YOUXUE ZHANG, CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Department of Geological Sciences

The University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063

 

Tel. 734-763-0947

Fax 734-763-4690

E-mail youxue@umich.edu

WWW: http//www-personal.umich.edu/~youxue/

Education:

B.S., Peking University, China, Geology, 1982

M.A., Columbia University, Geological Sciences, 1985

M. Phil., Columbia University, Geological Sciences, 1987

Ph. D., Columbia University, Geological Sciences, 1989

  

Professional Appointments:

Teaching assistant, Columbia University, for two semesters

Graduate research assistant, Columbia University, 1983-1988

Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1988-1991

Assistant Professor, The University of Michigan, 1991-1997

Associate Professor, The University of Michigan, 1997-2004
       Professor, The University of Michigan, 2004-present

 

Academic Awards and Honors:

Teaching Fellowship, 1992, University of Michigan

F.W. Clarke Medal by the Geochemical Society, 1993

Rackham Research Fellowship, 1994, University of Michigan

Young Investigator, 1994-1999, US NSF
       Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005
       Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), 2005

Other Recognitions:

Various Who's Who's (Who's Who in America since 1995; Am. Men&Women of Sci. since 1998; Who's who in Hunan, 1999; 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century, 2000; International Who's Who of Professionals, etc.)

 

Service Awrds:

Community Service Award by the Chinese Association of Greater Detroit, 2002

Memberships:

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Geochemical Society

Geological Society of America

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
   

Research Interests:

Gas-driven volcanic and lake eruptions, experimental simulation and theoretical analysis

Kinetics and dynamics of geological processes: diffusion, reaction, geospeedometry

Geochemical evolution of the mantle, crust, atmosphere and the core, degassing history

Volatiles in melts, glasses, minerals, and the mantle, application of FTIR

Experimental petrology, thermodynamics and phase equilibria

Methane hydrate in marine environment

Meteorites and cosmochemistry

Inclusions in minerals

Age of the earth