Airborne Microplastics: Analysis, Fate and Human Health Effects

Jun Wang is currently a full professor in College of Marine Sciences at the South China Agricultural University. He obtained a B.S in Chemistry from Henan Normal University in 1995, his M.S. in Applied Chemistry from Guangxi University in 2003, and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008, and he has a postdoc experience in University of Hawaii at Manoa from 2008-2012. His studies focus on Microplastic, Nanoplastic, Microfibers, Organic contaminants, Marine monitoring, Environmental monitoring, Wastewater treatment, Biodegradation of microplastics, Biosensors, and Environmental Analytical Chemistry. So far, he has published more than 200 SCI articles, including Cell, Molecular Plant, Environmental Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Science: Nano, Science of The Total Environment, etc.

• PrefaceJun Wang1. Formation of airborne microplasticsKai Zhang and Chenxi Wu2. Occurrence of microplastics in airXianzhi Peng, Jing Zhou, Shang Guo, Guangshi Chen and Zewen Zhu3. Collection and separation analysis of airborne microplasticsLin Xumiao, Joana C. Prata, João P. da Costa, Armando C. Duarte, Teresa Rocha-Santos and Mário Cerqueira4. Migration and transformation of airborne microplasticsJi-liang Zhang and Xiao-ping Diao5. Photoaging process of microplastics and their pollutant releaseJinping Peng, Nian Tang and Yuxuan Yu6. Surface characteristics and biotoxicity of airborne microplasticsZhen Yuan and Xiang-Rong Xu7. Interaction between airborne particulates (microplastics) and pathogenic microorganismsYumei Huang, Tao He and Xiaoli Chen8. Human health effects of airborne microplasticsGuanglong Chen, Yizheng Li and Jun Wang