Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2000

B.E. Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1996

1. Effects of air pollution on soil and ecosystem

2. Emission characteristics of air pollutants

3. Environmental soil chemistry and biogeochemistry

1. 2025-2028 Principal Investigator, Study on the Impact of Atmospheric Deposition and Climate Change on Water Chemistry of Forested Headwater Catchments in Jibei Mountainous Region, Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

2. 2023-2026 Principal Investigator, Dynamic Response Simulation of Atmospheric Emission Reduction Effects Driven by Multiple Factors, funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China.

3. 2023-2026 Principal Investigator, Study on Sulfur Cycle in a Typical Subtropical Forest catchment and Its Environmental Effects, Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

4. 2019-2022 Principal Investigator, Study on transportation and transformation of nitrogen oxides emitted from soil in a typical subtropical forest, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

5. 2016-2018 Principal Investigator, Study on mechanism of soil NOx emission in subtropical forest, supported by Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program.

6. 2013-2017 Principal Investigator, Transformation of fine particulate matter in flue gas, supported by the National Basic Research Program of China.

7. 2014-2017 Principal Investigator, Study on Effects of Atmospheric Deposition on Mercury Emission from Forest Soil in Southwestern China, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

8. 2011-2013 Principal Investigator, Study on Critical Loads of Acid Deposition in Northeastern Asia, the State Environmental Protection Public Welfare Project.

9. 2010-2012 Co-Principal Investigator, Study on Effects and Critical Loads of Nitrogen Deposition, the State Environmental Protection Public Welfare Project.

10. 2009-2011 Principal Investigator, Application of FGD Gypsum in Remediation of Acidified Forest Soil, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

11. 2005-2009 Co-Principal Investigator, Response of Soil/water to Acid Deposition and Critical Load, supported by the Fundamental Research and Development Program (973 Program) of China.

12. 2003-2005 Co-Principal Investigator, Reducing Air Pollution Impacts in China: Development of an Integrated, Effect-based Approach for Sustainable Energy Use in the Future, research cooperation between Norway and China.

13. 2003-2004 Principal Investigator, Study on Remediation Technology of Acidified Forest Soil, supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) of China.

14. 2000-2004 Co-Principal Investigator, Integrated monitoring Program on Acidification of Chinese Terrestrial System, research cooperation between Norway and China.

15. 1999-2004 Co-Principal Investigator, Integrated monitoring Program on Acidification of Chinese Terrestrial System, research cooperation between Norway and China.

16. 2003 Principal Investigator, Modeling Sources, Transport and Deposition of Base Cations in China, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Published Books:

1. Duan Lei, Zhang Qiang, Duan Jingchun, Xing Jia, Cheng Miaomiao, Dai Hancheng, Li Yanli. Comprehensive Control of Regional Air Pollution Complex and Its Application Demonstration. China Environmental Science Press, 2025 (in Chinese)

2. Hao Jiming, Duan Lei, Yi Honghong, Li Xinghua, Hu Jingnan. Physical and chemical characteristics of inhalable particles from combustion sources. Beijing: Science Press, 2008 (in Chinese)

3. Hao Jiming, Xie Shaodong, Duan Lei, Ye Xuemei. Critical loads of acid deposition and its application. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2002 (in Chinese).

Published Articles (Selected):

1. Xiaodong Ge, Danni Xie, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. High soil pH reduces ammonia emissions through enhanced nitrification in global croplands. Submitted to Communications Earth & Environment, 2025, 6, 1020.

2. Yu Qian, Wenjia Wang, Ziheng Chang, Ningyu Jia, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan, Lei Zhang, Yu Zhao. Isotopic constraints on seasonal nitrogen transformation dynamics along a deposition gradient in subtropical forests. Environmental Science and Technology, 2025, 59, 22566-22575.

3. Zhilu Sheng, Yongmei Huang, Lei Duan, Kejian He, Danni Xie, Narigele Borjigin, Hanyue Yang, Yu Qi, Engui Li. Effects of simulated 1 nitrogen deposition on N fate in a temperate steppe: Evidence from multi-year 15N isotope study. Submitted to Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 394, 127521.

4. Liheng Shan, Ning Wang, Fengkui Duan, Sujian Zhang, Lei Duan, Qinqin Zhang, Lidan Zhu, Shuxiao Wang, Jingkun Jiang, Yongliang Ma, Kebin He. Global heatwaves: A scoping review on the trend, characteristics, impacts on air pollution and health. Environmental Research, 2025, 286, 122976.

5. Meng Yao, Ronghua Kang, Erik A. Hobbie, Qingwei Wang, Lei Duan, Jan Mulder, Yuqi Liu, Jin Li, Jingran Ma, Chao Wang, Yunting Fang. Tree saplings readily take up NO₂ during foliar ¹⁵NO₂ fumigation. Plant, Cell, and Environment, 2025, 48, 9050-9061.

6. Kuan Chen, Jiarui Wang, Xiang Xiang, Yinduo Zhang, Jie Zhang, Lei Duan, Huang Yongmei. Impact of the 2022/2023 Extreme Heatwave-Drought on Forests in North China: Assessing Canopy Dieback and Its Driving Factors. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2025, 372, 110702.

7. Dongwei Lv, Dongxing Yang, Jiawei Zhang, Yuchun Zhang, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. Heavy metal budgets in two forested catchments with heavy atmospheric deposition pollution in China. Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 988: 179815.

8. Yuchun Zhang, Piaopiao Ke, Qian Yu, Yu Zhao, Lei Zhang, Shuxiao Wang, Lei Duan. Switch of gaseous element mercury source/sink in a Hg-contaminated subtropical forest by variation in atmospheric Hg pollution. Atmospheric Environment, 2025, 353, 121239.

9. Dongxing Yang, Dani Xie, Jan Mulder, Qian Yu, Yongmei Huang, Lei Duan. Responses of dissolved organic nitrogen to increasing and decreasing N deposition: A 16-year N addition and N-addition cessation experiment in subtropical forest. Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 975: 179284.

10. Qian Yu, Zimeng Zhang, Piaopiao Ke, Jiale Chang, Han Li, Wenjia Wang, Lei Duan, Ronghua Kang, Lei Zhang, Yu Zhao. Land-air exchanges of various gaseous nitrogen species in an urban wetland based on in situ flux observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 2025, 52, e2024GL113265.

11. Kuan Chen, Jingyao Suo, Xiaodong Song, Yiyao Liu, Xiang Xiang, Yingping Pan, Jiarui Wang, Liang Ren, Xiaodong Ge, Xia Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Lei Duan, Yongmei Huang. Soil quality improvement on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau induced by soil hydrothermal changes from 1980s to 2020s. Geoderma, 2025, 455, 117235.

12. Piaopiao Ke, Xiaodong Ge, Cheng Yu, Dongxing Yang, Yongmei Huang, Lei Duan. Field investigation of leaf-level NO and NO₂ exchange between atmosphere and mature Pinus massoniana in a subtropical forest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, 2025, 130, e2024JD040905.

13. Ziyi Zhan, Dongwei Lv, Huang Zhou, Qingru Wu, Yuying Cui, Lei Duan. Forest Mercury Deposition Observation in Chongqing: Evaluating Effectiveness of Mercury Emission Reduction over the Past Decade in Southwestern China. ACS ES&T Air, 2025, 2(2), 286-294.

14. Qi Wan, Feiyu Gao, Lei Duan. Elemental mercury oxidation on a CeO₂–WO₃/TiO₂ catalyst in simulated coal-fired flue gas: Pb effect and deactivation mechanism. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2025, 2025, 64, 991-998.

15. Jiayu Zhang, Xiaodong Ge, Xionghui Qiu, Lei Liu, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. Estimation of carbon sequestration potential and air quality impacts of biochar production from straw in China. Environmental Pollution, 2024, 363, 125304.

16. Qian Yu, Wenjia Wang, Jiale Chang, Han Li, Zimeng Zhang, Piaopiao Ke, Lei Duan, Lei Zhang, Yu Zhao. Surface-air exchanges of H₂S and SO₂ in an urban wetland in eastern China. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 951, 175701.

17. Xiaodong Ge, Danni Xie, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. Reevaluating the drivers of fertilizer-induced N₂O emission: Insights from interpretable machine learning. Environmental Science and Technology, 2024, 58, 15672−15680.

18. Qi Wan, Feiyu Gao, Lei Duan. Deactivation effect of elemental mercury oxidation over a V₂O₅-WO₃/TiO₂ catalyst by Pb in simulated coal-fired flue gas. Applied Catalysis A, General, 2024, 685, 119896.

19. Jiawei Zhang, Xiaohui Sun, Qingru Wu, Jianguo Deng, Zhijian Li, Minneng Wen, Liwen Xu, Yongzheng Gu, Tao Han, Lei Feng, Lei Duan. Emission characteristics of lead and particulate matter from typical lead and zinc smelters in China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 476, 135224.

20. Qian Yu, Han Li, Yu Zhao, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. Long-term trends of dissolved organic carbon dynamics in a subtropical forest responding to environmental changes. Environmental Science and Technology, 2024, 58(28), 12420–12429.

21. Dongwei Lv, Leyi Wang, Xiaodong Ge, Yuchun Zhang, Qianting Ye, Yongmei Huang, Lei Duan. S, N and Heavy metals in headwater streams of upper Qinghai Lake, northeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Possible pollution by atmospheric deposition. ACS ES&T Water, 2024, 4, 7, 2814–2825.

22. Xie Danni, Ge Xiaodong, Duan Lei, Mulder Jan. Effects of acid deposition control in China: Based on responses of subtropical forests. Frontier of Environmental Science and Engineering, 2024, 18(6), 77.

23. Deming Han, Qingru Wu, Shuxiao Wang, Changlei Xie, Jianbo Shi, Wang Zheng, Jiubin Chen, Yi Tang, Daiwei Ouyang, Boyang Feng, Minneng Wen, Lei Duan, Jiming Hao. Photochemical Reduction of Particle Bound Mercury in Atmospheric Aerosol Water. ACS EST Air, 2024, 1(3), 150–161.

24. Yu Qian, Ge Xiaodong, Zheng Haotian, Xing Jia, Duan Lei, Lv Dongwei, Ding Dian, Dong Zhaoxin, Sun Yisheng, Posch Maximilian, Xie Danni, Zhao Yu, Zhao Bin, Wang Shuxiao, Mulder Jan, Larssen Thorjørn, Hao Jiming. A probe into acid deposition mitigation path in China. National Science Review, 2024, 11, nwae007.

25. Xie Danni, Zhao Bin, Kang Ronghua, Ma Xiaoxiao, Larssen Thorjørn, Jin Zhangdong, Duan Lei. Delayed recovery of surface water chemistry from acidification in subtropical forest region of China. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 91, 169126.

26. Zizhen Ma, Jingkun Jiang, Lei Duan, Jianguo Deng, Fuyuan Xu, Zehui Li, Linhua Jiang, Ning Duan. Synergistic promotion of particulate matter reduction and production performance via adjusting electrochemical reactions in the zinc electrolysis industry. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 2024, 18(1): 2.

27. Yang Dongxing, Zhang Jiawei, Yu Qian, Xie Danni, Kang Ronghua, Zhang Ting, Si Gaoyue, Mulder Jan, Huang Yongmei, Duan Lei. The response of needle stoichiometry to 10-year N addition and 4-year cessation of N addition in a subtropical Masson pine plantation of China. Plant and Soil, 2023, 497(1-2), 359-375.

28. Yu Qian, Mulder Jan, Si Gaoyue, Yu Longfei, Kang Ronghua, Liu Kaiyi, Hao Jiming, Duan Lei. Prominent Role of Sulfate Reduction in Considerable Sulfur Retention in a Subtropical Soil. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeochemistry, 2023, 128, e2023JG007572.

29. Ronghua Kang, Kai Huang, Tian Gao Jan Mulder, Lei Duan, Chao Wang, Piaopiao Ke, Meng Yao, Chenxia Su, Jin Li, Weixing Zhu, Jiaojun Zhu, Yunting Fang. Forest Canopy Acts as an Atmospheric NO_x Sink: results from micrometeorological flux measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2023, 128, e2022JD037729

30. Xiaodong Ge, Jiayu Zhang, Yifan Wen, Qian Yu, Min Liu, Yongmei Huang, Shaojun Zhang, Lei Duan. Carbon sequestration potential of biomass production along highways in China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2023, 57, 13818−13827.

31. Dongwei Lv, Yixuan Liu, Liang Ren, Jiaxuan Huo, Jin Zhao, Ruijie Lu, Yongmei Huang, Lei Duan. Assessment of atmospheric heavy metal pollution in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Using mosses as biomonitor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 459: 132181.

32. Xiaodong Ge, Qian Yu, Lei Duan, Yu Zhao, Posch Maximilian, Jiming Hao. High-resolution maps of critical loads for sulfur and nitrogen in China. Scientific Data, 2023, 10: 339.

33. XIE Danni, YANG Dongxing, DUAN Lei. Response of forest ecosystems to decreasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition [J]. Environmental Science, 2023, 44(5): 2681 − 2693. (in Chinese)

34. Lv Dongwei, Wu Qingru, Ouyang Daiwei, Wen Minneng, Zhang Gehui, Wang Shuxiao, Duan Lei. Differentiated emission control strategy based on comprehensive evaluation of multi-media pollution: Case of mercury emission control. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023, 123: 222-234.

35. Deng Jianguo, Wang Shumin, Zhang Jiawei, Zhang Yi, Jiang Jingkun, Gu Yongzheng, Han Tao, Feng Lei, Gao Jian, Duan Lei. Suggestion on Further Strengthening Ultra-Low Emission Standards for PM emission from Coal-Fired Power Plants in China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023, 123: 203-211.

36. Cao Min, Xing Jia, Sahu Shovan Kumar, Duan Lei, Li Junhua. Accurate prediction of air quality response to emissions for effective control policy design. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023, 123: 116-126.

37. Liu Xinyuan, Guo Chaoyi, Wu Yazhen, Huang Chen, Lu Keding, Zhang Yuanhang, Duan Lei, Cheng Miaomiao, Chai Fahe, Mei Fengqiao, Dai Hancheng. Evaluating costs and benefits of air pollution control policies in China: a systematic review. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023, 123: 140-155.

38. Weinan He, Lei Duan, Zhuoyuan Zhang, Xu Zhao, Ying Cheng. Analysis of the Characteristics of the Real World Emission Factors and VSP Distributions - A Case Study in Beijing. Sustainability, 2022, 14, 11512.

39. Zhaoxin Dong, Jia Xing, Shuxiao Wang, Dian Ding, Xiaodong Ge, Haotian Zheng, Yueqi Jiang, Jingyu An, Cheng Huang, Lei Duan, Jiming Hao. Responses of nitrogen and sulfur deposition to NH₃ emission control in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 308, 119646.

40. Hajime Akimoto, Keiichi Sato, Hiroyuki Sase, Yao Dong, Min Hu, Lei Duan, Young Sunwoo, Katsunori Suzuki, Xiaoyan Tang. Development of science and policy related to acid deposition in East Asia over 30 years. AMBIO, 2022, 51, 1800-1808.

41. Ke P, Kang R, Avery LK, Zhang J, Yu Q, Xie D, Duan L. Temporal variations of soil NO and NO₂ fluxes in two typical subtropical forests receiving contrasting rates of N deposition. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 295, 118696.

42. Ke Piaopiao, Yu Qian, Ge Xiaodong, Wu Wenzhao, Kang Ronghua, Zhao Bin, Duan Lei. Fluxes of H₂S and SO₂ above a subtropical forest under natural and disturbed conditions induced by temporal land-use change. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 811, 152084.

43. Zhang Jiawei, Sun Xiaohui, Deng Jianguo, Li Guoliang, Li Zhijian, Jiang Jingkun, Wu Qingru, Duan Lei. Emission characteristics of heavy metals from a typical copper smelting plant. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 424, 127311.

44. Lv Dongwei, Yu Qian, Xie Danni, Zhang Jiawei, Ge Xiaodong, Si Gaoyue, Zhao Bin, Wang Shuxiao, Larssen Thorjørn, Duan Lei. Critical loads of headwater streams in China using SSWC model modified by comprehensive F-factor. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 802, 149780

45. Ke Piaopiao, Si Gaoyue, Luo Yao, Cheng Zhenglin, Yu Qian, Duan Lei. Soil nitrogen and sulfur leaching in a subtropical forest at a transition state under decreasing atmospheric deposition. Forests, 2021, 12, 1798.

46. Zhao Wenxin, Zhao Yu, Ma Mingrui, Chang Ming, Duan Lei. Long-term variability in base cation, sulfur and nitrogen deposition and critical load exceedance of terrestrial ecosystems in China. Environmental Pollution, 2021, 289, 117974.

47. Liu Kaiyun, Wu Qingru, Wang Shuxiao, Ouyang Daiwei, Li Zhijian, Ding Dian, Li Guoliang, Tang Yi, Xiang Longyi, Han Deming, Wen Minneng, Liu Tonghao, Duan Lei, Tian Hezhong, Hao Jiming. Highly Resolved Inventory of Mercury Release to Water from Anthropogenic Sources in China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2021, 55, 13860-13868.

48. Mohiuddin M, Yu Q, Si GY, Irshad M, Farig M, Hussain Z, Duan L. Availability of iodine from acidified soil after manure amendments. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021, 14(1), 1916.

49. Deming Han, Liwen Xu, Qingru Wu, Shuxiao Wang, Lei Duan, Minneng Wen, Zhijian Li, Yi Tang, Guoliang Li, Kaiyun Liu. Potential environmental risk of trace elements in fly ash and gypsum from ultra–low emission coal–fired power plants in China. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 798, 149116

50. Xie D, Duan L, Si G, Liu W, Zhang T, Mulder J. Long-term ¹⁵N balance after single-dose input of 15N-labeled NH₄⁺ and NO₃^- in a subtropical forest under reducing N deposition. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2021, 35, e2021GB006959.

51. Duan Lei, Sun Xiaohui, Luo Yao, Du Baoyu, Wang Qiong, Liu Kaiyun, Zhang Jiawei, Wu Qingru, Wang Shuxiao. Soil-atmosphere exchange of gaseous elemental mercury in three subtropical forests with different substrate Hg concentrations. Atmospheric Environment, 2021, 244, 117869.

52. Meng Peng, Hongzhang Xu, Chenfei Qu, Jiayu Xu, Liurui Chen, Lei Duan, Jiming Hao. Understanding China's largest sustainability experiment: Atmospheric and climate governance in the Yangtze River economic belt as a lens. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 290, 125760.

53. Yu Qian, Luo Yao, Xu Guangyi, Wu Qingru, Wang Shuxiao, Hao Jiming, Duan Lei. Subtropical forests act as mercury sinks but net sources of gaseous elemental mercury in South China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2020, 54(5), 2772-2779.

54. Ma Z, Jiang J, Duan L, Li Z, Deng J, Li J, Zhang R, Zhou C, Xu F, Jiang L, Duan N. Ultrasonication to reduce particulate matter generated from bursting bubbles: A case study on zinc electrolysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 272, 2020, 122697.

55. Zizhen Ma, Lei Duan, Jingkun Jiang, Jianguo Deng, Fuyuan Xu, Linhua Jiang, Jianhui Li, Gang Wang, Xu Huang, Wanqi Ye, Yucheng Wen, Ge Zhang, and Ning Duan. Characteristics and Threats of Particulate Matter from Zinc Electrolysis Manufacturing Facilities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 259, 120874.

56. Ke Piaopiao, Yu Qian, Luo Yao, Kang Ronghua, Duan Lei. Fluxes of nitrogen oxides above a subtropical forest canopy in China. The science of the total environment, 2020, 715, 136993.

57. Xie Danni, Zhao Bin, Wang Shuxiao, Duan Lei. Benefit of China's reduction in nitrogen oxides emission to natural ecosystems in East Asia with respect to critical load exceedance. Environment International, 2020, 136, 105468.

58. Cheng Zhenglin, Tang Yi, Li Engui, Wu Qingru, Wang Long, Liu Kaiyun, Wang Shuxiao, Huang Yongmei, Duan Lei. Mercury accumulation in soil from atmospheric deposition in temperate steppe of Inner Mongolia, China. Environmental Pollution, 2020, 258, 113692

59. Sheng ZL, Huang YM, He KJ, Borjigin N, Yang HY, Chen HY, Li EG, Xu X, Duan L. Responses of plant N-15 natural abundance and isotopic fractionation to N addition reflect the N status of a temperate steppe in China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2019, 12(3), 550-563.

60. Qian Yu, Gaoyue Si, Tianhua Zong, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. High hydrogen sulfide emissions from subtropical forest soils based on field measurements in south China. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 651: 1302–1309.

61. Danni Xie, Ting Zhang, Qian Yu, Yongmei Huang, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. A sharp decline in nitrogen input in a N-saturated subtropical forest causes an instantaneous reduction in nitrogen leaching. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2018, 123, 3320–3330.

62. Yu Qian, Duan Lei, Yu Longfei, Chen Xiao, Si Gaoyue, Ke Piaopiao, Ye Zhixiang, Mulder Jan. Threshold and multiple indicators for nitrogen saturation in subtropical forests. Environmental Pollution, 2018, 241, 664-673.

63. Danni Xie, Gaoyue Si, Ting Zhang, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan. Nitrogen deposition increases N₂O emission from an N-saturated subtropical forest in southwest China. Environmental Pollution, 2018, 243: 1818-1824.

64. Wan Qi, Yao Qang, Duan Lei, Li Xinghua, Zhang Lei, Hao Jiming. Comparison of elemental mercury oxidation across vanadium and cerium based catalysts in coal combustion flue gas: Catalytic performances and particulate matter effects. Environmental Science and Technology, 2018, 52(5): 2981-2987.

65. Yu Qian, Luo Yao, Wang Shuxiao, Wang Zhiqi, Hao Jiming, Duan Lei. Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) fluxes over canopy of two typical subtropical forests in south China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018, 18: 495-509.

66. Yu Qian, Zhang Ting, Ma Xiaoxiao, Kang Ronghua, Mulder Jan, Larssen Thorjørn, Duan Lei. Monitoring Effect of SO₂ Emission Abatement on Recovery of Acidified Soil and Streamwater in Southwest China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2017, 51(17): 9498-9506.

67. Liu W, Yu L, Zhang T, Kang R, Zhu J, Mulder J, Huang Y, Duan L. In situ15N labeling experiment reveals different long-term responses to ammonium and nitrate inputs in N-saturated subtropical forest." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2017, 122, 2251–2264.

68. Kang Ronghua, Mulder Jan, Duan Lei, Do¨rsch Peter. Spatial and temporal variability of soil nitric oxide emissions in N-saturated subtropical forest. Biogeochemistry, 2017, 89(7): 4124-4130.

69. Li Zhen, Jiang Jingkun, Ma Zizhen, Fajardo Oscar A., Deng Jianguo, Duan Lei. Influence of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) installations on emission characteristics of PM_2.5 from coal-fired power plants equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR). Environmental Pollution, 2017, 230: 655-662.

70. Yu Qian, Zhang Ting, Cheng Zhenglin, Zhao Bin, Mulder Jan, Larssen Thorjorn, Wang Shuxiao, Duan Lei. Is surface water acidification a serious regional issue in China? Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 584-585:783–790.

71. Ma Zizhen, Li Zhen, Jiang Jingkun, Deng Jianguo, Zhao Yu, Wang Shuxiao, Duan Lei. PM2.5 Emission Reduction by Technical Improvement in a Typical Coal-Fired Power Plant in China. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2017, 13(2): 636-643.

72. Qiu Xionghui, Duan Lei, Chai Fahe, Wang Shuxiao, Yu Qian, Wang Shulan. Deriving High-Resolution Emission Inventory of Open Biomass Burning in China based on Satellite Observations. Environmental Science and Technology, 2016, 50 (21), 11779–11786.

73. Ma Zizhen, Deng Jianguo, Li Zhen, Li Qing, Zhao Ping, Wang Liguo, Sun Yezhu, Zheng Hongxian, Pan Li, Zhao Shun, Jiang Jingkun, Wang Shuxiao, Duan Lei. Characteristics of NO_x emission from Chinese coal-fired power plants equipped with new technologies. Atmospheric Environment, 2016, 131, 164-170.

74. Duan L, Chen X, Ma XX, Zhao B, Larssen T, Wang SX, Ye ZX. Atmospheric S and N deposition relates to increasing riverine transport of S and N in southwest China: Implications for soil acidification. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 218, 1191-1199.

75. He KJ, Qi Y, Huang YM, Chen HY, Sheng ZL, Xu X, Duan L. Response of aboveground biomass and diversity to nitrogen addition - a five-year experiment in semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, China. Scientific Reports, 2016, 218, 1191-1199.

76. Luo Y, Duan L, Driscoll CT, Xu GY, Shao MS, Taylor M, Wang SX, Hao JM. Foliage/atmosphere exchange of mercury in a subtropical coniferous forest in south China, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 2016, 121, 2006-2016.

77. Duan L, Yu Q, Zhang Q, Wang ZF, Pan YP, Larssen T, Tang J, Mulder J. Acid deposition in Asia: Emissions, deposition, and ecosystem effects. Atmospheric Environment, 2016, 146, 55-69.

78. Huang YM, Kang RH, Mulder J, Zhang T, Duan L. N saturation in a subtropical forest in Southwestern China with high S and N deposition. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2015, 120, 2457–2472.

79. Li Z, Jiang JK, Ma ZZ, Wang SX, Duan L. Effect of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) on fine particle emission from two coal-fired power plants in China. Atmospheric Environment, 2015, 120, 227-233.

80. Luo Yao, Duan Lei, Xu Guangyi, Hao Jiming. Inhibition of mercury release from forest soil by high atmospheric deposition of Ca²⁺ and SO₄^2-. Chemosphere, 2015, 134, 113-119.

81. Posch M, Duan L, Reinds GJ, Zhao Y. Critical loads of nitrogen and sulphur to avert acidification and eutrophication in Europe and China. Landscape Ecology, 2014, 30, 487-499.

82. Luo Yao, Duan Lei, Wang Long, Xu Guangyi, Wang Shuxiao, Hao Jiming. Mercury concentrations in forest soils and stream waters in northeast and south China. Science of the Total Environment, 2014, 496: 714–720.

83. Huang Yongmei, Kang Ronghua, Ma Xiaoxiao, Qi Yu, Mulder J, Duan Lei. Effects of calcite and magnesite application to a declining Masson pine forest on strongly acidified soil in Southwestern China. The Science of the Total Environment, 2014, 481: 469-478.

84. Zhao Bin, Wang Shuxiao, Dong Xinyi, Wang Jiandong, Duan Lei, Fu Xiao, Hao Jiming, Fu Joshua. Environmental effects of the recent emission changes in China: Implications for particulate matter pollution and soil acidification. Environmental Research Letter, 2013, 8: 024031.

85. Duan Lei, Liu Jing, Xin Yan, Larssen T. Air-pollution emission control in China: Impacts on soil acidification recovery and constraints due to drought. The Science of the Total Environment, 2013, 463-464: 1031-1041.

86. Zhao Yu, McElroy M B, Xing Jia, Duan Lei, Nielsen C P, Lei Yu, Hao Jiming. Multiple effects and uncertainties of emission control policies in China: Implications for public health, soil acidification, and global temperature. The Science of the Total Environment, 2011, 409: 5177-5187.

87. Zhao Yu, Duan Lei, Lei Yu, Xing Jia, Nielsen C P, Hao Jiming. Will PM control undermine China’s efforts to reduce soil acidification? Environmental Pollution, 2011, 159: 2726-2732.

88. Duan Lei, Ma Xiaoxiao, Larssen T, Mulder J, Hao Jiming. Response of Surface Water Acidification in Upper Yangtze River to SO₂ Emissions Abatement in China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2011, 45: 3275-3281.

89. Larssen T, Duan Lei, Mulder J. Deposition and Leaching of Sulfur, Nitrogen and Calcium in Four Forested Catchments in China: Implications for Acidification. Environmental Science and Technology, 2011, 45: 1192-1198.

90. Liu Xuejun, Duan Lei, Mo Jiangming, Du Enzai, Shen Jianlin, Lu Xiankai, Zhang Ying, Zhou Xiaobing, He Chune, Zhang Fusuo. Nitrogen deposition and its ecological impact in China: an overview. Environmental Pollution, 2011, 159: 2251-2264.

91. Park J H, Duan L, Kim B, Mitchell M J, Shibata H. Potential Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Watershed Biogeochemical Processes and Water Quality - a Synthesis for Northeast Asia. Environment International, 2010, 36: 212–225.

92. Zhao Yu, Duan Lei, Xing Jia, Larssen T, Nielsen C, Hao Jiming. Soil acidification in China: Is controlling SO2 emissions enough? Environment Science and Technology, 2009, 43(21): 8021-8026.

93. Zhao Y, Wang S X, Duan L, Lei Y, Cao PF, Hao JM. Primary air pollutant emissions of coal-fired power plants in China: Current status and future prediction. Atmospheric Environment, 2008, 42: 8442–8452.

94. Zhao Yu, Duan Lei, Larssen Thorjorn, Hu Lanhua, Hao Jiming. Simultaneous assessment of depositions of base cations, sulfur and nitrogen using an extended critical load function for acidification. Environmental Science and Technology, 2007, 41(6): 1815-1820.

95. Duan Lei, Huang Yongmei, Hao Jiming, Xie Shaodong, Hou Min. Vegetation uptake of nitrogen and base cations in China and its role in soil acidification. The Science of the Total Environment, 2004, 330: 187-198.

96. Duan Lei, Hao Jiming, Xie Shaodong, Zhou Zhongping, Ye Xuemei. Determining weathering rates of soils in China. Geoderma, 2002, 110(3): 205-225.

97. Ye Xuemei, Hao Jiming, Duan Lei, Zhou Zhongping. Acidification sensitivity and critical loads of acid deposition for surface waters in China. The Science of the Total Environment, 2002, 289(1-3): 189-203.