Prof. Cary Chiou |  Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, United States

Dr. Cary T. Chiou is a renowned environmental chemist recognized for his pioneering research in the partition and transport behavior of organic contaminants in the environment. He received his B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University (1965), followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physical and Surface Chemistry from Kent State University, USA.

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🎓 Education:

• B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering – National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (1965)

• M.S. & Ph.D. in Physical and Surface Chemistry – Kent State University, USA (1970, 1973)

🧪 Research Focus:

Environmental Fate and Transport of Organic Contaminants

• Sorption mechanisms in soil and sediment

• Partition theory with natural organic matter

• Bioconcentration in aquatic species and plants

• Air-water interface contaminant transfer

• Interaction with dissolved organic matter

👨‍🔬 Career Highlights:

• 🌟 University Chair Professor, NCKU, Taiwan (2007–present)

• 💧 Research Hydrologist & Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado, USA (1983–2006)

• 🎓 Associate Professor, Oregon State University (1976–1983)

• 🧑‍🔬 Postdoctoral Fellowships at Brown University & University of Kentucky

🏆 Honors & Awards:

• 🔹 Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering & Ecology/Environment

• 🥇 Outstanding Publication Award – AEESP (1999)

• 🎖 Distinguished Achievement Award – Chinese Society of Science & Engineering (1989)

• 🌟 University Chair Professor – NCKU (2007–present)

• 🧑‍🏫 Environmental Science Lecturer – NTU & UNDP (Taiwan, China)

📚 Notable Contributions:

• 📘 Soil Sorption Model (1979): Pioneered the concept of soil organic matter as a partition medium

• 🌱 Koc Consistency: Simplified contaminant sorption prediction across soils and sediments

• 🧪 PAHs Partitioning Insight: Demonstrated aromatic affinity in SOM via NMR and solvent studies

• 🔬 Research Impact: Model and findings cited over 1500 times; foundational in environmental chemistry

📊 Citation Metrics:

• Total Citations: 20,852

• Citations Since 2020: 2,221

• h-index: 56

• h-index Since 2020: 24

• i10-index: 93

• i10-index Since 2020: 44

Publication Top Notes:

• A physical concept of soil-water equilibria for nonionic organic compounds (1979)
  CT Chiou, LJ Peters, VH Freed
  Science 206 (4420), 831-832
  Citations: 1700

• Partition equilibriums of nonionic organic compounds between soil organic matter and water (1983)
  CT Chiou, PE Porter, DW Schmedding
  Environmental Science & Technology 17 (4), 227-231
  Citations: 1539

• Water solubility enhancement of some organic pollutants and pesticides by dissolved humic and fulvic acids (1986)
  CT Chiou, RL Malcolm, TI Brinton, DE Kile
  Environmental Science & Technology 20 (5), 502-508
  Citations: 1518

• Compositions and sorptive properties of crop residue-derived chars (2004)
  Y Chun, G Sheng, CT Chiou, B Xing
  Environmental Science & Technology 38 (17), 4649-4655
  Citations: 1408

• Partition coefficient and bioaccumulation of selected organic chemicals (1977)
  CT Chiou, VH Freed, DW Schmedding, RL Kohnert
  Environmental Science & Technology 11 (5), 475-478
  Citations: 920

• Partition characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on soils and sediments (1998)
  CT Chiou, SE McGroddy, DE Kile
  Environmental Science & Technology 32 (2), 264-269
  Citations: 845

• Water solubility enhancements of DDT and trichlorobenzene by some surfactants below and above the critical micelle concentration (1989)
  DE Kile, CT Chiou
  Environmental Science & Technology 23 (7), 832-838
  Citations: 760

• Sorption characteristics of organic compounds on hexadecyltrimethylammonium‐smectite (1988)
  SA Boyd, MM Mortland, CT Chiou
  Soil Science Society of America Journal 52 (3), 652-657
  Citations: 639

• A comparison of water solubility enhancements of organic solutes by aquatic humic materials and commercial humic acids (1987)
  CT Chiou, DE Kile, TI Brinton, RL Malcolm, JA Leenheer, P MacCarthy
  Environmental Science & Technology 21 (12), 1231-1234
  Citations: 553

• Soil sorption of organic vapors and effects of humidity on sorptive mechanism and capacity (1985)
  CT Chiou, TD Shoup
  Environmental Science & Technology 19 (12), 1196-1200
  Citations: 546

• Partitioning of organic compounds in octanol-water systems (1982)
  CT Chiou, DW Schmedding, M Manes
  Environmental Science & Technology 16 (1), 4-10
  Citations: 533

• Partition and adsorption of organic contaminants in environmental systems (2003)
  CT Chiou
  John Wiley & Sons
  Citations: 505

• Partition coefficients of organic compounds in lipid-water systems and correlations with fish bioconcentration factors (1985)
  CT Chiou
  Environmental Science & Technology 19 (1), 57-62
  Citations: 470

• A partition-limited model for the plant uptake of organic contaminants from soil and water (2001)
  CT Chiou, G Sheng, M Manes
  Environmental Science & Technology 35 (7), 1437-1444
  Citations: 444

• Theoretical considerations of the partition uptake of nonionic organic compounds by soil organic matter (1989)
  CT Chiou
  Reactions and Movement of Organic Chemicals in Soils 22, 1-29
  Citations: 441

• Effect of ten quaternary ammonium cations on tetrachloromethane sorption to clay from water (1990)
  JA Smith, PR Jaffe, CT Chiou
  Environmental Science & Technology 24 (8), 1167-1172
  Citations: 440

• Influence of soil organic matter composition on the partition of organic compounds (1992)
  DW Rutherford, CT Chiou, DE Kile
  Environmental Science & Technology 26 (2), 336-340
  Citations: 435

• Deviations from sorption linearity on soils of polar and nonpolar organic compounds at low relative concentrations (1998)
  CT Chiou, DE Kile
  Environmental Science & Technology 32 (3), 338-343
  Citations: 411

• Sorption of selected organic compounds from water to a peat soil and its humic-acid and humin fractions: potential sources of the sorption nonlinearity (2000)
  CT Chiou, DE Kile, DW Rutherford, G Sheng, SA Boyd
  Environmental Science & Technology 34 (7), 1254-1258
  Citations: 405

• Partition of nonpolar organic pollutants from water to soil and sediment organic matters (1995)
  DE Kile, CT Chiou, H Zhou, H Li, O Xu
  Environmental Science & Technology 29 (5), 1401-1406
  Citations: 362