Books:

• Yang, Z. and Aspin, A. (2023) Hydrothermal Chemistry. ACS In Focus, eISBN:9780841299658. [link]

Peer-Reviewed Publications (group members are in bold):

2024

• Chen, K., Feng, J., Bodelier, P., Yang, Z., Huang, Q., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Cai, P., Tan, W., Liu, Y. Metabolic coupling between soil aerobic methanotrophs and denitrifiers in rice paddy fields. Nature Communications, 2024, in press.

• Neveu, M.,† Aspin, A.,† Naseem, M., Yang, Z. Effect of the liquid-vacuum transition on the relative abundances of amino and fatty acids sought as biosignatures on icy ocean worlds. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024, 630, 118622 († equal contribution). [link]

• Neveu, M., Quinn, R., Barge, L., Craft, K., German, C. Getty, S., Glein, C., Parra, M., Burton, A., Cary, F., Corpolongo, A., Fifer, L., Gangidine, A., Gentry, D., Georgiou, C., Haddadin, Z., Herbold, C., Inaba, A., Jordan, S., Kalucha, I., Klier, P., Knicely, J., Li, A., McNally, P., Millan, M., Naz, N., Raj, C., Schroedl., P., Timm, J., Yang, Z. Future of the search for life: Workshop report. Astrobiology, 2024, 24, 114-129. [link]

2023

• Aspin, A., Smith, B., Burcar, E., Firestone, Z., Yang, Z. Experimental and theoretical investigation on alkene transformations in oceanic hydrothermal fluids: A mechanistic study of styrene. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50, e2023GL103738. [link]

• Liu, Y., Guo, L., Yang, Z., Xu, Z., Zhao, J., Wen, S., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Chen, L. Multidimensional drivers of mercury distribution in global surface soils: Insights from a global standardized field survey. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 12442-12452. [link]

• Wen, S., Chen, J., Yang, Z., Deng, L., Feng, J., Zhang, W., Zeng, X., Huang, Q., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Liu, Y. Climatic seasonality challenges the stability of microbial-driven deep soil carbon accumulation across China. Global Change Biology, 2023, 29, 4430-4439. [link]

• Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Yang, Z. Correction: Anaerobic oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids under hydrothermal conditions. RSC Advances, 2023, 13, 6412-6413. [link]

• Sridhar, A., Chen, X., Glossmann, T., Yang, Z., Xu, Y., Lai, W., Zeng, X. Single-frequency impedance studies on an ionic liquid-based miniaturized electrochemical sensor toward continuous low-temperature CO2 monitoring. ACS Sensors, 2023, 8, 197-206. [link]

2022

• Zhou, X., Qu, X., Yang, Z., Zhao, J., Hao, Y., Feng, J., Huang, Q., Liu, Y. Increased water inputs fuel microbial mercury methylation in upland soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 439, 129578. [link]

• Zaporski, J. and Yang, Z. Effects of magnetite on phosphorus storage and carbon cycling in Lake Michigan shoreline sediments. Applied Geochemistry, 2022, 140, 105293. [link]

• Zhang, L., Philben, M., Tas, N., Johs, A., Yang, Z., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Pierce, E., Gu, B. Unravelling biogeochemical drivers of methylmercury production in an Arctic fen soil and a bog soil. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 299, 118878. [link]

• Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Yang, Z. Anaerobic oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids under hydrothermal conditions. RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 1738-1741. [link]

2021

• Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Fu, X., Yang, Z. Hydrothermal transformations of alcohols with copper(II) and iron(III) salts. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2021, 5, 2021-2031. [link]

• Hammond, D., Murri, A., Mastitisky, S., Yang, Z., Foster, S., Schweitzer, L. Geosmin reduction by algaecide application to drinking water: Field scale efficacy and mechanistic insights. Heliyon, 2021, 7, e07706. [link]

• Mancuso, C., Jamison, M., Zaporski, J., Yang, Z. Effects of coagulant morphology and chemical properties on soluble reactive phosphate removal in corn ethanol wastewater. Water Environment Research, 2021, 93, 2589-2597. [link]

• Robinson, K., Bockisch, C., Gould, I., Liao, Y., Yang, Z., Glein, C., Shaver, G., Hartnett, H., Williams, L., Shock, E. Quantifying the extent of amide and peptide bond synthesis across conditions relevant to geologic and planetary environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021, 300, 318-332. [link]

• Dai, S., Yang, Z., Tong, Y., Chen, L., Liu, S., Pan, R., Li, Y., Zhang, C., Liu, Y., Huang, Q. Global distribution and environmental drivers of methylmercury in sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 407, 124700. [link]

2020

• Philben, M., Zhang, L., Yang, Z., Tas, N., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Gu, B. Anaerobic respiration pathways and response to increased substrate availability of Arctic wetland soils. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2020, 22, 2070-2083. [link]

• Fu, X., Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Yang, Z. Effect of copper salts on amide hydrothermal formation and reactivity. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2020, 4, 1596-1603. [link]

• Fu, X., Liao, Y., Glein, C., Jamison, M., Hayes, K., Zaporski, J., Yang, Z. Direct synthesis of amides from amines and carboxylic acids under hydrothermal conditions. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2020, 4, 722-729. [link]

• Zaporski, J., Jamison, M., Zhang, L., Gu, B., Yang, Z. Mercury methylation potential in a sand dune on Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 729, 138879. [link]

• Fu, X., Jamison, M., Jubb, A., Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Hayes, K., Glein, C., Yang, Z. Effect of copper salts on hydrothermal oxidative decarboxylation: A study of phenylacetic acid. Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 2791-2794. [link]

• Liu, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Yang, Z., Feng, J., Zhu, J., Huang, Q. Microbial taxonomic and functional attributes consistently predict soil CO2 emissions across contrasting croplands. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 702, 134885. [link]

2019

• Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Zhou, X., Qu, X., Li, Z., Zhong, H. Overlooked role of putative non-Hg methylators in predicting methylmercury production in paddy soils. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53, 12330-12338. [link]

• Yang, Z., Liao, Y., Fu, X., Zaporski, J., Peters, S., Jamison, M., Liu, Y., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Gu, B. Temperature sensitivity of mineral-enzyme interactions on the hydrolysis of cellobiose and indican by b-glucosidase. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 686, 1194-1201. [link]

• Philben, M., Zheng, J., Bill, M., Heikoop, J., Perkins, G., Yang, Z., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Gu, B. Stimulation of anaerobic organic matter decomposition by subsurface organic N addition in tundra soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2019, 130, 195-204. [link]

2018

• Zheng, J., Roy Chowdhury, T., Yang, Z., Gu, B., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D. Impacts of temperature and soil characteristics on methane production and oxidation in Arctic tundra. Biogeosciences, 2018, 15, 6621-6635. [link]

• Zhao, L., Lu, X., Polasko, A., Johnson, N., Miao, Y., Yang, Z., Mahendra, S., Gu, B. Co-contaminant effects on 1,4-dioxane biodegradation in packed soil column flow-through systems. Environmental Pollution, 2018, 243, 573-581. [link]

• Yang, Z. and Fu, X. An experimental protocol for studying mineral effects on organic hydrothermal transformations. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018, 138, e58230. 

• Chen, H.,† Yang, Z.,† Chu, R., Tolic, N., Liang, L., Graham, D., Wullschleger, S., Gu, B. Molecular insights into Arctic soil organic matter degradation under warming. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52, 4555-4564 († equal contribution). [link]

• Liu, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Wang, J., Hu, H., Yang, Z., He, J. New insights into the role of microbial community composition in driving soil respiration rates. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2018, 118, 35-41. [link]

• Yang, Z., Gould, I., Williams, L. Hartnett, H., Shock, E. Effects of iron-containing minerals on hydrothermal reactions of ketones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018, 223, 107-126. [link]

• Van Ginkel, S., Miceli, J., Kim, B., Yang, Z., Young, M., Marcus, A., Rittmann, B. Determining the mechanism for low sludge yields in the Cannibal Solids Reduction System. Water Environment Research, 2018, 90, 42-47. [link]

2017

• Yang, Z.,† Yang, S.,† Van Nostrand, J., Zhou, J., Fang, W., Liu, Y., Liang, L., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Yang, Y., Gu, B. Microbial community and functional gene changes in Arctic tundra soils in a microcosm warming experiment. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017, 8, 1741 († equal contribution). [link]

2016

• Liu, Y., He, Z., Yang, Z., Sun, G., He, J. Variability of heavy metal content in soils of typical Tibetan grasslands. RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 105398-105405. [link]

• Tang, G., Zheng, J., Xu, X., Yang, Z., Graham, D., Gu, B., Painter, S., Thornton, P. Biogeochemical modeling of CO2 and CH4 production in anoxic Arctic soil microcosms. Biogeosciences, 2016, 13, 5021-5041. [link]

• Lu, X., Liu, Y., Johs, A., Zhao, L., Wang, T., Yang, Z., Lin, H., Elias, D., Pierce, E., Liang, L., Barkay, T., Gu, B. Response to Comment on “Anaerobic mercury methylation and demethylation by Geobacter bemidjiensis Bem”. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50, 9800-9801. [link]

• Yang, Z., Fang, W., Lu, X., Sheng, G., Graham, D., Liang, L., Wullschleger, S., Gu, B. Warming increases methylmercury production in an Arctic soil. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 214, 504-509. [link]

• Lu, X., Liu, Y., Johs, A., Zhao, L., Wang, T., Yang, Z., Lin, H., Elias, D., Pierce, E., Liang, L., Barkay, T., Gu, B. Anaerobic mercury methylation and demethylation by Geobacter bemidjiensis Bem. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50, 4366-4373. [link]

• Yang, Z., Wullschleger, S., Liang, L., Graham, D., Gu, B. Effects of warming on the degradation and production of low-molecular-weight labile organic carbon in an Arctic tundra soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2016, 95, 202-211. [link]

2015

• Herndon, E., Yang, Z., Barger, J., Janot, N., Regier, T., Graham, D., Wullschleger, S., Gu, B., Liang, L. Geochemical drivers of organic matter decomposition in Arctic tundra soils. Biogeochemistry, 2015, 126, 397-414. [link]

• Yang, Z., Hartnett, H., Shock, E., Gould, I. Organic oxidations using geomimicry. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 80, 12159-12165. [link]

• Herndon, E., Mann, B., Roy Chowdhury, T., Yang, Z., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Liang, L., Gu, B. Pathways of anaerobic organic matter decomposition in tundra soils from Barrow, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 2015, 120, 2345-2359. [link]

2014

• Yang, Z., Lorance, E., Bockisch, C., Williams, L., Hartnett, H., Shock, E., Gould, I. Hydrothermal photochemistry as a mechanistic tool in organic geochemistry: The chemistry of dibenzylketone. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79, 7861-7871. [link]

2013

• Shock, E., Canovas, P., Yang, Z., Grayson, B., Johnson, K., Robinson, K., Fecteau, K., Windman, T., Cox, A. Thermodynamics of organic transformation in hydrothermal fluids. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, 2013, 76, 311-350. [link]

2012

• Yang, Z., Gould, I., Williams, L., Hartnett, H., Shock, E. The central role of ketones in reversible and irreversible hydrothermal organic functional group transformations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012, 98, 48-65. [link]

2011

• Van Ginkel, S., Kim, B., Yang, Z., Sittmann, R., Sholin, M., Miceli, J., Rittmann, B. Effect of NaCl on nitrate removal from ion-exchange spent brine in the membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Water Science and Technology, 2011, 65, 100-104. [link]

• Van Ginkel, S., Yang, Z., Kim, B., Sholin, M., Rittmann, B. Effect of pH on nitrate and selenate reduction in flue gas desulfurization brine using the H2-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Water Science and Technology, 2011, 63, 2923-2928. [link]

• Van Ginkel, S., Yang, Z., Kim, B., Sholin, M., Rittmann, B. The removal of selenate to low ppb levels from flue gas desulfurization brine using the H2-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Bioresource Technology, 2011, 102, 6360-6364. [link]