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Chuanlun Zhang
Associate Professor

Mailing Address:
Dr. Chuanlun Zhang
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
166 Marine Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602-3636

Office Phone: (706) 542-3034
Lab Phone: (706) 542-3034
FAX Number: (706) 542-5888
E-Mail: czsrel@uga.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Research Highlights
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Education:

Ph.D. 1994, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics

M.S. 1989, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics

B.S. 1984, East China Petroleum Institute, People's Republic of China, Dept of Geology

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Research Emphasis:

Geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry. My research integrates molecular DNA-, lipid biomarker- and stable isotope- approaches to understand the mechanisms and pathways of carbon and energy metabolisms in a number of natural environments including the deep sea gas hydrates, mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vents, terrestrial hot springs, saline lakes, and river-dominated continental margins.

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Selected Publications (total 63 as of November 1,  2008):

2008

Jiang, H., Dong, H., Yu, B., Ye, Q., Ji, S., Liu, Y., Shen, J., and Zhang C.L. 2008. Dominance of putative marine benthic archaea in sediments from an inland lake: Qinghai Lake, northwestern China. Environ. Microbiol.doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01661.x. PDF

Pearson A., Pi Y., Zhao W., Li W., Li Y., Inskeep W., Bonch-Osmolavskaya L., Romanek C., Li S., and Zhang C.L. 2008. Factors controlling the distribution of archaeal tetraethers in terrestrial hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 3523–3532. PDF

Smith J. L., Campbell B. J., Hanson T. E., Zhang C. L., and Cary S. C. 2008. Nautilia profundicola sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Intl’ J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58, 1598–1602. PDF

Zhang C.L., Ye Q., Huang Z., Li W., Chen J., Song Z., Hedlund B. P., Zhao W., Gao L., Bagwell C., Inskeep B., Wiegel J., Romanek C.S. 2008 Global occurrence and biogeographic patterning of putative archaeal amoA genes from terrestrial hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 6417–6426. PDF

Zhao W., Zhang C.L., Romanek C., Wiegel J. 2008. Description of Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Caldalkalibacillus. Int’l. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58: 1106–1108. PDF

2007

Boyd E. S., Jackson R. A., Encarnacion G., Zahn J. A., Beard T., Leavitt W.D., Pi Y., Zhang C. L., Pearson A., D’Imperio S., McDermott T. R., and Geesey G. G. 2007. Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.73: 6669-6677. PDF

Huang Z., Wiegel J., Zhou J., Hedlund B., Zhang C.L. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of uncultivated Crenarchaeota in hot springs of moderately elevated temperatures. Geomicrobiol. J. 24: 535-542. PDF

Jiang H., Dong H., Yu B., Li Y., Ji S., Liu X., and Zhang C.L. 2007. Microbial response to salinity change in Lake Chaka, a hypersaline lake on the Tibetan Plateau. Environ. Microbiol. 9: 2603-2621. PDF

Li Y.-L., Peacock A., White D.C., Geyer R., Zhang C.L. 2007. Spatial patterns of bacterial signature lipid biomarkers in marine sediments of the Gulf of Mexico. Chem. Geol. 238: 168-179. PDF

Zhang C.L., Huang Z., Li Y.-L., Romanek C. S., Mills G., Wiegel J., Culp R., Noakes J., and White D. C. 2007. Lipid biomarkers and carbon-isotope signatures of bacteria in Nevada hot springs. Geomicrobiol. J. 24: 519-534. PDF

2006

Li Y.-L., Vali H., Yang J., Phelps T. J., and Zhang C. L. 2006. Reduction of iron oxides enhanced by a sulfate-reducing bacterium and biogenic H2S. Geomicrobiol. J. 23: 103-117. PDF

Williams T.J., Zhang C.L., Scott J.H., and Bazylinski D.A. 2006. Evidence for autotrophy via the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle in the marine magnetotactic coccus strain MC-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 1322-1329. PDF

Yan T., Ye Q., Zhou J., and Zhang C.L. 2006. New functional genes for methanotrophs in gas-hydrate and hydrocarbon-seep environments in the Gulf of Mexico. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 57: 251-259. PDF

Zhang C.L., Pearson A., Li Y.-L., Mills G., Wiegel J. 2006. A thermophilic temperature optimum for crenarchaeol and its implication for archaeal evolution. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 4419-4422. PDF

Zhao W., Wiegel J., Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S., Mills G., King G. 2006. Thermalkaliphus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a new aerobic thermophilic carbon-monoxide-tolerant bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles. 10: 337-345. PDF

2005

Pancost R.D., Zhang C.L., Tavacoli J., Talbot H.M., Farrimond P., Schouten S., Damste J.S.S., Sassen R. 2005. Lipid biomarkers preserved in hydrate-associated authigenic carbonate rocks of the Gulf of Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227: 48-66. PDF

Tuo J., Chen J., Yao S., Li Y.-L., Ji J., and Zhang C.L. 2005. Qinghai Lake: A natural laboratory for geomicrobiological research. Geosci. J. China Univ. 2: 187-193. PDF (in Chinese)

Wang Y., Huang Z., and Zhang C.L. 2005. Knowing the unknown: Statistical approaches towards understanding microbial diversity. Geosci. J. China Univ. 2: 224-233. PDF

Zhang C.L., Huang Z., Cantu J., Pancost R. D, Brigmon, R. L., Lyons T. W., and Sassen R. 2005. Lipid Biomarkers and Carbon-Isotope Signatures of a Microbial (Beggiatoa) Mat Associated with Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 2106-2112. PDF

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