Zhanfei Liu
- Professor
- Marine Science
I am seeking a full-time Research Scientist Associate III or Postdoc Fellow. For details and application, please use this link: https://utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/PORT-ARANSAS-TX/Research-Scientist-Associate-III_R_00036766.
Contact Information
Research
I am mainly interested in understanding the source, distribution and diagenesis of biogenic and anthropogenic compounds in the ocean, including dissolved, particulate, and sedimentary organic matter, organic contaminants, and microplastics. Measuring organic compounds in environmental samples must involve different analytical instruments, thus my lab hosts a series of state of the art instrumentation, including GC, LC, MS, FTIR, and pyrolysis etc.
Research Areas
- Oceans and Freshwater
Fields of Interest
- Marine Chemistry
- Biogeochemistry
- Analytical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
Education
- Ph.D., Coastal Oceanography, Stony Brook University (2006)
- M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, China (2000)
- B.S., Chemical Oceanography, Xiamen University, China (1997)
Publications
Recent representative publications (for a full list see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GJ2DVWUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
Jiang, X., Gallager, S., Pamies, R.P., Ruff, S.M., Liu Z. 2024. Laboratory-simulated photoirradiation reveals strong resistance of primary macroplastics to weathering. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 14775-14.
Douglas, S., Xue, J., Hardison, A., Liu, Z. 2023. Phytoplankton community response to a drought-to-wet climate transition in a subtropical estuary. Limnology & Oceanography 68, S187-S201.
Lu, K., Liu, Z. 2022. The formation of refractory dissolved organic nitrogen in the ocean from free amino acids. Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL100041.
Lu K., Li X., Chen H., Liu Z. 2021. Constraints on isomers of dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments: Insights from ion mobility mass spectrometry. Geochimica et Cosmohimica Acta 308, 353-372.
Wang, Q.*, Leonce, B., Seeley, M.E., Adegboyega, N.F., Lu, K., Hockaday, W.C., Liu, Z. 2020. Elucidating the formation pathway of photo-generated asphaltenes from light Louisiana sweet crude oil after exposure to natural sunlight in the Gulf of Mexico. Organic Geochemistry. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104126)