Name
YANG, Ziming
Position and Affiliated Institution
Associate Professor, Oakland University, USA
Degree
Ph.D. in Geochemistry
Education and Academic Employment
| Education: | |
| 2014 | Ph.D., Arizona State University |
| Academic Employment: | |
| 2022-Present | Associate Professor, Oakland University |
| 2016-2022 | Assistant Professor, Oakland University |
| 2014-2016 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Research Topic
Understanding organic matter transformations in complex environments
Fields of Research Interests
Biogeochemistry, Organic geochemistry, Astrobiology
Academic Publications
- Aspin, A., Ellis, R., Stull, M., Yang, Z. Survivability and pathways of amino acids in oceanic hydrothermal systems: A mechanistic study of phenylalanine. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025, 398, 44-53.
- Neveu, M., Aspin, A., Naseem, M., Yang, Z. Effect of the liquid-vacuum transition on the relative abundances of amino and fatty acids sought as biosignatures on icy ocean worlds. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024, 630, 118622.
- Aspin, A., Smith, B., Burcar, E., Firestone, Z., Yang, Z. Experimental and theoretical investigation on alkene transformations in oceanic hydrothermal fluids: A mechanistic study of styrene. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50, e2023GL103738.
- Zaporski, J. and Yang, Z. Effects of magnetite on phosphorus storage and carbon cycling in Lake Michigan shoreline sediments. Applied Geochemistry, 2022, 140, 105293.
- Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Yang, Z. Anaerobic oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids under hydrothermal conditions. RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 1738-1741.
