Shi Huahong

Job Title: 
Professor
Research Interests: 
Microplastics and nanoplastics
Endocrine disrupting effects
Email: 
hhshi@des.ecnu.edu.cn
Telephone: 
021-54856435
Address: 
Estuarine and Coastal Building 511A, Dongchuan Road 500,Shanghai 200241, China.
Editorial Position : 
Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology (2024-2026)
Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2024-2026)
Co-Editor-In-Chief, Regional Studies in Marine Science (2022-2024）
Associate Editor, Marine Pollution Bulletin (2020-2023)
Education Experience: 
Ph.D. 2003, Aquatic Biology, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Jinan University, Guangdong, China
Work Experience: 
2003-2005, Postdoctoral fellow, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China；
2005-2010, Associate professor, Department of Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;
2011- Present, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;
Academic Exchange: 
2009-2010, Visiting scholar, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.;
2015-2016, Visiting scholar, Department of Biological Science, North Carolina State University, U.S.A.
2024-2025, Senior visiting scholar, Department of Geography, University of Lincoln, U.K.
Projects: 
  • International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China （China and Russia), Aging and fragmentation of plastic waste on marine beaches across latitudes (W2412047). Jan. 2025-Dec. 2027. 1500,000 RMB. PI.
  • International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China（China and Japan), Process and mechanism of fragmentation and dispersion of styrofoams in marine environments (W2521015). April. 2025-Dec. 2027. 200,000 RMB. PI.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China, Process of formation, environmental behavior and mechanisms of change
    of pyroplastic along the coastal environments (4247071717). Jan. 2025-Dec. 2028. 470,000 RMB. PI.
  • International Cooperation Projects of National Key R&D Program (China and America), Study on the Health Effects and Mechanisms of Micro- and Nano-Plastics on Potentially Sensitive Populations (Colon Cancer Patients) (2023YFE0121500). Dec. 2023-Nov. 2026. 1500,000 RMB. Co-PI.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China, Burrowing process and ecological impacts by invetebrates on Styrofoam floats in mariculture area (42277381). Jan. 2023- Dec. 2026. 540,000 RMB. PI.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China, Features and mechanisms of ingestion of microplastics by fish (41977344). Jan. 2020- Dec. 2023. 620,000 RMB. PI.
  • International Cooperation Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (China and United Kingdom), Analytical techniques to isolate and characterise microplastics from environmental and biological samples (42081330092). Jan. 2020-Dec. 2021. 150,000 RMB. PI.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China, Seperation and identification of microplastics in environmental and biological samples (41776123). Jan. 2018- Dec. 2021. 740,000 RMB. PI.
  • The National Key Research and Development, Ecotoxicity of microplastics to marine organisms (2016YFC1402204). June 2016-Dec., 2020. 1,960,000 RMB. PI.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China, Microplastic in mussels from the coastal waters of China and its indication for the environments (41571467). Jan. 2016- Dec. 2019. 650,000 RMB. PI.
  •  Natural Science Foundation of China, Comparative studies of teratogenic mechanisms induced in Xenopus tropicalis embryos by triphenyltin and an antagonist of retinoid X receptor (UVI3003)（21277049）‚  Jan. 2013 –Dec. 2016,780,000 RMB. PI.
  •  Natural Science Foundation of China, Methods of screening thyroid disrupting chemicals using Xenopus tropicalis（20877023）‚ Jan. 2009 –Dec. 2011‚ 330,000 RMB. PI.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China, Relationship between reactive oxygen species production induced by tetrabromobisphenol-A in liver of Carassius auratus and its thyroid hormone activity. (20507007), Jan. 2006-Dec. 2006, 100,000 RMB. PI.
 
Paper: 
  • Liang W, Li B, Munson A, Chen QQ, Shi HH*., 2025. Can fish escape the evolutionary trap induced by microplastics?
    Environ. Sci. & Technol. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c09932
  • Zhu RJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang NC, Zhong H*, Zhou FQ, Zhang X, Liu C, Huang YN, Yuan Y, Wang YJ, Li CJ, Shi HH, Rillig MC, Dang F, Ren HQ, Zhang YG, Xing BS.，2025. A global estimate of multiecosystem photosynthesis losses under microplastic pollution,  PNAS, DOI: org/0000-0003-3541-7853
  • Schlenk D*, Gago-Ferrero P, Leusch FDL, Shi HH, Wang B, Zhang XW, Mills M.,  2025. Why Was My Manuscript Rejected without Review? Focus on Public Health and Environmental Exposures, Ecotoxicology, and Micro/Nanoplastics. Environ. Sci. & Technol. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c02615
  • Zhao WJ, Ma CZ, Zheng YF, Chen YF, Chen QQ, Shi HH*., 2025. Styrofoams bunched by plant roots in coastal environments. Environ. Sci. & Technol. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00973
  • Chen QQ, Ma CZ, Lee YH, dos Santos MM, Kim M-S, Meng G, Snyder S, Lee J-S, Shi HH*., 2024 Non-negligible toxicity to fish in the early life stages triggered by aqueous leachate of takeaway plastic containers. Environ. Sci. & Technol, 58, 23, 10041–10051
  • Ma CZ, Shi HH, Slaveykova* VI., 2024. Entanglement of Daphnia magna by Fibrous Microplastics through “Hook and Loop” Action. Environ. Sci. & Technol. Lett. 11, 5, 433–437
  • Ma CZ, Chen QQ*, Gao Z, Yang Y, Cheng JP, Shi HH, 2023. Diel Pattern of Microplastic Residues in Zebrafish. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 57（44）, 16779–16787. 
  • Monikh FA*, Baun A, Hartmann NB, Kortet R, Akkanen J, Lee JS, Shi HH, Lahive E, Uurasjärvi E, Tufenkji N, Altmann K, Wiesner Y, Grossart HP, Peijnenburg W, Kukkonen JVK, 2023. Exposure protocol for ecotoxicity testing of microplastics and nanoplastics. Nature Protocols, 18, 3534–3564.
  • Deng H, Su L, Zheng YF, Du FN, Liu QX, Zheng J, Zhou ZW, Shi HH*, 2022. Crack patterns of environmental plastic fragments. Environ. Sci. & Technol.  56(10), 6399–6414.
  • Li BW, Liang W, Liu QX, Fu SJ, Ma CZ, Chen QQ, Su L, Craig NJ, Shi HH*, 2021. Fish ingest microplastics unintentionally. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 55(15), 10471–10479.
  • Zhang Q, Zhao YP, Du FN, Cai HW, Wang GH, Shi HH*., 2020. Microplastic fallout in different indoor environments. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 54(11), 6530–6539.
  • Zhang Q, Xu E.G, Li JN, Chen QQ, Ma LP, Zeng EY, Shi HH*., 2020. A Review of microplastics in table salt, drinking water, and air: Direct human exposure. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 54(7), 3740-3751.
  • Liu XM, Shi HH, Xie B, Zhao YP*, Dionysiou DD*, 2019. Microplastics as both a sink and a source of bisphenol A in the marine environment.
    Environ. Sci. & Technol. 53(17), 10188-10196.
  • Hu LL, Chernick M, Hinton D, Shi HH*., 2018. Microplastics in small waterbodies and tadpoles from Yangtze River Delta, China. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 52, 8885-8893.
  • Yang DQ, Shi HH*, Li L, Li JN, Jabeen K, Kolandhasamy P., 2015. Microplastic pollution in table salts from China. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 49(22):13622-13627.
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