Dr. Zhongwei Yuan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Topic 6: Marine and polar Life

RD2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU CH Chemical Oceanography

WG Biogeochemical controls on ocean productivity

Research Focus

• Nutrient biogeochemical cycles
• Controls on phytoplankton productivity
• Metagenomics
• Elemental stoichiometry

Vita

• 2025 - today: GEOMAR | Postdoctoral Researcher
• 2024: Xiamen University | Assistant Research Scientist
• 2021 - 2023: GEOMAR | China Scholarship Council-funded visiting PhD student
• 2017 - 2023: Xiamen University | PhD
• 2013 - 2017: Xiamen University | Bachelor

Publications

• Yuan, Z., Achterberg, E. P., Engel, A., Dai, M., Browning, T. J., 2024. Switches between nitrogen limitation and nitrogen–phosphorus co-limitation in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(4), 1005–1013.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12541
• Yuan, Z., Browning, T. J., Du, C., Shen, H., Wang, L., Ma, Y. Jiang, Z., Liu, Z., Zhou, K., Kao, S., Dai, M., 2023. Enhanced Phosphate Consumption Stimulated by Nitrogen Fixation Within a Cyclonic Eddy in the Northwest Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(11), e2023JC019947.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019947
• Yuan, Z., Achterberg, E. P., Engel, A., Wen, Z., Zhou, L., Zhu, X., Dai, M., Browning, T. J., 2023. Phytoplankton community response to episodic wet and dry aerosol deposition in the subtropical North Atlantic. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(9), 2126–2140.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12410
• Yuan, Z., Browning, T. J., Zhang, R., Wang, C., Du, C., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Liu, Z., Liu, X., Shi, D., Dai, M., 2023. Potential drivers and consequences of regional phosphate depletion in the western subtropical North Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 8(3), 509–518.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10314
• Liu, H., Yuan, Z., Gosnell, K.J., Liu, T., Tammen, J.K., Wen, Z., Engel, A., Liu, X., Huang, B., Kao, S., Achterberg, E.P., Browning, T.J., 2024. Patterns of (micro)nutrient limitation across the South Pacific Ocean. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1), 596.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01749-1

For a full list of publications please visit OceanRep.