Dr Chang He
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Researcher biography
Dr Chang He is a Professor of Environmental Sciences at Guangdong University of Technology, as well as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, University of Queensland. He holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences and specializes in the evaluation of human exposure to organic pollutants using both environmental monitoring and human biomonitoring strategies.
Dr He’s early research focused on the sources and human exposure to emerging contaminants, including organophosphate esters, chlorinated paraffins, phthalates in Australian population. Dr He was an AXA Research Fellow at UQ from 2021-2022, where he investigated biomarkers of these emerging contaminants for human biomonitoring.
Dr He continues his partnership with QAEHS researchers on several studies, including human biomonitoring programs.
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| Phthalates and Bisphenols in Australian Wastewater: Estimating Contributions from Point and Diffuse Sources |
Book Chapter
He, Chang, Lin, Chun-Yin and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Organophosphate flame retardants in the environment: source, occurrence, and human exposure. Emerging halogenated flame retardants in the environment. (pp. 341-365) edited by Jeong-Eun Oh. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.coac.2019.10.008
Journal Articles
Tahir, Areej, Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar, He, Chang, Ahmad, Sajid Rashid, Baqar, Mujtaba and Qadir, Abdul (2024). Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of short and medium chain chlorinated paraffins in water and sediments of river Ravi, Pakistan. Science of The Total Environment, 926 171964, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171964
Li, Zongrui, Li, Zhenchi, Zhou, Ying, Meng, Wenjie, Li, Jincheng, Zhou, Yang, He, Chang, Dong, Guanghui and Yu, Yunjiang (2024). Co-occurrence of tetrabromobisphenol a and debromination products in human hair across China: Implications for exposure sources and health effects on metabolic syndrome. Science of the Total Environment, 909 168514, 168514. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168514
tahir, Areej, Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar, He, Chang and Ahmad, Sajid Rashid (2024). Exposure and human health risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in indoor and outdoor dust from a metropolitan city, Lahore, Pakistan. Chemosphere, 347 140687, 140687. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140687
Li, Jinglong, Shimko, Katja M., He, Chang, Patterson, Brad, Bade, Richard, Shiels, Ryan, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and O'Brien, Jake W. (2023). Direct injection liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry as a sensitive and high-throughput method for the quantitative surveillance of antimicrobials in wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 900 165825, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165825
He, Chang, Thai, Phong K., Bertrand, Lidwina, Jayarathne, Ayomi, van Mourik, Louise, Phuc, Dam Hoang, Banks, Andrew, Mueller, Jochen F. and Wang, Xianyu Fisher (2023). Calibration and application of PUF disk passive air samplers to assess chlorinated paraffins in ambient air in Australia, China, and Vietnam. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (50), 21061-21070. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06703
Moore, Belinda, He, Chang, Knight, Emma, Mueller, Jochen F. and Tscharke, Benjamin (2023). Bisphenols and phthalates in Australian wastewater: a statistical approach for estimating contributions from diffuse and point sources. Water Research, 246 120680, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120680
Chen, Shuo, Bade, Richard, Tscharke, Ben, Hall, Wayne, Livingston, Michael, Thai, Phong, He, Chang, Zheng, Qiuda, Crosbie, Nick and Mueller, Jochen (2023). Assessing the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on alcohol consumption in Melbourne, Australia using high-resolution wastewater sampling. Science of The Total Environment, 893 164846, 164846. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164846
Li, Hailing, Yao, Chunyang, He, Chang, Yu, Hang, Yue, Congcong, Zhang, Shu, Li, Guiying, Ma, Shengtao, Zhang, Xin, Cao, Zhiguo and An, Taicheng (2023). Coking-produced aromatic compounds in urine of exposed and nonexposed populations: exposure levels, source identification, and model-based health implications. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (41), 15379-15391. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c04906
Engelsman, Michelle, Banks, Andrew P. W., He, Chang, Nilsson, Sandra, Blake, Debbie, Jayarthne, Ayomi, Ishaq, Zubaria, Toms, Leisa-Maree L. and Wang, Xianyu (2023). An exploratory analysis of firefighter reproduction through survey data and biomonitoring. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (8) 5472, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20085472
Li, Zongrui, He, Chang, Yang, Jing, Gao, Tianrui, Huang, Yichao and Tao, Lin (2023). Is e-waste a source of phthalate and novel non-phthalate plasticizers? A comparison study on indoor dust. Science of the Total Environment, 857 (Pt 2) 159558, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159558
He, Chang, van Mourik, Louise, Brandsma, Sicco, Thai, Phong, Wang, Xianyu, Chen, Shuo, Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2022). Semiquantitative characterization of bromo-chloro paraffins and olefins in the Australian environment. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (17), 12452-12459. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03576
Wu, Zhineng, He, Chang, Lyu, Honghong, Ma, Xiaodong, Dou, Xinyu, Man, Quanli, Ren, Gengbo, Liu, Yuanyuan and Zhang, Yadi (2022). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban road dust from Tianjin, China: pollution characteristics, sources and health risk assessment. Sustainable Cities and Society, 81 103847, 103847. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2022.103847
Li, Yan, Wang, Xianyu, Feary McKenzie, Jean, 't Mannetje, Andrea, Cheng, Soo, He, Chang, Leathem, Janet, Pearce, Neil, Sunyer, Jordi, Eskenazi, Brenda, Yeh, Ruby, Aylward, Lesa L., Donovan, Geoffrey, Mueller, Jochen F. and Douwes, Jeroen (2022). Pesticide exposure in New Zealand school-aged children: Urinary concentrations of biomarkers and assessment of determinants. Environment International, 163 107206, 107206. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107206
Sui, Shaofeng, Gao, Yanxin, Yuan, Tao, He, Chang, Peng, Cheng, Wang, Yan and Liu, Zhiyan (2022). Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound arsenic: a 7-year observation in the urban area of Jinan, China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 44 (12), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10653-022-01233-9
Banks, Andrew P. W., Wang, Xianyu, He, Chang, Gallen, Michael, Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2021). Off-gassing of semi-volatile organic compounds from fire-fighters’ uniforms in private vehicles—a pilot study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (6) 3030, 1-9. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063030
Banks, Andrew P.W., Wang, Xianyu, Engelsman, Michelle, He, Chang, Osorio, Andres F. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2021). Assessing decontamination and laundering processes for the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and flame retardants from firefighting uniforms. Environmental Research, 194 110616, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110616
He, Chang, Li, Jiaying, Jiang, Guangming, Chen, Shuo, Niel, Cherry, Yuan, Zhiguo, Mueller, Jochen F. and Thai, Phong (2021). Transformation of phthalates and their metabolites in wastewater under different sewer conditions. Water Research, 190 116754, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116754
He, Chang, van Mourik, Louise, Tang, Shaoyu, Thai, Phong, Wang, Xianyu, Brandsma, Sicco H., Leonards, Pim E.G., Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). In vitro biotransformation and evaluation of potential transformation products of chlorinated paraffins by high resolution accurate mass spectrometry. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 405 124245, 124245. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124245
Wu, Zhineng, He, Chang, Han, Wei, Song, Jie, Li, Huijun, Zhang, Yadi, Jing, Xiaohua and Wu, Weidong (2020). Exposure pathways, levels and toxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in humans: a review. Environmental Research, 187 109531, 109531. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109531
Tang, Shaoyu, He, Chang, Thai, Phong K., Heffernan, Amy, Vijayasarathy, Soumini, Toms, Leisa, Thompson, Kristie, Hobson, Peter, Tscharke, Benjamin J., O’Brien, Jake W., Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Urinary concentrations of bisphenols in the Australian population and their association with the per capita mass loads in wastewater. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (16) acs.est.0c00921, 10141-10148. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00921
Li, Zongrui, He, Chang, Thai, Phong, Wang, Xianyu, Bräunig, Jennifer, Yu, Yunjiang, Luo, Xiaojun, Mai, Bixian and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Organophosphate esters and their specific metabolites in chicken eggs from across Australia: occurrence, profile, and distribution between yolk and albumin fractions. Environmental Pollution, 262 114260, 114260. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114260
Tran, Long K., He, Chang, Phuc, Dam Hoang, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Wang, Xianyu, Xiu, Meng, Mueller, Jochen F., Covaci, Adrian, Morawska, Lidia and Thai, Phong K. (2020). Monitoring the levels of brominated and organophosphate flame retardants in passenger cars: utilisation of car air filters as active samplers. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 91, 142-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.01.014
Tang, Shaoyu, He, Chang, Thai, Phong, Vijayasarathy, Soumini, Mackie, Rachel, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Thompson, Kristie, Hobson, Peter, Tscharke, Ben, O'Brien, Jake W. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Concentrations of phthalate metabolites in Australian urine samples and their contribution to the per capita loads in wastewater. Environment International, 137 105534, 105534. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105534
van Mourik, Louise M., Toms, Leisa-Maree L., He, Chang, Banks, Andrew, Hobson, Peter, Leonards, Pim E.G., de Boer, Jacob and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Evaluating age and temporal trends of chlorinated paraffins in pooled serum collected from males in Australia between 2004 and 2015. Chemosphere, 244 125574, 125574. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125574
Banks, Andrew P. W, Engelsman, Michelle, He, Chang, Wang, Xianyu and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). The occurrence of PAHs and flame-retardants in air and dust from Australian fire stations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 17 (2-3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2019.1699246
Song, Xiaofei, Zhuo, Qiongfang, Tang, Shaoyu, Xie, Tianfa, Chen, Zhiyuan, Zang, Zhijun, Zhang, Yanan, Niu, Xiaojun, Yin, Hua, Zeng, Feng and He, Chang (2020). Concentrations of phthalates metabolites in blood and semen and the potential effects on semen concentration and motility among residents of the Pearl River Delta region in China. Emerging Contaminants, 6, 39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.emcon.2019.12.002
Wang, Xianyu, Banks, Andrew P.W., He, Chang, Drage, Daniel S., Gallen, Christie L., Li, Yan, Li, Qingbo, Thai, Phong K. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2019). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and legacy and current pesticides in indoor environment in Australia – Occurrence, sources and exposure risks. Science of the Total Environment, 693 133588, 133588. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133588
Sui, Shaofeng, Ng, Jack, Gao, Yanxin, Peng, Cheng, He, Chang, Wang, Guoling and Liu, Zhiyan (2019). Pollution characteristics and chronic health risk assessment of metals and metalloids in ambient PM2.5 in Licheng District, Jinan, China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 42 (7), 1803-1815. doi: 10.1007/s10653-019-00448-7
Li, Yan, Wang, Xianyu, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., He, Chang, Hobson, Peter, Sly, Peter D., Aylward, Lesa L. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2019). Pesticide metabolite concentrations in Queensland pre-schoolers – Exposure trends related to age and sex using urinary biomarkers. Environmental Research, 176 108532, 108532. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108532
English, Karin, Li, Yan, Jagals, Paul, Ware, Robert S., Wang, Xianyu, He, Chang, Mueller, Jochen F. and Sly, Peter D. (2019). Development of a questionnaire-based insecticide exposure assessment method and comparison with urinary insecticide biomarkers in young Australian children. Environmental Research, 178 108613, 108613. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108613
He, Chang, Brandsma, Sicco H., Jiang, Hui, O'Brien, Jake W., van Mourik, Louise M., Banks, Andrew P., Wang, Xianyu, Thai, Phong K. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2019). Chlorinated paraffins in indoor dust from Australia: levels, congener patterns and preliminary assessment of human exposure. Science of the Total Environment, 682, 318-323. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.170
He, Chang, Wang, Xianyu, Tang, Shaoyu, Thai, Phong, Li, Zongrui, Baduel, Christine and Mueller, Jochen F. (2018). Concentrations of Organophosphate Esters and Their Specific Metabolites in Food in Southeast Queensland, Australia: Is Dietary Exposure an Important Pathway of Organophosphate Esters and Their Metabolites?. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (21) acs.est.8b03043, 12765-12773. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03043
He, Chang, English, Karin, Baduel, Christine, Thai, Phong, Jagals, Paul, Ware, Robert S., Li, Yan, Wang, Xianyu, Sly, Peter D. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2018). Concentrations of organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers in urine from young children in Queensland, Australia and associations with environmental and behavioural factors. Environmental Research, 164, 262-270. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.040
Song, Xiaofei, Tang, Shaoyu, Zhu, Haimin, Chen, Zhiyuan, Zang, Zhijun, Zhang, Yanan, Niu, Xiaojun, Wang, Xiaojun, Yin, Hua, Zeng, Feng and He, Chang (2018). Biomonitoring PFAAs in blood and semen samples: Investigation of a potential link between PFAAs exposure and semen mobility in China. Environment International, 113, 50-54. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.01.010
He, Chang, Wang, Xianyu, Thai, Phong, Baduel, Christine, Gallen, Christie, Banks, Andrew, Bainton, Paul, English, Karin and Mueller, Jochen F (2018). Organophosphate and brominated flame retardants in Australian indoor environments: Levels, sources, and preliminary assessment of human exposure. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 235, 670-679. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.017
He, Chang, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Thai, Phong, Van den Eede, Nele, Wang, Xianyu, Li, Yan, Baduel, Christine, Harden, Fiona A., Heffernan, Amy L., Hobson, Peter, Covaci, Adrian and Mueller, Jochen F. (2017). Urinary metabolites of organophosphate esters: Concentrations and age trends in Australian children. Environment International, 111, 124-130. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.11.019
Tang, Shaoyu, Liu, Hao, Yin, Hua, Liu, Xintong, Peng, Hui, Lu, Guining, Dang, Zhi and He, Chang (2017). Effect of 2, 2″, 4, 4″-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) and its metabolites on cell viability, oxidative stress, and apoptosis of HepG2. Chemosphere, 193, 978-988. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.107
He, Chang, Wang, Xianyu, Thai, Phong, Mueller, Jochen F., Gallen, Christie, Li, Yan and Baduel, Christine (2017). Development and validation of a multi-residue method for the analysis of brominated and organophosphate flame retardants in indoor dust. Talanta, 164, 503-510. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.10.108
Li, Qiuxu, Jin, Jun, Lu, Yao, Li, Guangyao, He, Chang, Wang, Ying, Li, Peng and Hu, Jicheng (2016). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and new polybrominated flame retardants in tree bark from western areas of China. Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 35 (6), 1364-70. doi: 10.1002/etc.3287
He, Chang, Jin, Jun, Li, Guangyao and Wang, Ying (2016). Exchange of organohalogen compounds between air and tree bark in the Yellow River region. Chemosphere, 153, 478-484. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.089
Li, Qiuxu, Lu, Yao, Jin, Jun, Li, Guangyao, Li, Peng, He, Chang and Wang, Ying (2016). Comparison of using polyurethane foam passive samplers and tree bark samples from Western China to determine atmospheric organochlorine pesticide. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 41, 90-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.05.022
Li, Qiu-Xu, He, Chang, Ma, Zhao-Hui, Ma, Li-Hua, Zhaxi, Zhuo-Ma, Wang, Ying and Jin, Jun (2015). Levels and distribution of organochlorine pesticides and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in atmospheric particulates in Xining and Tianjun, Qinghai province, China. Huanjing Kexue, 36 (2), 402-407. doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.2015.02.005
Li, Guang-yao, Jin, Jun, He, Chang, Wang, Ying, Ma, Zhao-hui and Li, Ming-yuan (2014). Levels and distribution of the dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the surface sediment of the Yellow River. Huanjing Kexue, 35 (9), 3358-64. doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.2014.09.016
He, Chang, Jin, Jun, Wang, Ying, Ma, Zhaohui, He, Songjie and Li, Mingyuan (2014). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, dechlorane plus, and polychlorinated biphenyls in tree bark near the upper Yellow River, China. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33 (8), 1732-1738. doi: 10.1002/etc.2621
He, Song-Jie, Li, Ming-Yuan, Jin, Jun, Wang, Ying, He, Chang, Bu, Yun-Jie and Tian, Yang (2014). Determination of new halogenated flame retardants in human serum by gel permeation chromatography gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Fenxi Huaxue, 40 (10), 1519-1523. doi: 10.3724/sp.j.1096.2012.20364
He, Chang, Jin, Jun, Xiang, Bailin, Wang, Ying and Ma, Zhaohui (2014). Upper Yellow River air concentrations of organochlorine pesticides estimated from tree bark, and their relationship with socioeconomic indices. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 26 (3), 593-600. doi: 10.1016/s1001-0742(13)60455-6
He Chang,, Jin Jun,, Wu Hui,, Wang Ying,, Li Guang-Yao, and Tian Yang, (2013). Determination of halogenated flame retardants in willow bark by solid phase extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Fenxi Huaxue, 41 (11), 1681-1687. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1096.2013.30172
He, Chang, Jin, Jun, Ma, Zhao-Hui, Wang, Ying, Zhaxi, Zhuo-Ma and Ma, Li-Hua (2013). Levels and sources of decabromodiphenyl ether and dechlorane plus in Xining and Tianjun, Qinghai Province, China. Huanjing Kexue, 34 (3), 1129-1135.
HE, Song-Jie, LI, Ming-Yuan, JIN, Jun, WANG, Ying, HE, Chang, BU, Yun-Jie and TIAN, Yang (2012). Determination of new halogenated flame retardants in human serum by gel permeation chromatography-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 40 (10), 1519-1523. doi: 10.1016/s1872-2040(11)60578-1
Research Report
Jayarathne, Ayomi, Lal, Vincent, Beggs, Carly, Kaserzon, Sarit, Prasad, Pritesh, Wang, Fisher, He, Chang and Mueller, Jochen (2021). GEF-funded project “Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm Convention” in the Pacific Region (GEF ID 4894) - Substantive Report. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences .
Thesis
He, Chang (2019). Organophosphate esters in the Australian environment: sources, fate, and human exposure. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.87