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MA Li
Associate Professor
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  • introduction
  • Awards & Prizes
  • Monographs
  • Journal articles
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Li Ma, doctorate advisor; Ph.D from Virginia Tech (2015), postdoc in UC-Riverside & USDA (2015-2018). Resources, Environment and Sustainability early career editorial board member, the standing member of Committee of Horticultural Therapy & Landscape for well-being, Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture. Research direction:1) urban greenland carbon sequestration, healing gardens, ecological remediation design; 2) bioactivities of aromatic plant-derived volatiles and their applications.
Excellent Graduate of SJTU (2009); Shanghai Pujiang Talent (2019)


Aromatic plants and essential oil related:
1.     Li Ma, Yao Lei. Antiviral effects of plant-derived essential oils and their components: an updated review[J]. Molecules, 2020, 25(11): 2627. 
2.     Li Ma, Nan Zhang, Shuying Li, Hui Wang, Mariana Petkova and Lei Yao. An overview of oil-bearing roses in China. Agriculture University Plovdiv, 2019
3.     Ying Zhou, Lei He, Wencui Wang, Lei Yao*, Li Ma*. Chamazulene attenuates UVB exposure-induced skin photoaging in mice: Mechanism insights from joint transcriptomics and metabolomics. Under submission.
4.     Wencui Wang, Jingqi Yang, Decheng Liang, Lei Yao, Li Ma*. Prophylactic and therapeutic inhalation of two essential oils ameliorates scopolamine-induced cognitive impairment in mice. Natural Product Research, 2024, 1-9
5.     Li Ma, Jiayi Xu, Wencui Wang, Jing Lu, Yuhong Li*, Lei Yao*. Thin layer chromatography-direct bioautography for investigation of antibacterial activities of Artemisia sieversiana Ehrhart ex Willd. essential oil. Natural Product Research. 2024. 38(21):3707-3712.
6.     Li Ma, Lei Wei, Xueqin Chen, Wencui Wang, Jing Lu, Yuhong Li*, Lei Yao*. Chemical composition antioxidative and antimicrobial activities of essential oil of wild Artemisia annua from Ningxia China. 2023, 1-7
7.     Li Ma*, Miyuan Pi, Zhuqing Dai, Yuexing Zhu, Wencui Wang, Haicheng Yang, Lei Yao. Angelica sinensis and Ligusticum sinense'chuanxiong' essential oils promote hair growth without acute toxicity. Submitted to Natural Product Research.
8.     Yidan Liu, Wencui Wang, Yuhong Li, Guodong Wei, Huanyan Liu, Li Ma. Effect of three tropical plant essential oils on UVA-induced human HSF cell damage. 2024, 41
9.     Wencui Wang, Lei Yao, Mohan Hu, Miyuan Pi, Zhuqing Dai, Yuexing Zhu, Li Ma*. Essential ooils from Angelica sinensis and Ligusticum sinense ‘chuanxiong’ leaves ameliorate UV-induced cell photo-damage. Guangdong Chemical Industry 2025
10.   Yue Xu, Li Ma, Fei Liu*, Lei Yao*, Wencui Wang, Suzhen Yang, Tingting Han. Lavender essential oil fractions alleviate sleep disorders induced by the combination of anxiety and caffeine in mice. J Ethnopharmacol. 2023, 302(Pt A):115868

Ecology related:
1.     Xiaoying Li, Qiren Tan, Ying Zhou, Qincheng Chen, Peng Sun, Guoqing Shen*, Li Ma*. Synergic remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil by a combined system of persulfate oxidation activated by biochar and phytoremediation with basil: A compatible, robust and sustainable approach. 2023Chemical Engineering Journal 452: 139502
2.     Hualong Hong#, Li Ma# (共一), David B. Smith, Haoliang Lu, Chongling Yan, Kang Xia*, Mark A. Williams*. Precipitation-derived effects on the characteristics of proteinaceous soil organic matter across the continental United States. 2022Frontiers in Soil Science. 
3.     Xiaoying Li, Zhou Yu, Qincheng Chen, Chen Wang, Li Ma*, and Guoqing Shen*. Kill three birds with one stone: Iron-doped graphitic biochar from biogas residues for ammonium persulfate activation to simultaneously degrade benzo [a] pyrene and improve lettuce growth. Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 430: 132844.
4.     Li Ma*, Lei Yao, and Yuhong Li. Bioremediation of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon–contaminated urban soil: degradation dynamics and phytotransformation pathways. Journal of Soils and Sediments 22, 2022: 797-808.
5.     Li Ma*, Yuhong Li, Lei Yao, Hongmei Du. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil-turfgrass systems in urban Shanghai: Contamination profiles, in situ bioconcentration and potential health risks[J]. Journal of Cleaner Production2021, 289: 125833.
6.     Li Ma, Suqin Ding, Xueqing Fu, Zi Yan, Dongqin Tang*. Enzymatic and transcriptomic analysis reveals the essential role of carbohydrate metabolism in freesia (Freesia hybrida) corm formation. PeerJ. 2021.
7.     Li Ma and Scott R. Yates. Degradation and metabolite formation of 17β-estradiol-3-glucuronide and 17β-estradiol-3-sulphate in river water and sediment. Water Research2018, 139: 1–9 
8.     Li Ma* and Scott R. Yates. A review on structural elucidation of metabolites of environmental steroid hormones via liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. TrAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry2018, 109: 142-153 
9.     Li Ma and Scott R. Yates. Dissolved organic matter and estrogen interactions regulate estrogen removal in the aqueous environment: A review. Science of the Total Environment. 2018, 640–641: 529–542
10.   Li Ma*, Jing Lu#, Fei Mo, Mingjun Xiao, Wencui Wang. Spearmint planting in combination with its leaf amendment spurred dissipation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil. Submitted to International Journal of Phytoremediation.
​Landscape Plant Ecology, Landscape Low-Carbon Technology, Plant Physiology, Aromatic Plants and Big Health, Aromatic Plant-Derived Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
  • ​National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scientists, 2020.1-2022.12, P
  •  Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, 2019.10-2021.9 , PI
  •  School-Industry Cooperation: Technology for enriching anti-aging agents in an endangered plant and development of anti-aging products
  • School-Industry Cooperation: Percutaneous permeability advancement of essential oils and their anti-anxiety effects
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