Group head: Yongguan (Y-G) Zhu, PhD (London)
Professor of Environmental Soil Sciences and Environmental Biology
Contact details:
Research Centre for Eco-environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 18 Shuangqing RD, PO Box 2871 Beijing 100085 P R China Fax: +86 10 6292 3563 Email: ygzhu@rcees.ac.cn
Major research interests:
Environmental contamination and remediation; Plant ecology and nutrition; mycorrhizas; restoration ecology;
Education and Qualification
July 1989: BSc. in soil science and plant nutrition from Zhejiang Agricultural University, Hangzhou, P. R. China.
July 1992: MSc in soils and environmental chemistry, the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China.
June 1998: PhD in environmental plant physiology from the University of London (Imperial College), UK.
June 1998: Diploma of Imperial College (DIC), UK.
Current position and previous employment
January 2002- Head, Department of Soil Environmental Science, Research Centre for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (recruited through the “Outstanding Overseas Young Chinese” scheme); From September 2007, also visiting professor of The University of Adelaide
June 1998-December 2001 Research fellow, Department of Soil and Water, The University of Adelaide;
March 1994-March 1995 Royal Society Research Fellow, Departments of Agricultural and Environmental Science, and Applied Plant Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK;
May 1992-March 1994 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Plant Nutrition and Molecular Biology, the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Service to the discipline: · Member, Standing Advisory Group of Nuclear Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) · Editorial board, Environmental Pollution · Advisory Editorial Board: Trends in Plant Science · Marschner Reviews Editor, Plant and Soil · Advisory board, New Phytologist
Key international collaborators
Professor Andy Meharg, University of Aberdeen: arsenic biogeochemistry in Southeast Asia; Professors Sally/Andrew Smith. A/Professor Rob Reid, Dr Petra Marschner, The University of Adeliade: Soil biology, plant nutrition and membrane biology; Professor Mike McLaughlin, CSIRO/The University of Adelaide: metal toxicity and risk assessment; Professor Barry Rosen, Wayne State University: molecular biology of arsenic metabolism in plants and microbes; Dr Andreas Kappler, University of Tubingen: geomicrobiology, particularly on iron cycling in paddy soils;
Lab members Staff: Dr Yizong Huang, Associate Prof., Pollution EcologyDr Guilan Duan, Assistant Prof., Molecular Plant Physiology Dr Min Qiao, Assistant Prof., Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment Ms Ying Hu, Assistant Prof., Stress Plant Physiology Ms Yunxia Liu, Technician, Lab management Postdoc: Dr Guoxin Sun, Bioremediation and Bioanalytical Chemistry Dr Paul Nicholas Williams,Environmental ChemistryDr Aijun Lin, Bioremediation and Ecotoxicology Postgraduates: Ms Meimei Chen (PhD candidate), Microbial Ecology Mr Xinjun Wang (PhD candidate), Molecular Microbial Ecology Ms Shuang Liu (PhD candidate), Organic Pollution RemediationMs Xin Zhang (PhD candidate), Plant Hyperaccumulation Mr Ming Lei (PhD candidate), Pollution Remediation Ms Lihong Wang (PhD candidate), Molecular Plant Physiology Ms Jing Zhang (PhD candidate), Plant Physiology Ms Xueping Chen (PhD candidate),Microbial Ecology Ms Hongbin Yin (PhD candidate),Ecological Stoichiometry Mr Huan Deng (PhD candidate),Microbial Ecology Ms Yan Dong (MS candidate), Mycorrhiza Ecology Mr Yanchao Huang (MS candidate), Microbial Fuel Cell Mr Weiguo Gao (MS candidate), Soil Chemistry Ms Xiangyan Meng (MS candidate), Molecular Biology Mr Liang Meng (MS candidate),Soil Organic Pollution RemediationMs Jing Yang (MS candidate),Microbial Ecology Ms Nan Wu (MS candidate),Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment Mr Zhaosu Wang (MS candidate),Molecular Microbial Ecology Mr Xiaowei Hao (MS candidate),Pollution Ecology Ms Bo Zhang (PhD candidate), EcotoxicologyMr Xiaofang Li (PhD candidate), Microbial Ecology |