Yiqiang Zhang

Assistant Research Soil Scientist

Ph.D., Environmental Geochemistry, University of Montana - 1997
M.S., Coal Organic Geochemistry and Sedimentary Rocks, ZheJiang University and HuaiNan Mining Institute, P.R.China - 1988
B.S., Coal geology and exploration, HuaiNan Mining Institute, P.R.China - 1982

Microbial transformation of selenium (oxidation, reduction, methylation, and volatilization).
Remediation of selenium-contaminated agricultural drainage water.

Zhang, Y.Q., J. Lu, L. Wu, A. Chang, and W. T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2007. Simultaneous removal of chlorothalonil and nitrate by Bacillus cereus Strain NS. Sci. Total Environ. 382:383-387.
Zhang, Y.Q., Z. A. Zahir, C. Amrhein, A. Chang, and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2007. Application of redox mediator to accelerate selenate reduction to elemental selenium by Enterobacter taylorae. J. Agric. Food Chem. 55:5714-5717.
Zhang, Y.Q., and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2000. Formation of dimethylselenonium compounds in soil. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34:776-783.
Zhang, Y.Q., J.N. Moore and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. 1999. Speciation of soluble selenium in agricultural drainage waters and aqueous soil-sediment extracts using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33:1652-2656.
Zhang, Y.Q. and J.N. Moore 1996. Selenium speciation and fractionation in a wetland system. Environ. Sci. Tech. 30:2613-2619.