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 Experiences

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

JiangzuoProfessor (Guest Professor), Peking University, 2005

ChangjiangJiangzuoProfessor (Guest Professor), Peking University, 2006-2007

Academic Awards and Honors

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

Young Investigator, 1994-1999, US NSF

Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), 2005

Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 2009

Service Awards

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

Outstanding Contribution Award by the Chinese Schools Association of the US, 2003

Service Award by the Association of University of Michigan Chinese Professors, 2004

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Fellow)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Geochemical Society

Geological Society of America (GSA) (Fellow)

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) (Fellow)

Research Interests

Gas-driven volcanic and lake eruptions, experimental and theoretical

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

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

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

Experimental petrology, thermodynamics and phase equilibria

Methane hydrate in marine environment

Moon, meteorites and cosmochemistry

Inclusions in minerals

Age of the earth