Mengqiang 'Mike' Zhu

Dr. Mengqiang "Mike" Zhu

Associate Professor (2019 - present)
Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
Office: Ag 1007
Labs: Ag 1029/1024
Phone: 307-766-5523 (office), 307-766-2502 (Lab 1029)
Email: mzhu6@uwyo.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, metals and carbon) biogeochemical cycles in soils; Formation, transformation and structure of Mn and Fe oxides; Mineral-water interfacial processes

Associate Editors

Soil Science Society of America Journal (2017 - )

Geochemical Transactions (2016 -present)

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)