Name: Mei Lei
Current Appointment: Professor
Education: Doctor
Areas of Specialization: Soil remediation, Phytoremediation technology, Soil heavy metal fast monitoring technology
Academic Awards: 
1) Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award 2013 (first prize, rank second)
2) Guangxi Science and Technology Progress Award 2012 (second prize, rank fourth)
3) China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award 2012 (second prize, rank sixth)
4) Yunnan Science and Technology Progress Award 2010 (second prize, rank fourth)
5) Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award 2009 (third prize, rank second)
6) Beijing science and technology new star 2003
Society Appointments:
Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director of Science Popularization Committee of China Society of Natural Resources
Technology committee for Chinese Society of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Sciences

Representative Publications:
1) Wan Xiaoming, LEI Mei*, Chen Tongbin, Ma Jie. Micro-distribution of arsenic species in tissues of hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Chemosphere, 2017, 166:389-399.
2) Wu Yang , Zhou Xiao-yong , LEI Mei*,Jun Yang, Jie Ma ,Peng-wei Qiao ,Tong-bin Chen. Migration and transformation of arsenic: Contamination control and remediation in realgar mining areas. Applied Geochemistry, 2017,77:44-51
3) Wan Xiaoming, LEI Mei*, Yang Jun. Two potential multi-metal hyperaccumulators found in four mining sites in Hunan Province, China. Catena, 2017,148:67-73.
4) Wan Xiaoming, LEI Mei*, Chen Tongbin. Cost-benefit calculation of phytoremediation technology for heavy-metal-contaminated soil. Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 563:796-802.
5) WAN Xiao-Ming, LEI Mei*, CHEN Tong-Bin, YANG Jun-Xing, LIU Hong-Tao, CHEH Yang. Role of transpiration in arsenic accumulation of hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015, 22(21): 16631-16639.
6) WAN Xiao-Ming, LEI Mei*, CHEN Tong-Bin, YANG Jun-Xing, LIU Hong-Tao, CHEH Yang. Role of transpiration in arsenic accumulation of hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015, 22(21): 16631-16639.
7) WAN Xiao-Ming, LEI Mei*, CHEN Tong-Bin, YANG Jun, ZHOU Xiao-Yong. Impact of waterlogging on the uptake of arsenic by hyperaccumulator and tolerant plant. Chemistry and Ecology, 2015, 31(1): 53-63.
8) WAN Xiao-Ming, LIU Ying-Ru，LEI Mei*, HUANG Ze-Chun, Chen Tong-Bin. A comparison of arsenic speciation in 13 Pteris vittata L. populations. Spectroscopy And Spectal Analysis, 2015, 35(8): 2329-2332.
9) DU Guo-Dong, LEI Mei*, ZHOU Guang-Dong, CHEN Tong-Bin, QIU Rong-Liang. Evaluation of field portable X-Ray fluorescence performance for the analysis of Ni in soil. Spectroscopy And Spectal Analysis, 2015, 35(3): 809-813.
10) WAN Xiao-Ming, LEI Mei*, CHEN Tong-Bin, ZHOU Guang-Dong, YANG Jun, ZHOU Xiao-Yong, ZHANG Xi, XU Rui-Xiang. Phytoremediation potential of Pteris vittata L. under the combined contamination of As and Pb: beneficial interaction between As and Pb. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014, 21: 325-336.
11) LIANG Qi, LEI Mei*, CHEN Tong-Bin, YANG Jun, WAN Xiao-Ming, YANG Su-Cai. Application of sewage sludge and intermittent aeration strategy to the bioremediation of DDT- and HCH-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 26: 1673-1680.
12) YANG Su-Cai, LEI Mei*., CHEN Tong-Bin. Effect of Surfactant Tween 80 on the Anaerobic Degradation and Desorption of HCHs and DDX in Aged Soil under Saturated Condition with Low Liquid/Solid Ratio. Soil & Sediment Contamination, 2014, 23, 715-724.
13) WAN Xiao-Ming, LEI Mei*, YANG Jun, ZHOU Xiao-Yong, ZHOU Guang-Dong, XU Rui-Xiang. Characterization of arsenic uptake in living Pteris vittata L. Instrumentation Science & Technology, 2014, 42(6): 667-677
14) LEI Mei*, WAN Xiao-Ming，LI Xue-Wen, Chen Tong-Bin，LIU Ying-Ru，HUANG Ze-Chun. Impacts of sulfur regulation in vivo on arsenic accumulation and tolerance of hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2013, 85:1-6.
15) WAN Xiao-Ming, LEI Mei*, LIU Ying-Ru，HUANG Ze-Chun, Chen Tong-Bin，GAO Ding. A comparison of arsenic accumulation and tolerance among four populations of Pteris vittata from habitats with a gradient of arsenic concentration. Science of the Total Environment, 2013, 442: 143-151.
16) LEI Mei, WAN Xiao-Ming, HUANG Ze-Chun, CHEN Tong-Bin, LI Xue-Wen, LIU Ying-Ru. First evidence on different transportation modes of arsenic and phosphorus in arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata. Environmental Pollution, 2012, 161: 1-7.
17) LEI Mei, CHEN Tong-Bin, HUANG Ze-Chun, WANG Yao-Dong, HUANG Yu-Ying. Simultaneous compartmentalization of lead and arsenic in co-hyperaccumulator Viola principis H. de Boiss.: An application of SRXRF microprobe. Chemosphere, 2008, 72: 1491-1496.

Major Research Projects:
1) National 863 program: Field monitoring of soil heavy metal pollution
2) Special projects of national public welfare industry: Study on treatment technology of typical heavy metals over agricultural land
3) Science and Technology Service Network Initiative: Demonstration and research network of Contaminated Farmland restoration industry

Office Address:
Room _3730_ , Building No. _3_ IGSNRR
11A Da Tun Road
An Wai, Beijing 100101
People’s Republic of China
Telephone: 86-10-6488-9115
Fax: 86-10-6488-9303
Email: leim@igsnrr.ac.cn 
Updated on Sept.6, 2017