Jiying's CV

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Education

  • Ph.D. (2014), University of Minnesota, USA, Limnology and Oceanography – Water Resources Science

Thesis Title: Sediment diagenesis in large lakes Superior and Malawi, geochemical cycles and budgets and comparison to marine sediments

  • M.Sc. (2011), University of Minnesota, USA, Water Resources Science

Thesis Title: Diagenesis and sediment-water exchanges in organic-poor sediments of Lake Superior

  • B.Sc. (2008) , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Environmental Science and Engineering

Research Areas

  • Aquatic biogeochemistry
  • Sediment early diagenesis
  • Stable isotope geochemistry: phosphate oxygen isotopes
  • Aquatic microbiology, polyphosphate metabolism

Professional Experiences

  • 7/21/2018 – Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth (Katsev Group)
  • 9/1/2016 – 6/30/2018: Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough (Dittrich Group)
  • 9/1/2014 – 7/31/2016: Postdoctoral Researcher at Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware (Jaisi Group)
  • 9/1/2008 – 8/30/2014: Doctoral research at Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth (Katsev Group)

Teaching

  • Guest lecturer: Limnology, University of Toronto Scarborough (Spring 2018)
  • Guest lecturer: Current Questions in Mathematics and Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough (Spring 2017)
  • Lab instructor and teaching assistant: General Physics II (Fall 2009), General Physics I (Fall 2008; Spring 2009), Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

Mentoring

  • Co-advisor: exchange Master student Blandine Barthod, thesis title "Sediment Geochemistry and Phosphorus Internal Loading in Lake of the Woods, Canada", University of Toronto Scarborough, 2017- 2018
  • Co-advisor: work-study undergraduate student Oleksandra Kaskun, project "Phosphorous Uptake by Cyanobacteria, a Culture Study", University of Toronto Scarborough, 2016-2018
  • Advisor: volunteer undergraduate student Dushara Ragavachari, University of Toronto Scarborough, Summer 2017