Leilei Zhang


Former visiting scholar Leilei Zhang published the first paper from the research she conducted as an intern in the Hoagland Lab investigating how nanoplastic contamination in soils can influence plant-soil-microbial feedbacks. Results of this study will help scientists develop solutions to this growing problem. “The combination of hyperspectral imaging, untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics highlights a…Read more about Former Visiting Scholar Publishes Research Paper[Read More]


The Hoagland Lab welcomed new visiting scholar, Leilei Zhang, currently a PhD student at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy. During her internship here at Purdue, Leilei will conduct studies investigating the impacts of different types of microplastics on critical plant and microbial processes. Please welcome Leilei to HLA!


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