Basic Introduction：
Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D., China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). She studied at Stanford University during 2014 to 2015 as a visiting graduate student and researcher. Her research focus on groundwater contamination, especially on genesis of native poor-quality groundwater and migration/transformation of contaminants in heterogeneous aquifers.

Professional Experience：
2020.08-present, Research Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
2016.07-2020.07, Postdoctor, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2016.07-2018.09, Visiting Scholar, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

Education：
2013.09-2016.06, Ph.D in Groundwater Science and Technology, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2014-11-2015-10, Visiting student and researcher in Environmental Geochemistry, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
2011.09-2013.06, Master in Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2007.09-2011.06, Bachelor in Environmental Engineering (based on Geology), School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Selected funded projects：
(1) National Natural Science Foundation, Impact of preferential flow paths on temporal variations of arsenic heterogeneous aquifers, 2018.01-2020.12.
(2) China Geological Survey Foundation, Investigation and evaluation of high arsenic groundwater in the Jianghan Plain, 2011.08-2014.12.

Research Interests：
(1) Genesis of native poor-quality groundwater
(2) Migration，transformation and enrichment of contaminants in heterogeneous aquifers.

Published Works：
1. Yanhua Duan#, Rong Li#, Yiqun Gan, Kai Yu, Jiarong Tong, Guangci Zeng, Dongfang Ke, Wenxian Wu, Chongxuan Liu*. Impact of Physico-Chemical Heterogeneity on Arsenic Sorption and Reactive Transport under Water Extraction. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03587.
2. Guangci Zeng, Kai Yu, Junying Li, Wenxian Wu, Han Qiao, Yanhua Duan, Chongxuan Liu*. Heavy Metal Accumulation and Release Risks in Sediments from Groundwater-River Water Interaction Zones in a Contaminated River under Restoration. Earth and Space Chemistry, 2020, accepted.
3. Kai Yu, Yanhua Duan, Yiqun Gan*, Yanan Zhang, Ke Zhao. Anthropogenic influences on dissolved organic matter transport in high arsenic groundwater: insights from stable carbon isotope analysis and electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 708, 135162.
4. Kai Yu, Yanhua Duan, Peng Liao, Lin Xie, Qianqian Li, Zigong, Ning, Chongxuan, Liu*. Watershed-scale jdistributions of heavy metals in the hyporheic zones of a heavily polluted Maozhou River watershed, southern China. Chemosphere, 2020, 239, 124773.
5. Leiyu He, Lin Xie, Dengjun Wang, Wenlu Li, John D. Fortner, Qianqian, Li, Yanhua Duan, Zhengqing Shi, Peng Liao, Chongxun Liu*. Elucidating the role of sulfide on the stability of ferrihydrite colloids under anoxic conditions. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53, 4173-4184.
6. Yanhua Duan, Michael Schaefer, Yanxin Wang*, Yiqun Gan, Kai Yu, Yamin Deng, Scott Fendorf*. Experimental constraints on alternation of arsenic release and retention from aquifer sediments in the central Yangtze River Basin. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 649, 629-639.
7. Hehuan Liao, Kai Yu, Yanhua Duan, Zigong Ning, Bingrui Li, Leiyu He, Chongxuan Liu*. Profiling microbial communities in a watershed undergoing intensive anthrogogenic activities. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 647, 1137-1147.
8. Kun Huang, Yuanyuan Liu, Chen Yang, Yanhua Duan, Xiaofan Yang, Chongxuan Liu*. Identification of Hydro-Biogeochemical Processes Controlling Seasonal Variations in Arsenic Concentrations within a Riverbank Aquifer at Jianghan Plain. Water Resources Research, 2018, 54. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022170
9. Kai Yu, Yiqun Gan*, Aiguo Zhou, Chongxuan Liu, Yanhua Duan, Li Han, Yanan Zhang. Organic carbon sources and controlling processes on aquifer arsenic cycling in the Jianghan Plain, central China. Chemosphere, 2018, 208, 773-781.
10. Y.X. Wang, Y.Q. Gan, Y.M. Deng, Y.H. Duan, T.L. Zheng. Scott Fendorf. Sedimentological and hydro-biogeochemical processes controlling arsenic behavior in the Holocene and upper Pleistocene aquifers of the central Yangtze River Basin. Chapter 2 in book: Environmental Arsenic in a Changing World. 2018, ISBN 978-1-138-48609-6.
11. Yanhua Duan, Yiqun Gan, Yanxin Wang*, Chongxuan Liu, Kai Yu, Yamin Deng, Ke Zhao, Chuangju Dong. Arsenic speciation in aquifer sediment under varying groundwater regime and redox conditions at Jianghan Plain of Central China. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 607-608, 992-1000.
12. Linlin Yao, Yanxin Wang*, Lei Tong, Yamin Deng, Yonggang Li, Yiqun Gan, Wei Guo, Chuangju Dong, Yanhua Duan, Ke Zhao. Occurrence and risk assessment of antibiotics in surface water and groundwater from different depths of aquifers: A case study at Jianghan Plain, central China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2017, 135, 236-242.
13. Michael V. Schaefer, Samantha Ying, Shawn G. Benner, Yanhua Duan, Yanxin Wang, Scott Fendorf*. Aquifer Arsenic Cycling Induced by Seasonal Hydrologic Changes within the Yangtze River Basin. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50 (7), 3521-3529.
14. Yanhua Duan, Yiqun Gan, Yangxin Wang*, Yamin Deng, Xinxin Guo, Chuangju Dong. Temporal variation of groundwater level and arsenic concentration at Jianghan Plain, central China. Journal of Geochemistry Exploration, 2015, 149, 106-119.
15. Yiqun Gan*, Yanxin Wang, Yanhua Duan, Yaming Deng, Xinxin Guo, Xufeng Ding. Hydrogeochemistry and arsenic contamination of groundwater in the Jianghan Plain, central China. Journal of Geochemistry Exploration, 2014, 138, 81-93.
16. Yamin Deng*, Huijuan Li, Yanxin Wang*, Yanhua Duan, Yiqun Gan. Temporal variability of groundwater chemistry and relationship with water-table fluctuation in the Jianghan Plain, central China. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 2014, 10, 100-103.
17. Hongmei Li, Yamin Deng, Liwei Luo, Yanxin Wang, Yanhua Duan, Chuangju Dong, Yiqun Gan. Geochemistry of high arsenic shallow aquifers sediment of the Jianghan Plain. Geological Science and Technology Information, 2015, 34(3): 178-184. (In Chinese with English abstract)
18. Yamin Deng, Yanxin Wang, Huijuan Li, Hongmei Li, Wei Guo, Yanhua Duan, Chuangju Dong, Yiqun Gan, Naijing Liu, Xufeng Ding. Seasonal variation of arsenic speciation in shallow groundwater from endemic arsenicosis area in Jianghan Plain. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, 2015, 40(11): 1876-1886. (In Chinese with English abstract)
19. Feng Xiong, Yiqun Gan, Yanhua Duan. Analysis of relationship between nitrogen and the migration and enrichment of arsenic in groundwater in the Jianghan Plain. Safety and Environmental Engineering, 2015, 22 (2): 39-48. (In Chinese with English abstract)
20. Yanhua Duan, Yiqun Gan, Xinxin Guo, Xufeng Ding, Yamin Deng. Hydrogeochemistry and arsenic contamination of groundwater in the monitoring field, Jianghan Plain. Geological Science and Technology Information, 2014, 33 (2): 140-147. (In Chinese with English abstract)
21. Yiqun Gan, Yanxin Wang, Yanhua Duan, Yamin Deng, Xinxin Guo. Dynamic changes of arsenic concentration in the monitoring field site, Jianghan Plain. Earth Science Frontiers, 2014, 21 (4): 37-49. (In Chinese with English abstract)