Dr. Honglan Shi is Research Professor in the department of Chemistry at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Missouri S&T, M.S. in Biochemistry from Iowa State University and B.S. in Chemistry from Zhengzhou University, China. She joined Missouri S&T in 2011.

Dr. Shi's extensive analytical skills and experience provide her broad collaborative research ability with interdisciplinary research teams. Her diversified research experience and interests of cutting-edge research include the following areas:

1) Trace emerging pollutants analysis and control in natural and drinking water - water disinfection by-products (DBPs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), algal toxins, pesticides, perchlorate, Cr(VI), and more.

2) Development of novel economical and green technologies for water treatment – use agricultural byproducts, such as rice hulls, soybean hulls, and other agricultural wastes for water treatment.

3) Method development for rapid characterization and quantification of engineered nanomaterials – Novel single nanoparticle (SP)-ICP-MS methods development and screening study in environmental samples.

4) State-of-the-art instrument development and manufacturing - Development of novel multi-functional single cell analyzer and high throughput and multifunctional single nanoparticle analysis system.

5) Advanced test kit developments and manufacturing – Development of plant tissue test kits for assessing environmental and food contaminations, such as explosive compounds, pesticides, and emerging pollutants.

6) Instrumentation analytical method development and applications - ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (IC-ICP-MS), liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), ion chromatography (IC)

7) Life science related research – small molecule cancer markers and other markers investigation by advanced analytical technologies, bioactive material-biofluid-bioorganism interaction study by advance analytical technologies.

8) Food nutrition and toxic contaminants - soybean food, isoflavone, vitamins, toxic chemicals in food products.

CREE Senior Research Investigator