Email: yiming.zhang@cug.edu.cn; yiming.zhang.cug@outlook.com

Address: Office B511-2, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, No. 68 Jincheng Street, Wuhan, Hubei Province

Websites: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yiming-Zhang-20

Professional Experience:

2022/06 - now. Postdoctoral researcher. Environmental Science and Engineering. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). Collaborator: Prof. Hongmei Wang

Education and Appointments:

2019/11 - 2021/11. Joint training PhD student. Organic Geochemistry Unit, University of Bristol. Advisor: Prof. Rich Pancost and Dr. David Naafs

2015/09 - 2022/06. PhD in Quaternary Geology. School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). Advisor: Prof. Shucheng Xie and Prof. Xianyu Huang

2011/09 - 2015/06. Bachelor of Science in Geology. China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).

Current Research Interest:

Peatland biogeochemical cycles

Microbial lipids and their isotopic compositions

Greenhouse gas emissions monitoring

Dissolved organic carbon dynamics

Selected Publications:

Zhang Y, Huang X, Zhang Z, Blewett J, Naafs B D A, 2022. Spatiotemporal dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in a subtropical wetland and their implications for methane emissions. Geoderma, 419, 115876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115876

Zhang Y, Naafs B D A, Huang X, Song Q, Xue J, Wang R, Zhao M, Evershed R P, Pancost R D, Xie S, 2022. Variations in wetland hydrology drive rapid changes in the microbial community, carbon metabolic activity, and greenhouse gas fluxes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 317, 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.11.014

Zhang Y, Huang X, Wang R, Naafs B D A, 2020. The distribution of long-chain n-alkan-2-ones in peat can be used to infer past changes in pH. Chemical Geology, 544, 119622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119622

Zhang Y, Zheng M, Meyers P A, Huang X, 2017. Impact of early diagenesis on distributions of Sphagnum n-alkanes in peatlands of the monsoon region of China. Organic Geochemistry, 105, 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.12.007

Honors and Awards:

2022, Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

2017, National Scholarship for Doctoral Students

2017, Best Oral Presentation Award of the 4th International Conference on Geobiology

2016, Outstanding Student Paper Award of China Geosciences Joint Academic Annual Conference

2016, the first prize of the 27th Scientific and Technological Papers Report of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

2015, Excellent Bachelor's Thesis of Hubei Province

Academic Conference:

August 2022, Beijing (online), 21st International Congress of Sedimentology, oral presentation

November 2021, Xiamen (online), 8th Bio-Organic Geochemistry Symposium, oral presentation

June 2020, Hawaii, USA (online), Goldschmidt Conference, oral presentation

October 2019, Xining, 6th Youth Geoscience Forum, oral presentation

November 2018, Qingdao, 12th National Quaternary Academic Conference, poster

October 2018, Xi'an, 6th Bio-Organic Geochemistry Symposium, oral presentation

October 2017, Hangzhou, 5th Bio-Organic Geochemistry Symposium, oral presentation

September 2017, Florence, Italy, 28th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, poster

June 2017, Wuhan, 4th International Conference on Geobiology, oral presentation

October 2016, Beijing, China Geosciences Joint Academic Annual Conference, oral presentation