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Where did we publish? PNAS (9), Sci. Adv. (1), GRL (4), JGR (4), EPSL (4), GCA (2), Chem. Geol. (2), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (1), Anal. Chem. (2), ACS Earth Sp. Chem. (3), RCM (1) ...
List of Publications:
[#: Students or research assistants; ^: Post-docs; *: Lin as (co-)corresponding author]
2025
Chen, J., B. Lu#, L. Du#, M. Lin, S. Shen, I.P. Montanez, Z. Feng (2025). Regional post-deforestation weathering feedback drove diachronous C-S cycle perturbations during the end-Permian crisis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In press.
Wang, J., Z. Chen, Z. Cui, Q. Yang, L. Zhang, P. He, J. Chen, C. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, Y. Cao, J.W. Head, H. O'Neill, A. Tsuchiyama, Y. Amelin, M.M. Thiemens, C. Xing, B. Wei, W. Lu, M. Lin*, Y. Xu (2025). Impactor relics of CI-like chondrites in Chang'e-6 lunar samples. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In press.
Lin, M.* (2025). Chlorate chemistry from Earth to Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere. 130, e2025JD045217. (Invited Commentary)
Xian, X., S. Li, Y. Yang, J. Zhu, X. Lin, J. Xi, W. Yang, Y. Xiao, Y. Cao, C. Zhao, M. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, A. Tsuchiyama, M. Lin, H. He, Y. Xu (2025). Highly oxidized exogenous materials in Chang’e 6 sample returned from the lunar farside South Pole-Aitken basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 668, 119556.
Wu, X., J. Zhu, H. Yang, Y Yang, X. Lin, X. Liang, M. Lin*, B. Sherwood Lollar, K.O. Konhauser, H. He (2025). Crustal faulting drives biological redox cycling in the deep subsurface. Science Advances. 11, eadx5372.
Schubert, M, F. Saavedra, M. Lin, S. Terzer-Wassmuth, L. Hertle, I. Tegen, K. Knoeller, A. Schmidt (2025). Tackling voids in observations: An approach to reconstruct rainfall 35S timeseries from proxy parameters. ACS ES&T Water. 5, 7, 4002–4012.
Yu, X.^, M. Lin* (2025). Frequent millennial-scale oceanic redox oscillations recorded by negative pyrite Δ33S: Implications for Phanerozoic extinctions. Geophysical Research Letters. 52, e2025GL116574.
Zhang, L., Y. Liu, X. Du, D. Zhu, Z. Shi, M. Lin, and B. Jin (2025). Carbon isotope fractionation during volatilization of chlorinated organic compounds. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 40, 1006-1014. (Featured on the Back Cover)
Zhang, L., Y. Yang, J. Wang, Z. Cui, C. Wang, P. He, Y. Zhang, M. Lin, and Y.G. Xu (2025). Silicate liquid immiscibility in the Chang'e 5 lunar mare magmas: constraints on the petrogenesis of lunar granitic rocks. American Mineralogist. 110 (9), 1462–1471.
Niu, Z.#, M. Lin* (2025). Isotopic constraints on SO2 oxidation rates and their potential relationship with sulfate formation pathways in the planetary boundary layer. ACS Environmental Au. 5(3), 267–276. (Featured on the Front Cover; Part of special issue “2024 Rising Stars in Environmental Research”)
2024
He, Z., H. Xian, L. Xu, J. Zhu, M. Lin, X. Liang, H. He (2024). A modified spectrophotometry of micromolar H2O2 determination in iron-containing solutions with leuco crystal violet under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Analytical Methods. 16, 7460 - 7467. (Featured on the Front Cover)
Yu, X.^, X. Mei, J. Liu, B. Duan, R. Zhang, T. Li, G. Wei, M. Lin (2024). Anaerobic oxidation of methane and greigite formation: Evidence of isotopically heavy pyrite in Pleistoncene coastal sediments from the South Yellow Sea. Global and Planetary Change. 240, 104530.
Zhang, L., C. Wang, H. Xian, J. Wang, Y. Zhang, Z. Bao, M. Lin, Y. Xu (2024). Large magnesium isotopic fractionation in lunar agglutinatic glasses caused by impact-induced chemical diffusion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 378, 71-81.
Wang, C., Y.G. Xu, L. Zhang, Z. Chen, X. Xia, M. Lin, F. Guo (2024). A shallow (<100 km) ilmenite-bearing pyroxenitic source for young lunar volcanism. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 639, 118770.
Wang, K., S. Kang, M. Lin*, P. Chen, C. Li, X. Yin, S. Hattori, T.L. Jackson, J. Yang, Y. Liu, N. Yoshida, M.H. Thiemens (2024). Himalayas as a global hot spot for springtime stratospheric intrusions: insight from isotopic signatures in sulfate aerosols. Research in Cold and Arid Regions. 16, 5-13.
Schubert, M., M. Lin, J. Clark, M. Kralik, S. Damatto, L. Copia, S. Terzer-Wassmuth, A. Harjung (2024). Short-lived natural radionuclides as tracers in hydrogeological studies – A review. Science of the Total Environment. 920, 170800.
Yu, X.^, X. Liu, G. Wei, A. Li, M. Lin* (2024). Holocene climate regulates multiple sulfur isotope compositions of pyrite in the East China Sea via sedimentation rate. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 161, 106687.
Liu, Q., J. Li, W. Jiang, Y. Li, M. Lin, W. Li, Y. Shuai, H. Zhang, P. Peng, Y. Xiong (2024). Application of an absolute reference frame for methane clumped-isotope analyses. Chemical Geology. 646, 121922.
Lin, M.*, M.H. Thiemens (2024). 40 years of theoretical advances in mass-independent oxygen isotope effects and applications in atmospheric chemistry: A critical review and perspectives. Applied Geochemistry. 161, 105860. (Invited Review; Editors' Choice; Emerging Investigator Series)
2023
Yu, X.^, X. Mei, J. Liu, J. Lin#, G. Wei, X. Shi, J. Bai, M. Lin* (2023). Multiple sulfur isotopes of iron sulfides from thick greigite-bearing sediments indicate anaerobic oxidation and possible leakages of coastal methane. Geophysical Research Letters. 50, e2023GL103303.
Wang, S., Q. Lu, Z. Liang, X. Yu^, M. Lin, B. Mai, R. Qiu, W. Shu, Z. He, J.D. Wall (2023). Generation of zero-valent sulfur from dissimilatory sulfate reduction in sulfate-reducing microorganisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(20), e2220725120.
He, H., X. Wu, J. Zhu, M. Lin, Y. Lv, H. Xian, Y. Yang, X. Lin, S. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Teng, M.H. Thiemens (2023). A mineral-based origin of Earth’s initial hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(13), e2221984120.
Yin, B#, X. Yu^, X. Lin#, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. Lin* (2023). Toward the origins of quadruple sulfur isotope anomalies in modern sulfate: A multitracer approach and implications for paleo- and planetary atmospheres. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 7(4), 800-811. (Featured on the Front Cover)
Bai, J.H., M. Lin, S.X. Zhong, Y.N. Deng, L. Zhang, K. Luo, H. Wu, J.L. Ma, G.J. Wei (2023). High intermediate precision Sm isotope measurements in geological samples by MC-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 38, 629-637. (Featured on the Back Cover)
2022
Yu, X^, B. Yin#, M. Lin* (2022). Removal of contamination in helium for precise SF6-based Δ36S measurements. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 36(24), e9404.
Yang, J. K. Wang, M. Lin, X. Yin, S. Kang (2022). Not biomass burning but stratospheric intrusion dominating tropospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(38), e2211002119.
Guo, H.#, X. Yu^, M. Lin* (2022). Kinetic isotope effects in H2O2 self-decomposition: Implications for triple oxygen isotope systematics of secondary minerals in the solar system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 594, 117722.
Lin, X.#†, X. Yu^†, M. Lin* (2022). Analysis of Atmospheric Radiosulfur at Natural Abundance by a New-type Liquid Scintillation Counter Equipped with Guard Compensation Technology. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 6, 7, 1868–1875. (†Equal contributions)
Lin, M.* and M.H. Thiemens (2022). Cosmogenic radiosulfur tracking of solar activity and the strong and long-lasting El Niño events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(19), e2121550119. (Featured on the Front Cover)
2021
Zhang, N., G. Snyder, M. Lin, M. Nakagawa, A. Gilbert, N. Yoshida, R. Matsumoto, Y. Sekine (2021). Doubly substituted isotopologues of methane hydrate (13CH3D and 12CH2D2): Implications for methane clumped isotope effects, source apportionments and global hydrate reservoirs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 315, 127-151.
Wang, K., S. Hattori, M. Lin, S. Ishino, B. Alexander, K. Kamezaki, N. Yoshida, S. Kang (2021). Isotopic constraints on atmospheric sulfate formation pathways in the Mt. Everest region, southern Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 21, 8357–8376.
Lin, M.*, K. Wang, S. Kang, Y. Li, Z. Fan, M.H. Thiemens (2021). Isotopic signatures of stratospheric air at the Himalayas and beyond. Science Bulletin. 66 (4), 323-326.
Thiemens, M.H. and M. Lin* (2021). Discoveries of mass independent isotope effects in the solar system: past, present and future. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 86 (1), 35-95. (Invited Review)
2020
Lin, M.* and M.H. Thiemens (2020). A simple elemental sulfur reduction method for isotopic analysis and pilot experimental tests of symmetry‐dependent sulfur isotope effects in planetary processes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 21 (7), e2020GC009051.
Huang, J., S. Kang, R. Yin, M. Lin, J. Guo, K. Ram, C. Li, C. Sharma, L. Tripathee, S. Sun, F. Wang (2020). Decoupling Natural and Anthropogenic Mercury and Lead Transport from South Asia to the Himalayas. Environmental Science and Technology. 54(9), 5429-5436.
Postdoc Period (2018-2019 @ Tokyo Tech)
Kun, W., S. Hattori, S. Kang, M. Lin, N. Yoshida (2020). Isotopic constraints on the formation pathways and sources of atmospheric nitrate in the Mt. Everest region. Environmental Pollution. 267, 115274.
Lin, M.*, S. Hattori, K. Wang, S. Kang, M.H. Thiemens, N. Yoshida (2020). A complete isotope (δ15N, δ18O, Δ17O) investigation of atmospherically deposited nitrate in glacial-hydrologic systems across the Third Pole region. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125(19), e2019JD031878. (Featured on the Front Cover)
Zhang, N., M. Lin, K. Yamada, A. Kano, Q. Liu, N. Yoshida, R. Matsumoto (2020). The effect of H2O2 treatment on stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ18O and Δ47) of various carbonate minerals. Chemical Geology. 532, 119352.
Zhang, N., M. Lin, G. Snyder, Y. Kakizaki, K. Yamada, N. Yoshida, R. Matsumoto (2019). Clumped isotope signatures of methane-derived authigenic carbonates presenting equilibrium values of their formation temperatures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 512, 207-213.
Ph.D. Period (2013-2018 @ UC San Diego)
Chang, C.C., G.S. Burr, A.J.T. Jull, J. Russell, A. Priyadarshi, M. Lin, M. Thiemens, D. Biddulph (2019). Measurements of 129I in the Pacific Ocean at Scripps Pier and Pacific Northwest Sites: A search for effects from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Hanford. Science of the Total Environment. 689, 1023-1029.
Thiemens, M.H. and M. Lin (2019). Use of isotope effects to understand the present and past of the atmosphere and climate and track the origin of life. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58 (21), 6826-6844. (Invited Review)
Lin, M.*, X. Zhang, M. Li, Y. Xu, Z. Zhang, J. Tao, B. Su, L. Liu, Y. Shen, M.H. Thiemens (2018). Five-S-isotope evidence of two distinct mass-independent sulfur isotope effects and implications for the modern and Archean atmospheres. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (34), 8541-8546.
Lin, M.*, S. Kang, R. Shaheen, C. Li, S.-C. Hsu, M.H. Thiemens (2018). Atmospheric sulfur isotopic anomalies recorded at Mt. Everest across the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(27), 6964-6969.
Lin, M.* and M.H. Thiemens (2018). Accurate quantification of radiosulfur in chemically complex atmospheric samples. Analytical Chemistry. 90(4), 2884–2890.
Lin, M.*, S. Biglari and M.H. Thiemens (2017). Quantification of gas-to-particle conversion rates of sulfur in the terrestrial atmosphere using high-sensitivity measurements of cosmogenic 35S. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 1(6), 324–333.
Lin, M.*, S. Biglari, Z. Zhang, D. Crocker, J. Tao, B. Su, L. Liu, M.H. Thiemens (2017). Vertically uniform formation pathways of tropospheric sulfate aerosols in East China detected from triple stable oxygen and radiogenic sulfur isotopes. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(10), 5187-5196.
Lin, M.*, K. Wang, S. Kang, M.H. Thiemens (2017). Simple method for high-sensitivity determination of cosmogenic 35S in snow and water samples collected from remote regions. Analytical Chemistry. 89(7), 4116–4123.
Lin, M.*, L. Su, R. Shaheen, J.C.H. Fung, M.H. Thiemens (2016). Detection of deep stratospheric intrusions by cosmogenic 35S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (40) 11131-11136.
Lin, M.*, Z. Zhang, L. Su, B. Su, L. Liu, J. Tao, J.C.H. Fung, M.H. Thiemens (2016). Unexpected high 35S concentration revealing strong downward transport of stratospheric air during the monsoon transitional period in East Asia. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(5), 2315-2322.
Lin, M., Z. Zhang, L. Su, J. Hill-Falkenthal, A. Priyadarshi, Q. Zhang, G. Zhang, S. Kang, C.Y. Chan, M.H. Thiemens (2016). Resolving the impact of stratosphere-to-troposphere transport on the sulfur cycle and tropospheric ozone level over the Tibetan Plateau using a cosmogenic 35S tracer. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere. 121(1), 439-456.
Priyadarshi, A., J. Hill-Falkenthal, M. Thiemens, Z. Zhang, M. Lin, C. Chan, S. Kang (2014). Cosmogenic 35S measurements in the Tibetan Plateau to quantify glacier snowmelt. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere. 119(7), 4125-4135.
R.A. and M.Sc. Period (2008-2013 @ SYSU)
Li, Y., Z. Zhang, H. Liu, H. Zou, Z. Fan, M. Lin, D. Wu, B. Xia (2016). Characteristics, sources and health risk assessment of toxic heavy metals in PM2.5 at a megacity of Southwest China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 38, 353–362.
Tao, J., L. Zhang, K. Ho, R. Zhang, Z. Lin, Z. Zhang, M. Lin, J. Cao, S. Liu, G. Wang (2014). Impact of PM2.5 chemical compositions on aerosol light scattering in Guangzhou - the largest megacity in South China. Atmospheric Research. 135-136, 48-58.
Chen, X., Z. Zhang, G. Engling, R. Zhang, J. Tao, M. Lin, X. Sang, C. Chan, S. Li, Y. Li (2014). Characterization of fine particulate black carbon in Guangzhou, a megacity of South China. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 5(3), 361-370.
Zhang, Z.S., G. Engling, C.Y. Chan, Y.H. Yang, M. Lin, S. Shi, J. He, Y.D. Li, X.M. Wang (2013). Determination of isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol tracers (2-methyltetrols) by HPAEC-PAD: Results from size-resolved aerosols in a tropical rainforest. Atmospheric Environment. 70, 468-476.
Wu, D.L., M. Lin, C.Y. Chan, W.Z. Li, J. Tao, Y.P. Li, X.F. Sang, C.W. Bu (2013). Influences of commuting mode, air conditioning mode and meteorological parameters on fine particle (PM2.5) exposure levels in traffic microenvironments. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 13: 709-720.
Lin, M., I.N. Chan, C.Y. Chan, G. Engling, W. Bloss (2012). Implications of regional surface ozone increases on visibility degradation in southeast China. Tellus B. 64:1,19625.
Lin, M., J. Tao, C.Y. Chan, J.J. Cao, Z.S. Zhang, L.H. Zhu, R.J. Zhang (2012). Regression Analysis between recent air quality and visibility changes in megacities at four haze regions in China. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 12: 1049-1061.
Yang, Y., C.Y. Chan, J. Tao, M. Lin, G. Engling, Z. Zhang, T. Zhang, L. Su (2012). Observation of elevated fungal tracers due to biomass burning in the Sichuan Basin at Chengdu City, China. Science of the Total Environment. 431, 68-77.
Li, X., W. Qin, M. Lin, C.Y. Chan (2012). Determining coefficients in a reconstructed aerosol concentrations model from observed visibility. Environmental Technology. 33:9, 1037-1040.
Wan, J.M., M. Lin, C.Y. Chan, Z.S. Zhang, G. Engling, X.M. Wang, I.N. Chan, S.Y. Li (2011). Change of air quality and its impact on atmospheric visibility in central-western Pearl River Delta. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 172, 339–351.
Engling, G., Y.N. Zhang, C.Y. Chan, X.F. Sang, M. Lin, K.F. Ho, Y.S. Li, C.Y. Lin, J.J. Lee (2011). Characterization and sources of aerosol particles over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau during the Southeast Asia biomass-burning season. Tellus B. 63:1, 117-128.
Zhang, T., G. Engling, C.Y. Chan, Y.N. Zhang, Z.S. Zhang, M. Lin, X.F. Sang, Y.D. Li, Y.S. Li (2010). Contribution of fungal spores to particulate matter in a tropical rainforest. Environmental Research Letters. 5, 024010.