NAME TAO Shu
INSTITUTE College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
DEPARTMENT Department of Environmental Sciences
POSITION Professor, Dean
YEAR OF BIRTH 1950
NATIONALITY Chinese
EMAIL taos@ pku.edu.cn
Phone 86 10 62751938
Ph.D. Environmental Science, 1984 The University of Kansas, the U.S.
M.S. Environmental Science, 1981 The University of Kansas, the U.S.
B.S. Physical Geography, 1977 Peking University, China
2008 - present Professor, Dean, College of Urban and Environ. Sci., Peking University
2002 - 2007 Professor, Associate Dean, College of Environ. Sci., Peking University
1991 - 2001 Professor
1986 - 1990 Associate professor
2002 - 2005 Assistant professor
1977 - 1978 Research assistant, Institute of Environ Chem, Chinese Academy of Sci.
2009 - present Member of Chinese Academy of Science
2009 - present Member of National Environmental Advisory Committee
2009 - present Advisory board member, Environ. Sci. Technol.
1990 - present Editorial board member, J. Environ. Sci. and Health
1995 - present Editorial board member, Environ. Geochem. and Health
1992 - present Editorial board member, Environ. Pollut.
1997 - present Asso. editor, J. Environ. Sci. (China)
1998 - present Asso. editor, Acta of Toxicology (in Chinese)
Fate, bioavailability, exposure and risk of persistent organic pollutants
Modeling of emission, transport and exposure of pollutants from combustions.
peer reviewed international journals, the first or corresponding author only
1. Wang R. Tao S, Balkanski Y, Ciais P, Boucher O, Liu JF, Piao SL, Shen HZ, Vuolo R, Valari M, Chen H, Chen YC, Zozic A, Huang Y, Li BG, Li W, Shen GF, Wang B, Zhang YY, Exposure to ambient black carbon derived from a new inventory and high resolution model, PNAS, 2014, 111, 2459-2463
2. Chen YL, Wang R, Shen HZ, Li W, Chen H, Huang Y, Zhang YY, Chen YC, Su S, Lin N, Liu JF, Li BG, Wang XL, Liu WX, Coveney R, Tao S, Global mercury emissions from combustion in the light of international fuel trading ENVIRNMENTAL SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, 2014, 48, 1727-1735
3. Li W, Wang C, Wang HQ, Chen JW, Yuang CY, Li TC, Wang WT, Shen HZ, Huang Y, Wang R, Wang B, Zhang YY, Chen H, Chen YC, Tang JH, Wang XL, Liu JF, Coveney RM, Tao S, Distribution of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) in rural field, rural village and urban areas of northern China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2014, 185, 134-140
4. Shen GF, Chen YC, Wei SY, Fu XF, Ding AJ , Wu HS, Tao S, Can coronene and/or benzo(a)pyrene/coronene ratio act as unique markers for vehicle emission? ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2014, 184, 650-653
5. Wei, SY, Shen, GF, Zhang, YY, Xue, M, Xie, H, Lin, PC, Chen, YC, Wang, XL, Tao, S, Field measurement on the emissions of PM, OC, EC and PAHs from indoor crop straw burning in rural China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION , 2014, 184, 18-24
6. Zhang, YY, Ding, JN, Shen, GF, Zhong, JJ, Wang, C, Wei, SY, Chen, CQ, Chen, YC, Lu, Y, Shen, HZ, Li, W, Huang, Y, Chen, H, Sun, S, Lin, N, Wang, XL, Liu, WX, Tao, S, Dietary and inhalation exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and urinary excretion of monohydroxy metabolites: A controlled case study in Beijing, China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2014, 184, 515-522
7. Shen GF, Tao S, Chen YC, Zhang YY, Wei SY, Xue M, Wang B, Wang R, Lu Y, Li W, ; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Chen, H, Emission characteristics for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from solid fuels burned in domestic stoves in rural China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2013, 47, 14485-14494
8. Shen GF, Xue M, Wei SY, Chen YC, Wang B, Wang R, Shen HZ, Li W, Zhang YY, Huang Y, Influence of fuel mass load, oxygen supply and burning rate on emission factor and size distribution of carbonaceous particulate matter from indoor corn straw burning, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-CHINA, 2013, 25, 511-519
9. Shen GF, Xue M, Wei SY, Chen YC, Zhao QY, Li B, Wu HS, Tao S, Influence of fuel moisture, charge size, feeding rate and air ventilation conditions on the emissions of PM, OC, EC, parent PAHs, and their derivatives from residential wood combustion, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-CHINA, 2013, 25, 1808-1816
10. Shen GF, Xue M, Wei SY, Chen YC, Wang B, Wang R, Lv Y, Shen HZ, Li W, Zhang YY, Emissions of parent, nitrated, and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from indoor corn straw burning in normal and controlled combustion conditions, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-CHINA, 2013, 25, 2072-2080
11. Shen, GF; Chen, YC; Wei, SY; Fu, XF; Zhu, Y; Tao, S, Mass absorption efficiency of elemental carbon for source samples from residential biomass and coal combustions, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2013, 79, 79-84
12. Yu, YX; Wang, B; Wang, XL; Wang, R; Wang, WT; Shen, GF; Shen, HZ; Li, W; Wong, MH; Liu, WX; Tao, S, Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) in placenta and umbilical cord blood and dietary intake for women in Beijing, Chin, 2013, 179, 75-80
13. Shen HZ; Huang Y; Wang R; Zhu D; Li W; Shen GF; Wang B; Zhang YY; Chen YC; Lu Yan; Chen H; Li TC; Sun K; Li BG; Liu WX; Liu JF; Tao S, Global Atmospheric Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from 1960 to 2008 and Future Predictions, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2013, 47, 6415-6424
14. Wang R; Tao S; Ciais P; Shen HZ; Huang Y; Chen H; Shen GF; Wang B; Li W; Zhang YY; Zhu D; Chen YC; Liu XP; Wang WT; Wang XL; Liu WX; Li BG; Piao SL, High-resolution mapping of combustion processes and implications for CO2 emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 2013, 13, 5189-5203
15. Shen GF; Wei SY; Zhang YY; Wang B; Wang R; Shen HZ; Li W; Huang Y; Chen YC; Chen H; Tao S, Emission and size distribution of particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from residential wood combustion in rural China, Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013, 55, 141-147
16. Yu, YX; Wang, B; Wang, L; Liu, WX; Cao, J; Wong, MH; Tao, S, Temporal trends in daily dietary intakes of DDTs and HCHs in urban populations from Beijing and Shenyang, China, CHEMOSPHERE, 2013, 91, 1395-1400
17. Zhu, D; Tao, S; Wang, R; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Shen, GF; Wang, B; Li, W; Zhang, YY; Chen, H; Chen, YC; Liu, JF; Li, BG; Wang, XL; Liu, WX, Temporal and spatial trends of residential energy consumption and air pollutant emissions in China, APPLIED ENERGY, 2013, 106, 17-24
18. Shen, GF; Tao, S; Wei, SY; Chen, YC; Zhang, YY; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Zhu, D; Yuan, CY; Wang, HC; Wang, YF; Pei, LJ; Liao, YL; Duan, YH; Wang, B; Wang, R; Lv, Y; Li, W; Wang, XL; Zheng, XY, Field Measurement of Emission Factors of PM, EC, OC, Parent, Nitro-, and Oxy- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Residential Briquette, Coal Cake, and Wood in Rural Shanxi, China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2013, 47, 2998-3005
19. Zhong, JJ; Ding, JN; Su, YH; Shen, GF; Yang, YF; Wang, C; Simonich, SLM; Cao, HY; Zhu, Y; Tao, S*, Carbonaceous Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Human Exposure from Indoor Biomass Burning Practices , ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 2012, 29, 1038-1045
20. Wang, C; Li, W; Chen, JW; Wang, HQ; Li, TC; Shen, GF; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Wang, R; Wang, B; Zhang, YY; Tang, JH; Liu, WX; Wang, XL; Tao, S*, Summer atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban and rural areas of northern China , ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2012, 171, 234-240
21. Shen, GF; Wei, SY; Zhang, YY; Wang, R; Wang, B; Li, W; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Chen, YC; Chen, H; Wei, W; Tao, S*, Emission of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from biomass pellet burning in a modern burner for cooking in China , ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2012, 60, 234-237
22. Ding, JN; Zhong, JJ; Yang, YF; Li, BG; Shen, GF; Su, YH; Wang, C; Li, W; Shen, HZ; Wang, B; Wang, R; Huang, Y; Zhang, YY; Cao, HY; Zhu, Y; Simonich, SLM; Tao, S*, Occurrence and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives in a rural Chinese home through biomass fuelled cooking, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2012, 169, 160-166
23. Shen, GF; Tao, S*; Wei, SY; Zhang, YY; Wang, R; Wang, B; Li, W; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Chen, YC; Chen, H; Yang, YF; Wang, W; Wang, XL; Liu, WX; Simonich, SLM, Emissions of Parent, Nitro, and Oxygenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Residential Wood Combustion in Rural China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2012, 46, 8123-8130
24. Wang, R; Tao, S*; Wang, WT; Liu, JF; Shen, HZ; Shen, GF; Wang, B; Liu, XP; Li, W; Huang, Y; Zhang, YY; Lu, Y; Chen, H; Chen, YC; Wang, C; Zhu, D; Wang, XL; Li, BG; Liu, WX; Ma, JM, Black Carbon Emissions in China from 1949 to 2050, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2012, 46, 7595-7603
25. Shen, GF; Tao, S*; Wei, SY; Zhang, YY; Wang, R; Wang, B; Li, W; Shen, HZ; Huang, Y; Chen, YC; Chen, H; Yang, YF; Wang, W; Wei, W; Wang, XL; Liu, WX; Wang, XJ; Simonich, SLM, Reductions in Emissions of Carbonaceous Particulate Matter and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Combustion of Biomass Pellets in Comparison with Raw Fuel Burning, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2012, 46, 6409-6416
26. Shen GF, Wei SY, Wei W, Zhang YY, Ming YJ, Wang B, Wang R, Li W, Shen GZ, Ye H, Yang YF, Wang W, Wang XL, Wang XJ, Tao S*, Emission Factors, Size Distributions, and Emission Inventories of Carbonaceous Particulate Matter from Residential Wood Combustion in Rural China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2012, 46, 4207-4214
27. Shen GF, Tao S*, Wei SY, Zhang YY, Wang R, Wang B, Li W, Shen HZ, Huang Y, Yang YF, Wang W, Wang XL, Simonich S, Retene Emission from Residential Solid Fuels in China and Evaluation of Retene as a Unique Marker for Soft Wood Combustion, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2012, 46, 4666-4672
28. Wang R, Tao S*, Shen HZ, Wang XL, Li BG, Shen GF, Wang B, Li W, Liu XP, Huang Y, Zhang YY, Lu Y, Ouyang HL, Global Emission of Black Carbon from Motor Vehicles from 1960 to 2006, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2012, 46, 1278-1284
29. Tao, S*, Li L; Ding JN; Zhong JJ; Zhang DY; Lu Y; Yang YF; Wang XL; Li XQ;
30. Tao S*, Wang WT, Liu WX, Zuo Q, Wang XL, Wang R, Wang B, Shen GF, Yang YH, He JS, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in surface soils from the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, 2011, 13, 175-181
31. Yu YX, Wang XL, Wang B, Tao S, Liu WX, Wang XJ,
32. Pan B, Tao S, Wu D, Zhang D, Peng HB, Xing BS, Phenanthrene sorption/desorption sequences provide new insight to explain high sorption coefficients in field studies, CHEMOSPHERE, 2011, 84, 1578-1583
33. Lu, ZJ; Xue, M; Shen, GF; Li, KY; Li, XQ; Wang, XL; Tao, S*, Accumulation Dynamics of Chlordanes and Their Enantiomers in Cockerels (Gallus gallus) after Oral Exposure Accumulation Dynamics of Chlordanes and Their Enantiomers in Cockerels (Gallus gallus) after Oral Exposure, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2011, 45, 7928-7935
34. Wang, WT; Simonich, S; Giri, B; Chang, Y; Zhang, YG; Jia, YL; Tao, S*; Wang, R; Wang, B; Li, W; Cao, J; Lu, XX, Atmospheric concentrations and air-soil gas exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in remote, rural village and urban areas of Beijing-Tianjin region, North China, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2011, 409, 2942-2950
35. Shen, HZ; Tao, S*; Wang, R; Wang, B; Shen, GF; Li, W; Su, SS; Huang, Y; Wang, XL; Liu, WX; Li, BG; Sun, K, Global time trends in PAH emissions from motor vehicles, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2011, 45, 2067-2073
36. Wang B, Xue M, Lu Y, Zhong JJ, Su YH, Wang R, Shen GF, Wang XL, Tao S*, Cell absorption induced desorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants from digested soil residue, CHEMOSPHERE, 2011, 83, 1461-1466
37. Zhang YX, Tao S*, Shen HZ, Ma JM, Modeling the atmospheric transport and outflow of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from China, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2011, 45, 2820-2827
38. Shen GF, Tao S*, Wang W, Yang YF, Ding JN, Xue M, Min YJ, Zhu C, Shen HZ, Li W, Wang B, Wang R, Wang WT, Wang XL, Russell AG, Emission of Oxygenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Indoor Solid Fuel Combustion, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2011, 45, 3459-3465
39. Shen GF, Wang W, Yang YF, Ding JN, XueM, Min YJ, Zhu C, Shen HZ, Li W, Wang B, Wang R, Wang L, Tao S*, Russell AG, Emissions of PAHs from Indoor Crop Residue Burning in a Typical Rural Stove: Emission Factors, Size Distributions, and Gas-Particle Partitioning, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2011, 45, 1206-1212
40. Wang, WT; Simonich, SLM; Wang, W; Giri, B; Zhao, JY; Xue, M; Cao, J; Lu, XX; Tao, S, Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations and gas/particle partitioning at background, rural village and urban sites in the North China Plain, ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, 2011, 99, 197-206
41. Zhang, YZ; Deng, SX; Liu, YA; Shen, GF; Li, XQ; Cao, J; Wang, XL; Reid, B; Tao, S, A passive air sampler for characterizing the vertical concentration profile of gaseous phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in near soil surface air, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2011, 159, 694-699
42. Zhang, N; Yang, Y; Tao, S; Liu, Y; Shi, KL, Sequestration of organochlorine pesticides in soils of distinct organic carbon content, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2011, 159, 700-705
43. Yang Y, Zhang N, Xue M, Lu ST, Tao S,, Effects of soil organic matter on the development of the microbial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degradation potentials, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2011, 159, 591-595
44. Wang WT, Simonich SLM, Giric B, Xue M, Zhao JY, Chen SJ, Shen HZ, Shen GF, Wang R,
45. Tao, S*; Zhang, DY; Lu, Y; Li, L; Ding, JN; Yang, Y; Yang, YF; Wang, XL; Liu, WX; Xing, BS, Mobility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the gastrointestinal tract assessed using an in vitro digestion model with sorption rectification, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2010, 44, 5608-5612
46. Shen GF, Wang W, Yang YF, Zhu C, Min YJ, XUe M, Ding JN, Li W, Wang B, Shen HZ, Wang R, Wang XL, Tao S*, Emission factors and particulate matter size distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from residential coal combustions in rural Northern China, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2010, 44, 5237-5243
47. Pan B, Tao S, Dawson R, Xing BS, Formation of organo-mineral complexes as affected by particle size, pH, and dry–wet cycles, AUSTRALIA JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH, 2010, 48, 713-719
48. Xue M, Shen GF, Yu JL, Zhang DY, Lu ZJ, Wang B, Lu Y,
49. Shen GF, Yang YF, Wang W, Tao S*, Zhu C, Min YJ, Xue MA, Ding JN, Wang B, Wang R, Shen HZ, Li W, Wang XL, Russell AG, Emission factors of particulate matter and elemental carbon for crop residues and coals burned in typical household stoves in China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2010, 44, 7157-7162
50. Yang, Y; Zhang, N; Xue, M; Tao, S*, Impact of soil organic matter on the distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2010, 158, 2170-2174
51. Wang WT, Simonich SLM, Xue MA, Zhao JY, Zhang N, Wang R,
52. Yang Y, Tao S*, Zhang N, Zhang DY, Li XQ, The effect of soil organic matter on fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil: A microcosm study, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2010, 158, 1768-1774
53. Yang Y, Shu L, Wang XL, Xing BS, Tao S*, Effects of composition and domain arrangement of biopolymer components of soil organic matter on the bioavailability of phenanthrene, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2010, 44, 3339-3344
54. Li XR, Tao S*, Liu WX, Li XQ, Chen HT, Wu SP, Dry deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and its influence on surface soil contamination in Tianjin, China, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, 2010, 12, 952-957
55. Yang DB, Li XQ, Tao S*, Wang YQ, Cheng Y, Zhang DY, Yu LC, Enantioselective behavior of alpha-HCH in mouse and quail tissues, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2010, 44, 1854-1859
56. Wang R, Tao S*, Wang B, Yang Y, Lang C, Zhang YX, Hu J, Ma JM, Hung H, Sources and pathways of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons transported to Alert, the Canadian high Arctic, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2010, 44, 1017-1022
57. Tao, S*; Lu, Y; Zhang, DY; Yang, YF; Yang, Y; Lu, XX; Sai, DJ, Assessment of oral bioaccessibility of organochlorine pesticides in soil using an in vitro gastrointestinal model, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2009, 43, 4524-4529
58. Tao, S*; Cao, J; Wang, WT; Zhao, JY; Wang, W; Wang, ZH; Cao, HY; Xing, BS, A passive sampler with improved performance for collecting gaseous and particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2009, 43, 4124-4129
59. Tao, S*, Liu WX, Li XQ, Zhou DX, Li Y, Yang YF, Yue DP, Coveney RM, Organochlorine pesticide residuals in chickens and eggs at a poultry farm in Beijing, China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2009, 157, 497-502
60. Zhang N, Yang Y, Liu Y, Tao S*, Determination of octanol-air partition coefficients and supercooled liquid vapor pressures of organochlorine pesticides, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B, 2009, 44, 649-656
61. Zhang YX; Tao S*; Shen HZ; Ma JM., Inhalation exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and lung cancer risk of Chinese population, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009, 106, 21063–21067
62. Wang W, Tao S*, Wang WT, Shen GF, Zhao JY, Lam KC, Airborne particulates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air in Donghe, Northern China, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 2009, 44, 854-860
63. Yang, Y; Shu, L; Wang, XL; Tao, S*, Impact of chemical constructions on the microbial availability of phenanthrene sorbed on biopolymers (ABSTRACT), GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 2009, 73, A1480-A1480
64. Yu, YX; Tao, S*; Liu, WX; Lu, XX; Wang, XJ; Wong, MH, Dietary intake and human milk residues of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers in two Chinese cities,, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2009, 43, 4830-4835
65. Zhang YX, Tao S*, Global atmospheric emission inventory of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for 2004, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2009, 43, 812-819
66. Tao, S, Liu YN, Lang C, Wang WT, Yuan HS, Zhang DY, Qiu WX, Liu JM, Liu ZG, Liu SZ, Yi R, Ji M, Liu XX, A directional passive air sampler for monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air mass, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2008, 156, 435-441
67. Tao, S*, Liu WX, Li Y, Yang Y, Zuo Q, Li BG,
68. Tao, S*, Yu YX, Liu WX, Wang XJ,
69. Zhang YX, Dou H, Chang B, Wei ZC, Qiu WX, Liu SZ, Liu Y, Liu WX, Tao S*, Emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from indoor straw burning and emission inventory updating in China, ANNA NEW YORK ACAD SCI, 2008, 1140, 218-227
70. Liu SZ, Tao S*, Liu WX, Dou H, Liu YN, Zhao JY, Little RG, Tian ZF, Wang JF, Wang LG, Gao Y, Seasonal and spatial occurrence and distribution of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in rural and urban areas of the North Chinese Plain, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2008, 156, 651–656
71. Zhang YX, Tao S*, Seasonal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emissions in China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2008, 156, 657-663
72. Yuan HS, Tao S*, Li BG, Lang C,
73. Lang C, Tao S*, Liu WX, Zhang YX, Simonich S, Atmospheric transport and outflow of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2008, 42, 5196-5201
74. Wang YQ, Tao S*, Jiao XC, Coveney RM, Wu SP, Xing BS, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in leaf cuticles and inner tissues of six species of trees in urban Beijing, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2008, 151, 158-164
75. Lang C, Tao S*, Wang XJ, Zhang G, Fu JM, Modeling polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition profiles of sources and receptors in the pear river delta, China, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 2008, 27, 4-9
76. Tao, S*; Wang Y, Wu SP, Liu SZ, Dou H, Lu YN, Lang C, Hu F, Xing BS, Vertical distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric boundary layer of Beijing in winter, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2007, 41, 9594-9602
77. Tao, S*; Li, BG; He, XC; Liu WX; Shi, Z, Spatial and temporal variations and possible sources of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites in rivers in Tianjin, China, CHEMOSPHERE, 2007, 68, 10-16
78. Tao, S*; Liu, YN; Xu, W; Lang, C; Liu, SZ; Dou, H; Liu, WX, Calibration of a passive sampler for noth gaseous and particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2007, 41, 568-573
79. Liu SZ, Tao S*, Liu WX, Liu YN, Dou H, Zhao JY, Wang LG, Wang JF, Tian ZF, Gao Y, Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in north china: a wintertime study, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2007, 41, 8256-8261
80. Lang C, Tao S*, Zhang G, Fu JM, Simonich S, Outflow of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from Guangdong, southern China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2007, 41, 8370-8375
81. Lang C, Tao S*, Wang XJ, Zhang G, Li J, Fu JM, Seasonal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Pearl River Delta region, China, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2007, 41, 8370–8379
82. Lin, H; Tao, S*, Uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by maize plants, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2007, 148, 614-619
83. Liu, YN, Tao, S*, Yang, YF, Dou, H, Yang, Y, Coveney, RM, Inhalation exposure of traffic police officers to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during the winter in Beijing, China, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2007, 383, 98-105
84. Wu, SP, Tao, S*, Zhang, ZH, Lan, T, Zuo, Q,, Characterization of TSP-bound n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at rural and urban sites of Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2007, 147, 203-210
85. Jiao, XC; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Chen, SH; Tao, S*, Adsorption and absorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to rice roots, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2007, 148, 230-235
86. Chen, SH; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Jiao, XC; Tao, S*, Adsorption and absorption of ichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and metabolites (DDD and DDE) by rice roots, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2007, 147, 256-261
87. Shi, Z; Tao, S*, Partition and source diagnostics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rivers in Tianjin,China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2007, 146, 492-500
88. Zuo, Q; Duan, YH; Yang, Y; Wang, XJ, Tao, S*, Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface soil in Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2007, 147, 303-310
89. Zhang, YX; Tao, S*, Emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in China by county, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2007, 41, 683-687
90. Liu, YN; Tao, S*; Dou, H; Zhang, WT; Zhang, XL, Dawson, R, Exposure of traffic police to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Beijing, China, CHEMOSPHERE, 2007, 66, 1922-1928
91. Tao, S*; Liu, WX; Liu, GJ; Dawson, R; Cao, J; Wong, PK, Short-term dynamic change of gill copper in common carp, Cyprinus carpio, evaluated by a sequential extraction, ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 2006, 51, 408-415
92. Tao, S*; Li, XR; Yang, Y; Coveney, RM; Lu, XX; Chen, HT; Shen, WR, Dispersion modeling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from combustion of biomass and fossil fuels and production of coke in Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2006, 40, 4586-4591
93. Tao, S*; Xu, FL; Liu, WX; Cui, YH; Coveney, RM, A chemical extraction method for mimicking bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to wheat grown in soils containing various amounts of organic matter, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2006, 40, 2219-2224
94. Tao, S*; Jiao, XC; Chen, SH; Liu, WX; Coveney, RM; Zhu, LZ; Luo, YM, Accumulation and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rice (Oryza sativa), ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2006, 140, 406-415
95. Tao, S*; Jiao, XC; Chen, SH; Xu, FL; Li, YJ; Liu, FZ, Uptake of vapor and particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by cabbage, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2006, 140, 13-15
96. Tao, S*; Yang, Y; Cao, HY; Liu, WX; Coveney, RM; Xu, FL; Cao, J; Li, BG; Wang, XJ; Hu, JY; Fang, JY, Modeling the dynamic changes in concentrations of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (gamma-HCH) in Tianjin region from 1953 to 2020, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2006, 139, 183-193
97. Yang, Y; Shi, X; Wong, PK; Dawson, R; Xu, FL; Liu, WX; Tao, S*, An approach to assess ecological risk for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface water from Tianjin, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A, 2006, 41, 1463-1482
98. Pan, B; Xing, BS; Liu, WX; Tao, S*; Lin, XM; Zhang, XM; Zhang, YX; Xiao, Y; Dai, HC; Yuan, HS, Distribution of sorbed phenanthrene and pyrene in different humic fractions of soils and importance of humin, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2006, 143, 24-33
99. Zuo, Q; Lin, H; Zhang, XL; Li, QL; Liu, SZ; Tao, S*, A two-compartment exposure device for foliar uptake study, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2006, 143, 126-128
100. Xu, SS; Liu, WX; Tao, S*, Emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2006, 40, 702-708
101. Wu, SP; Tao, S*; Liu, WX, Particle size distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rural and urban atmosphere of Tianjin, China, CHEMOSPHERE, 2006, 62, 357-367
102. Li, BG; Cao, J; Liu, WX; Shen, WR; Wang, XJ; Tao, S*, Geostatistical analysis and kriging of hexachlorocyclohexane residues in topsoil from Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2006, 142, 567-575
103. Tao, S*; Xu, FL; Wang, XJ; Liu, WX; Gong, ZM; Fang, JY; Zhu, LZ; Luo, YM, Organochlorine pesticides in agricultural soil and vegetables from Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2005, 39, 2494-2499
104. Zhang, XL; Tao, S*; Liu, WX; Yang, Y; Zuo, Q; Liu, SZ, Source diagnostics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on species ratios: A multimedia approach, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2005, 39, 9109-9114
105. Wu, SP; Tao, S*; Zhang, ZH; Lan, T; Zuo, Q, Distribution of particle-phase hydrocarbons, PAHs and OCPs in Tianjin, China, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2005, 39, 7420-7432
106. Wu, SP; Tao, S*; Lan, T; Li, BG; Cao, J; Liu, WX; Liu, Y; Meng, BJ, Hexachlorocyclohexane and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane residues in the dustfall of Tianjin, China, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A, 2005, 40, 1715-1730
107. Yang, Y; Tao, S*; Wong, PK; Hu, JY; Guo, M; Cao, HY; Coveney, RM; Zuo, Q; Li, BG; Liu, W; Cao, J; Xu, FL, Human exposure and health risk of alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs) in Tianjin, China, CHEMOSPHERE, 2005, 60, 753-761
108. Wu, SP; Tao, S*; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Lan, T; Li, BG; Cao, J, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in dustfall in Tianjin, China, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2005, 345, 115-126
109. Hu, HY; Xu, FL; Li, BG; Cao, J; Dawson, R; Tao, S*, Prediction of the bioconcentration factor of PCBs in fish using the molecular connectivity index and fragment constant models, WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH, 2005, 77, 87-97
110. Shi, Z; Tao, S*; Pan, B; Fan, W; He, XC; Zuo, Q; Wu, SP; Li, BG; Cao, J; Liu, WX; Xu, FL; Wang, XJ; Shen, WR; Wong, PK, Contamination of rivers in Tianjin, China by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2005, 134, 97-111
111. Tao, S*; Guo, LQ; Wang, X; Liu, WX; Ju, TZ; Dawson, R; Cao, J; Xu, FL; Li, BG, Use of sequential ASE extraction to evaluate the bioavailability of DDT and its metabolites to wheat roots in soils with various organic carbon contents, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2004, 320, 1-9
112. Tao, S*; Cui, YH; Xu, F; Li, BG; Cao, J; Liu, W; Schmitt, G; Wang, XJ; Shen, W; Qing, BP; Sun, R, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in agricultural soil and vegetables from Tianjin, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2004, 320, 11-24
113. Tao, S*; Liu, WX; Chen, YJ; Xu, FL; Dawson, RW; Li, BG; Cao, J; Wang, XJ; Hu, JY; Fang, JY, Evaluation of factors influencing root-induced changes of copper fractionation in rhizosphere of a calcareous soil, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2004, 129, 5-12
114. Gong, ZM; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Cao, J; Liu, WX; Li, BG; Shen, WR; Zhang, WJ; Qin, BP; Sun, R; Tao, S*, Residues of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers and their distribution characteristics in soils in the Tianjin area, China, ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 2004, 46, 432-437
115. Gong, ZM; Tao, S*; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Liu, WX; Cui, YH; Cao, J; Wang, XJ; Shen, WR; Zhang, WJ; Qing, BP; Sun, R, Level and distribution of DDT in surface soils from Tianjin, China, CHEMOSPHERE, 2004, 54, 1247-1253
116. Wang, XL; Tao, S*; Dawson, RW; Wang, XJ, Uncertainty analysis of parameters for modeling the transfer and fate of benzo(a)pyrene in Tianjin wastewater irrigated areas, CHEMOSPHERE, 2004, 55, 525-531
117. Cao, HY; Tao, S*; Xu, FL; Coveney, RM; Cao, J; Li, BG; Liu, WX; Wang, XJ; Hu, JY; Shen, WR; Qin, BP; Sun, R, Multimedia fate model for hexachlorocyclohexane in Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2004, 38, 2126-2132
118. Xu, SP; Tao, S*, Coregionalization analysis of heavy metals in the surface soil of Inner Mongolia, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2004, 320, 73-87
119. Tao, S*; Cao, HY; Liu, WX; Li, BG; Cao, J; Xu, FL; Wang, XJ; Coveney, RM; Shen, WR; Qin, BP; Sun, R, Fate modeling of phenanthrene with regional variation in Tianjin, China, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2003, 37, 2453-2459
120. Tao, S*; Chen, YJ; Xu, FL; Cao, J; Li, BG, Changes of copper speciation in maize rhizosphere soil, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2003, 122, 447-454
121. Tao, S*; Long, AM; Pan, B; Xu, FL; Dawson, R, Uptake of copper complexed to EDTA, diaminoethane, oxalic acid, or tartaric acid by neon tetras (Paracheirodon innesi), ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 2002, 53, 317-322
122. Tao, S*; Liu, GJ; Xu, FL; Pan, B, Estimation of conditional stability constant for copper binding to fish gill surface with consideration of chemistry of the fish gill microenvironment, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, 2002, 133, 219-226
123. Tao, S*; Xi, XH; Xu, FL; Dawson, R, A QSAR model for predicting toxicity (LC50) to rainbow trout, WATER RESEARCH, 2002, 36, 2926-2930
124. Tao, S*; Long, AM; Xu, FL; Dawson, RW, Copper speciation in the gill microenvironment of carp (Cyprinus carpio) at various levels of pH, ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 2002, 52, 221-226
125. Tao, S*; Cui, YH; Cao, J; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Li, BG, Determination of PAHs in wastewater irrigated agricultural soil using accelerated solvent extraction, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B, 2002, 37, 39-48
126. Tao, S*; Long, A; Dawson, RW; Xu, F; Li, B; Cao, J; Fang, J, Copper speciation and accumulation in the gill microenvironment of carp (Cyprinus carpio) in the presence of kaolin particles, ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 2002, 42, 325-331
127. Tao, S*; Xi, XH; Xu, FL; Li, BG; Cao, J; Dawson, R, A fragment constant QSAR model for evaluating the EC50 values of organic chemicals to Daphnia magna, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2002, 116, 57-64
128. Wang, XL; Tao, S*; Dawson, RW; Xu, FL, Characterizing and comparing risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a Tianjin wastewater-irrigated area, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 2002, 90, 201-206
129. Wang, XL; Tao, S*; Xu, FL; Dawson, RW; Cao, J; Li, BG; Fang, JY, Modeling the fate of benzo[a]pyrene in the wastewater-irrigated areas of Tianjin with a fugacity model, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, 2002, 31, 896-903
130. Wen, Y; Long, AM; Dawson, R; Tao, S*, Speciation and bioavailability of EDTA complexed copper in the microenvironment of fish gills, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A, 2002, 37, 331-342
131. Tao, S*; Hu, HY; Xu, FL; Dawson, R; Li, BG; Cao, J, QSAR modeling of bioconcentration factors in fish based on fragment constants and structural correction factors, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B, 2001, 36, 631-649
132. Tao, S*; Lu, XX; Cao, J; Dawson, R, A comparison of the fragment constant and molecular connectivity indices models for normalized sorption coefficient estimation, WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH, 2001, 73, 307-313
133. Tao, S*; Wen, Y; Long, AM; Dawson, R; Cao, J; Xu, FL, Simulation of acid-base condition and copper speciation in the fish gill microenvironment, COMPUTERS & CHEMISTRY, 2001, 25, 215-222
134. Tao, S*; Liu, CF; Dawson, R; Long, AM; Xu, FL, Uptake of cadmium adsorbed on particulates by gills of goldfish (Carassius auratus), ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 2000, 47, 306-313
135. Tao, S*; Hu, HY; Lu, XX; Dawson, RW; Xu, FL, Fragment constant method for prediction of fish bioconcentration factors of non-polar chemicals, CHEMOSPHERE, 2000, 41, 1563-1568
136. Tao, S*; Li, H; Liu, CF; Lam, KC, Fish uptake of inorganic and mucus complexes of lead, ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 2000, 46, 174-180
137. Tao, S*; Lin, B, Water soluble organic carbon and its measurement in soil and sediment, WATER RESEARCH, 2000, 34, 1751-1755
138. Tao, S*; Lin, B; Liu, XH; Cao, J, Release kinetics of water soluble organic Carbon (WSOC) from river sediment and wetland soil, WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 2000, 118, 407-418
139. Tao, S*; Xu, S; Cao, J; Dawson, R, Bioavailability of apparent fulvic acid complexed copper to fish gills, BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 2000, 64, 221-227
140. Tao, S*; Long, AM; Liu, CF, Dawson, R, The influence of mucus on copper speciation in the gill microenvironment of carp (Cyprinus carpio), ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 2000, 47, 59-64
141. Lu, XX; Tao, S*; Hu, HY; Dawson, RW, Estimation of bioconcentration factors of nonionic organic compounds in fish by molecular connectivity indices and polarity correction factors, CHEMOSPHERE, 2000, 41, 1675-1688
142. Tao, S*; Liang, T; Liu, CF; Xu, SP, Uptake of copper by neon tetras (Paracheirodon innesi) in the presence and absence of particulate and humic matter, ECOTOXICOLOGY, 1999, 8, 269-275
143. Tao, S*; Liang, T; Cao, J; Dawson, RW; Liu, CF, Synergistic effect of copper and lead uptake by fish, ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 1999, 44, 190-195
144. Tao, S*; Lu, XX, Estimation of organic carbon normalized sorption coefficient (Koc) for soils by topological indices and polarity factors, CHEMOSPHERE, 1999, 39, 2019-2034
145. Tao, S*; Liu, C; Dawson, R; Cao, J; Li, B, Uptake of particulate lead via the gills of fish (Carassius auratus), ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 1999, 37, 352-357
146. Tao, S*, AUTHOR'S REPLY TO Comment on "Spatial and temporal variations in dissolved organic carbon in the Yichun River, China" by S Tao Wat Res 32(7) 2205-2210-Reply, WATER RESEARCH, 1999, 33, 3062-3062
147. Tao, S*; Piao, HS; Dawson, R; Lu, XX; Hu, HY, Estimation of organic carbon normalized sorption coefficient (K-oc) for soils using the fragment constant method, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 1999, 33, 2719-2725
148. Tao, S*; Lam, KC; Cao, J; Li, BG, Computer simulation of metal complex dissociation during free metal determination using anodic stripping voltammetry, COMPUTERS & CHEMISTRY, 1999, 23, 61-68
149. Cao, J; Tao, S*; Li, BG, Leaching kinetics of water soluble organic carbon (WSOC) from upland soil, CHEMOSPHERE, 1999, 39, 1771-1780
150. Lu, XX; Tao, S*; Cao, J; Dawson, RW, Prediction of fish bioconcentration factors of nonpolar organic pollutants based on molecular connectivity indices, CHEMOSPHERE, 1999, 39, 987-999
151. Tao, S*, Spatial and temporal variation in DOC in the Yichun River, China, WATER RESEARCH, 1998, 32, 2205-2210
152. Tao, S*, Factor score mapping of soil trace element contents for the Shenzhen area, WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 1998, 102, 415-425
153. Liu, WX; Tao, S*, Comparison of halogenation potential among various fractions of TOC in water from Jingmi Canal, Beijing, WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 1998, 105, 667-675
154. Tao, S*; Liang, T, Long-term monitoring of bioavailable copper in the aquatic environment using a resin-filled dialysis membrane, BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 1997, 58, 712-719
155. Tao, S*, Fractionation and chlorination of organic carbon in water from Yinluan River Tianjin, China, GEOJOURNAL, 1996, 40, 213-217
156. Tao, S*, kriging and mapping of copper, lead, and mercury contents in surface soil in Shenzhen area, WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 1995, 83, 161-172
157. Tao, S*, spatial structures of copper, lead, and mercury contents in surface soil in the Shenzhen area, WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 1995, 82, 583-591
158. Tao, S*, A sequential gel filtration chromatographic method to estimate the molecular weight distribution of humic substances, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, 1994, 15, 1083-1088
159. Tao, S* Deng, BS; Hermosin, B; Saiz-Jimenez, C, Identification of organic pollutants in agricultural soils from Tianjin, China, FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENT BULLITIN, 1993, 2, 677-682
160. Tao, S*, A fixed-k model for metal-humate binding, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 1992, 118/117, 139-144
161. Tao, S*; Chen, JS; Tang, F, Zero-deposition time extrapolation DPASV for determination of the complexation capacity, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY LETTER, 1987, 8, 433-440
