College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Hui Li, Ph.D.

lihui@msu.edu

Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Professor of Environmental and Soil Chemistry

Telephone: 517-353-0151

Plant and Soil Science Building
1066 Bogue St., Room A584C
East Lansing, MI 48824

Degree:

B.S. Environmental Chemistry, Nanjing University, China.
M.S. Environmental Chemistry, Nanjing University, China.
Ph.D. Environmental Soil Chemistry, Purdue University

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Hui Li's website

Hui Li's publications on Google Scholar. 

Research Interests:

• Environmental occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants
• Interaction of pharmaceuticals/organic contaminants/pesticides with soils and soil components
• Plant uptake of organic contaminants
• Environmental remediation technology
• Soil fertility and nutrient cycling

Courses Taught:

• CSS 330 Soil Chemistry, 2 credits (co-teach with Brian Teppen)
• CSS 430 Soil Chemistry and Fertility, 3 credits (Spring 2006 only)
• CSS 455 Pollutants in the Environment, 3 credits (co-teach with Stephen A. Boyd, and James Tiedje).
• CSS 865 Environmental Fate of Contaminants, 3 credits, (co-teach with Stephen A. Boyd)

 

Publications:

1. Wenlu Song, Min Huang, Wilson Rumbeiha, Hui Li, 2007, Determination of Amprolium, Carbadox, Monensin and Tylosin in Surface Water by Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 21, 1944-1950.
2. Tanya R. Pereira, David A. Laird, Cliff T. Johnston, Brian J. Teppen, Hui Li, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2007, Mechanism of Dinitrophenol Herbicide Sorption by Smectites in Aqueous Suspensions at Varying pH. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71:1476-1481.
3. Michael G. Roberts, Clayton L. Rugh, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen and Stephen A. Boyd, 2007, Geochemical Modulation of Bioavailability and Toxicity of Nitroaromatic Compounds to Aquatic Plants. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 1641-1645.
4. Hui Li, Tanya R. Pereira, Brian J. Teppen, David A. Laird, Cliff T. Johnston, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2007, Ionic Strength-Induced Formation of Smectite Quasicrystals Enhances Nitroaromatic Compound Sorption. Environmental Science and Technology, 41:1251-1256.
5. Michael G. Roberts, Clayton L. Rugh, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen and Stephen A. Boyd, 2007, Reducing Bioavailability and Phytotoxicity of Nitroaromatic Compounds by Sorption on K-Smectite Clay. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26:358-360.
6. Simone M. Charles, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2006, Quantifying the Availability of Clay Surfaces in Soils for Adsorption of Organic Contaminants and Pesticides. Environmental Science and Technology, 40:7751-7756.
7. Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen, David A. Laird, Cliff T. Johnston, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2006, Effects of Increasing Potassium Chloride and Calcium Chloride Ionic Strength on Pesticide Sorption by Potassium- and Calcium-Smectite, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70:1889-1895.
8. Michael G. Roberts, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2006, Sorption of Nitroaromatics by Ammonium- and Organic Ammonium-Exchanged Smectite: Shifts from Adsorption/Complexation to a Partition-Dominated Process. Clays and Clay Minerals, 54:426-434.
9. Simone M. Charles, Brian J. Teppen, Hui  Li, David A. Laird, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2006, Exchangeable Cation Hydration Properties Strongly Influence Soil Sorption of Nitroaromatic Compounds, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70:1470-1479.
10. Vaneet Aggarwal, Hui Li, and Brian J. Teppen, 2006, Triazine Adsorption by Saponite and Beidellite Clay Minerals, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25:392-399.
11. Vaneet Aggarwal, Hui Li, Stephen A. Boyd, and Brian J. Teppen, 2006, Enhanced sorption of trichloroethene by smectite clay exchanged with Cs+, Environmental Science and Technology, 40: 894-899.
12. Maurilio Fernandes de Oliveira, Cliff T. Johnston, G.S. Premachandr, Brian J. Teppen, Hui Li, David A. Laird, Dongqiang Zhu, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2005, Mechanisms of Carbaryl Sorption on Clay Minerals, Environmental Science and Technology, 39:9123-9129.
13. L. Jacqueline Arroyo, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen, Cliff T. Johnston, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2005, Reduction of Structural Fe3+ in Smectite Coupled to Oxidation of 1-Naphthol, Clays and Clay Minerals, 53:587-596. Hui Li, Guangyao Sheng, Cary T. Chiou, and Ouyong Xu, 2005, Relationship of Organic Contaminant Equilibrium Sorption and Kinetic Uptake in Plants, Environmental Science and Technology, 39:4864-4870.
14. L. Jacqueline Arroyo, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen, and Stephen A. Boyd, 2005, A Simple Method for Partial Purification of Reference Clays, Clays and Clay Minerals, 53:511-519.