Name： Zhiming YU
Title：Professor
Research Field: Marine Environmental Sciences
Tel/Fax: 86-532-82898581/86-532-82898566
E-mail: zyu@qdio.ac.cn
More: http://klmees.qdio.cas.cn/

Resume:
2001 – present, Professor/Director, Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS)
2015 – present, Director, Marine ecology and environmental science laboratory ,Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)
1996-2001, Professor, Department of marine environmental science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1993-1996, Associate Professor, Department of marine environmental science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1991-1993, Post-doc Fellow, Department of marine environmental science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1982-1984, Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, Qingdao University of Science & Technology

International Experiences:
2006.01-07, Senior visiting scientist, Georgia University, USA
1999.11-2000.04, Guest Investigator, Wools Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
1996 1997, Visiting scientist, Department of Earth & Ocean Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
2001-2002, Visiting scientist, Department of Earth & Ocean Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
1994-1995, Post-doc Fellow, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
1994.01-06, Visiting scholar, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada

Education：
Ph.D., 1991, Ocean University of China
M.S., 1987, Qingdao University of Science & Technology
B.S. , 1981, Qingdao University of Science & Technology

Professional Memberships：
WG3 Expert, NOWPAP CEARAC, UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) (2009-NOW)
Council Member, Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology (CSOL) (2004 -NOW)
Director, Branch of aquatic environment, CSOL (2009-NOW)

Research Interests:
HABs control and mitigation, costal eutrophication, Nitrogen isotopes

Honors and Awards:
2019, Chinese patent prize of excellence, awarded by state intellectual property office of China.
2018, Shandong patent prize (1st class), awarded by people's government of Shandong province.
2015, Ocean engineering science and technology prize (1st class), awarded by China Association of Oceanic Engineering.
2010, The Prize for Innovation in Marine Science & Technology (2nd class), awarded by the State Oceanic Administration of China
2007, The Prize for Technological Invention (2nd class), awarded by Shandong Province Government, China
2004, The Prize for Innovation in Marine Science & Technology (2nd class), awarded by the State Oceanic Administration of China
2003, The Prize for Natural Science (2nd class), awarded by Government of Qingdao, China
2002, Winner of the "Special Allowance" awarded by The State Council of China
2002, The Prize for Science & Technology (1st class), awarded by the Ministry of Education, China
1996, The Prize for Science & Technology (2nd class), awarded by Chinese Academy of Sciences

Selected Publications
Monograph:
Zhiming Yu, Zhiliang Shen etc., 2011, Eutrophication in the Changjiang River Estuary and Adjacent Waters, Science Press, Beijing, pp549.
Papers:
1. Jianan Zhu, 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.
2. Shuya Liua, 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.
3. Wentao Wang, 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.
4. Wentao Wang, 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.
5. Yue Zhang, 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.
6. Lianbao Chi, 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.
7. Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, Yang Liu, 2017, Mitigation of harmful algal blooms using modified clays: Theory, mechanisms, and applications, Harmful algae, 69: 48-64.
8. Shuya Liu, 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.
9. Xin Xu, 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.
10. Jing Li, Xiuxian Song*, Yue Zhang, Jun Pan, Zhiming Yu*. 2017. An Investigation of the Space Distribution of Ulva Microscopic Propagules and the Ship-based Experiment of Mitigation Using Modified Clay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 117:247-254.
11. Yongquan Yuan, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao.2017. Temporal and spatial characteristics of harmful algal blooms in Qingdao waters, China, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Liminology, 35(2):400-414.
12. WANG Wentao, YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, WU Zaixing, YUAN Yongquan , ZHOU Peng, CAO Xihua.2017. Characteristics of the δ15NNO3 distribution and its drivers in the Changjiang River estuary and adjacent waters, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Liminology, 35(2):367-382.
13. Wentao Wang, 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, doi:10.1002/2016JC011882.
14. Zaixing Wu, 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.
15. Yang Liu, 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.
16. Yang Liu, Xihua Cao*, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Lixia Qiu, 2016. Controlling of harmful algae blooms using aluminum-modified clay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103:211-219.
17. Yang Liu, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Lixia Qiu, 2015. Flocculation of harmful algal cells using modified clay: effects of the properties of the clay suspension. Journal of Applied Phycology, DOI: 10.1007/s10811-015-0735-x.
18. Haiyan Yu, 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.
19. Guangyuan Lu, 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.
20. Liyan He，Xiaotian Han，Zhiming Yu*，2014. A Rare Phaeodactylum tricornutum Cruciform Morphotype: Culture Conditions, Transformation and Unique Fatty Acid Characteristics, PLoS ONE, 9(4): e93922.
21. WANG Zhifu , YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, CAO Xihua , HAN Xiaotian , 2014. Effects of modified clay on cysts of Scrippsiella trochoidea for harmful algal bloom control，Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Liminology, 32（6）：1373-1382.
22. Cheng Fangjin, Yu Zhiming*，Song Xiuxian, 2014. Long-term changes in sedimentary diatom assemblages and their environmental implications in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River estuary, China, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Liminology, 32(1): 155-161.
23. Yu Haiyan, Yu Zhiming*, Song Xiuxian, Cao Xihua, Yuan Yongquan, Lu Gangyuan and Liu Lili. 2014. Key nitrogen biogeochemical processes revealed by the nitrogen isotopic composition of dissolved nitrate in the Changjiang River Estuary, China. Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, 32(1): 162-173.
24. LIN Yongxin, CAO Xihua*, SONG Xiuxian, Wang Nan and Yu Zhiming*, 2013. Mechanisms and factors influencing the adsorption of sodium alginate onto modified clays, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Liminology, 31(4):867-875.
25. Yun Liu, Xiuxian Song*, Xihua Cao, Zhiming Yu*, 2013. Responses of photosynthetic characters of Skeletonemacostatum to different nutrient conditions, Journal of Plankton Research, 35(1):165-176.
26. JIANG Tao, YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, CAO Xihua, 2012. Nitrogen budget in the Changjing River drainage area, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Liminology, 30(4): 654-667.
27. Xiangan Li, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, Yongquan Yuan, 2011. The Seasonal Characteristics of Dissolved Oxygen Distribution and Hypoxia in the Changjiang Estuary, Journal of Coastal Research, 27（6A）:52-62.
28. Junxiang Lai, Zhiming Yu*, Xiuxian Song, Xihua Cao, Xiaotian Han, 2011. Responses of the growth and biochemical composition of Prorocentrum donghaiense to different nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 405:6-17.
29. LI Xiang'an, YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, CAO Xihua, YUAN Yongquan, 2011. Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets of the Changjiang estuary, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 29（4）: 762-774.
30. WANG Hongliang, YU Zhiming*, CAO Xihua, SONG Xiuxian，2011，Fractal dimensions of flocs between clay particles and HAB organisms，Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology，29（3）:656-663.
31. JIANG Tao, YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, CAO Xihua，YUAN Yongquan, 2010，Long-term ecological interactions between nutrient and phytoplankton community in the Changjiang estuary，Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 28（4）：887-898.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. Wang You, Yu Zhiming*, Song Xiuxian, Zhang Shandong, 2006. Interactions between the bloom- forming dinoflagellates Prorocentrum donghaiense and Alexandrium tamarense in laboratory cultures. Journal of Sea Research, 56:17-26.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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): 99--106.
42. Yueqiang Guan, Zhiming Yu* and Caiwen Li, 2003, The effects of temperature on white spot syndrome infections in Marsupenaeus japonicus, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 83:257-260.
43. YU Zhiming*, SONG Xiuxian, 2003, Matrix-bound Phosphine A New Form of Phosphorus
44. 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.
45. Nathalie A. Waser, Zhiming Yu, Kedong Yin, etc., 1999, Nitrogen isotopic fractionation during a simulated diatom spring bloom: importance of N-starvation in controlling fractionation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, V179: 291-296.
46. Nathalie A. Waser, Kedong Yin, Zhiming Yu, etc., 1998, Nitrogen isotope fractionation during nitrate, ammonium and urea uptake by marine diatoms and coccolithophores under various conditions of N availability, Marine Ecology Progress Series, V169: 29-41.
47. 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.
48. Yu Zhiming, Zou Jingzhong and Ma Xinian, 1995, Application of clays to removal of red tide organisms III. The coagulation of kaolin on red tide organisms, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 13(1): 62-70.
49. Yu Zhiming, Zou Jingzhong and Ma Xinian, 1994，Application of clays to removal of red tide organisms I. Coagulation of red tide organisms with clays, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 12(3): 193-200.
50. Yu Zhiming, Zou Jingzhong and Ma Xinian, 1994, Application of clays to removal of red tide organisms II. Coagulation of different species of red tide organisms with montmorillonite and effect of clay pretreatment, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 12 (4): 316-324.

Invention Patents:
1. Composition for controlling seawater algae flower and fresh water algae flower（ZL 00 1 29333.8）
2. Modified white clay and its application in treating red tide and fresh water algal bloom（ZL 2005 1 0045789.3）
3. Apparatus for treating algae blooming by using clay and method of use thereof（ZL 2007 1 0115326.9）
4. Microalgae molecular biology method for detecting sea water nitrogen limitation（ZL 2010 1 0280143.4）
5. China coastal eutrophication evaluation model and operation system construction method thereof（ZL 2010 1 0290891.0）
6. Method for improving marine brown tide removing efficiency of PAC (Polyaluminium Chloride) modified clay（ZL2013 1 0141281.8）
7. A kind of Modified clay with high removal efficiency for controlling harmful algal blooms （ZL201510712215.0）
8. Device and method for improving removal rate of offshore algae bloom by utilizing modified clay powder（ZL201410112649.2）
9. Simple floc collection device able to maintain floc integrity（ZL201310304386.0）
10. A methodology for measurement of stable isotope value of nitrogen and oxygen of nitrate （ZL201410419225.0）