Dr. Dunzhu Li

Research Fellow, CRANN

Dunzhu Li’s research involves employing advanced technologies/materials to solve grand environmental challenges (i.e., plastics/microplastics contamination, water/wastewater pollution). He completed his PhD at the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin in 2019. He then worked as a Research Fellow in the School of Engineering and Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) in Ireland. To date, he has published 20+ impactful papers (including Nature Food and Environmental Science and Technology) and filed 3 patents. Dr. Li is also serving as the youth editor for the peer-reviewed journal of Eco-Environment & Health (EEH) and guest editor for the scientific journal of Water, respectively.

Dr. Li as a designer joined Irish Bloom in 2019, which results in around 120,000 visitors at the garden festival. The garden was picked as the Media's Favourite Garden and awarded Silver Gilt Medal. In 2023, Dr. Li was awarded Scientist Award by the International Association of Advanced Materials.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

D Li, Y Shi, F Gao, L Yang, DK Kehoe, L Romeral. YK Gun'ko, MEG Lyons, JJ Wang, D Mullarkey, IV Shivets, L Xiao, Characterising and control of ammonia emission in microbial fuel cells, Chemical Engineering Journal, 389, 2020, p124462Journal Article, 2020, URL , TARA - Full Text
D. Li, Y. Shi, L. Yang, L. Xiao, D. K. Kehoe, Y. K. Gun'ko, J. J. Boland, J. J. Wang, Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation, Nature Food, 1, 2020, p746 - 751Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
O'Kelly B.C., El-Zein A., Liu X., Patel A., Fei X., Sharma S., Mohammad A., Goli V.S.N.S., Wang J.J., Li D., Shi Y., Xiao L., Kuntikana G., Shashank B.S., Sarris T.S., Rao B.H., Mohamed A.M.O., Paleologos E.K., Nezhad M.M. and Singh D.N., Microplastics in soils: an environmental geotechnics perspective, Environmental Geotechnics, 8, (8), 2021, p586 - 618Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
Yunhong Shi, Dunzhu Li, Liwen Xiao*, Daragh Mullarkey, Daniel K. Kehoe, Emmet D. Sheerin, Sebastian Barwich, Luming Yang, Yurii K. Gun'ko, Igor V. Shvets, Matthias E. Möbius, John J. Boland*, Jing Jing Wang* , Real-world natural passivation phenomena can limit microplastic generation in water, Chemical Engineering Journal, 425, 2022Journal Article, 2022, URL , TARA - Full Text
Dunzhu Li, Luming Yang, Rachel Kavanagh, Liwen Xiao, Yunhong Shi, Daniel K Kehoe, Emmet D Sheerin, Yurii K Gun'ko, John J Boland, Jing Jing Wang, Sampling, Identification and Characterization of Microplastics Release from Polypropylene Baby Feeding Bottle during Daily Use, Journal of Visualized Experiments: Jove, 173, 2021Journal Article, 2021, URL , TARA - Full Text
Shi, Y. and Li, D. and Xiao, L. and Sheerin, E.D. and Mullarkey, D. and Yang, L. and Bai, X. and Shvets, I.V. and Boland, J.J. and Wang, J.J., The influence of drinking water constituents on the level of microplastic release from plastic kettles, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425, (127997), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
Goli V.S.N.S., Paleologos E.K., Farid A., Mohamed A.M.O., O'Kelly B.C., El Gamal M.M., Vaverková M.D., Jiang N.J., Wang J.J., Xiao L., Singh P., Han X.L., Shi Y., Li D., Sengupta A., Kayali S.L., Singh Y., Mohammad A. and Singh D.N., Extraction, characterisation and remediation of microplastics from organic solid matrices, Environmental Geotechnics, 2022, p34Journal Article, 2022, DOI
D Li, Y Shi, Y Sun, Z Wang, DK Kehoe, L Romeral, F Gao, L Yang, D McCurtin, YK Gun'ko, MEG Lyons, L Xiao, Microbe-based sensor for long term detection of urine glucose, Sensors, 22, 2022, p5340Journal Article, 2022, DOI
Luming Yang, Dunzhu Li, Yunhong Shi, Christopher Hill, Rekha Pilliadugula, Laura Page, Jing Jing Wang, John J. Boland, Liwen Xiao, High levels of microparticles release from biodegradable polylactic acid paper cups compared with polyethylene-lined cups, Chemical Engineering Journal, 468, 2023, p143620Journal Article, 2023, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Yunhong Shi, Zeena Wang, Fei Gao, Luming Yang, Yifan Sun, Liwen Xiao, Characterising operational performance and oxygen crossover of the low-cost cylindrical cathode in microbial fuel cells, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11, (2), 2023, p109462Journal Article, 2023, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Yifan Sun, Yunhong Shi, Zeena Wang, Saviour Okeke, Luming Yang, Wen Zhang, Liwen Xiao, Structure evolution of air cathodes and their application in electrochemical sensor development and wastewater treatment, Science of The Total Environment, 869, 2023, p161689Journal Article, 2023, DOI
Yifan Sun, Dunzhu Li, Yunhong Shi, Zeena Wang, Saviour Okeke, Luming Yang, Wen Zhang, Zihan Zhang, Yanqi Shi, Liwen Xiao, Application of 3D Printing Technology in Sensor Development for Water Quality Monitoring, Sensors, 23, (5), 2023, p2366Journal Article, 2023, DOI
Zeena Wang, Dunzhu Li, Yunhong Shi, Yifan Sun, Saviour Okeke, Luming Yang, Wen Zhang, Zihan Zhang, Yanqi Shi, Liwen Xiao, Recent Implementations of Hydrogel-Based Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) in Sensing Applications, Sensors, 23, (2), 2023, p641Journal Article, 2023, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Emmet D. Sheerin, Yunhong Shi, Liwen Xiao, Luming Yang, John Boland, Jing Jing Wang, Alcohol Pretreatment to Eliminate the Interference of Micro Additive Particles in the Identification of Microplastics Using Raman Spectroscopy, Environmental Science & Technology, 56, (17), 2022, p12158--12168Journal Article, 2022, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Characterization of heavy metal desorption from road-deposited sediment under acid rain scenarios, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 51, 2017, p284--293Journal Article, 2017, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Characterizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon build-up processes on urban road surfaces, Environmental Pollution, 214, 2016, p185--193Journal Article, 2016, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Characterizing heavy metal build-up on urban road surfaces: Implication for stormwater reuse, Science of The Total Environment, 515-516, 2015, p20--29Journal Article, 2015, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Development of Prediction Models for Particle Size Composition on Urban Road Surfaces, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 743, 2015, p450--457Journal Article, 2015, DOI
Dunzhu Li, Understanding the Role of Urban Road Surface Characteristics in influencing Stormwater Quality, Water Resources Management, 28, (14), 2014, p5217--5229Journal Article, 2014, DOI