{"id":116,"date":"2023-09-25T09:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:38:15","slug":"mengqiang-zhu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/members\/mengqiang-zhu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mengqiang “Mike” Zhu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Associate Professor (2019 - present)
\nSoil and Environmental Biogeochemistry
\nDepartment of Geology
\nUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
\nOffice: CHM 1217A
\nLabs:
\nPhone: (301) 405-9117 (office)
\nEmail:\u00a0mqzhu@umd.edu<\/a>
\nCV<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n

Ph.D., Environmental Soil Chemistry<\/b>
\nUniversity of Delaware, August 2010
\nDissertation: Crystal structure and reactivity of biotic and abiotic poorly crystalline manganese oxides
\nAdvisor: Dr. Donald L. Sparks<\/i><\/p>\n

M.S., Environmental Chemistry<\/b>
\nResearch Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 2005
\nThesis: Zinc hydrolysis and adsorption on manganite surfaces
\nAdvisor: Dr. Gang Pan<\/i><\/p>\n

B.E., Environmental Engineering<\/b>
\nNorth China Electric Power University, July 2002<\/p>\n

Post-doctoral Training<\/h2>\n

Environmental Geochemistry<\/p>\n

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and University of California-Berkeley, July 2013
\nResearch: Ferric iron (Fe3+<\/sup>) hydrolysis and precipitation in aqueous solutions studied using rapid data acquisition synchrotron X-ray spectroscopic and scattering techniques
\nMentors: Dr. Glenn A. Waychunas (LBL) and Dr. Jillian F. Banfield (UCB)<\/i><\/p>\n

Areas of Specialization<\/h2>\n

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;<\/p>\n

Associate Editors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2023 - present)<\/p>\n

Geochemical Transactions (2016 -present)<\/p>\n

Soil Science Society of America Journal (2017 - 2023)<\/p>\n

Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Soil Science Society of America Journal<\/i>\u00a0Outstanding Associate Editor Award (2018)<\/p>\n

UW Agricultural Experimental Station Early Career Research Achievement Award (2018)<\/p>\n

Distinguished Alumni, North China Electric Power University, China (2018)<\/p>\n

National Science Foundation Early Career Award (2018)<\/p>\n

Nominee for National Synchrotron Light Source-II Users' Executive Committee Member (2016, 2018)<\/p>\n

Synchrotron Environmental Science Travel Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory (2014, 2017)<\/p>\n

Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Awards, American Chemical Society (2010)<\/p>\n

Joe B. and Martha Dixon Soil Mineralogy Award, Soil Science Society of\u00a0<\/span>America (2009)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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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:\u00a0mqzhu@umd.edu CV\u00a0(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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/157"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/sebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}