Langping Wu
Contact / Addess:
Phone +49 (0) 341 235 1018
Fax +49 (0) 341 235 450822
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstrasse 15
04318 Leipzig

Curriculum Vitae
Since May 2018 |
Research scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry |
March 2014 |
Ph.D. in Environmental Science Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany |
Sep. 2011 |
M. Sc. in Environmental Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing, China University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
Sep. 2007 |
B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing, China |
Field of Expertise
- Developing methods and concepts for isotope fractionation analysis
- Characterizing bond cleavage mechanisms of organic contaminants in chemical and biological reactions by multi-element compound specific isotope analysis
- Quantification of in situ degradation using multi isotope fractionation pattern
- Reactive transport of persistent organic contaminants in the food web
Publications
- Kannath, S., Adamczyk, P., Wu, L., Richnow, H.H., Dybala-Defratyka, A. (2019):
Can alkaline hydrolysis of γ-HCH serve as a model reaction to study its aerobic enzymatic dehydrochlorination by LinA?
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 20 (23), art. 5955
full text (doi) - Lian, S., Wu, L., Nikolausz, M., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Richnow, H.H. (2019):
2H and 13C isotope fractionation analysis of organophosphorus compounds for characterizing transformation reactions in biogas slurry: Potential for anaerobic treatment of contaminated biomass
Water Res. 163 , art. 114882
full text (doi) - Liu, J., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Yao, J., Schaefer, T., Herrmann, H., Richnow, H.-H. (2018):
Carbon and hydrogen stable isotope analysis for characterizing the chemical degradation of tributyl phosphate
Chemosphere 212 , 133 - 142
full text (doi) - Liu, X., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Merbach, I., Lal, R., Richnow, H.H. (2020):
Compound-specific isotope analysis and enantiomer fractionation to characterize the transformation of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers in a soil–wheat pot system
Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (14), 8690 - 8698
full text (doi) - Liu, X., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.H. (2021):
Characterizing the biotransformation of hexachlorocyclohexanes in wheat using compound-specific stable isotope analysis and enantiomer fraction analysis
J. Hazard. Mater. 406 , art. 124301
full text (doi) - Liu, X., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.H. (2022):
Stable isotope fractionation associated with the synthesis of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers for characterizing sources
Chemosphere 296 , art. 133938
full text (doi) - Liu, Y., Fu, J., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Nijenhuis, I., Richnow, H.H. (2022):
Characterization of hexachlorocyclohexane isomer dehydrochlorination by LinA1 and LinA2 using multi-element compound-specific stable isotope analysis
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (23), 16848 - 16856
full text (doi) - Liu, Y., Wu, L., Kohli, P., Kumar, R., Stryhanyuk, H., Nijenhuis, I., Lal, R., Richnow, H.-H. (2019):
Enantiomer and carbon isotope fractionation of α-hexachlorocyclohexane by Sphingobium indicum strain B90A and the corresponding enzymes
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (15), 8715 - 8724
full text (doi) - Passeport, E., Zhang, N., Wu, L., Herrmann, H., Lollar, B.S., Richnow, H.-H. (2018):
Aqueous photodegradation of substituted chlorobenzenes: Kinetics, carbon isotope fractionation, and reaction mechanisms
Water Res. 135 , 95 - 103
full text (doi) - Wu, L., Chládková, B., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Lian, S., Schindelka, J., Herrmann, H., Richnow, H.H. (2018):
Characterizing chemical transformation of organophosphorus compounds by 13C and 2H stable isotope analysis
Sci. Total Environ. 615 , 20 - 28
full text (doi) - Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.H. (2017):
Validation of GC–IRMS techniques for δ13C and δ2H CSIA of organophosphorus compounds and their potential for studying the mode of hydrolysis in the environment
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 409 (10), 2581 - 2590
full text (doi) - Wu, L., Liu, Y., Liu, X., Bajaj, A., Sharma, M., Lal, R., Richnow, H.H. (2019):
Isotope fractionation approach to characterize the reactive transport processes governing the fate of hexachlorocyclohexanes at a contaminated site in India
Environ. Int. 132 , art. 105036
full text (doi) - Wu, L., Moses, S., Liu, Y., Renpenning, J., Richnow, H.H. (2019):
A concept for studying the transformation reaction of Hexachlorocyclohexanes in food webs using multi-element compound-specific isotope analysis
Anal. Chim. Acta 1064 , 56 - 64
full text (doi) - Wu, L., Verma, D., Bondgaard, M., Melvej, A., Vogt, C., Subudhi, S., Richnow, H.H. (2018):
Carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis of parathion for characterizing its natural attenuation by hydrolysis at a contaminated site
Water Res. 143 , 146 - 154
full text (doi) - Wu, L., Yao, J., Trebse, P., Zhang, N., Richnow, H.H. (2014):
Compound specific isotope analysis of organophosphorus pesticides
Chemosphere 111 , 458 - 463
full text (doi) - Zhang, D., Wu, L., Yao, J., Herrmann, H., Richnow, H.-H. (2018):
Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation of phthalate esters during degradation by sulfate and hydroxyl radicals
Chem. Eng. J. 347 , 111 - 118
full text (doi) - Zhang, D., Wu, L., Yao, J., Vogt, C., Richnow, H.-H. (2019):
Carbon and hydrogen isotopic fractionation during abiotic hydrolysis and aerobic biodegradation of phthalate esters
Sci. Total Environ. 660 , 559 - 566
full text (doi)
- Wu, L.; Yao, J.; Jain, A. K.; Chandankere, R.; Duan, X.; Richnow, H. H. (2014): An efficient thermotolerant and halophilic biosurfactant-producing bacterium isolated from Dagang oil field for MEOR application. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7, 586-599
Theses
M.Sc. thesis: Compound specific isotope analysis of organophosphorus pesticides
Ph.D. thesis: Characterizing transformation processes of organic contaminants by multi-element isotope analysis – developing methods and proving concepts