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Hongwan (Melody) Li, Ph.D.
Occupational & Environmental Health

Hongwan (Melody) Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Hudson College of Public Health
801 Northeast 13th Street, Room 431
Post Office Box 26901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

(405)271-8001 x46718

Hongwan-Li@ou.edu

Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. Before joining the faculty at the Hudson College of Public Health, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Coordinator at Michigan State University. Dr. Li earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Science and Technology in Beijing, China, a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. During her doctoral study, she also worked as a research participant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (RTP campus) from 2018-2020. Following by the training at USEPA, Dr. Li was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Florida from 2020-2021. Her research goal is to understand and reduce the health risks from the air that we breathe.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019
  • M.S., Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2014
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2012

Appointments:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC, 2022-present
  • Postdoc, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, 2021-2022
  • Postdoc, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, 2020-2021
  • Research Participant, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2018-2020

Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Environmental exposures
  • Risk assessments
  • Indoor air quality
  • Healthy building
  • Environmental health education research

Select Publications:

Link to Google Scholar File

  1. Jianlin Ren, Junjie He, Xiangfei Kong, Hongwan Li(2022), “Robustness of ventilation systems in the control of walking-induced indoor fluctuations: Method development and case study”, BUILDING SIMULATION, 15, 1645–1660 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-022-0888-x
  2. Yin Ye, Beilei Fan, Zemin Qin, Xin Tang, Yanyue Feng, Miao Lv, Shiyu Miao, Hongwan Li, Yanlong Chen, Fan Chen, Yuheng Wang (2022), “Electrochemical removal and recovery of uranium: Effects of operation conditions, mechanisms, and implications”, JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, Volume 432, 2022, 128723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128723
  3. Hongwan Li, Sripriya Nannu Shankar, Chiran T. Witanachchi, John A. Lednicky, Julia C. Loeb, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Z. Hugh Fan, Jessica A. Boyette, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez, and Chang-Yu Wu (2022), “Environmental Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Two Restaurants from a Mid-scale City that Followed U.S. CDC Reopening Guidance”, AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH, 2022 Jan; 22(1): 210304. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.210304
  4. Jianlin Ren, Junjie He, Xiangfei Kong, Wei Xu, Yiting Kang, Zhen Yu, Hongwan Li (2022), “A field study of CO2 and particulate matter characteristics during the transition season in the subway system in Tianjin, China”, ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, Volume 254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111620 
  5. Hongwan Li, Sripriya N. Shankar, Chiran T. Witanachchi, John A. Lednicky, Julia C. Loeb, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Z. Hugh Fan, Karim Mohamed, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez, and Chang-Yu Wu (2021), “Environmental surveillance and transmission risk assessments for SARS-CoV-2 in a fitness center”, AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH, Volume 21, Issue 11. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.210106
  6. Yaoxing Wu, Zidong Song, John C. Little, Min Zhong, Hongwan Li, and Ying Xu (2021), “An integrated exposure and pharmacokinetic modeling framework for assessing population-scale risks of phthalates and their substitutes”, ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNATIONAL, 2021, Volume 156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106748
  7. Chenyang Bi, Xinke Wang, Hongwan Li, Xiaofeng Li, and Ying Xu (2021), “Direct transfer of phthalate and alternative plasticizers from indoor source products to dust: laboratory measurements and predictive modeling”, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2021, Volume 55, 1. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05131
  8. Hongwan Li, Chenyang Bi, Xiaofeng Li, and Ying Xu (2020), “A needle trap device method for sampling and analysis of semi-volatile organic compounds in air”, CHEMOSPHERE, Volume, 250, 126284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126284 
  9. Chenyang Bi, Juan P. Maestre, Hongwan Li, Ge Zhang, Raheleh Givehchi, Alireze Mahdavi, Kerry A. Kinney, Jefferey Siegel, Sharon D. Horner, and Ying Xu (2018), “Phthalates and organophosphates in settled dust and HVAC filter dust of U.S. low-income homes: Association with season, building characteristics, and childhood asthma”. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNATIONAL, Volume 121, Pages 916–930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.013
  10. Glenn Morrison, Hongwan Li, Santosh Mishra, Melissa Buechlein (2015), “Airborne phthalate partitioning to cotton clothing”. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, Volume 115, Pages 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.051