Dr Qiuda Zheng

Research Fellow

q.zheng@uq.edu.au

Qiuda Zheng is a Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, the University of Queensland. He completed his PhD in 2022 and his PhD research was about estimating tobacco and alcohol use by wastewater-based epidemiology. He has a keen interest in linking public health information with wastewater-based epidemiology to assess the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and a range of pharmaceuticals in populations.

Featured projects	Duration
Third-hand Smoking of Methamphetamine: An Investigation of Airborne Methamphetamine Levels and Remediation Approach QAEHS HDR Student Project
Wastewater analysis for legal and illicit tobacco use estimation in Australia
Understanding the vaping epidemic through novel integrative monitoring tool ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Improving Estimation of Tobacco Use by Wastewater-based Epidemiology Australian Research Council
Realistic Assessment of Biomarker Transformation in the Wastewater System QAEHS HDR Student Project
Wastewater Analysis for Drug Monitoring in Correctional Facilities QAEHS HDR Student Project
Understanding Australia by Analysing Wastewater During the Census 2021 ARC Linkage Project

Publications

Journal Articles (31)

Journal Articles

Bui, Thanh X., Ngo, Hieu K. T., Vu, Giang T., Zheng, Qiuda, Nguyen, Dat M., Hue, Tran Thi Thanh, Binh, Vu Ngan, Anh, Nguyen Thi Kieu and Thai, Phong K. (2024). Assessing the impact of stricter drink driving policy on alcohol consumption in a population of Hanoi, Vietnam using wastewater analysis. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (1), 10-10. doi: 10.1111/dar.13929

Zhao, Zeyang, Zheng, Qiuda, Tscharke, Benjamin J., Ahmed, Fahad, O'Brien, Jake W., Gao, Jianfa, Covaci, Adrian and Thai, Phong K. (2024). Refining the correction factor for a better monitoring of antidepressant use by wastewater-based epidemiology: a case study of amitriptyline. Science of The Total Environment, 926 172057, 172057. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172057

Wang, Zhe, Mueller, Jochen F., O'Brien, Jake W., Thompson, Jack, Tscharke, Benjamin J., Verhagen, Rory, Zheng, Qiuda, Prichard, Jeremy, Hall, Wayne, Humphreys, Keith, Thomas, Kevin V. and Thai, Phong K. (2023). Monitoring medication and illicit drug consumption in a prison by wastewater-based epidemiology: impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Water Research, 244 120452, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120452

Thai, Phong K, Tscharke, Benjamin J, O’Brien, Jake, Gartner, Coral, Bade, Richard, Gerber, Cobus, White, Jason M, Zheng, Qiuda, Wang, Zhe, Thomas, Kevin V and Mueller, Jochen F (2023). Increased nicotine consumption in Australia during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25 (6), 1194-1197. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac275

Gao, Jianfa, Burgard, Daniel A., Tscharke, Benjamin J., Lai, Foon Yin, O'Brien, Jake W., Nguyen, Hien D., Zheng, Qiuda, Li, Jiaying, Du, Peng, Li, Xiqing, Wang, Degao, Castiglioni, Sara, Cruz-Cruz, Copytzy, Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio, Yargeau, Viviane, Emke, Erik, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Thai, Phong K. (2022). Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology. Water Research, 225 119182, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119182

Li, Dandan, Zheng, Qiuda, Wang, Zhe, Ren, Yuan, Thomas, Kevin V. and Thai, Phong K. (2022). Young population consume twice as much artificial sweetener than the general population – a wastewater-based assessment in China. Science of the Total Environment, 839 156200, 156200. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156200

Gao, Jianfa, Li, Liangzhong, Duan, Lei, Yang, Mengting, Zhou, Xi, Zheng, Qiuda, Ou, Yingjuan, Li, Zongrui and Lai, Foon Yin (2022). Exploring antibiotic consumption between urban and sub-urban catchments using both parent drugs and related metabolites in wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 827 154171, 154171. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154171

Yang, Dan, Zheng, Qiuda, Thai, Phong, Ahmed, Fahad, O'Brien, Jake W., Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and Tscharke, Ben (2022). A nationwide wastewater-based assessment of metformin consumption across Australia. Environment International, 165 107282, 107282. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107282

Li, Yijing, Thompson, Jack, Wang, Zhiyao, Bräunig, Jennifer, Zheng, Qiuda, Thai, Phong K., Mueller, Jochen F. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Transformation and fate of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during aerobic digestion of anaerobically digested sludge. Water Research, 219 118568, 118568. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118568

Hue, Tran Thi Thanh, Zheng, Qiuda, Anh, Nguyen Thi Kieu, Binh, Vu Ngan, Trung, Ngo Quang, Trang, Hoang Thu, Chinh, Pham Quoc, Minh, Luu Quang and Thai, Phong K. (2022). Prevalence of illicit drug consumption in a population of Hanoi: an estimation using wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 815 152724, 152724. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152724

Zheng, Qiuda, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Eaglesham, Geoff, Reeks, Tim, Thompson, Jack, Ahmed, Fahad, Prasad, Pritesh, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Thai, Phong K. (2022). Direct injection analysis of oxypurinol and metformin in wastewater by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Drug Testing and Analysis, 14 (8), 1519-1524. doi: 10.1002/dta.3266

Yang, Dan, Zheng, Qiuda, Ahmed, Fahad, Parat, Marie-Odile and Tscharke, Benjamin J. (2022). A simple liquid extraction for simultaneous determination of 12 opioid ligands in plasma by LC-MS/MS. Analytical Methods, 14 (15), 1523-1528. doi: 10.1039/d1ay01631h

Zheng, Qiuda, Chan, Gary C.K., Wang, Zhe, Connor, Jason P., Ren, Yuan and Thai, Phong K. (2022). Assessing alcohol consumption in a Chinese urban population and a university town using high temporal resolution wastewater-based epidemiology. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 230 109178, 109178. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109178

Du, Peng, Zhou, Zilei, Wang, Zhenglu, Xu, Zeqiong, Zheng, Qiuda, Li, Xinyue, He, Jia, Li, Xiqing, Cheng, Hongguang and Thai, Phong K. (2021). Analysing wastewater to estimate fentanyl and tramadol use in major Chinese cities. Science of the Total Environment, 795 148838, 148838. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148838

Wang, Zhe, Zheng, Qiuda, Gartner, Coral, Chan, Gary C.K., Ren, Yuan, Wang, Degao and Thai, Phong K. (2021). Comparison of tobacco use in a university town and a nearby urban area in China by intensive analysis of wastewater over one year period. Water Research, 206 117733, 117733. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117733

Zheng, Qiuda, Ren, Yuan, Wang, Zhe, Liu, Jinhua, Zhang, Yu, Lin, Wenting, Gao, Jianfa, Thomas, Kevin V. and Thai, Phong K. (2021). Assessing patterns of illicit drug use in a Chinese city by analyzing daily wastewater samples over a one-year period. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 417 125999, 125999. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125999

Li, Jiaying, Gao, Jianfa, Zheng, Qiuda, Thai, Phong K., Duan, Haoran, Mueller, Jochen F., Yuan, Zhiguo and Jiang, Guangming (2021). Effects of pH, temperature, suspended solids, and biological activity on transformation of illicit drug and pharmaceutical biomarkers in sewers. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (13), 8771-8782. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01516

Ahmed, Fahad, Tscharke, Benjamin, O’Brien, Jake W., Thompson, Jack, Zheng, Qiuda, Mueller, Jochen F. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Quantification of selected analgesics and their metabolites in influent wastewater by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Talanta, 234 122627, 122627. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122627

Ahmed, Fahad, Tscharke, Benjamin, O'Brien, Jake W., Zheng, Qiuda, Thompson, Jack, Mueller, Jochen F. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Wastewater-based prevalence trends of gout in an Australian community over a period of 8 years. Science of the Total Environment, 759 143460, 143460. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143460

Thai, Phong K., Tscharke, Benjamin J., O’Brien, Jake W., Zheng, Qiuda, Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2021). Estimating alcohol consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology: an assessment of the correction factor for ethyl sulfate using large-scale national monitoring data. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 8 (4), 333-338. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00065

Zheng, Qiuda, Gartner, Coral, Tscharke, Benjamin J., O'Brien, Jake W., Gao, Jianfa, Ahmed, Fahad, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Thai, Phong K. (2020). Long-term trends in tobacco use assessed by wastewater-based epidemiology and its relationship with consumption of nicotine containing products. Environmental International, 145 106088, 106088. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106088

Zheng, Qiuda, Eaglesham, Geoff, Tscharke, Benjamin J., O'Brien, Jake W., Li, Jiaying, Thompson, Jack, Shimko, Katja M., Reeks, Tim, Gerber, Cobus, Thomas, Kevin V. and Thai, Phong K. (2020). Determination of anabasine, anatabine, and nicotine biomarkers in wastewater by enhanced direct injection LC-MS/MS and evaluation of their in-sewer stability. Science of The Total Environment, 743 140551, 140551. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140551

Li, Dandan, O'Brien, Jake W., Tscharke, Benjamin J., Choi, Phil M., Zheng, Qiuda, Ahmed, Fahad, Thompson, Jack, Li, Jiaying, Mueller, Jochen F., Sun, Hongwen and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). National wastewater reconnaissance of artificial sweetener consumption and emission in Australia. Environment International, 143 105963, 105963. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105963

Du, Peng, Zheng, Qiuda, Thomas, Kevin V., Li, Xiqing and Thai, Phong K. (2020). A revised excretion factor for estimating ketamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology – utilising wastewater and seizure data. Environment International, 138 105645, 105645. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105645

Gao, Jianfa, Zheng, Qiuda, Lai, Foon Yin, Gartner, Coral, Du, Peng, Ren, Yuan, Li, Xiqing, Wang, Degao, Mueller, Jochen F. and Thai, Phong K. (2020). Using wastewater-based epidemiology to estimate consumption of alcohol and nicotine in major cities of China in 2014 and 2016. Environment International, 136 105492, 105492. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105492

Zheng, Qiuda, Tscharke, Benjamin J., Krapp, Catharina, O’Brien, Jake W., Mackie, Rachel S., Connor, Jason, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and Thai, Phong K. (2020). New approach in the measurement of long-term alcohol consumption trends: application of wastewater-based epidemiology in an Australian regional city. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 207 107795, 107795. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107795

Zheng, Qiuda, Tscharke, Ben, O’Brien, Jake, Gerber, Cobus, Mackie, Rachel, Gao, Jianfa and Thai, Phong (2019). Uncertainties in estimating alcohol and tobacco consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology. Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 9, 13-18. doi: 10.1016/j.coesh.2019.03.004

Zheng, Qiu-Da, Wang, Zhe, Liu, Chun-Ye, Yan, Ji-Hao, Pei, Wei, Wang, Zhuang and Wang, De-Gao (2019). Applying a population model based on hydrochemical parameters in wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of The Total Environment, 657, 466-475. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.426

Wang, Zhe, Shao, Xue-Ting, Tan, Dong-Qin, Yan, Ji-Hao, Xiao, Yang, Zheng, Qiu-Da, Pei, Wei, Wang, Zhuang and Wang, De-Gao (2019). Reduction in methamphetamine consumption trends from 2015 to 2018 detected by wastewater-based epidemiology in Dalian, China. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 194, 302-309. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.023

Zheng, Qiu-Da, Lin, Jian-Guo, Pei, Wei, Guo, Ming-Xing, Wang, Zhuang and Wang, De-Gao (2017). Estimating nicotine consumption in eight cities using sewage epidemiology based on ammonia nitrogen equivalent population. Science of The Total Environment, 590-591, 226-232. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.214

Wang, De-Gao, Zheng, Qiu-Da, Wang, Xiao-Ping, Du, Juan, Tian, Chong-Guo, Wang, Zhuang and Ge, Lin-Ke (2016). Illicit drugs and their metabolites in 36 rivers that drain into the Bohai Sea and north Yellow Sea, north China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23 (16), 16495-16503. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6824-9