Superfund Research Program

Yujie Men

University of California-Riverside
900 University Ave
Riverside, California 92521
Phone: 951-827-2820
Email: ymen@engr.ucr.edu

Projects

• University of California-Riverside: Synergistic Material-Microbe Interface towards Faster, Deeper, and Air-tolerant Reductive Dehalogenation (2021-2025)

Research Briefs

• 332 - Improving How Microbes Break Down PFAS

Publications

2023

• Jin B, Liu H, Che S, Gao J, Yu Y, Liu J, Men Y. 2023. Substantial defluorination of polychlorofluorocarboxylic acids triggered by anaerobic microbial hydrolytic dechlorination. Nat Water 1:451-461. doi:10.1038/s44221-023-00077-6
• Jin B, Zhu Y, Zhao W, Liu Z, Che S, Chen K, Lin Y, Liu J, Men Y. 2023. Aerobic biotransformation and defluorination of fluoroalkylether substances (either PFAS): Substrate specificity, pathways, and applications. Environ Sci Technol Lett doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00411

2022

• Yu Y, Che S, Ren C, Jin B, Tian Z, Liu J, Men Y. 2022. Microbial defluorination of unsaturated per- and polyfluorinated carboxylic acids under anaerobic and aerobic conditions: A structure specificity study. Environ Sci Technol 56(8):4894-4904. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c05509 PMID:35373561