Cai Hongming
School
School of Earth System Science
Professional Title
Associate professor
Administrative Appointments
teaching and research
Discipline
地理学;地球化学
Contact Information
caihongming@tju.edu.cn
天津市南开区卫津路92号天津大学16教
Education Background
- Doctoral degree| Stockholm University| visiting scholar| 2015
- Doctoral degree| Institute of Geochemistry, CAS| Geochemistry| 2016
- Bachelor’s Degree| China West Normal University| Geography| 2010
Research Interests
- Isotopic geochemistry (Hg, Ba, Be)
Positions & Employments
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2025.7-Now
地球系统科学学院 | 天津大学 | 副教授  -
2019.5-2025.7
地球系统科学学院 | Tianjin University | Lecturer  -
2017.12-2019.3
 Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Université de Paris) | Post-doctor  -
2016.12-2018.5
 Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Post-doctor 
Academic Achievements
- Papers
- [1] Xiaocui Li, Hongming Cai, Hongyan Wang, Jiubin Chen, Tong Zhang, Haiwei Wei, Lian Yu, Zongming Xiu, Jun Yan, Yi Yang, Revisiting the dihaloelimination potential of Dehalococcoides revealed by genomic and proteomic analyses, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2026
- [2] Xin Gao, Yuchen An, Yang Wang, Xingmei Liu, Min Liu, Jiubin Chen, Hongming Cai*, Wang Zheng*, Isotopic tracing of mercury sources, subsurface migration, and re-emission in industrial legacy sites. Applied Geochemistry, 106714, 2026
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- [3] Ma, Ruifang; Shu, Wei; Chen, Wei; Cai, Hongming; Huang, Jie; Colin, Christophe; Sépulcre, Sophie; Zhou, Xinquan; Chen, Jiubin; Kang, Shichang; Climatic regulation of mercury deposition in Cuona Lake from the central Tibetan Plateau during the last 13,000 years: New insights from mercury isotope records. Global and Planetary Change 105322 2026
- [4] Cai, Hongming; Chen, Jiubin; Wang, Zhongwei; Yuan, Wei; Wang, Zhengrong; Teng, Hui Henry; Zhu, Xiangyu; Tu, Chenglong; Liu, Congqiang; Schott, Jacques; Mercury isotope fractionation during natural travertine formation. Chemical Geology 122973 2025
- [5] Liu, Wengang; Cai, Hongming*; Yuan, Wei; Zhou, Hongying; Chen, Jiubin; Rapid separation of Sr from carbonates for accurate 87Sr/86Sr isotope analysis by TIMS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 2025
- [6] Liang, Zhongxuan; Wang, Keyi*; Cai, Hongming*; Wang, Zhongwei; Yuan, Wei; Chen, Jiubin; Geochemical behaviors of metal elements during a single flood event in the natural Chishui River, Southwest China. Acta Geochimica 44 2 373-386 2025
- [7] Li, Chuanjin; Chen, Jiubin; Shi, Guitao; Sun, Ruoyu; Zheng, Wang; Angot, Hélène; Ding, Minghu; Cai, Hongming; Du, Zhiheng; Guo, Rui; Mercury sources between Zhongshan Station and Dome A, eastern Antarctica identified using mercury stable isotopes. Geophysical Research Letters 52 4 e2024GL112182 2025
- [8] Yuan, Wei; Gao, Ting; Wang, Zhengrong; Chen, Jiubin; Cai, Hongming; Zhang, Tong; Yu, Guanghui; Feng, Nana; Liu, Chengshuai; Liu, Congqiang; Gallium isotope fractionation during granite weathering: Insights from two profiles in contrasting climatic conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2025
- [9] Chang, Pei; Zhu, Xiangyu; Cai, Hongming; Zhang, Jianchao; Li, Siliang; Lu, Xiancai; Wang, Rucheng; Teng, Hui Henry; Ferric vs. ferrous arsenate amorphous precursors: Properties and controls on scorodite mineralization. American Mineralogist 110 4 537-546 2025
- [10] Ke, Yutian; Calmels, Damien; Bouchez, Julien; Noret, Aurélie; Massault, Marc; Chetelat, Benjamin; Cai, Hongming; Chen, Jiubin; Quantin, Cécile; Gaillardet, Jérôme; Regulation of particulate organic carbon by cascade mega‐reservoirs in the Changjiang basin: Enhanced sequestration and altered downstream composition. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 39 8 e2024GB008479 2025
- [11] Qu, Qinyuan; Wang, Zhongwei; Chetelat, Benjamin; Wang, Zhengrong; Liu, Qingchuan; Sun, Mei; Yuan, Wei; Cai, Hongming; Liu, Jianfeng; Gai, Pengxue; Lithogenic control on zinc stable isotopes in riverine systems: The importance of carbonate dissolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2025
- [12] 汪洋,高鑫,苏友达,等.固体样品无机汞形态分析方法及形态同位素组成[J].地球与环境,2025,53(03):449-464.
- [13] 陈玖斌,郑旺,刘羿,等.同位素地球化学与地球系统圈层相互作用和全球变化研究[J].地学前缘,2025,32(03):137-155.DOI:10.13745/j.esf.sf.2025.3.2.
- [14] 何晟,苏友达,蔡虹明*,等.西南地区某石油化工场地重金属与有机污染物复合污染特征研究[J/OL].地球与环境,1-11[2026-01-29].https://link.cnki.net/urlid/52.1139.P.20251226.1734.001.
- [15] 何晟,蔡虹明,袁玮,等.河流汞同位素研究进展[J].地学前缘,2025,32(03):375-391.DOI:10.13745/j.esf.sf.2025.3.34.
- [16] 张宇,葛非,刘哲,李薇,何勇,杨蕾,蔡虹明,周震强.2024年度气象联合基金项目评审简析[J].大气科学,2025,49(02):603-608.
- [17] He, Sheng; Cai, Hongming*; Sun, Ruoyu; Zheng, Wang; Yuan, Shengliu; Yuan, Wei; Wang, Yuchun; Zhang, Ke; An, Yuchen; Liu, Jianfeng; Pengfei Chen,Tong Zhang, Shichang Kang, Jiubin Chen* Stable Isotopes Reveal the Contribution of Glacier Melting to Mercury Budget in Tibetan Rivers. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 12 1 85-91 2024
- [18] Yuan, Wei; Wang, Zhengrong; Saldi, Giuseppe D; Cai, Hongming*; Zheng, Wang; Schott, Jacques; Chen, Jiubin*; Gallium isotope fractionation during precipitation of α-GaOOH from aqueous solution. Chemical Geology 646 121923 2024
- [19] Ke, Yutian; Calmels, Damien; Bouchez, Julien; Massault, Marc; Chetelat, Benjamin; Noret, Aurélie; Cai, Hongming; Chen, Jiubin; Gaillardet, Jérôme; Quantin, Cécile; Channel cross-section heterogeneity of particulate organic carbon transport in the Huanghe. Earth Surface Dynamics 12 1 347-365 2024
- [20] Zhen, Jiebo; Li, Tao; Cai, Hongming; Nie, Xiaoling; He, Sheng; Meng, Mei; Wang, Yan; Chen, Jiubin; Photoreduction and origin of dissolved and particulate mercury in cloud water: Insights from stable mercury isotopes. Journal of Hazardous Materials 474 134654 2024
- [21] WANG, YA; GAO, X; SU, Y; ZHANG, KE; FAN, X; CAI, H; CHEN, J; ZHENG, W; THE ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR INORGANIC MERCURY SPECIES AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC MERCURY ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS IN SOLID SAMPLES. EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT 2024
- [22] 李晔,何天豪,丁方方,等.区域场地土壤跨介质污染物多源清单:中国场地土壤污染防治的新策略(英文)[J].Science Bulletin,2024,69(05):566-569.
- [23] 帅旺财,刘文奇,马丽雅,等.典型有色金属冶炼场地重金属来源解析及生态健康风险评估[J].地球与环境,2024,52(06):756-770.
- [24] 李卫娜,蔡虹明,袁玮,等.土柱实验在土壤重金属污染研究中的应用进展与展望[J].地球与环境,2024,52(05):652-661.
- [25] 苏友达,张可,樊熊菲,等.基于热解技术的大气颗粒物形态汞同位素组成分析方法[J].地球与环境,2024,52(05):621-630.
- [26] Liu, Jincun; Chen, Jiubin; Wang, Zhengrong; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; Wang, Zhongwei; Huang, Fang; Liu, Congqiang; Magnesium isotope fractionation during natural travertine deposition from Baishuitai, SW China. Applied Geochemistry 157 105777 2023
- [27] 杜琪琪,李伯根,蔡虹明*,等.澜沧江梯级水库水化学特征及其对水-气界面CO2通量的影响[J].地球与环境,2023,51(01):36-46.DOI:10.14050/j.cnki.1672-9250.2022.50.069.
- [28] 王丽娟,孟梅,何晟,等.海洋汞同位素研究进展[J].地球科学,2023,48(07):2778-2806.
- [29] AuYang, David; Chen, Jiubin; Zheng, Wang; Lang, Yunchao; Wang, Yina; Wang, Zhongwei; Zhang, Yuanyuan; Liu, Yulong; Zhang, Ke; Cai, Hongming; Seasonal variations of the mercury multiple isotopic compositions of subrural and urban aerosols highlight an additional atmospheric Hg0 oxidation pathway. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9 773327 2022
- [30] Yuan, Shengliu; Chen, Jiubin; Hintelmann, Holger; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; He, Sheng; Zhang, Ke; Zhang, Yuanyuan; Liu, Yulong; Event-based atmospheric precipitation uncovers significant even and odd Hg isotope anomalies associated with the circumpolar vortex. Environmental Science & Technology 56 17 12713-12722 2022
- [31] AuYang, David; Chen, Jiubin; Zheng, Wang; Zhang, Yanxu; Shi, Guitao; Sonke, Jeroen E; Cartigny, Pierre; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; Liu, Liangzhi; South-hemispheric marine aerosol Hg and S isotope compositions reveal different oxidation pathways. National Science Open 1 2 20220014 2022
- [32] Wang, Yanni; Li, Yiren; Yang, Shiyan; Liu, Jian; Zheng, Wang; Xu, Jianming; Cai, Hongming; Liu, Xingmei; Source apportionment of soil heavy metals: A new quantitative framework coupling receptor model and stable isotopic ratios. Environmental Pollution 314 120291 2022
- [33] Ma, Mingming; Zhang, Wenfang; Zhao, Mengting; Qiu, Yudan; Cai, Hongming; Chen, Jiubin; Liu, Xiuming; Deccan traps volcanism implicated in the extinction of non‐avian dinosaurs in Southeastern China. Geophysical Research Letters 49 24 e2022GL100342 2022
- [34] Wang, Zhongwei; Chen, Jiubin; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; Yuan, Shengliu; Coprecipitation of metal ions into calcite: an estimation of partition coefficients based on field investigation. Acta Geochimica 40 1 67-77 2021
- [35] Moynier, Frederic; Jackson, Matthew G; Zhang, Ke; Cai, Hongming; Halldórsson, Sæmundur Ari; Pik, Raphael; Day, James MD; Chen, Jiubin; The mercury isotopic composition of Earth's mantle and the use of mass independently fractionated Hg to test for recycled crust. Geophysical Research Letters 48 17 e2021GL094301 2021
- [36] Song, Yilong; Zhang, Xu Yvon; Bouchez, Julien; Chetelat, Benjamin; Gaillardet, Jérôme; Chen, JiuBin; Zhang, Ting; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; Wang, Zhongwei; Deciphering the signatures of weathering and erosion processes and the effects of river management on Li isotopes in the subtropical Pearl River basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 313 340-358 2021
- [37] Yuan, Wei; Chen, Jiubin; Teng, Henry; Chetelat, Benjamin; Cai, Hongming; Liu, Jincun; Wang, Zaicong; Bouchez, Julien; Moynier, Frederic; Gaillardet, Jérôme; A review on the elemental and isotopic geochemistry of gallium. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35 9 e2021GB007033 2021
- [38] Zhang, Hua; Zhang, Feifei; Chen, Jiu-bin; Erwin, Douglas H; Syverson, Drew D; Ni, Pei; Rampino, Michael; Chi, Zhe; Cai, Yao-feng; Xiang, Lei; Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction. Science Advances 7 47 eabh1390 2021
- [39] Liu, Yulong; Chen, Jiubin; Liu, Jianfeng; Gai, Pengxue; Au Yang, David; Zheng, Wang; Li, Yanbin; Li, Dan; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; Coprecipitation of mercury from natural iodine-containing seawater for accurate isotope measurement. Analytical Chemistry 93 48 15905-15912 2021
- [40] Zhang, Yuanyuan; Chen, Jiubin; Zheng, Wang; Sun, Ruoyu; Yuan, Shengliu; Cai, Hongming; Yang, David Au; Yuan, Wei; Meng, Mei; Wang, Zhongwei; Mercury isotope compositions in large anthropogenically impacted Pearl River, South China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 191 110229 2020
- [41] Moynier, Frédéric; Chen, Jiubin; Zhang, Ke; Cai, Hongming; Wang, Zaicong; Jackson, Matthew G; Day, James MD; Chondritic mercury isotopic composition of Earth and evidence for evaporative equilibrium degassing during the formation of eucrites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 551 116544 2020
- [42] Gou, Long-Fei; Jin, Zhangdong; Galy, Albert; Gong, Ying-Zeng; Nan, Xiao-Yun; Jin, Chenyang; Wang, Xiao-Dan; Bouchez, Julien; Cai, Hong-Ming; Chen, Jiu-Bin; Seasonal riverine barium isotopic variation in the middle Yellow River: Sources and fractionation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 531 115990 2020
- [43] Huang, Qiang; Chen, Jiubin; Huang, Weilin; Reinfelder, John R; Fu, Pingqing; Yuan, Shengliu; Wang, Zhongwei; Yuan, Wei; Cai, Hongming; Ren, Hong; Diel variation in mercury stable isotope ratios records photoreduction of PM 2.5-bound mercury. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 1 315-325 2019
- [44] Yuan, Shengliu; Chen, Jiubin; Cai, Hongming; Yuan, Wei; Wang, Zhongwei; Huang, Qiang; Liu, Yujie; Wu, Xingyang; Sequential samples reveal significant variation of mercury isotope ratios during single rainfall events. Science of the Total Environment 624 133-144 2018
- [45] Cai, Hongming; Chen, Jiubin; Mass-independent fractionation of even mercury isotopes. Science bulletin 61 2 116-124 2016
- [46] Yuan, Wei; Chen, Jiu Bin; Birck, Jean-Louis; Yin, Zuo Ying; Yuan, Sheng Liu; Cai, Hong Ming; Wang, Zhong Wei; Huang, Qiang; Wang, Zhu Hong; Precise analysis of gallium isotopic composition by MC-ICP-MS. Analytical chemistry 88 19 9606-9613 2016
- [47] Huang, Qiang; Chen, Jiubin; Huang, Weilin; Fu, Pingqing; Guinot, Benjamin; Feng, Xinbin; Shang, Lihai; Wang, Zhuhong; Wang, Zhongwei; Yuan, Shengliu; Isotopic composition for source identification of mercury in atmospheric fine particles. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16 18 11773-11786 2016
- [48] Chen, Jiubin; Hintelmann, Holger; Zheng, Wang; Feng, Xinbin; Cai, Hongming; Wang, Zhuhong; Yuan, Shengliu; Wang, Zhongwei; Isotopic evidence for distinct sources of mercury in lake waters and sediments. Chemical Geology 426 33-44 2016
- [49] Huang, Qiang; Liu, YuLong; Chen, JiuBin; Feng, XinBin; Huang, WeiLin; Yuan, ShengLiu; Cai, HongMing; Fu, XueWu; An improved dual-stage protocol to pre-concentrate mercury from airborne particles for precise isotopic measurement. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 30 4 957-966 2015
- [50] Wang, Zhuhong; Chen, Jiubin; Feng, Xinbin; Hintelmann, Holger; Yuan, Shengliu; Cai, Hongming; Huang, Qiang; Wang, Shuxiao; Wang, Fengyang; Mass-dependent and mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes in precipitation from Guiyang, SW China. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 347 7月8日 358-367 2015
- [51] Yuan, ShengLiu; Zhang, Yuanyuan; Chen, JiuBin; Kang, ShiChang; Zhang, Jian; Feng, Xinbin; Cai, Hongming; Wang, Zhuhong; Wang, Zhongwei; Huang, Qiang; Large variation of mercury isotope composition during a single precipitation event at Lhasa City, Tibetan Plateau, China. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 13 282-286 2015
- [52] 袁圣柳,陈玖斌,蔡虹明,等.青藏高原降水中汞同位素质量分馏及非质量分馏研究[J].地质学报,2015,89(S1):122-123.
- [53] 陈玖斌,Holger Hintelmann,冯新斌,等.地表水环境Hg同位素质量分馏和非质量分馏[J].地球科学进展,2012,27(S1):330.
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- [55] 岳甫均,李思亮,刘丛强,等.利用反硝化细菌法测试水体硝酸盐氮氧同位素[J].生态学杂志,2012,31(08):2152-2157.DOI:10.13292/j.1000-4890.2012.0260.





