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Current Research Topics

I am interested in the rules of stable isotopic fractionation during various physical, chemical, and biological processes. These rules can be used to solve problems in many branches of sciences. Most of my current research topics are of geological interests, with a focus of utilizing triple oxygen isotope composition of sulfate.

Early Earth
South Africa

North China

Neoproterozoic global glaciation

South China

Svalbard, Arctic Ocean

Hyperarid Environments

Antarctic Dry Valleys

The Central Namib Desert

The Atacama Desert

Northwestern China

Microbial sulfur cycles

Sulfate reduction and oxidation

Air O₂ signal in geological sulfate

Sulfur gas oxidation associated with volcanic eruptions

North America