Resume
2015 -present: Professor, The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016 – 2017: Visitor Scholar, The Simon Fraser University, Canada
2008 - 2015: Associate Professor, The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008.4 – 2008.6: Senior Research Scientist, The City University of Hong Kong
2004 - 2008: Assistant Professor, The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education
2001 - 2004: Ph.D in Marine Chemistry, The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1998 - 2001: M. Sc. in Environmental Science, The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1994-1998: B.Sc. in Chemistry Education, Shandong Normal University

Research Interests
Aggregation and biogeochemistry of the suspended particles in ocean; harmful algal blooms mitigation and control; eutrophication

Selected Publications
1. Zhang Yue, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Yongquan Yuan, Xihua Cao, 2018. Effects of modified clay used for the control of harmful algal blooms on Alexandrium pacificum cysts. Harmful Algae, 72:36-45.
2. Zhou Peng, Xiuxian Song, Yongquan Yuan, Xihua Cao, Wentao Wang, Lianbao Chi, Zhiming Yu, 2018. Water mass analysis of the East China Sea and interannual variation of Kuroshio Subsurface Water intrusion through an Optimum Multiparameter method, J. Geophys. Res: Oceans(Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans)，123(5):3723-3738.
3. Zhou Peng, Xiuxian Song, Yongquan Yuan, Wentao Wang, Lianbao Chi, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu* , 2018. Intrusion of the Kuroshio Subsurface Water in the southern East China Sea and its variation in 2014 and 2015 traced by dissolved inorganic iodine species，Progress in Oceanography, 165: 287–298.
4. Zhu Jianan, Zhiming Yu, Liyan He, Xihua Cao, Shuya Liu, and Xiuxian Song, 2018. Molecular Mechanism of Modified Clay Controlling the Brown Tide Organism Aureococcus anophagefferens Revealed by Transcriptome Analysis，Environmental Science & Technology, (Environ. Sci. Technol. )，52: 7006-7014.
5. Liu Shuya, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, 2018. Physiological and photosynthetic responses of Karenia mikimotoi to the modified clay mitigation method, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133:491-499.
6. Wang Wentao, Zhiming Yu, Zaixing Wu, Shuqun Song, Xiuxian Song, Yongquan Yuan, Xihua Cao, 2018. Rates of nitrification and nitrate assimilation in the Changjiang River estuary and adjacent waters based on the nitrogen isotope dilution method, Continental Shelf Research, 163：35-43.
7. Wang Wentao, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Zaixing Wu, Yongquan Yuan, Peng Zhou and Xihua Cao, 2018. Intrusion Pattern of the Offshore Kuroshio Branch Current and Its Effects on Nutrient Contributions in the East China Sea, J. Geophys. Res: Oceans(Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans), 123: 2116–2128.
8. Chi Lianbao, Xiuxian Song, Yongquan Yuan, Wentao Wang, Peng Zhou, Xin Fan, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu, 2017. Distribution and key influential factors of dissolved oxygen off the Changjiang River Estuary (CRE) and its adjacent waters in China, Marine Pollution bulletin, 125：440–450.
9. Zhou Peng, Xiuxian Song, Yongquan Yuan, Wentai Wang, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu. 2017. Intrusion pattern of the Kuroshio Subsurface Water onto the East China Sea continental shelf traced by dissolved inorganic iodine species during the spring and autumn of 2014, Marine Chemistry，196: 24-34.
10. Liu Shuya, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao. 2017. Effects of modified clay on the physiological and photosynthetic activities of Amphidinium carterae Hulbur, Harmful algae, 70: 64-72.
11. Yu Zhiming, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, Yang Liu. 2017. Mitigation of harmful algal blooms using modified clays: Theory, mechanisms, and applications, Harmful algae, 2017，69：48-64.
12. Lu Guangyuan, Xiuxian Song, Zhiming Yu, Xihua Cao, Yongquan Yuan. 2017. Application of PAC-modified kaolin to mitigate Prorocentrum donghaiense: effects on cell removal and phosphorus cycling in a laboratory setting, Journal of Applied Phycology, 29:917–928.
13. Cao Xihua, Zhiming Yu, Zaixing Wu, Fangjin Cheng, Liyan He, Yongquan Yuan, Xiuxian Song, Jianle Zhang, Yongfeng Zhang, Wanlei Zhang. 2018. Environmental characteristics of annual pico/nanophytoplankton blooms along the Qinhuangdao Coast. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 36(2): 281-292.
14. Xu Xin, Zhiming Yu, Fangjin Cheng, Liyan He, Xihua Cao, Xiuxian Song. 2017. Molecular diversity and ecological characteristics of the eukaryotic phytoplankton community in the coastal waters of the Bohai Sea, China, Harmful Algae, 61:13–22.
15. Xu Xin, Yu Zhiming, He Liyan, Cheng Fangjin, Cao Xihua, Song Xiuxian. 2017. Nano- and microphytoplankton community characteristics in brown tide bloom-prone waters of the Qinhuangdao coast, Bohai Sea, China. Science China: Earth Sciences，60: 1189-1200.
16. Wang Wentao, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Zaixing Wu, Yongquan Yuan, Peng Zhou and Xihua Cao, 2016. The effect of Kuroshio Current on nitrate dynamics in the southern East China Sea revealed by nitrate isotopic composition, J. Geophys. Res: Oceans, 121: 7073–7087.
17. Wu Zaixing, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Yanfeng Li, Xihua Cao, Yongquan Yuan, 2016. A methodology for assessing and mapping pressure of human activities on coastal region based on stepwise logic decision process and GIS technology, Ocean & Coastal Management, 120：80-87.
18. Liu Yang, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Lixia Qiu, 2016. Flocculation of harmful algal cells using modified clay: effects of the properties of the clay suspension. Journal of Applied Phycology, 28：1623-1633.
19. Liu Yang, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Lixia Qiu, 2016. Controlling of harmful algae blooms using aluminum-modified clay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103:211-219.
20. Yu Haiyan, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, Yongquan Yuan and Guangyuan Lu, 2015. Seasonal variation in the nitrogen isotopic composition of dissolved nitrate in the Changjiang River estuary, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science，155：148-155.
21. Lu Guangyuan, Xiuxian Song, Zhiming Yu, Xihua Cao, Yongquan Yuan，2015. Environmental effects of modified clay flocculation on Alexandrium tamarense and paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins (PSTs), Chemsophere, 127:188-194.
22. Wang Zhifu，Zhiming Yu，Xiuxian Song，Xihua Cao，Yue Zhang，2014. Effects of ammonium and nitrate on encystment and growth of Scrippsiella trochoidea，Chinese Science Bulletin, 59（33）：4491-4497.