Dr Leslie Huang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Researcher biography
Dr Huang's background is in environmental and analytical chemistry, with a research focus on developing and applying passive sampling techniques to monitor nutrients and heavy metals in water, sediment, and soil, as well as on understanding the biogeochemistry of pollutants in the environment. Dr Huang recently received a DECRA fellowship for the project "Major Hidden Source of Land-Based Nutrients Affecting Australian Estuaries."
Book Chapter
Dunn, Ryan J.K., Waltham, Nathan J., Huang, Jianyin, Teasdale, Peter R. and King, Brian A. (2019). Protecting water quality in urban estuaries: Australian case studies. Coasts and estuaries: The future. (pp. 69-86) edited by Eric Wolanski, John W. Day, Michael Elliott and Ramesh Ramachandran. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814003-1.00005-8
Journal Articles
Huang, Jianyin, Coates-Marnane, Jack, Faggotter, Stephen J., Grinham, Alistair and Burford, Michele A. (2024). Sources of nutrients fuelling post-flood phytoplankton biomass in a subtropical bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 206 116704, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116704
Kodithuwakku, Krishantha, Huang, Jianyin, Doolette, Casey L., Mason, Sean, Boland, John, Lehto, Niklas J. and Lombi, Enzo (2024). Plant responses to nitrate and ammonium availability in Australian soils as measured by diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) and KCl extraction. Geoderma, 449 116997, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116997
Cheng, Shenwei, Yang, Shuoxin, Huang, Jianyin, Liu, Fang and Shen, Feng (2024). Investigation of the mechanism for removal of typical pathogenic bacteria from three-compartment septic tanks under low temperature conditions. Processes, 12 (1) 87, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/pr12010087
Allen, Danielle J., Huang, Jianyin, Farrell, Mark and Mosley, Luke M. (2023). Novel insight into ammonium, phosphate, and iron(II) dynamics in the sediment porewater of a constructed wetland under artificial aeration through the diffusive equilibrium in thin films technique. Environmental Research, 236 (Part 1) 116746, 116746. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116746
Tomoiye, Tomson, Huang, Jianyin and Lehto, Niklas J. (2023). Copper contamination affects the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in freshwater sediment mesocosms. Sustainability, 15 (13) 9958, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/su15139958
Mosley, L. M., Priestley, S., Brookes, J., Dittmann, S., Farkaš, J., Farrell, M., Ferguson, A. J., Gibbs, M., Hipsey, M., Huang, J., Lam-Gordillo, O., Simpson, S. L., Tyler, J. J., Waycott, M. and Welsh, D. T. (2023). Extreme eutrophication and salinisation in the Coorong estuarine-lagoon ecosystem of Australia's largest river basin (Murray-Darling). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 188 114648, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114648
Kodithuwakku, Krishantha, Huang, Jianyin, Doolette, Casey L., Mason, Sean, Boland, John, Lombi, Enzo, Lehto, Niklas J. and Teasdale, Peter R. (2023). Evaluation of the diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) technique for measuring nitrate and ammonium in soil. Environmental Chemistry, 19 (8), 483-494. doi: 10.1071/EN22107
Kastury, Farzana, Cahill, Georgia, Fernando, Ameesha, Brotodewo, Adrienne, Huang, Jianyin, Juhasz, Albert L., Vandeleur, Hazel M. and Styan, Craig (2023). Metallic mangroves: Sediments and in situ diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) reveal Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. lives with high contamination near a lead‑zinc smelter in South Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 857 159503, 159503. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159503
Allen, Danielle J., Farrell, Mark, Huang, Jianyin, Plush, Simon and Mosley, Luke M. (2023). Artificial aeration of an overloaded constructed wetland improves hypoxia but does not ameliorate high nitrogen loads. Journal of Environmental Management, 326 116625, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116625
Lam-Gordillo, Orlando, Huang, Jianyin, Barceló, Andrea, Kent, Jordan, Mosley, Luke M., Welsh, David T., Simpson, Stuart L. and Dittmann, Sabine (2022). Restoration of benthic macrofauna promotes biogeochemical remediation of hostile sediments; An in situ transplantation experiment in a eutrophic estuarine-hypersaline lagoon system. Science of the Total Environment, 833 155201. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155201
Allen, Danielle J., Farrell, Mark, Huang, Jianyin, Reynolds, Chris, Rupasinghe, Madhawa and Mosley, Luke M. (2022). Long-term water quality response to increased hydraulic loadings in a field-scale free water surface constructed wetland treating domestic effluent. Journal of Environmental Management, 311 114858, 114858. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114858
Doolette, Casey L., Howard, Daryl L., Afshar, Nader, Kewish, Cameron M., Paterson, David J., Huang, Jianyin, Wagner, Stefan, Santner, Jakob, Wenzel, Walter W., Raimondo, Tom, De Vries Van Leeuwen, Alexander T., Hou, Lei, van der Bom, Frederik, Weng, Han, Kopittke, Peter M. and Lombi, Enzo (2022). Tandem probe analysis mode for synchrotron XFM: doubling throughput capacity. Analytical Chemistry, 94 (11), 4584-4593. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04255
Huang, Jianyin, Ghaly, Maximus, Hobson, Peter and Chow, Christopher W. K. (2022). Innovative method of utilising hydrogen peroxide for source water management of cyanobacteria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (15), 22651-22660. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17511-5
Huang, Jianyin, Chow, Christopher W. K., Shi, Zhining, Fabris, Rolando, Mussared, Amanda, Hallas, Gary, Monis, Paul, Jin, Bo and Saint, Christopher P. (2022). Stormwater monitoring using on-line UV-Vis spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (13), 19530-19539. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17056-7
Vogel, Christian, Doolette, Ashlea and Huang, Jianyin (2022). Combining diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) and 31P NMR spectroscopy to determine phosphorus species in soil. Agricultural and Environmental Letters, 7 (1) e20068. doi: 10.1002/ael2.20068
Liu, Yue, Zhuge, Yan, Chow, Christopher W.K., Keegan, Alexandra, Ma, Jun, Hall, Colin, Li, Danda, Pham, Phuong Ngoc, Huang, Jianyin, Duan, Weiwei and Wang, Lei (2021). Cementitious composites containing alum sludge ash: An investigation of microstructural features by an advanced nanoindentation technology. Construction and Building Materials, 299 124286, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124286
Huang, Jianyin, Hills, Jodie, Teasdale, Peter R., Panther, Jared G., Wang, Feiyue and Welsh, David T. (2021). Evaluation of the Chelex-DGT technique for the measurement of rare earth elements in the porewater of estuarine and arine sediments. Talanta, 230 122315, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122315
Xie, Minwei, Simpson, Stuart L., Huang, Jianyin, Teasdale, Peter R. and Wang, Wen-Xiong (2021). In situ DGT sensing of bioavailable metal fluxes to improve toxicity predictions for sediments. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (11), 7355-7364. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07670
Chen, Jian-Jhih, Erler, Dirk V., Wells, Naomi S., Huang, Jianyin, Welsh, David T. and Eyre, Bradley D. (2021). Denitrification, anammox, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium across a mosaic of estuarine benthic habitats. Limnology and Oceanography, 66 (4), 1281-1297. doi: 10.1002/lno.11681
Arias, David Macias, Teasdale, Peter R., Doolette, Casey L., Lombi, Enzo, Farquhar, Sarah and Huang, Jianyin (2021). Development and evaluation of a new colorimetric DGT technique for the 2D visualisation of labile phosphate in soils. Chemosphere, 269 128704, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128704
Qian, Gujie, Fan, Rong, Huang, Jianyin, Pring, Allan, Harmer, Sarah L., Zhang, He, Rea, Maria Angelica D., Brugger, Joel, Teasdale, Peter R., Gibson, Christopher T., Schumann, Russell C., Smart, Roger St. C. and Gerson, Andrea R. (2021). Oxidative dissolution of sulfide minerals in single and mixed sulfide systems under simulated acid and metalliferous drainage conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (4), 2369-2380. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07136
Liu, Lingxiao, Tang, Wenzhong, Huang, Jianyin, Teasdale, Peter R., Shu, Limin and Zhang, Hong (2020). In situ, high-resolution measurement of labile phosphate in sediment porewater using the DET technique coupled with optimized imaging densitometry. Environmental Research, 191 110107, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110107
Liu, Yue, Zhuge, Yan, Chow, Christopher W.K., Keegan, Alexandra, Li, Danda, Pham, Phuong Ngoc, Huang, Jianyin and Siddique, Rafat (2020). Properties and microstructure of concrete blocks incorporating drinking water treatment sludge exposed to early-age carbonation curing. Journal of Cleaner Production, 261 121257, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121257
Liu, Yue, Zhuge, Yan, Chow, Christopher W.K., Keegan, Alexandra, Li, Danda, Pham, Phuong Ngoc, Huang, Jianyin and Siddique, Rafat (2020). Utilization of drinking water treatment sludge in concrete paving blocks: Microstructural analysis, durability and leaching properties. Journal of Environmental Management, 262 110352, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110352
Vogel, Christian, Sekine, Ryo, Huang, Jianyin, Steckenmesser, Daniel, Steffens, Diedrich, Huthwelker, Thomas, Borca, Camelia N., Pradas del Real, Ana E., Castillo-Michel, Hiram and Adam, Christian (2020). Effects of a nitrification inhibitor on nitrogen species in the soil and the yield and phosphorus uptake of maize. Science of the Total Environment, 715 136895, 136895. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136895
Kankanamge, Nadeeka Rathnayake, Bennett, William W., Teasdale, Peter R., Huang, Jianyin and Welsh, David T. (2020). A new colorimetric DET technique for determining mm-resolution sulfide porewater distributions and allowing improved interpretation of iron(II) co-distributions. Chemosphere, 244 125388, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125388
Huang, Jianyin, Franklin, Hannah, Teasdale, Peter R., Burford, Michele A., Kankanamge, Nadeeka Rathnayake, Bennett, William W. and Welsh, David T. (2019). Comparison of DET, DGT and conventional porewater extractions for determining nutrient profiles and cycling in stream sediments. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 21 (12), 2128-2140. doi: 10.1039/c9em00312f
Dien, Luu Duc, Sang, Nguyen Van, Faggotter, Stephen John, Chen, Chengrong, Huang, Jianyin, Teasdale, Peter R., Sammut, Jesmond and Burford, Michele Astrid (2019). Seasonal nutrient cycling in integrated rice-shrimp ponds. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149 110647. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110647
Zhu, Yaoyao, Shan, Baoqing, Huang, Jianyin, Teasdale, Peter R. and Tang, Wenzhong (2019). In situ biochar capping is feasible to control ammonia nitrogen release from sediments evaluated by DGT. Chemical Engineering Journal, 374, 811-821. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.06.007
Huang, Jianyin, Chow, Christopher W.K., Kuntke, Philipp, Cruveiller, Lise, Gnos, Gregory, Davey, David E. and Teasdale, Peter T. (2019). The development and evaluation of a microstill with conductance detection for low level ammonia monitoring in chloraminated water. Talanta, 200, 256-262. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.03.043
Li, Tianling, Zhou, Ming, Fan, Zhaoyi, Li, Xiaoxiao, Huang, Jianyin, Wu, Yonghong, Zhao, Huijun and Zhang, Shanqing (2019). Online conductimetric flow-through analyzer based on membrane diffusion for ammonia control in wastewater treatment process. ACS Sensors, 4 (7), 1881-1888. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00768
Li, Tianling, Zhou, Ming, Qiu, Yuan, Huang, Jianyin, Wu, Yonghong, Zhang, Shanqing and Zhao, Huijun (2019). Membrane-based conductivity probe for real-time in-situ monitoring rice field ammonia volatilization. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 286, 62-68. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.01.099
Huang, Jianyin, Kankanamge, Nadeeka Rathnayake, Chow, Christopher, Welsh, David T., Li, Tianling and Teasdale, Peter R. (2018). Removing ammonium from water and wastewater using cost-effective adsorbents: A review. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 63, 174-197. doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2017.09.009
Rathnayake Kankanamge, Nadeeka, Bennett, William W., Teasdale, Peter R., Huang, Jianyin and Welsh, David T. (2017). Comparing in situ colorimetric DET and DGT techniques with ex situ core slicing and centrifugation for measuring ferrous iron and dissolved sulfide in coastal sediment pore waters. Chemosphere, 188, 119-129. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.144
Li, Tianling, Panther, Jared, Qiu, Yuan, Liu, Chang, Huang, Jianyin, Wu, Yonghong, Wong, Po Keung, An, Taicheng, Zhang, Shanqing and Zhao, Huijun (2017). Gas-permeable membrane-based conductivity probe capable of in situ real-time monitoring of ammonia in aquatic environments. Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (22), 13265-13273. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03552
Huang, Jianyin, Bennett, William W., Teasdale, Peter R., Kankanamge, Nadeeka Rathnayake and Welsh, David T. (2017). A modified DGT technique for the simultaneous measurement of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in freshwaters. Analytica Chimica Acta, 988, 17-26. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.08.024
Li, Tianling, Wu, Yonghong, Huang, Jianyin and Zhang, Shanqing (2017). Gas sensors based on membrane diffusion for environmental monitoring. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 243, 566-578. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.12.026
Huang, Jianyin, Bennett, William W., Welsh, David T., Li, Tianling and Teasdale, Peter R. (2016). “Diffusive gradients in thin films” techniques provide representative time-weighted average measurements of inorganic nutrients in dynamic freshwater systems. Environmental Science and Technology, 50 (24), 13446-13454. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02949
Huang, Jianyin, Bennett, William W., Welsh, David T. and Teasdale, Peter R. (2016). Determining time-weighted average concentrations of nitrate and ammonium in freshwaters using DGT with ion exchange membrane-based binding layers. Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, 18 (12), 1530-1539. doi: 10.1039/c6em00260a
Huang, Jianyin, Bennett, William W., Teasdale, Peter R., Gardiner, Sean and Welsh, David T. (2016). Development and evaluation of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique for measuring nitrate in freshwaters. Analytica Chimica Acta, 923, 74-81. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.04.006
Huang, Jianyin, Bennett, William W., Welsh, David T., Li, Tianling and Teasdale, Peter R. (2016). Development and evaluation of a diffusive gradients in a thin film technique for measuring ammonium in freshwaters. Analytica Chimica Acta, 904, 83-91. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.11.022
Hu, Wei, Deng, Suwen, Huang, Jianyin, Lu, Yanmei, Le, Xueyi and Zheng, Wenxu (2013). Intercalative interaction of asymmetric copper(II) complex with DNA: Experimental, molecular docking, molecular dynamics and TDDFT studies. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 127, 90-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.07.034
Hu, Wei, Li, Jing, Deng, Suwen, Huang, Jianyin, Le, Xueyi and Zheng, Wenxu (2013). Computational mechanistic study on oxidative esterification of alcohols to esters catalyzed by palladium complex. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 740, 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.04.048