Dr. ZHANG Li 張莉
Assistant Lecturer
Room 342, 3/F, Science Centre North Block
3943 5495
Education
| 2019 | Ph.D. Geomicrobiology | Miami University |
| 2012 | B.S. Geology | Peking University |
Academic Employments
| 2023 – present | Assistant Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2019 – 2022 | Research Affiliate (Bioinformatician), Illinois Sustainable Technology Center |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Impact of environmental factors such as salinity on microbial communities
- Mineral-microbe-metal(iron) interactions
- Microbial remediation of nitrate
- Nitrogen biogeochemical cycling
Honours and Awards
| 2018 | Student Oral Presentation Award (top six), 55th Annual International Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society |
| 2015 | Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship for the outstanding doctoral student, Miami University |
Teaching
Current
| EESC1001 Exploring Earth and Environmental Sciences EESC1009 Introductory Practical Course in Earth and Environmental Sciences EESC2110 Geoscience Field Study EESC2270 Introduction to Environmental Science EESC3330 Biogeochemistry EESC3510 Environmental Microbiology EESC4510 Statistical Methods |
College Affiliation in CUHK
Chung Chi College
Selected Recent Publications
- Zhao, L., Shao, H., Zhang, L., Panno, S.V., Kelly, W.R., Lin, T.Y., Liu, W.T., Flynn, T.M. and Berger, P. (2022). Impact of salinity origin on microbial communities in saline springs within the Illinois Basin, USA. Environmental Microbiology, 24(12), 6112-6127. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16241
- Dong H., Huang L., Zhao L., Zeng Q., Liu X., Sheng Y., Shi L., Wu G., Jiang H., Li F., Zhang L., Guo D., Li G., Hou W. and Chen H. (2022). A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications. National science review, 9(10), nwac128. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac128
- Zhang L., Dong H., Kukkadapu R. K., Jin Q. and Kovarik L. (2019) Electron transfer between sorbed Fe(II) and structural Fe(III) in smectites and its effect on nitrate-dependent iron oxidation by Pseudogulbenkiania sp. strain 2002. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 265, 132–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.042
