Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoc Researcher  in Section 3.5 Interface Geochemistry

Research Interests:

Biogeochemical processes regulating the mobilization, fractionation and enrichment of REE.

Mineral-organic interactions controlling the mobility and fate of elements and organic carbon.

Field and laboratory investigation of microbe-mediated mineral dissolution and transformation. 

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Career:

2025.08-present   Postdoc Researcher  Section 3.5 Interface Geochemistry, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

Education:

2019 - 2025: PhD  Mineralogy, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2015 - 2019: BE Resource Exploration Engineering, Central South University, China.

Projects:

Rare earth elements (REE) are essential geochemical tracers and "critical raw materials" in modern technologies. Their interactions with iron (oxyhydr)oxides play a key role in REE geochemical cycling and are closely linked to resource formation. My research at GFZ focuses on the partitioning and redistribution of REE on Fe (oxyhydr)oxides during Earth's surface weathering. Through laboratory simulations, combined with electron microscopy, spectroscopic analysis, and other advanced techniques, we aim to understand how Fe (oxyhydr)oxides regulate REE geochemical behavior during weathering, as well as the availability and extraction strategies of Fe (oxyhydr)oxides-associated REE resources.