Principal Investigator
Yanxu Zhang
PhD, Assoc. Professor
Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University
Blessey Hall 206, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698
Education
- B.S., Environmental Sciences, Peking University 2002-2006
- Ph. D. Environmental Geochemistry, Peking University 2006-2010
- Ph. D. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington 2009-2013
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 2024-Present
- Professor, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, 2017-2024
- Environmental Scientist, Gradient Associates, 2015-2017
- Postdoctoral Associate, Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group, Harvard University 2013-2017
Postdoc Associates
Tengfei Yuan
PhD, Nanjing University, 2024
Terrestrial mercury cycling and artisanal gold mining pollution, 2025-
Shaojian Huang
PhD, Nanjing University, 2025
Arctic mercury cycling, 2026-
Graduate Students
Ling Li
PhD student, 2025-
Deep-time mercury cycling
Guolong Li
PhD student, 2026-
AI-based Earth system modeling
Undergraduate Students
Girisha Goel
Undergraduate research assistant, 2026-
Mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining
Former Group Members
Arjuna Parsad
Undergraduate research assistant, 2024-2025
Charlie Vratimos
Undergraduate research assistant, 2025-2026