| Education and Appointments: |
July 1989: BSc., Zhejiang (Agricultural) University, Hangzhou, P. R. China.
July 1992: MSc., Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China.
June 1998: PhD, University of London (Imperial College), UK.
June 1998: Diploma of Imperial College (DIC), UK.
Current position and previous employment
October 2007-: Deputy Director, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS
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);
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; |
| Research Interest: |
Soil-plant interactions, rhizosphere, contaminant ecology, soil biology |
| Selected Publications: |
1.Chen X P, Zhu Y G*, Xia Y, Shen J P and He J Z 2008 Ammonia-oxidizing archaea: important players in paddy rhizosphere soil? Environmental Microbiology 10, 1978-1987.
2.Chen Z, Zhu Y G*, Liu W J and Meharg A A 2005 Direct evidence showing the effect of root surface iron plaque on arsenite and arsenate uptake into rice (Oryza sativa) roots. New Phytologist 165, 91-97.
3.Guo W, Zhu Y G*, Liu W J, Liang Y C, Geng C N and Wang S G 2007 Is the effect of silicon on rice uptake of arsenate (As-v) related to internal silicon concentrations, iron plaque and phosphate nutrition? Environmental Pollution 148, 251-257.
4.Liu W J, Zhu Y G*, Hu Y, Williams P N, Gault A G, Meharg A A, Charnock J M and Smith F A 2006 Arsenic sequestration in iron plaque, its accumulation and speciation in mature rice plants (Oryza sativa L.). Environmental Science & Technology 40, 5730-5736.
5.Liu W J, Zhu Y G*, Smith F A and Smith S E 2004 Do phosphorus nutrition and iron plaque alter arsenate (As) uptake by rice seedlings in hydroponic culture? New Phytologist 162, 481-488.
6.Williams P N, Lei M, Sun G X, Huang Q, Lu Y, Deacon C, Meharg A A and Zhu Y G* 2009 Occurrence and Partitioning of Cadmium, Arsenic and Lead in Mine Impacted Paddy Rice: Hunan, China. Environmental Science & Technology 43, 637-642.
7.Zhang J, Zhu Y G*, Zeng D L, Cheng W D, Qian Q and Duan G L 2008 Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with arsenic accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa). New Phytologist 177, 350-355.
8.Zhang X, Zhao F J, Huang Q, Williams P N, Sun G X and Zhu Y G* 2009 Arsenic uptake and speciation in the rootless duckweed Wolffia globosa. New Phytologist 182, 421-428.
9.Zhu Y G*, Sun G X, Lei M, Teng M, Liu Y X, Chen N C, Wang L H, Carey A M, Deacon C, Raab A, Meharg A A and Williams P N 2008a High percentage inorganic arsenic content of mining impacted and nonimpacted Chinese rice. Environmental Science & Technology 42, 5008-5013.
10.Zhu Y G*, Williams P N and Meharg A A 2008b Exposure to inorganic arsenic from rice: A global health issue? Environmental Pollution 154, 169-171. |
| Supported Projects: |
CAS Key program of knowledge innovation : (kzcx1-yw-06 ) “Development of technologies for environmental pollution control and demonstration in Beijing-Tianjin region”, total award amount: RMB 5,600,000, start date 01/01/2007, end date 12/31/2010,
The Ministry of Science and Technology 973 Program: (2007CB407300) “Formation, ecotoxicological effect and remediation of combined pollution in Beijing, Tianjin and Bohai Bay Region.” total award amount : RMB1,000,000, start date: 2007-05-01, end date: 2011-08-31
NSFC Key international cooperation program: (20720102042) “Studies on the mechanisms of the interactions between persistent toxic substances at soil/plant root interfaces”, total award amount: RMB1,000,000, start date 01/01/2008, end date 12/31/2010,
BBSRC: (BB/F004184/1) “ Characterizing genetic & soil induced variation in arsenic uptake, translocation & metabolism in rice to facilitate mitigation of arsenic contamination in Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa”. total award amount :￡23,000, start date 01/01/2008, end date 12/31/2010,
NSFC Program: (40671102) “Microbiological processes in iron plaque formation on the rice root surface and mechanisms involved”, total award amount: RMB 450,000, start date 01/01/2007, end date 12/31/2009,
EPFL DDC Program “Relevance of arsenic complexed with organic matter in Chinese groundwater” total award amount: CHF 154,900, start date 2009, end date 2012, |
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National Outstanding Young Scientists Award