Postdoctoral fellow of Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT)
Mail Address: No.1 Dongsan Road, Erxianqiao Street, Chenghua District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, P.R. China
Email: weiwang@cdut.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST AND ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY
My research interests (Sedimentary Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Geobiology) focus on spatiotemporal evolution of dissolved organic matter in ancient oceans and its effects on life, minerals, and energy. My research interests, methods, and representative achievements are：
(1) I have been committed to the reconstruction of the spatiotemporal evolution of dissolved organic matter in the ocean during the Ediacaran period for a long time. My research methods focus on developing direct proxies that can characterize the information of dissolved organic matter in ancient oceans and applying them to geological research. At present, a carbonate associated fluorescent dissolved organic matter (CAFDOM) proxy has been established, and the geological application of this proxy has been achieved.
(2) I focus on the life, mineral, and energy effects of dissolved organic matter in ancient oceans, with research methods emphasizing interdisciplinary knowledge and the comprehensive application of multiple geochemical proxies. At present, a hypothesis has been proposed that dissolved organic matter in early stratified oceans regulates the formation of dolomite and calcite, providing a feasible answer to the " dolomite problem " and a theoretical basis for using carbonate geochemical proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION
l 2025–present, Postdoctoral Scholar in Geochemistry, Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT), Chengdu, China. Mentor: Prof. Chao Li
l 2017–2024, PhD, Geochemistry, China University of Geosciences-Wuhan, Wuhan, China; Thesis title: Development of carbonate associated fluorescent dissolved organic matter (CAFDOM) proxy and its application in Ediacaran ocean research. Supervisor: Prof. Chao Li
l 2013–2017, BSc, Geochemistry, China University of Geosciences-Wuhan, Wuhan, China; Thesis title: Redox conditions and paleoproductivity in the ancient oceanic setting of the Xiamaling Formation, Yanshan area. Supervisor: Prof. Chao Li
RESEARCH PROJECTS
l 2024-2028. Dissolved Organic Carbon in Ancient Oceans (Second-Stage Support Program for Distinguished Young Scholars of National Science Foundation of China), participant, CNY 8M.
l 2022-2027. Detailed Processes and Mechanisms of the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event and Extreme Climatic Events (the National Key Research and Development Program of China), participant, CNY 4.5M.
l 2022-2026. Processes, Mechanism and Geobiological Effects of Ediacaran P-cycling Reorganization (Key Program of National Science Foundation of China), participant, CNY 3M.
l 2019-2023. Geobiology (Program for Distinguished Young Scholars of National Science Foundation of China), participant, CNY 4M.
l 2013-2017. Biogeochemical Processes and Mechanisms of Microbial Carbon Pump (MCP) in Ancient Oceans and Quantitative MCP Modeling (973 program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China), participant, CNY 5.69M.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
l 19/04/2023, Hefei (China), “A novel model for the genesis of large-scale dolomite during the Ediacaran period”, the 18th Academic Conference of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry.
l 04/04/2023, Chengdu (China), “A DOM regulation model for dolomite versus calcite precipitation in the Ediacaran ocean: Implications for the “dolomite problem””, the 7th Chinese National Conference of Sedimentology.
MAJOR COLLABORATORS
l Adrian Immenhauser, Ruhr University Bochum
l Matt Dodd, University of Western Australia
l Meng Cheng, Chengdu University of Technology
l Thomas Algeo, University of Cincinnati
PUBLICATIONS (* CORRESPONDING AUTHOR)
1. Wang W, Li C*, Dodd M S, Algeo T J, Zhang Z, Cheng M, Hou M. 2023. A DOM regulation model for dolomite versus calcite precipitation in the Ediacaran ocean: Implications for the “dolomite problem”. Precambrian Research, 385: 106947.
2. Dodd M S, Zhang Z, Li C*, Algeo T J, Lyons T W, Hardisty D S, Loyd S J, Meyer D L, Gill B C, Shi W, Wang W. 2021. Development of carbonate-associated phosphate (CAP) as a proxy for reconstructing ancient ocean phosphate levels. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 301: 48-69.
3. Jin C, Li C*, Algeo T J, Wang G, Shi W, Cheng M, Zhang Z, Wang H, Li N, Wang W. 2021. Spatial heterogeneity of redox-sensitive trace metal enrichments in upper Ediacaran anoxic black shales. Journal of the Geological Society, 178(5).
4. Wang H, Zhang Z, Li C*, Algeo T J, Cheng M, Wang W. 2020. Spatiotemporal redox heterogeneity and transient marine shelf oxygenation in the Mesoproterozoic ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 270: 201-217.
