Lijie Zhang
Lijie Zhang
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Environmental Science
385 Tiernan Hall
About Me
Dr. Zhang's lab investigates water-particulate (e.g., mineral and microbe) interactions that control the biogeochemical transformation of environmental pollutants (e.g., heavy metals and emerging contaminants) under natural and engineered conditions.
Education
Ph.D.; Washington University in St Louis; Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering; 2018
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Environmental Science and Engineering; 2012
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Environmental Science and Engineering; 2012
Awards & Honors
2020 Outstanding Post-Graduate Researcher Award, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2018 Doctoral Student Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
2018 Student Travel Award, Geochemistry Division, American Chemical Society
2018 Doctoral Student Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
2018 Student Travel Award, Geochemistry Division, American Chemical Society
Past Courses
CHEM 235: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II
ENE 663: WATER CHEMISTRY
EVSC 610: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL SCIENCE
EVSC 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
ENE 663: WATER CHEMISTRY
EVSC 610: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL SCIENCE
EVSC 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
Research Interests
Environmental biogeochemistry; soil/water contamination remediation; energy-related subsurface processes
Journal Article
Yin, Xixiang, & Wang, Lihong, & Liang, Xujun , & Zhang, Lijie, & Zhao, Jiating, & Gu, Baohua (2022). Contrary effects of phytoplankton Chlorella vulgaris and its exudates on mercury methylation by iron-and sulfate-reducing bacteria. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 433, 128835.
Pan, Bin, & Yin, Xia, & Zhu, Weiyao, & yang, Yongfei, & Ju, Yang, & Yuan, Yujie, & Zhang, Lijie, & Iglauer, Stefan (2022). Theoretical study of brine secondary imbibition in sandstone reservoirs: Implications for H2, CH4, and CO2 geo-storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, 18058-18066.
Liang, Xujun, & Zhu, Nali, & Johs, Alexander, & Chen, Hongmei, & Pelletier, Dale, & Zhang, Lijie, & Yin, Xixiang, & Gao, Yuxi, & Zhao, Jiating, & Gu, Baohua (2022). Mercury Reduction, Uptake, and Species Transformation by Freshwater Alga Chlorella vulgaris under Sunlit and Dark Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(8), 4961-4969.
Zhang, Lijie, & Philben, Michael, & Taş, Neslihan, & Johs, Alexander, & Yang, Ziming, & Wullschleger, Stan, & Graham, David, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2022). Unravelling biogeochemical drivers of methylmercury production in an Arctic fen soil and a bog soil. Environmental Pollution, 299,
Pan, Bin, & Ni, Teng, & Zhu, Weiyao, & Yang, Yongfei, & Ju, Yang, & Zhang, Lijie, & Chen, Shengnan, & Gu, Jianwei, & Li, Yajun, & Iglauer, Stefan (2022). Mini Review on Wettability in the Methane–Liquid–Rock System at Reservoir Conditions: Implications for Gas Recovery and Geo-Storage. Energy & Fuels, 36(8), 4268-4275.
Pan, Bin, & Yin, Xia, & Zhu, Weiyao, & yang, Yongfei, & Ju, Yang, & Yuan, Yujie, & Zhang, Lijie, & Iglauer, Stefan (2022). Theoretical study of brine secondary imbibition in sandstone reservoirs: Implications for H2, CH4, and CO2 geo-storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, 18058-18066.
Liang, Xujun, & Zhu, Nali, & Johs, Alexander, & Chen, Hongmei, & Pelletier, Dale, & Zhang, Lijie, & Yin, Xixiang, & Gao, Yuxi, & Zhao, Jiating, & Gu, Baohua (2022). Mercury Reduction, Uptake, and Species Transformation by Freshwater Alga Chlorella vulgaris under Sunlit and Dark Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(8), 4961-4969.
Zhang, Lijie, & Philben, Michael, & Taş, Neslihan, & Johs, Alexander, & Yang, Ziming, & Wullschleger, Stan, & Graham, David, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2022). Unravelling biogeochemical drivers of methylmercury production in an Arctic fen soil and a bog soil. Environmental Pollution, 299,
Pan, Bin, & Ni, Teng, & Zhu, Weiyao, & Yang, Yongfei, & Ju, Yang, & Zhang, Lijie, & Chen, Shengnan, & Gu, Jianwei, & Li, Yajun, & Iglauer, Stefan (2022). Mini Review on Wettability in the Methane–Liquid–Rock System at Reservoir Conditions: Implications for Gas Recovery and Geo-Storage. Energy & Fuels, 36(8), 4268-4275.
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Zhang, Yaoling, & Zhang, Lijie, & Liang, Xujun, & Wang, Quanying, & Yin, Xiangping, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2022). Competitive exchange between divalent metal ions [Cu(II), Zn(II), Ca(II)] and Hg(II) bound to thiols and natural organic matter. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 424,
Zhuang, Lin, & Li, Mengting, & Li, Yingfei, & Zhang, Lijie, & Xu, Xiaoli, & Wu, Haiming, & Liang, Shuang, & Su, Chang, & Zhang, Jian (2022). The performance and mechanism of biochar-enhanced constructed wetland for wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 45,
Kang-Yun, Christina, & Liang, Xujun, & Dershwitz, Philip, & Gu, Wenyu, & Schepers, Aloys, & Flatley, Andrew, & Lichtmannegger, Josef, & Zischka, Hans, & Zhang, Lijie, & Lu, Xia, & Gu, Baohua, & Ledesma, Joshua, & Pelger, Daly, & DiSpirito, Alan, & Semrau, Jeremy (2022). Evidence for methanobactin “Theft” and novel chalkophore production in methanotrophs: impact on methanotrophic-mediated methylmercury degradation. ISME Journal, 16(1), 211-220.
Zhang, Lijie, & Liang, Xujun, & Wang, Quanying, & Zhang, Yaoling, & Yin, Xiangping, & Lu, Xia, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2021). Isotope exchange between mercuric [Hg(II)] chloride and Hg(II) bound to minerals and thiolate ligands: Implications for enriched isotope tracer studies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 292, 468-481.
Philben, Michael, & Zhang, Lijie, & Yang, Ziming, & Taş, Neslihan, & Wullschleger, Stan, & Graham, David, & Gu, Baohua (2020). Anaerobic respiration pathways and response to increased substrate availability of Arctic wetland soils. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 22(10), 2070-2083.
Wang, Quanying, & Zhang, Lijie, & Liang, Xujun, & Yin, Xiangping, & Zhang, Yaoling, & Zheng, Wang, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2020). Rates and Dynamics of Mercury Isotope Exchange between Dissolved Elemental Hg(0) and Hg(II) Bound to Organic and Inorganic Ligands. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(23), 15534-15545.
Zaporski, Jared, & Jamison, Megan, & Zhang, Lijie, & Gu, Baohua, & Yang, Ziming (2020). Mercury methylation potential in a sand dune on Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline. Science of the Total Environment, 729,
Yin, Xixiang, & Wang, Lihong, & Zhang, Lijie, & Chen, Hongmei, & Liang, Xujun, & Lu, Xia, & DiSpirito, Alan, & Semrau, Jeremy, & Gu, Baohua (2020). Synergistic effects of a chalkophore, methanobactin, on microbial methylation of mercury. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(11),
Wu, Xuanhao, & Burnell, Samantha, & Neil, Chelsea, & Kim, Doyoon, & Zhang, Lijie, & Jung, Haesung, & Jun, Young (2020). Effects of Phosphate, Silicate, and Bicarbonate on Arsenopyrite Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4(4), 515-525.
Zhao, Linduo, & Li, Yunzi, & Zhang, Lijie, & Zheng, Jianqiu, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2019). Mercury adsorption on minerals and its effect on microbial methylation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(7), 1338-1345.
An, Jing, & Zhang, Lijie, & Lu, Xia, & Pelletier, Dale, & Pierce, Eric, & Johs, Alexander, & Parks, Jerry, & Gu, Baohua (2019). Mercury Uptake by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132: Passive or Active?. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(11), 6264-6272.
Lu, Xia, & Zhao, Jiangtao, & Liang, Xujun, & Zhang, Lijie, & Liu, Yurong, & Yin, Xiangping, & Li, Xiangkai, & Gu, Baohua (2019). The Application and Potential Artifacts of Zeeman Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry in Mercury Stable Isotope Analysis. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 6(3), 165-170.
Zhang, Lijie, & Wu, Shan, & Zhao, Linduo, & Lu, Xia, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2019). Mercury Sorption and Desorption on Organo-Mineral Particulates as a Source for Microbial Methylation. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(5), 2426-2433.
Zhang, Lijie, & Zhu, Yaguang, & Wu, Xuanhao, & Jun, Young (2019). Effects of sulfate on biotite interfacial reactions under high temperature and high CO2 pressure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(12), 6381-6390.
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Doyoon, & Jun, Young (2018). Effects of Phosphonate Structures on Brine-Biotite Interactions under Subsurface Relevant Conditions. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2(9), 946-954.
Zhang, Lijie, & Jun, Young (2018). The Role of Fe-Bearing Phyllosilicates in DTPMP Degradation under High-Temperature and High-Pressure Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(16), 9522-9530.
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Doyoon, & Jun, Young (2018). The Effects of Phosphonate-Based Scale Inhibitor on Brine-Biotite Interactions under Subsurface Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(10), 6042-6049.
Jun, Young, & Zhang, Lijie, & Min, Yujia, & Li, Qingyun (2017). Nanoscale Chemical Processes Affecting Storage Capacities and Seals during Geologic CO2 Sequestration. Accounts of Chemical Research, 50(7), 1521-1529.
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Doyoon, & Kim, Yongman, & Wan, Jiamin, & Jun, Young (2017). Effects of phosphate on biotite dissolution and secondary precipitation under conditions relevant to engineered subsurface processes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(44), 29895-29904.
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Yongman, & Jung, Haesung, & Wan, Jiamin, & Jun, Young (2016). Effects of Salinity-Induced Chemical Reactions on Biotite Wettability Changes under Geologic CO2 Sequestration Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 3(3), 92-97.
Zhuang, Lin, & Li, Mengting, & Li, Yingfei, & Zhang, Lijie, & Xu, Xiaoli, & Wu, Haiming, & Liang, Shuang, & Su, Chang, & Zhang, Jian (2022). The performance and mechanism of biochar-enhanced constructed wetland for wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 45,
Kang-Yun, Christina, & Liang, Xujun, & Dershwitz, Philip, & Gu, Wenyu, & Schepers, Aloys, & Flatley, Andrew, & Lichtmannegger, Josef, & Zischka, Hans, & Zhang, Lijie, & Lu, Xia, & Gu, Baohua, & Ledesma, Joshua, & Pelger, Daly, & DiSpirito, Alan, & Semrau, Jeremy (2022). Evidence for methanobactin “Theft” and novel chalkophore production in methanotrophs: impact on methanotrophic-mediated methylmercury degradation. ISME Journal, 16(1), 211-220.
Zhang, Lijie, & Liang, Xujun, & Wang, Quanying, & Zhang, Yaoling, & Yin, Xiangping, & Lu, Xia, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2021). Isotope exchange between mercuric [Hg(II)] chloride and Hg(II) bound to minerals and thiolate ligands: Implications for enriched isotope tracer studies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 292, 468-481.
Philben, Michael, & Zhang, Lijie, & Yang, Ziming, & Taş, Neslihan, & Wullschleger, Stan, & Graham, David, & Gu, Baohua (2020). Anaerobic respiration pathways and response to increased substrate availability of Arctic wetland soils. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 22(10), 2070-2083.
Wang, Quanying, & Zhang, Lijie, & Liang, Xujun, & Yin, Xiangping, & Zhang, Yaoling, & Zheng, Wang, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2020). Rates and Dynamics of Mercury Isotope Exchange between Dissolved Elemental Hg(0) and Hg(II) Bound to Organic and Inorganic Ligands. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(23), 15534-15545.
Zaporski, Jared, & Jamison, Megan, & Zhang, Lijie, & Gu, Baohua, & Yang, Ziming (2020). Mercury methylation potential in a sand dune on Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline. Science of the Total Environment, 729,
Yin, Xixiang, & Wang, Lihong, & Zhang, Lijie, & Chen, Hongmei, & Liang, Xujun, & Lu, Xia, & DiSpirito, Alan, & Semrau, Jeremy, & Gu, Baohua (2020). Synergistic effects of a chalkophore, methanobactin, on microbial methylation of mercury. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(11),
Wu, Xuanhao, & Burnell, Samantha, & Neil, Chelsea, & Kim, Doyoon, & Zhang, Lijie, & Jung, Haesung, & Jun, Young (2020). Effects of Phosphate, Silicate, and Bicarbonate on Arsenopyrite Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4(4), 515-525.
Zhao, Linduo, & Li, Yunzi, & Zhang, Lijie, & Zheng, Jianqiu, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2019). Mercury adsorption on minerals and its effect on microbial methylation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(7), 1338-1345.
An, Jing, & Zhang, Lijie, & Lu, Xia, & Pelletier, Dale, & Pierce, Eric, & Johs, Alexander, & Parks, Jerry, & Gu, Baohua (2019). Mercury Uptake by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132: Passive or Active?. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(11), 6264-6272.
Lu, Xia, & Zhao, Jiangtao, & Liang, Xujun, & Zhang, Lijie, & Liu, Yurong, & Yin, Xiangping, & Li, Xiangkai, & Gu, Baohua (2019). The Application and Potential Artifacts of Zeeman Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry in Mercury Stable Isotope Analysis. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 6(3), 165-170.
Zhang, Lijie, & Wu, Shan, & Zhao, Linduo, & Lu, Xia, & Pierce, Eric, & Gu, Baohua (2019). Mercury Sorption and Desorption on Organo-Mineral Particulates as a Source for Microbial Methylation. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(5), 2426-2433.
Zhang, Lijie, & Zhu, Yaguang, & Wu, Xuanhao, & Jun, Young (2019). Effects of sulfate on biotite interfacial reactions under high temperature and high CO
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Doyoon, & Jun, Young (2018). Effects of Phosphonate Structures on Brine-Biotite Interactions under Subsurface Relevant Conditions. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2(9), 946-954.
Zhang, Lijie, & Jun, Young (2018). The Role of Fe-Bearing Phyllosilicates in DTPMP Degradation under High-Temperature and High-Pressure Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(16), 9522-9530.
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Doyoon, & Jun, Young (2018). The Effects of Phosphonate-Based Scale Inhibitor on Brine-Biotite Interactions under Subsurface Conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(10), 6042-6049.
Jun, Young, & Zhang, Lijie, & Min, Yujia, & Li, Qingyun (2017). Nanoscale Chemical Processes Affecting Storage Capacities and Seals during Geologic CO
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Doyoon, & Kim, Yongman, & Wan, Jiamin, & Jun, Young (2017). Effects of phosphate on biotite dissolution and secondary precipitation under conditions relevant to engineered subsurface processes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(44), 29895-29904.
Zhang, Lijie, & Kim, Yongman, & Jung, Haesung, & Wan, Jiamin, & Jun, Young (2016). Effects of Salinity-Induced Chemical Reactions on Biotite Wettability Changes under Geologic CO
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