Lan Song

Research

Research Associate Professor School of Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group

Dr. Lan (Marie Curie fellow) obtained her Ph.D. from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She was sponsored by the “Environmental ChemOinformatics” project and the “Quality Nano” project of the EU's Seventh Framework during her Ph.D. Her doctoral thesis was nominated by the KNCV MilieuChemTox as “the Best PhD thesis” in the Netherlands in 2016. Dr. Lan joined Elsevier as Managing Editor of a group of journals in Environmental Science and Health in 2015. Her role was to strategically support the operation and development of several SCI journals, including Environmental Pollution, Environment International, and Chemosphere etc. In 2016, she was promoted to associate publisher and later to publisher at the Elsevier headquarters in the Netherlands. She was responsible for more than ten SCI journals in environmental science and technology, including Aquatic Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Cleaner Production, Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation etc. She managed 12 international journals from strategic planning, editorial fees budget, editorial recruitment, pricing, production and publishing operations to social media communication and product innovation. She managed and maintained excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including more than 120 editors from top Universities/Institutes. During her turn, the journals have grown more than 50% in quantity and also strongly improved in quality. She chaired more than 30 workshops and editorial board meeting worldwide.

Personal Profile

Current Position

Research Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Vice Dean for the Shenzhen Institute of Sustainable Development

Education Background

2010-2015: Ph.D. (Environmental Toxicology and Health), Leiden University, the Netherlands

Supervisor：Willie Peijnenburg, Martina Vijver

2008-2010: Master (Environmental risk assessment and environmental health), Denmark Technical University, Denmark

Supervisor: Stefan Trapp

2004-2008: Bachelor (Environmental engineering, Waste Water Treatment), Beijing University of Technology, China

Supervisor: Yongzhen Peng, Shuying Wang

Working Experience

2019-present: Associate Dean (Research), Shenzhen Institute of Sustainable Development

Research Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

2016-2019: Associate Publisher/Publisher, Environmental Science and Technology portfolio, Elsevier, The Netherlands

Managed the following journals: Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Ecotoxicology and Safety & Aquatic Toxicology etc.

2015-2016: Managing Editor, Environmental Science and Health Portfolio, Elsevier, the Netherlands

Managed the following journals: Environmental Pollution, Environment International, Chemosphere & Environmental Research etc.

Academic Experience

2013: Visiting Scholar, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
2011: Visiting Scholar, Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Madrid Area, Spain
2008-2010: Research Assistant, Denmark Technical University

Awards and Honors

2016: the Best PhD thesis award nominee, KNCV MilieuChemTox, the Netherlands.
2013: Funded EU's Seventh Framework “Quality Nano” project
2010-2013: Marie Curie Fellow
2010-2013: Funded EU's Seventh Framework “Environmental ChemOinformatics” project
2008-2010: Danish government full Scholarships for outstanding foreign students

Personal Profile

Research

1. Environmental risk assessment and management of emerging pollutants

2. Ecological civilization and sustainable urban development

3. Big data and sustainable development

Publications Read More

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Chen J, Zhang W, Song L, et al. The coupling effect between economic development and the urban ecological environment in Shanghai port[J]. Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 841: 156734.
Gan L, Che W, Zhou M, et al. Ship exhaust emission estimation and analysis using Automatic Identification System data: The west area of Shenzhen port, China, as a case study[J]. Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022, 226: 106245.
Xu S, Zheng S, Huang Z, et al. Assessing progress towards sustainable development in Shenzhen 2005–2019[J]. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 349: 131496.
Shu Y, Wang X, Huang Z, et al. Estimating spatiotemporal distribution of wastewater generated by ships in coastal areas[J]. Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022, 222: 106133.
Wang Z, Song L, Jin S, et al. Dissolved organic matter heightens the toxicity of tetrabromobisphenol A to aquatic organisms[J]. Ecotoxicology, 2022: 1-10.
Wu S L, Wei W, Wang Y, et al. Transforming waste activated sludge into medium chain fatty acids in continuous two-stage anaerobic fermentation: Demonstration at different pH levels[J]. Chemosphere, 2022, 288: 132474.
Song L, Zhan X, Zhang H, et al. How much is global business sectors contributing to sustainable development goals?[J]. Sustainable Horizons, 2022, 1: 100012.
Wu L, Wang L K, Wei W, et al. Sulfur‐driven autotrophic denitrification of nitric oxide for efficient nitrous oxide recovery[J]. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2022, 119(1): 257-267.
Chen Z, Wei W, Song L, et al. Hybrid water electrolysis: a new sustainable avenue for energy-saving hydrogen production[J]. Sustainable Horizons, 2021: 100002.
Hua W, Chen J, Qin Q, et al. Causation analysis and governance strategy for hazardous cargo accidents at ports: Case study of Tianjin Port’s hazardous cargo explosion accident[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021, 173: 113053.
Zhang W, Li C, Chen J, et al. Governance of global vessel-source marine oil spills: Characteristics and refreshed strategies[J]. Ocean & Coastal Management, 2021, 213: 105874.
Jin S, Zhang Y, Wang K, et al. Global environmental changes slow down the pace of globalization highlighted by a new composite indicator[J]. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 318: 128538.
Zheng C, Hoffmann M R, Mauzerall D L, et al. Expanding our horizons on the Earth’s sustainable future[J]. Sustainable Horizons, 2021, 1: 100001.
Wu L, Wei W, Song L, et al. Upgrading biogas produced in anaerobic digestion: Biological removal and bioconversion of CO2 in biogas[J]. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, 150: 111448.
Xu Q, Huang T, Chen J, et al. Port rank-size rule evolution: Case study of Chinese coastal ports[J]. Ocean & Coastal Management, 2021, 211: 105803.
Xu H, He E, Peijnenburg W J G M, et al. Contribution of pristine and reduced microbial extracellular polymeric substances of different sources to Cu (II) reduction[J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 415: 125616.
Song L, Huang Z, Zhang H, et al. The urgency to address the occupational health of Chinese seafarers for sustainable development[J]. Marine Policy, 2021, 129: 104518.
Zhai Y, Chen L, Liu G, et al. Compositional and functional responses of bacterial community to titanium dioxide nanoparticles varied with soil heterogeneity and exposure duration[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 773: 144895.
Yin M, Zhou Y, Tsang D C W, et al. Emergent thallium exposure from uranium mill tailings[J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 407: 124402.
Wang Y, Wei W, Wu W, et al. Improving medium-chain fatty acid production from anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge using free ammonia[J]. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2021, 1(3): 478-489