Biography

I was born and raised in an inland city in northern China. I had never imaged myself to be a chemical oceanographer before going to college until the first time I touched and then tasted (not recommended!) real seawater. I was amazed by ocean’s vast size, chemical composition, and role in impacting our daily lives, so I decided to do my part to protect the oceans professionally.

I received an MSc degree from Xiamen University by identifying the carbon sources in fueling the formation of hypoxia in the Eastern China Sea with the stable carbon isotope. In 2013, I moved to the United States to pursue my Ph.D. at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. During my Ph.D. training, my research mainly focused on hypoxia formation in the Gulf of Mexico and local Texas estuaries. Meanwhile, I gradually picked up research interests in ocean acidification, a side effect of continuous CO2 uptake by the ocean. During my first round of postdoc training at the University of Delaware, I examined the interaction between ocean acidification and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. I then went on to a second round of postdoctoral training at the University of Washington Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, & Ecosystem Studies. I used cutting-edge, uncrewed surface vehicles to study the carbon cycle and ocean acidification in the Pacific Arctic Region. At GSO, I plan to dedicate my career to studying carbon cycle responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stressors in different ecosystems.