Name: Zhiming YU, Ph.D.
Present Position: Director & Professor, The Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
WG3 Expert, NOWPAP CEARAC (North West Pacific Action Plan, Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Centre), UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
Research fields: Marine environmental science, including coastal eutrophication, harmful algal blooms (HAB), HAB mitigation, biogeochemistry of nutrients (N & P), etc.
Academic Qualifications: Ph.D. (Marine Chemistry, Ocean University of China), 1991; M.S. (Polymer Science, Qingdao University of Technology & Science), 1987; B.Sc. (Chemistry, Qingdao University of Science & Technology), 1981
Professional Experience
2001.01-now Director, The Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1995.12-now Professor, Department of marine environmental science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2006.01-2006.07 Senior visiting scientist, Georgia University, USA
1999.11-2000.04 Guest Investigator, Wools Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
1997‑1998 & 2001 Visiting scientist, Department of Earth & Ocean Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
1994.07‑1995.12 Visiting scholar, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
1994.01‑1995.06 Visiting scholar, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada
1991.08‑1993.08 Post‑doctoral Fellow, Department of marine environmental science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1982.02‑1984.08 Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, Qingdao University of Science & Technology
Academic Distinctions
2010 The Second Class Award for Innovation in Marine Science & Technology, offered by the State Oceanic Administration of China
2007 The Second Class Award for Technological Invention, offered by Shandong Province Government, China
2004 The Second Class Award for Innovation in Marine Science & Technology, offered by the State Oceanic Administration of China
2003 The Second Class Award for Natural Science, offered by Government of Qingdao, China
2002 Winner of the "Special Allowance" offered by The State Council of China
2002 The First Class Award for Science & Technology, offered by the Ministry of Education, China
1996 The Second Degree Award for Science & Technology, offered by Chinese Academy of Sciences
Summary of Publications
Book : 1
Research Papers: 130
Selected Publications ( * Corresponding author)
1. Zhiming Yu et al., 2011, Eutrophication in Changjiang estuary and its adjacent waters, Science Press, China.
2. Bo Liu, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Fei Yang , 2010, Effects of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate on the Mytilus galloprovincialis biomarker system, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73(5): 835-841.
3. JIANG Tao, YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, CAO Xihua, YUAN Yongquan, 2010, Long-term ecological interactions between nutrient and phytoplankton community in the Changjiang, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 28(4): 887-898.
4. Xiujuan Liu, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, 2009, The Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Dissolved Nitrate in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Estuary, China, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 85(4): 641-650。
5. Chao Chai , Zhiming Yu* , Zhiliang Shen, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, Yun Yao, 2009, Nutrient characteristics in the Yangtze River Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea before and after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam, Science of the Total Environment, 407:4687-4695.
6. LIU Xiu-Juan, YU Zhi-Ming,* SONG Xiu-Xian, CAO Xi-Hua，2009，Pretreatment Method for Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis of Nitrate in Seawater，Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry，37（5）：643-647.
7. Yanfang Zhao, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song and Xihua Cao, 2009. Biochemical compositions of two dominant bloom- forming species isolated from the Yangtze River Estuary in response to different nutrient conditions, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 368:30-36.
8. Zhihua Feng, Xiuxian Song, Zhiming Yu*, 2008. Distribution characteristics of matrix-bound phosphine along the coast of China and possible environmental controls, Chemosphere, 73: 519-525.
9. You Wang, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Xuexi Tang and Zhang Shandong. 2007. Effects of macroalgae Ulva pertusa (Chlorophyta) and Gracilaria lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta) on growth of four species of bloom-forming dinoflagellates. Aquatic Botany, 86: 139-147.
10. Chao Chai, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song and Xihua Cao, 2006. The status and characteristics of eutrophication in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea, China. Hydrobiologia, 563:313-328.
11. Wu Jifa, Yu Zhiming*, Song Xiuxian, Wang You, 2006, Response of integrated markers of fish (Lateolabrax japonicus) exposing to benzo[a]pyrene and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 65: 230-236.
12. Zhiming Yu, Mario R. Sengco and Donald M. Anderson, 2004, Flocculation and removal of the brown-tide organism, Aureococcus anophagefferens (Chrysophyceae), using clays, Journal of Applied Phycology, 16:101-110.
13. Zhiming Yu, Caiwen Li and Yueqiang Guan, 2003, Effect of salinity on the immune responses and outbreak of white spot syndrome in the shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus, Ophelia, 57(2).
14. YU Zhiming, SONG Xiuxian, 2003, Matrix-bound Phosphine ¾A New Form of Phosphorus Found in Sediment of Jiaozhou Bay, Chinese Science Bulletin, 48(1): 31-35.
15. Yu Zhiming, Sun Xiaoxia, Song Xiuxian and Zhang Bo, 1999, Clay surfaces modification and its coagulation of red tide organisms, Chinese Science Bulletin, 44(7): 617-620.
16. Yu Zhiming and D. V. Subba Rao, 1998, Impact of germanium on the growth of Psuedonitzschia pungens f. multiseries and the production of algal toxin, Chinese Science Bulletin, 43(24): 2091-2095.
