Marine Microbial Biogeochemistry Lab

Guang-Chao Zhuang Professor, doctoral tutor of Ocean University of China Marine Microbial Biogeochemistry Lab

Guang-Chao Zhuang, professor and doctoral supervisor of Ocean University of China, Young specialist of Taishan Scholars in Shandong Province, selected by the national Youth Talent Project. Dr. Zhuang was awarded his Ph.D. by the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany in 2014, and then did postdoctoral work at the University of Georgia, Georgia, USA. In August 2019, he was appointed professor of Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China. His research focuses on the cross-disciplinary researches of Marine biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology, by combining geochemical analysis, radioisotopic tracer technology and molecular biology methods, revealing the mechanisms of production, metabolism and biogeochemistry cycles of methane and other climate-related small molecule compounds in different marine ecosystems, especially in deep-sea extreme ecosystems, such as cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, and the deep biosphere. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in Nature Communications, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology and Oceanography, Environmental Microbiology, etc. Dr. Zhuang has participated in multiple international cooperative expeditions involving manned deep-sea dives and ocean drilling programs. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia, USA. He was Associate Editor of the internationally renowned journal Continental Shelf Research (2021–2023) and serves as Associate Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science (since 2022). He is also a Guest Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science and Frontiers in Microbiology, an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Ocean University of China and Acta Oceanologica Sinica, and a review expert for the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). In addition, he serves as a council member of the Marine Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology and the Marine Chemistry Branch of the Chinese Society for Oceanography, as well as a reviewer for more than twenty leading international SCI journals in the fields of geoscience, oceanography, and microbiology.

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Biogeochemical processes in deep-sea extreme ecosystems, such as cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, and the deep biosphere.
Biogeochemical cycling of one-carbon compounds (e.g.: methane, methanol) in different ecosystems.
Microbially-mediated carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and other element cycling processes in various aquatic environments (marginal seas and deep seas) and sediments.