Environmental & Marine Scientist | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Yanchen Sun, Ph.D.
Environmental Microbiology • Chemistry • Biogeochemistry
Understanding how chemical and microbial processes transform anthropogenic chemicals and materials, regulate biogeochemical cycles, and influence environmental and human health.
Recent Publications
- Zhou, J., Sang, C., Liu, Z., Li, W., Sun, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, S., and Zeng, X. Bioconversion of selenite to selenium nanoparticles by Paenibacillus polymyxa P10: metabolic basis and potential for wastewater treatment. 2026. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, e00704-26.
- Liu, S., Li, Y., Zeng, X., Sun, Y., Li, L., Wang, S., and Jia, Y. Reversible control of microbial As(III) oxidation by nitrous oxide availability in flooded paddy soils. 2026. Environmental Science & Technology.
- Sun, Y., Wu, X., Zanina, O. G., Rivkina, E. M., Lloyd, K. G., Loeffler, F. E., and Vishnivetskaya, T. A. Incomplete denitrifying bacteria drive N2O fluxes in ancient Siberian permafrost microcosms. 2026. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 102, fiag034.
- Sun, Y., James, B. D., Houston, R. K., Edwards, B., Izallalen, M., Mazumde, S., Shankar, R., Reddy, C. M., and Ward, C. P. Temperature controls the lifetimes and microbial communities degrading cellulose diacetate in the coastal ocean. 2025. Environmental Science & Technology, 59, 19468-19478.
- James, B. D., Sun, Y., Pate, K., Irving, B., and Ward, C. P. Strategies for designing circular, sustainable, and nonpersistent consumer plastic products: a case study of drinking straws. 2025. Environmental Science & Technology, 59, 18177-18189.