{"id":5519,"date":"2026-09-16T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:34:08","slug":"dr-baiyu-helen-zhang-appointed-co-editor-in-chief-of-environmental-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/dr-baiyu-helen-zhang-appointed-co-editor-in-chief-of-environmental-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Baiyu Helen Zhang Appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"665\">NRPOP Laboratory is pleased to congratulate <strong data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"520\">Dr. Baiyu Helen Zhang<\/strong> on her appointment as an <strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"604\">Co-Editor-in-Chief of <em data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"602\">Environmental Reviews<\/em><\/strong>, alongside Dr. Rolf Vinebrooke from University of Alberta.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"1025\">Drs. Zhang and Vinebrooke joined the journal\u2019s editorial leadership team on <strong data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"764\">September 1, 2026<\/strong>, bringing complementary expertise in environmental engineering and environmental change. They will succeed Dr. John Smol, who has served as Editor-in-Chief of <em data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"947\">Environmental Reviews<\/em> for more than two decades. His current term will conclude at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5524 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/Baiyu-Zhang-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1334\">Dr. Zhang is a <strong data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1133\">Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland<\/strong> and a <strong data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1202\">Canada Research Chair in Coastal Environmental Engineering<\/strong>. Her research focuses on the behavior, impact, and mitigation of marine and coastal pollution, particularly emerging contaminants.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1379\">Reflecting on her new role,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1379\">\u00a0Dr. Zhang said:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1731\">\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1383\" data-end=\"1731\">\u201c<em data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1407\">Environmental Reviews<\/em> serves as a vital bridge connecting environmental science, engineering, and policy to tackle our most pressing environmental and ecological challenges. I\u2019m excited to bring an engineering perspective to the journal and to work with Rolf to expand the journal&#8217;s reach, impact and service to the global scientific community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"2050\">Published since 1993, <em data-start=\"1755\" data-end=\"1778\">Environmental Reviews<\/em> publishes authoritative literature reviews across a broad range of environmental science and related fields. The journal\u2019s new editorial leadership will support its continued publication of high-impact reviews addressing established and emerging environmental challenges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2199\"><strong data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2199\">NRPOP Laboratory congratulates Dr. Zhang on this significant editorial leadership appointment and wishes her continued success in her new role.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"715\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"678\" data-content-reference-end=\"773\"><span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdnsciencepub.com\/do\/10.1139\/news.2026.09.14\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"715\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRPOP Laboratory is pleased to congratulate Dr. Baiyu Helen Zhang on her appointment as an Co-Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Reviews, alongside Dr. Rolf Vinebrooke from University of Alberta. Drs. Zhang and Vinebrooke joined the journal\u2019s editorial leadership team on September 1, 2026, bringing complementary expertise in environmental engineering and environmental change. They will succeed Dr. John Smol, who has served as Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Reviews for more than two decades. His current term will conclude at the end of 2026. Dr. Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a Canada Research Chair in Coastal Environmental Engineering. Her research focuses on the behavior, impact, and mitigation of marine and coastal pollution, particularly emerging contaminants. Reflecting on her new role, \u00a0Dr. Zhang said: \u201cEnvironmental Reviews serves as a vital bridge connecting environmental science, engineering, and policy to tackle our most pressing environmental and ecological challenges. I\u2019m excited to bring an engineering perspective to the journal and to work with Rolf to expand the journal&#8217;s reach, impact and service to the global scientific community.\u201d Published since 1993, Environmental Reviews publishes authoritative literature reviews across a broad range of environmental science and related fields. The journal\u2019s new editorial leadership will support its continued publication of high-impact reviews addressing established and emerging environmental challenges. NRPOP Laboratory congratulates Dr. Zhang on this significant editorial leadership appointment and wishes her continued success in her new role. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":5520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appointment","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5519"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5530,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5519\/revisions\/5530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5519"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/nrpop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=5519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}