YOUXUE ZHANG

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Department of Geological Sciences

The University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA

 

Tel.   734-763-0947

Fax    734-763-4690

E-mail:  youxue@umich.edu

Web:  http://www.umich.edu/~youxue/

 

 

Education:

         B.S., Peking University, China, Geology, 1982

         M.A., Columbia University, Geological Sciences, 1985

         M. Phil., Columbia University, Geological Sciences, 1987

         Ph. D., Columbia University, Geological Sciences, 1989

 

Professional Experiences:

         Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1988-1991

         Assistant Professor, The University of Michigan, 1991-1997

         Associate Professor, The University of Michigan, 1997-2004

         Professor, The University of Michigan, 2004-present

           Jiangzuo Professor (Guest Professor), Peking University, 2005

           Changjiang Jiangzuo Professor (Guest Professor), Peking University, 2006-2007

 

Academic Awards and Honors:

         F.W. Clarke Medal by the Geochemical Society, 1993

         Young Investigator, 1994-1999, US NSF

         Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005

         Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), 2005

         Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 2009

         Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2017

 

Service Awards:

         Community Service Award by the Chinese Association of Greater Detroit, 2002

         Outstanding Contribution Award by the Chinese Schools Association of the US, 2003

         Service Award by the Association of University of Michigan Chinese Professors, 2004

 

Memberships:

         American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Fellow)

         American Geophysical Union (AGU) (Fellow)

         Geochemical Society

         Geological Society of America (GSA) (Fellow)

         Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) (Fellow)

 

Research Interests:

         Gas-driven volcanic and lake eruptions, experimental and theoretical

         Kinetics and dynamics of geological processes: diffusion, reaction, geospeedometry

         Geochemical evolution of the mantle, crust, and atmosphere, degassing history

         Volatiles in melts, glasses, minerals, and the mantle, application of FTIR

         Experimental petrology, thermodynamics and phase equilibria

         Methane hydrate in marine environment

         Moon, meteorites and cosmochemistry

         Inclusions in minerals

         Age of the earth