Research Interest :

· Research on soil heavy metal(loid)s contamination and human health, children's exposure parameters for soil contaminants, bioaccessibility of heavy metal(loid)s, and health risk assessment.

Featured Publications :

· Yiwei Gong, Shuwen Yang, Shaoyang Chen, Shoudao Zhao, Yadi Ai, Di Huang, Kai Yang*, Hongguang Cheng*. Soil microbial responses to simultaneous contamination of antimony and arsenic in the surrounding area of an abandoned antimony smelter in Southwest China. Environment International, 2023, 174: 107897.

· Yiwei Gong, Kaiming Yang, Weici Quan, Jiawen Zhang, Yuxi Wu, Rui Wang, Yadi Ai, Di Huang, Kai Yang*, Hongguang Cheng*. Health risk assessment of heavy metal(loid)s in the topsoils of an operating industrial park based on bioaccessibility and quantitative source apportionment. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2025.

· Yiwei Gong, Yajing Qu, Shuhui Yang, Shiyang Tao, Taoran Shi, Qiyuan Liu, Yixiang Chen, Yihang Wu, Jin Ma*. Status of arsenic accumulation in agricultural soils across China (1985-2016). Environment Research. 2020, 186, 109525.

· Yiwei Gong, Yihang Wu, Chunye Lin, Dongqun Xu, Xiaoli Duan, Beibei Wang, Xitao Liu, Hongguang Cheng, Qin Wang, Jin Ma. Is hand-to-mouth contact the main pathway of children’s soil and dust intake? Environ Geochem Health. 2022, 44, 1567-1580.

· Yajing Qu, Yiwei Gong, Jin Ma*, Qiyuan Liu, Lingling Liu, Haiwen Wu, Shuhui Yang, Haiying Wei. Potential sources, influencing factors, and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soil of urban parks in Beijing, China. Environment Pollution, 2020, 260, 114016.