Dr. Mengqiang "Mike" Zhu
Associate Professor (2019 - present)
Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry
Department of Geology
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
Office: CHM 1217A
Labs:
Phone: (301) 405-9117 (office)
Email: mqzhu@umd.edu
CV (pdf)
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Soil Chemistry
University of Delaware, August 2010
Dissertation: Crystal structure and reactivity of biotic and abiotic poorly crystalline manganese oxides
Advisor: Dr. Donald L. Sparks
M.S., Environmental Chemistry
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 2005
Thesis: Zinc hydrolysis and adsorption on manganite surfaces
Advisor: Dr. Gang Pan
B.E., Environmental Engineering
North China Electric Power University, July 2002
Post-doctoral Training
Environmental Geochemistry
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and University of California-Berkeley, July 2013
Research: Ferric iron (Fe3+) hydrolysis and precipitation in aqueous solutions studied using rapid data acquisition synchrotron X-ray spectroscopic and scattering techniques
Mentors: Dr. Glenn A. Waychunas (LBL) and Dr. Jillian F. Banfield (UCB)
Areas of Specialization
Elemental (phosphorus, sulfur, metals and carbon) biogeochemical cycles in soils; Mineral-water interfacial processes, including mineral-organic matter interactions; Formation and transformation of Mn and Fe oxides;
Associate Editors
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2023 - present)
Geochemical Transactions (2016 -present)
Soil Science Society of America Journal (2017 - 2023)
Awards
Soil Science Society of America Journal Outstanding Associate Editor Award (2018)
UW Agricultural Experimental Station Early Career Research Achievement Award (2018)
Distinguished Alumni, North China Electric Power University, China (2018)
National Science Foundation Early Career Award (2018)
Nominee for National Synchrotron Light Source-II Users' Executive Committee Member (2016, 2018)
Synchrotron Environmental Science Travel Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory (2014, 2017)
Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Awards, American Chemical Society (2010)
Joe B. and Martha Dixon Soil Mineralogy Award, Soil Science Society of America (2009)
