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
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)
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
