Mineral–microbe–organic matter interactions
矿物—微生物—有机质相互作用
Fudan University · Environmental Science & Engineering
Environmental biogeochemistryacross interfaces and scales
We study how interactions among minerals, microorganisms and organic matter regulate carbon persistence, redox processes and contaminant fate.
跨越界面与尺度的环境生物地球化学。
Soil carbon under climate and land-use change
气候与土地利用变化下的土壤碳
Contaminant fate across Earth-surface systems
地球表层系统中的污染物归趋
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Our point of departure
Linking interfacial processes to long-term environmental change.
Our environmental-biogeochemistry program combines interfacial chemistry and spectroscopy, microbial ecology, long-term field experiments, evidence synthesis and modeling to connect molecular mechanisms with ecosystem and Earth-system change.
2018Founded
2National young-talent awardees
110+Publications
Seconds–centuriesFrom test tubes to nature
Benchmark labRecognized by Fudan
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Research highlights
Connecting interfacial mechanisms, long-term observations and global synthesis
Across soil carbon, mineral–microbe processes and contaminant fate, we build evidence from controlled experiments, long-term records and spatial synthesis.
Mineral–carbon–contaminant interfaces
矿物—碳—污染物界面
We resolve how iron, manganese and sulfur mineral transformations regulate carbon retention, electron transfer and contaminant stability.
SpectroscopySurface chemistryReactive transport
Soil carbon under climate and land-use change
气候与土地利用变化下的土壤碳
We connect long-term field experiments, ecological-restoration chronosequences and global synthesis to study soil-carbon stocks and persistence-related indicators.
Long-term experimentsMulti-omicsGlobal synthesis
Emerging-contaminant geochemistry
新污染物环境过程
We trace the formation, transport, transformation and risk of halogenated organics, microplastics and other emerging contaminants.
High-resolution MSEnvironmental modelingRisk assessment
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People
Complementary expertise across interfaces and scales
Our team connects environmental biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, spectroscopy, long-term field observation, evidence synthesis and spatial modeling.
Principal Investigator · 课题组负责人
Zimeng Wang
Tenured Professor, SEP Endowed Chair Professor, PhD Supervisor · Former Editor-in-Chief and Honorary Consulting Editor, Applied Geochemistry
An environmental biogeochemist studying mineral–microbe–organic matter controls on soil carbon, redox processes and contaminant fate. He received the ACS James J. Morgan Early Career Award and the IAGC Ebelmen Award.
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Selected work
Connecting mechanism, environment and scale
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Browse publication archive Environmental Science & Technology · 2024
Microbially driven iron cycling facilitates organic carbon accrual in decadal biochar-amended soil
长期生物炭农田中的微生物铁循环促进有机碳积累Connecting microbial iron cycling, mineral transformation and soil-carbon accrual in a long-term field experiment.
View paper 02Nature Geoscience · 2023
Substantial halogenated organic chemicals stored in permafrost soils on the Tibetan Plateau
青藏高原冻土储藏了大量卤代有机物Revealing a major pool of bound-residue contaminants in permafrost and its climate-sensitive risk.
View paper 03Science Advances · 2023
Evidence for nontraditional mcr-containing archaea contributing to biological methanogenesis in geothermal springs
新型产甲烷古菌的环境生物地球化学功能得到实验证实Experimental validation of nontraditional methanogenic archaea in geothermal springs.
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Recent news
What is happening now
Research funding
The project “Survey of Water Quality and Aquatic Ecological Conditions in China–Vietnam Transboundary Rivers” has been approved under the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Key R&D Program of China, as part of its “Comprehensive Scientific Surveys of Southwest China and the Beibu Gulf Region” initiative. Guangxi University leads the project, with Prof. Zimeng Wang serving as a subproject leader.
Recognition
Prof. Zimeng Wang has been appointed SEP Endowed Chair Professor at Fudan University. The chair was endowed by Jin Yang, chairman of SEP Analytical, who holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Fudan.
Publication
The paper “Optimized Sequential Extraction for Organic-Bound Manganese in Soils: Enhancing the Characterization of Mn(III) Species” by Xingxing Wang, Xiaohan Lu and colleagues was accepted by Geoderma.
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Go deep on mechanisms. Connect across scales.
We welcome students and researchers who care about the natural environment and Earth science, work with integrity and value rigorous scholarship.