Jones, D. L., Evershed, R. P. & Lloyd, C., 25 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 488, 137147.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSeparation and Identification of Conventional Microplastics from Farmland Soils
  Ren, S., Graf, M., Wang, K., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Liu, X., Li, J., Zu, T., Ren, K., Sun, Y., Qi, R., Collins, B., Xu, L., Jiang, X., Cui, J., Ding, F., Yan, C., Liu, X., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D., 21 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Visualized Experiments. 217
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• PublishedPotential sources and occurrence of macro-plastics and microplastics pollution in farmland soils: A typical case of China
  Ren, S., Wang, K., Zhang, J., Li, J., Zhang, H., Qi, R., Xu, W., Yan, C., Liu, X., Zhang, F., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D. R., 2 Apr 2024, In: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 54, 7, p. 533-556 33 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedAtmospheric deposition of microplastics in a rural region of North China Plain
  Li, J., Zhang, J., Ren, S., Huang, D., Liu, F., Li, Z., Zhang, H., Zhao, M., Cao, Y., Mofolo, S., Liang, J., Xu, W., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D. R., Liu, X. & Wang, K., 15 Jun 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 877, 162947.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedEffects of plastic residues and microplastics on soil ecosystems: A global meta-analysis
  Zhang, J., Ren, S., Xu, W., Liang, C., Li, J., Zhang, H., Li, Y., Liu, X., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D. & Wang, K., 5 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 435, 129065.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review