학과소개
본 연구실에서는 최근 사회적·환경적 관심사로 떠오르고 있는 나노물질, 미세플라스틱 등의 신규 유해물질이 육상/토양 환경으로 유출되어 생태계에 미치는 잠재적 영향에 대해 연구하고 있습니다. 특히 육상 생태계의 대표적인 생물체이자 농작물 소비를 통해 인체 건강에 직접적인 영향을 주는 식물(농작물)을 주요 실험 대상으로 선정하고, 토양-식물-미생물 간의 생지화학적 상호작용을 고려하여 노출 평가 및 독성 평가를 수행하고 있습니다.
• H.W. Yoon†, J.H. Kim†, E.J. Kim*, Y.S. Chang*, Towards the Next Decade for Research on the Environmental Impact of
Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron on Microorganisms, Environmental Science: Nano(2025), 12(5), 2507-2515
(2023 IF: 5.8, Top 17.8% in Environmental Sciences; Inside Front Cover)
• R.S. Kim, J.M. Jo, H.W. Yoon*, J.W. Park*, Ultra-high performance concrete alleviates ecotoxicological effects in aquatic
organisms, Science of the Total Environment928 (2024), 172538.
(2022 IF: 9.8, Top 9.4% in Environmental Sciences)
• KH. Kim, I.G. Song, H.W. Yoon*, J.W. Park* Sub-micron microplastics affect nitrogen cycling by altering microbial abundance
and activities in a soil-legume system, Journal of Hazardous Materials460 (2023), 129915.
(2022 IF: 13.6, Top 3.6% in Environmental Sciences)
• K.H. Kim†, H.W. Yoon†, J.S. Choi, Y.J. Jung, J.W. Park*, Chronic effects of nano and microplastics on reproduction and
development of marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety243 (2022), 113962.
(2021 IF: 7.129, Top 6.0% in Toxicology)
• H.W. Yoon, J.T. Kim, Y.S. Chang*, E.J. Kim*, Fragmentation of nanoplastics driven by plant-microbe rhizosphere interaction
during abiotic stress combination, Environmental Science: Nano(2021), 8(10), 2802-2810.
(2020 IF: 8.131, Top 8.0% in Environmental Sciences; Front Cover)
• H.W. Yoon, Y.G. Kang, Y.S. Chang*, and J.H. Kim*, Effects of zerovalent iron nanoparticles on the photosynthesis and
biochemical adaption of soil-grown Arabidopsis thaliana, Nanomaterials(2019), 9(11), 1543.
(2018 IF: 4.034, Top 24.2% in Materials Sciences)
• T. T. Le†, H.W. Yoon†, M.H. Son, Y.G. Kang, and Y.S. Chang*, Treatability of hexabromocyclododecane using Pd/Fe
nanoparticles in the soil-plant system: Effects of humic acids, Science of the Total Environment689 (2019), 444-450.
(2018 IF: 5.589, Top 10.7% in Environmental Sciences)
• H.W. Yoon†, M. Pangging†, M.H. Jang, Y.S. Hwang, and Y.S. Chang*, Comparative toxicity of surface-modified zerovalent iron
nanoparticles to aquatic and terrestrial organisms, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety163 (2018), 436-443.
(2017 IF: 3.974, Top 17% in Toxicology)
• A. Dwivedi†, H.W. Yoon†, J. Singh, K.H. Chae, S.C. Nho, D.S. Hwang, and Y.S. Chang*, Uptake, distribution and
transformation of zerovalent iron nanoparticles in the edible plant Cucumis sativus, Environmental Science &
Technology(2018), 52(17), 10057-10066.
(2017 IF: 6.653, Top 4.5% in Environmental Sciences)