Chen CHENG

            Ph. D

           Email: chengchen1991@nju.edu.cn; chengchen1991@163.com

           Office: 227, Building Zhugongshan, 163 Xianlin Ave., 210023 Nanjing

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing (2019, Supervisor: Fenghua ZHAO)

• Joint Ph.D., Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France (2017, Supervisor: Vincent BUSIGNY)

• B.Sc., China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing (2012)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral, Nanjing University (Supervisors: Prof. Wei LI and Huayu LU, Jan. 2020-Present)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Mechanisms for isotope fractionations of metal elements onto mineral surface

• Global nitrogen cycle and exchanges over geological and Anthropocene time scale

• Reconstruction of ancient environments and ecosystems imprinted in sediments

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

• The Geological and Geochemical Characteristics of Nitrogen in Coals (NSFC.41372164)

• Turee Creek Drilling Projects for Great Oxidation Event (UnivEarths Labex programme at IPGP)

TECHNIACAL SKILLS

Analytical skill:

• Multiple pre-treatment chemical methods and vacuum lines

• Multiple isotope-ratio mass spectrometers

      (MAT251, 252, 262, Delta V, Static MS, MC-ICP-MS, Gas bench, EA-Con floIV-IRMS)

• XRD, XRF, FT-IR, XPS, Low-T Asher etc.…

Software:

• Gaussian, VASP, phreeqc, MapGis etc.…

HONORS AND AWARDS

National Encouragement scholarship

CSC Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

Cheng C., Busigny V., Ader M., Thomazo C., Chaduteau C., Abouchami W., Philippot P., 2019. Nitrogen isotope evidence for stepwise oxygenation of the ocean during the Great Oxidation Event. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Fitzpayne, A., Giuliani, A., Harris, C., Thomassot, E., Cheng, C., Hergt, J., 2019. Evidence for subduction-related signatures in the southern African lithosphere from the N-O isotopic composition of metasomatic mantle minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 

Cheng C., Zhao F., Miao X., Ren D. (2018) Preliminary study on the characteristics of nitrogen isotopic compositions in Chinese coals, Acta Geologica Sinica, 92, 1959- 1969. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Zhao F., Cheng C., Fan L., Guo H., Gu S. (2018) Comparison of measuring methods of nitrogen isotope composition in coals. Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 3, 99-105. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Cheng C., Zhao F. Nitrogen isotopic compositions in upper Permian coals from South China: Implication for N isotopic fractionations during coal-forming process. (under review)

Cheng C., Zhao F. A new assessment of long-term diagenetic effect on nitrogen isotopes and implications for reconstructing ancient marine nitrogen cycles. (in preparation)

Busigny V., Cheng C., Ader M., Thomazo C., Chaduteau C., Abouchami W., Philippot P. Nitrogen and iron isotopes in BIFs during the Great Oxidation Event. (in preparation)

CONFERENCES

Cheng C., Busigny V., Ader M., Thomazo C., Chaduteau C., Abouchami W., Philippot P. (2017) Nitrogen isotope evidence for stepwise oxygenation of the ocean during the Great Oxidation Event. Goldschmidt Abstracts, 79. (Poster)