Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yun Wang

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Education

Ph.D. Aquatic Chemistry Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

M.S. Nankai University, Tianjin, China

B.S. Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Research Interests

Environmental/medical microbiology and aquatic chemistry

Selected Publications

1. Nguyen, D.; Joshi-Dater, A.; Lepine, F.; Bauerle, E.; Olakanmi, O.; Beer, K.; McKay, G.; Siehnel, R.; Schafhauser, J.; Wang, Y.; Britigan, B. E.; Singh, P. K. (2011) Active Starvation Responses Mediate Antibiotic Tolerance in Biofilms and Nutrient-Limited Bacteria. Science, 334: 982-986.
2. Sullivan, N. L.; Tzeranis, D. S.; Wang, Y.; So, P. T. C; Newman, D. K. (2011) Quantifying the Dynamics of Secondary Metabolites by Spectral Multiphoton Microscopy. ACS Chemical Biology, 6: 893-899.
3. Wang, Y.; Wilks, J. C.; Danhorn, T; Romas, I.;Croal, L. R.; Newman, D. K (2011) Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Promotes Bacterial Biofilm Development via Ferrous Iron Acquisition. Journal of Bacteriology, 193: 3606-3617.
4. Wang, Y.; Kern, S. E.; Newman, D. K (2010) Endogenous Phenazine “Antibiotics” Promote Anaerobic Survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Extracellular Electron Transfer. Journal of Bacteriology, 192: 365-369.
5. Wang, Y.; Newman, D. K. (2008) Redox Reactions of Phenazine Antibiotics with Ferric (Hydr)oxides and Molecular Oxygen. Environmental Science and Technology, 42: 2380-2386.
6. Wang, Y.; Stone, A. T. (2008) Phosphonate- and Carboxylate-Based Chelating Agents that Solubilize (Hydr)Oxide-Bound Mn^III. Environmental Science and Technology, 42: 4397-4403.
7. Wang, Y.; Stone, A. T. (2006) Reaction of Mn^III,IV (Hydr)Oxides with Oxalic Acid, Glyoxylic Acid, Phosphonoformic Acid, and Structurally-Related Organic Compounds. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70: 4477-4490.
8. Wang, Y.; Stone, A. T. (2006) The Citric Acid-Mn^III,IVO₂(Birnessite) Reaction. Electron Transfer, Complex Formation, and Autocatalytic Feedback. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70: 4463-4476.

Patents

US2010124554-A1: Identifying a compound able to affect production or activity of redox active compound, comprises contacting colony of redox-active unicellular organism with agent, determining morphological parameter of colony and comparing with reference.