Dr Leslie Huang

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (H2-43)
tel +61 8 830 23108

email Leslie.Huang@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

My background is environmental and analytical chemistry with the research focus on developing and applying passive sampling techniques to monitor nutrients, heavy metals and other pollutants in water, sediment and soil, and understanding the biogeochemistry of pollutants in the environments. One of my research topics is to apply passive sampling techniques to understand the nitrogen cycle in sediments.

Now I am working on a "Healthy Coorong, Health Basin" project which is funded by Commonwealth and South Australian governments. This project will collaborate with different researchers of multi-disciplinary backgrounds from the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Griffith University and other organisations. Part of the project ... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Environmental Sciences
Analytical Chemistry
Other Chemical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemical Sciences

Highlights

Healthy Coorong and Healthy Basin

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2021	Arias, DM, Teasdale, PR, Doolette, CL, Lombi, E, Farquhar, S & Huang, J 2021, 'Development and evaluation of a new colorimetric DGT technique for the 2D visualisation of labile phosphate in soils', Chemosphere, vol. 269, article no. 128704, pp. 1-9. Open access 9 10 1
2020	Kankanamge, NR, Bennett, WW, Teasdale, PR, Huang, J & Welsh, DT 2020, 'A new colorimetric DET technique for determining mm-resolution sulfide porewater distributions and allowing improved interpretation of iron(II) co-distributions', Chemosphere, vol. 244, article no. 125388, pp. 1-12. 20 16
2019	Dien, LD, Sang, NV, Faggotter, SJ, Chen, C, Huang, J, Teasdale, PR, Sammut, J & Burford, MA 2019, 'Seasonal nutrient cycling in integrated rice-shrimp ponds', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 149, article no. 110647, pp. 1-10. 14 12
2019	Huang, J, Chow, CW, Kuntke, P, Cruveiller, L, Gnos, G, Davey, DE & Teasdale, PT 2019, 'The development and evaluation of a microstill with conductance detection for low level ammonia monitoring in chloraminated water', Talanta, vol. 200, pp. 256-262. Open access 16 16
2019	Huang, J, Franklin, H, Teasdale, PR, Burford, MA, Kankanamge, NR, Bennett, WW & Welsh, DT 2019, 'Comparison of DET, DGT and conventional porewater extractions for determining nutrient profiles and cycling in stream sediments', Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 2128-2140. Open access 13 12

Chapters

Year	Output
2019	Dunn, RK, Waltham, NJ, Huang, J, Teasdale, PR & King, BA 2019, 'Protecting water quality in urban estuaries: Australian case studies', in E Wolanski, JW Day, M Elliott et al. (eds), Coasts and Estuaries: The Future, Elsevier, Netherlands, ch. 5, pp. 69-86. 2

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Zhao, Y, Zhu, Y, Huang, J, Song, Z & Tang, W 2025, 'Influence of in situ biochar capping on microbial dynamics and ammonia nitrogen release in sediment', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 373, article no. 123524, pp. 1-11. Open access
2024	Cheng, S, Yang, S, Huang, J, Liu, F & Shen, F 2024, 'Investigation of the mechanism for removal of typical pathogenic bacteria from three-compartment septic tanks under low temperature conditions', Processes, vol. 12, no. 1, article no. 87, pp. 1-16. Open access
2024	Kodithuwakku, K, Huang, J, Doolette, CL, Mason, S, Boland, J & Lehto, NJ 2024, 'Plant responses to nitrate and ammonium availability in Australian soils as measured by diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) and KCl extraction', Geoderma, vol. 449, article no. 116997, pp. 1-9. Open access
2024	Zhao, Y, Song, Y, Zhang, L, Guo, C & Huang, J 2024, 'Spatial autocorrelation of nitrogenous compounds and amino acids (AAs) in wastewater-supplied urban rivers', Ecological Informatics, online, pp. 1-11.
2023	Allen, DJ, Farrell, M, Huang, J, Plush, S & Mosley, LM 2023, 'Artificial aeration of an overloaded constructed wetland improves hypoxia but does not ameliorate high nitrogen loads', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 326, article 116625, pp. 1-10. 7 7
2023	Allen, DJ, Huang, J, Farrell, M & Mosley, LM 2023, 'Novel insight into ammonium, phosphate, and iron(II) dynamics in the sediment porewater of a constructed wetland under artificial aeration through the diffusive equilibrium in thin films technique', Environmental Research, vol. 236, Pt. 1, article no. 116746, pp. 1-12. Open access 4 3
2023	Kodithuwakku, K, Huang, J, Doolette, CL, Mason, S, Boland, J, Lombi, E, Lehto, NJ & Teasdale, PR 2023, 'Evaluation of the diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) technique for measuring nitrate and ammonium in soil', Environmental Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 483-494. Open access 4 3
2023	Mosley, LM, Priestley, S, Brookes, J, Dittmann, S, Farkaš, J, Farrell, M, Ferguson, AJ, Gibbs, M, Hipsey, M, Huang, J, Lam-Gordillo, O, Simpson, SL, Tyler, JJ, Waycott, M & Welsh, DT 2023, 'Extreme eutrophication and salinisation in the Coorong estuarine-lagoon ecosystem of Australia's largest river basin (Murray-Darling)', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 188, article no. 114648, pp. 1-16. Open access 19 15
2023	Tomoiye, T, Huang, J & Lehto, NJ 2023, 'Copper contamination afects the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in freshwater sediment mesocosms', Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 13, article no. 9958, pp. 1-18. Open access
2022	Allen, DJ, Farrell, M, Huang, J, Reynolds, C, Rupasinghe, M & Mosley, LM 2022, 'Long-term water quality response to increased hydraulic loadings in a field-scale free water surface constructed wetland treating domestic effluent', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 311, article no. 114858. 14 11
2022	Doolette, CL, Howard, DL, Afshar, N, Kewish, CM, Paterson, DJ, Huang, J, Wagner, S, Santner, J, Wenzel, WW, Raimondo, T, De Vries Van Leeuwen, AT, Hou, L, Van Der Bom, F, Weng, H, Kopittke, PM & Lombi, E 2022, 'Tandem probe analysis mode for synchrotron XFM: doubling throughput capacity', Analytical Chemistry, vol.94, no. 11, pp. 4584-4593. Open access 4 4 3
2022	Huang, J, Chow, CW, Shi, Z, Fabris, R, Mussared, A, Hallas, G, Monis, P, Jin, B & Saint, CP 2022, 'Stormwater monitoring using on-line UV-Vis spectroscopy', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 29, pp. 19530-19539. Open access 1 1
2022	Huang, J, Ghaly, M, Hobson, P & Chow, CW 2022, 'Innovative method of utilising hydrogen peroxide for source water management of cyanobacteria', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 29, no. 15, pp. 22651-22660. Open access 7 8 1
2022	Kastury, F, Cahill, G, Fernando, A, Brotodewo, A, Huang, J, Juhasz, AL, Vandeleur, HM & Styan, C 2022, 'Metallic mangroves: sediments and in situ diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) reveal Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. lives with high contamination near a lead-zinc smelter in South Australia', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 857, article no. 159503, pp. 1-10. 6 6 109
2022	Lam-Gordillo, O, Huang, J, Barceló, A, Kent, J, Mosley, LM, Welsh, DT, Simpson, SL & Dittmann, S 2022, 'Restoration of benthic macrofauna promotes biogeochemical remediation of hostile sediments; an in situ transplantation experiment in a eutrophic estuarine-hypersaline lagoon system', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 833, article no. 155201, pp. 1-15. Open access 11 11
2022	Vogel, C, Doolette, A & Huang, J 2022, 'Combining diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy to determine phosphorus species in soil', Agricultural & Environmental Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. e20068. Open access 1
2021	Arias, DM, Teasdale, PR, Doolette, CL, Lombi, E, Farquhar, S & Huang, J 2021, 'Development and evaluation of a new colorimetric DGT technique for the 2D visualisation of labile phosphate in soils', Chemosphere, vol. 269, article no. 128704, pp. 1-9. Open access 9 10 1
2021	Chen, J-J, Erler, D V, Wells, NS, Huang, J, Welsh, DT & Eyre, BD 2021, 'Denitrification, anammox, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium across a mosaic of estuarine benthic habitats', Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1281-1297. 20 19
2021	Huang, J, Hills, J, Teasdale, PR, Panther, JG, Wang, F & Welsh, DT 2021, 'Evaluation of the Chelex-DGT technique for the measurement of rare earth elements in the porewater of estuarine and arine sediments', Talanta, vol. 230, article no. 122315, pp. 1-11. Open access 7 7
2021	Liu, Y, Zhuge, Y, Chow, CW, Keegan, A, Ma, J, Hall, C, Li, D, Pham, PN, Huang, J, Duan, W & Wang, L 2021, 'Cementitious composites containing alum sludge ash: an investigation of microstructural features by an advanced nanoindentation technology', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 299, article no. 124286, pp. 1-9. Open access 40 36
2021	Qian, G, Fan, R, Huang, J, Pring, A, Harmer, SL, Zhang, H, Rea, MAD, Brugger, J, Teasdale, PR, Gibson, CT, Schumann, RC, Smart, RSC & Gerson, AR 2021, 'Oxidative dissolution of sulfide minerals in single and mixed sulfide systems under simulated acid and metalliferous drainage conditions', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 2369-2380. Open access 11 10
2021	Xie, M, Simpson, SL, Huang, J, Teasdale, PR & Wang, W-X 2021, 'In situ DGT sensing of bioavailable metal fluxes to improve toxicity predictions for sediments', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 7355-7364. 21 19
2020	Kankanamge, NR, Bennett, WW, Teasdale, PR, Huang, J & Welsh, DT 2020, 'A new colorimetric DET technique for determining mm-resolution sulfide porewater distributions and allowing improved interpretation of iron(II) co-distributions', Chemosphere, vol. 244, article no. 125388, pp. 1-12. 20 16
2020	Liu, L, Tang, W, Huang, J, Teasdale, PR, Shu, L & Zhang, H 2020, 'In situ, high-resolution measurement of labile phosphate in sediment porewater using the DET technique coupled with optimized imaging densitometry', Environmental Research, vol.191, article no. 110107, pp. 1-8. Open access 7 5
2020	Liu, Y, Zhuge, Y, Chow, CW, Keegan, A, Li, D, Pham, PN, Huang, J & Siddique, R 2020, 'Properties and microstructure of concrete blocks incorporating drinking water treatment sludge exposed to early-age carbonation curing', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 261, article no. 121257, pp. 1-11. Open access 69 56 5
2020	Liu, Y, Zhuge, Y, Chow, CW, Keegan, A, Li, D, Pham, PN, Huang, J & Siddique, R 2020, 'Utilization of drinking water treatment sludge in concrete paving blocks: Microstructural analysis, durability and leaching properties', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 262, article no. 110352, 1-9. Open access 80 71 5
2020	Vogel, C, Sekine, R, Huang, J, Steckenmesser, D, Steffens, D, Huthwelker, T, Borca, CN, Pradas del Real, AE, Castillo-Michel, H & Adam, C 2020, 'Effects of a nitrification inhibitor on nitrogen species in the soil and the yield and phosphorus uptake of maize', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 715, article no. 136895, pp. 1-8. Open access 21 20
2019	Dien, LD, Sang, NV, Faggotter, SJ, Chen, C, Huang, J, Teasdale, PR, Sammut, J & Burford, MA 2019, 'Seasonal nutrient cycling in integrated rice-shrimp ponds', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 149, article no. 110647, pp. 1-10. 14 12
2019	Huang, J, Chow, CW, Kuntke, P, Cruveiller, L, Gnos, G, Davey, DE & Teasdale, PT 2019, 'The development and evaluation of a microstill with conductance detection for low level ammonia monitoring in chloraminated water', Talanta, vol. 200, pp. 256-262. Open access 16 16
2019	Huang, J, Franklin, H, Teasdale, PR, Burford, MA, Kankanamge, NR, Bennett, WW & Welsh, DT 2019, 'Comparison of DET, DGT and conventional porewater extractions for determining nutrient profiles and cycling in stream sediments', Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 2128-2140. Open access 13 12
2019	Li, T, Zhou, M, Fan, Z, Li, X, Huang, J, Wu, Y, Zhao, H & Zhang, S 2019, 'Online conductimetric flow-through analyzer based on membrane diffusion for ammonia control in wastewater treatment process', ACS Sensors, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 1881-1888. 13 11
2019	Li, T, Zhou, M, Qiu, Y, Huang, J, Wu, Y, Zhang, S & Zhao, H 2019, 'Membrane-based conductivity probe for real-time in-situ monitoring rice field ammonia volatilization', Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: International Journal Devoted to Research and Development of Physical and Chemical Transducers, vol. 286, pp. 62-68. Open access 14 11
2019	Zhu, Y, Shan, B, Huang, J, Teasdale, PR & Tang, W 2019, 'In situ biochar capping is feasible to control ammonia nitrogen release from sediments evaluated by DGT', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 374, pp. 374-811. 41 35
2018	Huang, J, Kankanamge, NR, Chow, C, Welsh, DT, Li, T & Teasdale, PR 2018, 'Removing ammonium from water and wastewater using cost-effective adsorbents: A review', Journal of Environmental Sciences, 63, pp. 174-197. 255 218 5
2017	Huang, J, Bennett, WW, Teasdale, PR, Kankanamge, NR & Welsh, DT 2017, 'A modified DGT technique for the simultaneous measurement of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in freshwaters', Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 988, pp. 17-26. 30 27
2017	Li, T, Panther, J, Qui, C, Lui, C, Huang, J, Wu, Y, Wong, P-K, An, T, Zhang, S & Zhao, H 2017, 'Gas-permeable membrane-based conductivity probe capable of in situ real-time monitoring of ammonia in aquatic environments', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 51, no. 22, pp. 13265-13273. 24 21
2017	Li, T, Wu, Y, Huang, J & Zhang, S 2017, 'Gas sensors based on membrane diffusion for environmental monitoring', Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: International Journal Devoted to Research and Development of Physical and Chemical Transducers, vol. 243, pp. 566-578. Open access 60 52
2017	Rathnayake Kankanamge, N, Bennett, WW, Teasdale, PR, Huang, J & Welsh, DT 2017, 'Comparing in situ colorimetric DET and DGT techniques with ex situ core slicing and centrifugation for measuring ferrous iron and dissolved sulfide in coastal sediment pore waters', Chemosphere, vol. 188, pp. 119-129. 24 23
2016	Huang, J, Bennett, WW, Teasdale, PR, Gardiner, S & Welsh, DT 2016, 'Development and evaluation of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique for measuring nitrate in freshwaters', Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 923, pp. 74-81. 37 34
2016	Huang, J, Bennett, WW, Welsh, DT & Teasdale, PR 2016, 'Determining time-weighted average concentrations of nitrate and ammonium in freshwaters using DGT with ion exchange membrane-based binding layers', Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1530-1539. 24 22
2016	Huang, J, Bennett, WW, Welsh, DT, Li, T & Teasdale, PR 2016, '"Diffusive gradients in thin films" techniques provide representative time-weighted average measurements of inorganic nutrients in dynamic freshwater systems', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 50, no. 24, pp. 13446-13454. Open access 27 24
2016	Huang, J, Bennett, WW, Welsh, DT, Li, T & Teasdale, PR 2016, 'Development and evaluation of a diffusive gradients in a thin film technique for measuring ammonium in freshwaters', Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 904, pp. 83-91. 38 36
2013	Hu, W, Deng, S, Huang, J, Lu, Y, Le, X & Zheng, W 2013, 'Intercalative interaction of asymmetric copper(II) complex with DNA: experimental, molecular docking, molecular dynamics and TDDFT studies', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 127, pp. 90-98. Open access 30 30
2013	Hu, W, Li, J, Deng, S, Huang, J, Le, X & Zheng, W 2013, 'Computational mechanistic study on oxidative esterification of alcohols to esters catalyzed by palladium complex', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 740, pp. 10-16. Open access 2 2

Reports

Year	Output
2020	Mosley, L, Priestley, S, Brookes, J, Dittmann, S, Farkas, J, Farrell, M, Ferguson, A, Gibbs, M, Hipsey, M, Huang, J, Lam-Gordillo, O, Simpson, S, Teasdale, P, Tyler, J, Waycott, M & Welsh, D 2020, Coorong water quality synthesis with a focus on the drivers of eutrophication, Goyder Institute for Water Research Technical Report Series, Australia. Open access

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Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Agronomy Solutions	AUSTRALIA
Australian Synchrotron	AUSTRALIA
Australian Water Quality Centre	AUSTRALIA
Blue Minerals Consultancy	AUSTRALIA
Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHINA
City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	HONG KONG
CSIRO Agriculture and Food	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Dresden University of Technology	GERMANY
Environmental Geochemistry International Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility	FRANCE
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing	GERMANY
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Guangdong University of Technology	CHINA
Guangxi Vocational and Technical Institute of Industry	CHINA
Hebei University of Science and Technology	CHINA
James Cook University	AUSTRALIA
Justus Liebig University Giessen	GERMANY
Land and Water - CSIRO	AUSTRALIA
Liaoning Medical University	CHINA
Lincoln University	NEW ZEALAND
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs	CHINA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Mount Barker District Council	AUSTRALIA
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology	CHINA
New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment	AUSTRALIA
North Carolina State University - Raleigh	UNITED STATES
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power	CHINA
Paul Scherrer Institute	SWITZERLAND
Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2	VIET NAM
RPS Group	AUSTRALIA
SA Water Corporation	AUSTRALIA
South China Agricultural University	CHINA
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	INDIA
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	CHINA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Chinese Academy of Science	CHINA
University of Da Nang	VIET NAM
University of Duisburg-Essen	GERMANY
University of Leoben	AUSTRIA
University of Manitoba	CANADA
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences	AUSTRIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
Xiamen University	CHINA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Australian Society Limnology	2017
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)	2017
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)	2016
Member Australian Society Limnology	2016
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)	2015
Member Australian Society Limnology	2015
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)	2014

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Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A study of utilizing construction and demolition waste materials as a growing medium for floating wetland plants to remove pollutants from urban water sources	Current
Diffusive gradients in thin-films technique for predicting nitrogen availability in soils	Current

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