Title: Associate Professor
Environmental Chemistry
Office: 289 Mathematics and Science Center
Phone: (248) 370-2339
Fax: (248) 370-2321
E-mail: [email protected]
The Yang Lab
Education and Research Experience
2014 – 2016 Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2014 Ph.D, Arizona State University
Research Interests
Biogeochemistry, organic geochemistry, astrobiology
Recent Publications
Fu, X., Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Yang, Z. Effect of copper salts on amide hydrothermal formation and reactivity. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2020, 4, 1596-1603.
Fu, X., Liao, Y., Glein, C., Jamison, M., Hayes, K., Zaporski, J., Yang, Z. Direct synthesis of amides from amines and carboxylic acids under hydrothermal conditions. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2020, 4, 722-729.
Zaporski, J., Jamison, M., Zhang, L., Gu, B., Yang, Z. Mercury methylation potential in a sand dune on Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 729, 138879.
Fu, X., Jamison, M., Jubb, A., Liao, Y., Aspin, A., Hayes, K., Glein, C., Yang, Z. Effect of copper salts on hydrothermal oxidative decarboxylation: A study of phenylacetic acid. Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 2791-2794.
Yang, Z., Liao, Y., Fu, X., Zaporski, J., Peters, S., Jamison, M., Liu, Y., Wullschleger, S., Graham, D., Gu, B. Temperature sensitivity of mineral-enzyme interactions on the hydrolysis of cellobiose and indican by b-glucosidase. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 686, 1194-1201.
Chen, H., Yang, Z., Chu, R., Tolic, N., Liang, L., Graham, D., Wullschleger, S., Gu, B. Molecular insights into Arctic soil organic matter degradation under warming. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52, 4555-4564.
Yang, Z., Gould, I., Williams, L. Hartnett, H., Shock, E. Effects of iron-containing minerals on hydrothermal reactions of ketones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018, 223, 107-126.