Dr Yiming Zhang
BSc, PhD
Expertise
I study the peatland carbon cycle, exploring biogeochemical processes and the fate of different forms of carbon in modern and past peatlands.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Earth Sciences
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Research interests
peatland carbon cycle, peat microbial metabolism, peat lipid biomarkers, lipid carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions, peatland dissolved organic carbon, peatland methane fluxes, peatland development
Publications
Selected publications
15/01/2024The stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of microbial fatty acids traces microbial metabolism in soils and peats
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Recent publications
01/04/2026Evolution of the primary productivity recovery at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary at the Caravaca distal section (Spain)
Global and Planetary Change
High-efficiency methane consumption by atmospheric methanotrophs in subsurface karst caves
Science Advances
Fluctuations of Water Table Level in a Subtropical Peatland, Central China
Journal of Earth Science
Microbial responses to changing plant community protect peatland carbon stores during Holocene drying
Nature Communications
Quantifying Relative Contribution of Submerged Macrophytes to Sedimentary Organic Matter Using Concentrations and δ13C of n-Alkanes With the Bayesian Multi-Source Mixing Model
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
