Ze Chen

PhD Student

Topic 6: Marine and polar Life

RD2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU CH Chemical Oceanography

WG Biogeochemical controls on ocean productivity

Office:
Room 4/027
Tel.: 0049 431 600 2187
E-Mail: zchen(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 4
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Research Focus

  • Mechanistic and Ecological Roles of Marine Nitrogen Fixation
  • Global Change Effects on Biological Nitrogen Fixation
  • Single-Cell and Molecular Innovations in Diazotroph Research
  • Quantifying N2 Fixation Activity

Vita

  • 2024 - today: GEOMAR | China Scholarship Council-funded visiting PhD student
  • 2022 - today: Xiamen University | PhD student
  • 2019 - 2022: Xiamen University | Master
  • 2015 - 2019: Shanxi University | Bachelor

Publications

  • Chen, Z., Xie, W., Kranz, S.A., Hong, H., Shi, D. (2025). Iron and phosphorus limitations modulate the effects of carbon dioxide enrichment on a unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium. Limnology and Oceanography, 9999, 1–17.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12780
  • Dai, R.#, Wen, Z.#, Hong, H.#, Browning, T.J., Hu, X., Chen, Z., Liu, X., Dai, M., Morel, F.M.M., Shi, D. (2025). Eukaryotic phytoplankton drive a decrease in primary production in response to elevated CO2 in the tropical and subtropical ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Accepted).

For a full list of publications please visit OceanRep.