Angela Yu-Chen Lin

 Education

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2005

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2000

B.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1999

 Working Experiences

Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, 2019 - present

Professor, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, 2014-2019

Professor (joint appointment), National Taiwan University, Molecular Science and Technology(MST) Program, 2018/2- present

Senior Researcher (joint appointment), Industrial Technology Research Institute, Material and Chemical Research Laboratory, 2017/11- 2019/3

Visiting Professor in the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2016 Jan-July)

UPS Visiting Associate Professor at Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University (2014-2015)

Associate Professor, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, 2010-2014

Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, 2006-2010

Scientist/Engineer, U.S. Kennedy/Jenks Environmental Consultants (California U.S.A.), 2005-2006

 Specialization

Fate and Transformation of Trace Organics

Emerging Contaminants

Natural River Attenuation

Analysis of Trace Organic Pollutants

Photochemical Transformations

 Teaching Courses

Analysis of environmental chemical pollutants

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

English Presentation for Scientists and Engineers

Environmental Emerging Contaminants

 Research Interests

Trace analysis of organic contaminants in environmental matrix

Occurrence, fate and transport of emerging contaminants (i.e. pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the aqueous environments

Natural photodegradation of pharmaceuticals in the aqueous environment

Natural attenuation

Water reuse

Engineering treatment of emerging contaminants

 Lab

Emerging Contaminants Lab 3366-9792

• Editor of Journal of Hazardous Materials
• Editor of Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
• Editorial Advisory Board of ACS ES&T Water
• Associate editor of Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
• World's Top 2% Scientist – Single year impact (2021, 2022)
• World's Top 2% Scientist – Career Impact (2021, 2022)
• English Teaching Award from National Taiwan University (2021)
• Outstanding Research Award from Minister of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2018)
• Excellent Young Engineer Award from The Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering (2016)
• Excellent Young Scientists Research Funding Recipient from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2016)
• Winner of Elsevier Scopus Young Researcher Award in Environmental Science Field (2014)
• Ta-You Wu Memorial Award of Ministry of Science and Technology (2013)
• Career Development Grant Award in Health and Medical, Taiwan (2012)
• Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship award (1999-2002)
• Caltech Upper-Class Merit Full Scholarship Award-Carnation Foundation (1996-1999)
• Best Green Dissertation Award, Blessing Education Foundation
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dissertation Award

 SCI or SSCI Journal Papers

• Chen YJ, Wang RD, Shih YL, Chin HY, Lin Angela YC*, “Emerging Perfluorobutane Sulfonamido Derivatives as a New Trend of Surfactants Used in the Semiconductor Industry”, Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, DOI：10.1021/acs.est.3c04435
• Kung WM, Lin Hank HH, Wang YH, Lin Angela YC*, “Solar-driven persulfate degradation of caffeine and cephradine in synthetic human urine”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 465, 133031
• Lin Hank HH, Lin Angela YC*, “Peracetic acid s an alternative disinfectant for micropollutants degradation and disinfection byproducts control in outdoor swimming pools”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 464, 132988
• Tan JX, Chen ZY, Chen CH, Hsieh MF, Lin Angela YC*, Chen SS*, Wu Kevin CW*, “Efficient adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of water emerging contaminants through nanoarchitectonics of pore sizes and optical properties of zirconium-based MOFs”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 131113
• Wang YH, Chuang YH*, Lin Angela YC*, “Evolution of reactive species and their contribution to the removal of ketamine and amine-containing pharmaceuticals during the sunlight/chlorine process”, Water Research, 2023, 233, 119738
• Lai SC, Lin Hank HH, Yang JS, Hsieh MC, Lin Angela YC*, “Solar photodegradation of the UV filter benzotriazole in the presence of persulfate”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2023, 11(1), 109189
• Chen ZY, Lai Webber WP*, Lin Hank HH, Tan JX, Wu Kevin CW, Lin Angela YC*, “Photocatalytic degradation of ketamine using a reusable TiO₂/SiO₂@ Fe₃O₄ magnetic photocatalyst under simulated solar light”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 10 (6), 108637
• Choo ZS, Hsieh MC, Lin Hank HH, Yang JS, Lin Angela YC*, “Reactive Chlorine Species in the Enhanced Degradation of UV Stabilizers During the Sunlight/Free Chlorine Process”, Chemosphere, 2022, 309, 136677
• Hsieh MC, Su YH, Hsu MH, Lin Angela YC*, “Enhanced MnO₂ oxidation of methotrexate through self-sensitized photolysis” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 438 , 129494
• Wanga HJ, Lin Hank HH, Hsieha MC, Lin Angela YC*, “Photoaged polystyrene microplastics serve as photosensitizers that enhance cimetidine photolysis in an aqueous environment” Chemosphere, 2022, 133352
• Cheng CF, Lin Hank HH, Tung HH, Lin Angela YC*, “Enhanced solar photodegradation of a plasmid-encoded extracellular antibiotic resistance gene in the presence of free chlorine” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 106984
• Panyod S, Wu WK, Chen PC, Chong KV, Yang YT, Chuang HL, Chen CC, Chen RA, Liu PY, Chung CH, Huang HS, Lin Angela YC, Shen David TC, Yang KC, Huang TF, Hsu CC, Ho CT, Kao HL, Orekhov A, Wu MS, Sheen LY*,“Atherosclerosis Amelioration by Allicin in Raw Garlic through Gut Microbiota and Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Modulation” NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2022, 8 (1), 1-13
• Yang JS, Lai Webber WP , Lin Angela YC*, “New insight into PFOS transformation pathways and the associated competitive inhibition with other perfluoroalkyl acids via photoelectrochemical processes using GOTiO2 film photoelectrodes” Water Research, 2021, 117805
• Shih CY, Wang YH, Chen YJ, Chen HA, Lin Angela YC*, “Enhanced sorption of the UV filter 4-methylbenzylidene camphor on aged PET microplastics from both experimental and theoretical perspectives” RSC Advances, 2021, 11, pp. 32494-32504
• Chen KY, Lai Webber WP, Wang HJ, Lin CC, Chencd CW, Lin Angela YC*, “Clean water generation through a multifunctional activated carbon-TiO2 interfacial solar distillation system” RSC Advances, 2021, 11, pp. 23036-23044
• Lin Hank HH and Lin Angela YC*, “Solar photo-Fenton oxidation of cytostatic drugs via Fe (III)-EDDS at circumneutral pH in an aqueous environment” Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2021, 41, 102066
• Hsiao HY, Lin Hank HH, Yang JS, Hsieh MC, Wu PH, Yu CP, Lin Angela YC*, “Intracellular organic matter from Chlorella vulgaris enhances the photodegradation of acetaminophen” Chemosphere, 2021,129507
• Hsieh SC, Lai Webber WP, Lin Angela YC*, “Kinetic and mechanism of 4-methylbenzylidene camphor degradation by UV-activated persulfate oxidation” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 ,pp. 18021-18034
• WK Wu, S Panyod, PY Liu, CC Chen, HL Kao, HL Chuang, YH Chen, HB Zou, HC Kuo, CH Kuo, BY Liao, THT Chiu, CH Chung, AYC Lin, YC Lee, SL Tang, JT Wang, YW Wu, CC Hsu, LY Sheen, AN Orekhov and MS Wu*, “Characterization of TMAO productivity from carnitine challenge facilitates personalized nutrition and microbiome signatures discovery” Microbiome, 2020, 8, 162
• Hester ET*, Lin Angela YC, Tsai CW, “Effect of Floodplain Restoration on Photolytic Removal of Pharmaceuticals” Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54 (6), pp.3278-3287
• Lin YC, Hsiao TC*, Lin Angela YC*, “Urban wastewater treatment plants as a potential source of ketamine and methamphetamine emissions to air” Water Research, 2020, 172, 115495
• Yang JS, Lai Webber WP, Panchangam SC*, Lin Angela YC*, “Photoelectrochemical degradation of perfluorooctanoic (PFOA) with GOP25/FTO anodes: Intermediates and reaction pathways” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 391, 122247
• Lai Webber WP, Chen KL, Lin Angela YC*, “Solar photodegradation of the UV filter 4-methylbenzylidene camphor in the presence of free chlorine” Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 722, 137860
• Hsieh MC, Lai Webber WP, Lin Angela YC*, “Sunlight photolysis mitigates the formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) during the chloramination of methadone” Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 384, 123307
• Tseng YJ, Lai Webber WP, Tung HH, Lin Angela YC*, “Pharmaceutical and anticorrosive substance removal by woodchip column reactor: removal process and effects of operational parameters” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts,  2020, 22, pp.187-196
• Hsiao TC*, Lin Angela YC, Lien WC, Lin YC, “Size distribution, biological characteristics and emerging contaminants of aerosols emitted from an urban wastewater treatment plant” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 121809
• Hsu MH, Tsai CJ, Lin Angela YC*, “Mechanism and pathways underlying the self-sensitized photodegradation of methotrexate under simulated solar irradiation” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019, 373, pp. 468-475
• Hsu MH, Kuo TH, Lai Webber WP, Huang CH, Hsu CC, Chen YE, Lin Angela YC*, “Effect of environmental factors on the oxidative transformation of cephalosporin antibiotics by manganese dioxides” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2019, 21, pp. 692-700
• Lin YC, Panchangam SC, Liu LC, Lin Angela YC*, “The design of a sunlight-focusing and solar tracking system: A potential application for the degradation of pharmaceuticals in water” Chemosphere, 2019, 214, pp. 452-461

 Other Journal Papers

• Sheen LY*, Panyod S, Wu WK, Chen PC, Chong KV, Yang YT, Chuang HL, Chen CC, Chen RA, Liu PY, Chung CH, Huang HS, Lin Angela YC, Shen David TC, Yang KC, Huang TF, Hsu CC, Ho CT, Kao HL, Orekhov A, Wu MS, “Atherosclerosis Amelioration by Allicin in Raw Garlic through Gut Microbiota and Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Modulation” Research Square, 2021, DOI：10.21203/rs.3.rs-519786/v1.

 International Conferences

• Hsieh SC,Lai Webber WP, Lin Angela YC* (2019) “Ultraviolet light-activated persulfate oxidation of 4-methylbenzyldene camphor” The 12th Annual Conference on the Challenges in Environmental and Science and Engineering (CESE 2019), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 3-7
• Hsieh MC, Panchangam SC, Lai Webber WP,Lin Angela YC* (2019) “Removal of methadone in aqueous environment through sunlight photolysis of free chlorine” The 11th International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICBEE 2019), Madrid, Spain, Sep. 10-12
• Lai Webber WP, Chen KL, Lin Angela YC* (2019) “Degradation of 4-methylbenzylidene camphor by sunlight photolysis in the presence of free chlorine”, The 257th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando, USA, Mar. 31 - Apr. 4

 Book Chapter

• Hester ET*, Scott DT, Azinheira DL, Brooks KE, Calfe M, Guth C, Hammond B, Lin Angela YC, Tsai CW, “Can stream and river restoration solve the excess nitrogen problem?” River Flow 2020, CRC Press, Aug, 2020: 2150-2153

 Other Publications

• 林郁真，紫外光阻隔劑及紫外光穩定劑於自由餘氯存在下之光化學宿命－反應動力學及反應物種研究 (2/3)，精簡報告，2021/05 (科技部)
• 林郁真，探討水耕蔬菜吸收新興污染物與其消毒程序中所產生的副產物 (2/3)，精簡報告，2021/05 (科技部)
• 林郁真，國立臺灣大學高等教育深耕計畫-核心研究群「自然光降解於最終淨化程序之應用」，成果報告，2021/01(國立臺灣大學)
• 林郁真，廢(污)水分析毒品監(檢)測計畫之可行性評估委託研究案，成果報告，2020/12 (臺灣高等檢察署)
• 林郁真，探討水耕蔬菜吸收新興污染物與其消毒程序中所產生的副產物(1/3)，精簡報告，2020/06 (科技部)
• 林郁真，紫外光阻隔劑及紫外光穩定劑於自由餘氯存在下之光化學宿命-反應動力學及反應物種研究 (1/3)，精簡報告，2020/06(科技部)
• 林郁真，自由餘氯結合自然光對新興污染物反應機制之研究 (3/3)，成果報告，2019/10 (科技部)
• 林郁真，環境水體中藥物於固相介質之光化學反應研究-光感物質之影響 (5/5)，成果報告，2019/10 (科技部)