Yiming Su
Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

Biography
Dr. Su graduated from the PhD program of Environmental Engineering at Tongji University in 2015. Before he joined USU, he worked at UC Los Angeles as a postdoctoral researcher for more than 5 years.
Teaching Interests
Drinking water engineering; Physical and chemical processes in environmental engineering field;
Research Interests
Nanotechnology development for emerging contaminants (e.g., PFAS and microplastic/nanoplastic) removal from natural water bodies (both surface and groundwater), soil, municipal wastewater and drinking water;
Nanotechnology application in environmentally friendly fertilizer and pesticides innovation;
Fate, transport, toxicity of emerging contaminants;
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Eltaweil,, A., Harby, N., Osman , A., Alrasheedi, M., Su, Y., El-Monaem, ., (2025). Engineering of a wafer-shaped titanium-based catalyst of TiO2/MIL-125(Ti)@Ti3C2 for enhanced Fenton-like degradation of Congo red: Optimization, mechanistic study, and reusability. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
- Tang, J., Eltaweil, A., Adeyemi, A.S, Jacobson, A., Britt, D.W, McLean, J.E, Su, Y., (2025). Tracking the Translocation of Nanoplastic from Soil to Plant: Comparison of Different Analytical Techniques. journal of Hazardous Materials 488, 137357. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137357
- Al-Askar, A., Bashir, S., Mohamed, A., Sharaf, O., Nabil, R., Su, Y., Abdelkhalek, A., Behiry, S., (2023). Antimicrobial Efficacy and HPLC Analysis of Polyphenolic Compounds in a Whole-Plant Extract of Eryngium campestre. Separations, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10060362
- Soliman, S., Al-Askar, A., Sobhy, S., Samy, M., Hamdy, E., Sharaf, O., Su, Y., Behiry, S., Abdelkhalek, A., (2023). Differences in Pathogenesis-Related Protein Expression and Polyphenolic Compound Accumulation Reveal Insights into Tomato–Pythium aphanidermatum Interaction. Sustainability, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086551
- Abo-Zaid, G., Abdullah, A., Soliman, N., El-Sharouny, E., Al-Askar, A., Su, Y., Abdelkhalek, A., Sabry, S., (2023). Evaluation of Bio-Friendly Formulations from Siderophore-Producing Fluorescent Pseudomonas as Biocontrol Agents for the Management of Soil-Borne Fungi, Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani. Agriculture, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13071418
- Zhou, Y., Liu, C., Su, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, X., (2023). Hydrologic and Biochemical Processes Controlling Chromium Immobilization in a Low-Permeability Groundwater Zone. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00033
- Elkobrosy, D., Al-Askar, A., El-Gendi, H., Su, Y., Nabil, R., Abdelkhalek, A., Behiry, S., (2023). Nematocidal and Bactericidal Activities of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Mediated by Ficus sycomorus Leaf Extract. Life, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/life13051083
- Heflish, A., Behiry, S., Al-Askar, A., Su, Y., Abdelkhalek, A., Gaber, M., (2023). Rhaphiolepis indica Fruit Extracts for Control Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani, the Causal Agents of Bean Root Rot. Separations, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10070369
- Heflish, A., El-Messeiry, S., Behiry, S., Al-Askar, ., Su, Y., Abdelkhalek, ., Gaber, ., (2023). Swietenia mahagoni Leaves Extract: Antifungal, Insecticidal, and Phytochemical Analysis. Separations, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10050301
- Su, Y., Zhou, X., Meng, H., Xia, T., Liu, H., Rolshausen, P., Roper, C., McLean, J.E, Zhang, Y., Keller, A.A, Jassby, D., (2022). Cost–benefit analysis of nanofertilizers and nanopesticides emphasizes the need to improve the efficiency of nanoformulations for widescale adoption. Nature Food, 3, 1020-1030. doi: doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00647-z
- Aly, A., Tang, J., Zanaty, M., Liu, C., Kulathuvayal, A.S, Su, Y., Salako, I., Weidhaas, J., Cai, Z., Ma, C., McLean, J.E, Keller, a., Xing, B., Su, Y., Biochar Reduces Nanoplastics Uptake by Lettuce and Alleviate Its Toxicity to Plant. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.