Xu Zhanjie
School
School of Earth System Science
Professional Title
Lecturer
Contact Information
xuzhanjie@tju.edu.cn
Rm 620, #16 Building, No.92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, China
300072
Brief Introduction
Dr. Zhanjie Xu is a faculty member and master's supervisor at the School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, specializing in the field of atmospheric and environmental geochemistry. His research has been supported by grants from key national programs, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key R&D Program, where he serves as Principal Investigator or a key participant. He has published extensively, with numerous papers appearing in high-profile international journals, including JGR-A, Biogeosciences, as well as renowned domestic journals such as China Environmental Science, Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment.
Research Focus
My research combines principles from geology and isotope geochemistry to study the influence of natural/anthropogenic aerosols on the atmosphere and climate by using stable carbon isotope techniques. My group and I explore two main research frontiers:
Understanding Aerosol Sources and Fates: We focus on identifying the anthropogenic sources of atmospheric aerosols, investigating how they transform through atmospheric processes, and mapping their complex journey from emission to deposition.
Connecting Anthropogenic Activities (e.g., Fossil Fuels Usage) and Aerosols: We conduct foundational research into the isotope geochemistry of fossil fuels to clarify the link between fossil fuel combustion and aerosol formation.
Supervision and Opportunities
As a master's supervisor, I welcome ambitious and talented students from Geography, Environmental Science, and Resources and Environment to join my team. If you are passionate about atmospheric environmental geochemistry, energy geology, and developing advanced isotope techniques, please get in touch to discuss research opportunities. Together, we can tackle crucial questions at the intersection of energy, climate, and environmental science.
Education Background
- Doctoral degree| China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing| Mineral Resource Prospecting & Exploration| 2017
- Bachelor’s Degree| China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing| Geological Engineering| 2012
Research Interests
- Identifying natural/anthropogenic aerosol sources and analyzing their atmospheric transformation processes and source-sink mechanisms.
Courses
Professional Membership
- Youth member of《Mineral Exploration》 editor committee
- Membership of the Society for Organic Petrology
- Membership of the Geographical Society of China
Positions & Employments
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2017.9-Now
School of Earth System Science (Institute of Surface-Earth System Science) | Tianjin University | Lecturer -
2015.11-2016.11
School of Earth Sciences | The University of Queensland | Visitor
Academic Achievements
- Papers
- [1] Pavuluri, C. M., Wang, S., Fu, P. Q., Zhao, W., Xu, Z., & Liu, C.-Q., 2021. Molecular Distributions of Diacids, Oxoacids, and α-Dicarbonyls in Summer- and Winter-Time Fine Aerosols From Tianjin, North China: Emissions From Combustion Sources and Aqueous Phase Secondary Formation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(1), e2020JD032961.
- [2] Li, P., Pavuluri, C. M., Dong, Z., Xu, Z., Wang, Y., Fu, P., & Liu, C.-Q., 2022. Characteristics, seasonality, and secondary formation processes of diacids and related compounds in fine aerosols during warm and cold periods: Year-round observations at Tianjin, North China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(23), e2021JD035435.
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- [3] Zhao, X., Xu, Z., Li, P., Dong, Z., Fu, P., Liu, C.-Q., & Pavuluri, C. M., 2022. Characteristics and seasonality of trace elements in fine aerosols from Tianjin, North China during 2018-2019. Environmental Advances, 9, 100263.
- [4] Devineni, S. R., Pavuluri, C. M., Wang, S., Ren, L., Xu, Z., Li, P., Fu, P., & Liu, C.-Q., 2023. Size-Resolved Characteristics and Sources of Inorganic Ions, Carbonaceous Components and Dicarboxylic Acids, Benzoic Acid, Oxocarboxylic Acids and α-Dicarbonyls in Wintertime Aerosols from Tianjin, North China. Aerosol Science and Engineering, 7(1), 1-22.
- [5] Dong, Z., Pavuluri, C. M., Xu, Z., Wang, Y., Li, P., Fu, P., & Liu, C. Q., 2023. Measurement report: Chemical components and 13C and 15N isotope ratios of fine aerosols over Tianjin, North China: year-round observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23(3), 2119-2143.
- [6] Drobniak, A., Mastalerz, M., Jelonek, Z., Jelonek, I., Adsul, T., Andolšek, N. M., Ardakani, O. H., Congo, T., Demberelsuren, B., Donohoe, B. S., Douds, A., Flores, D., Ganzorig, R., Ghosh, S., Gize, A., Goncalves, P. A., Hackley, P., Hatcherian, J., Hower, J. C., . . . Ziemianin, K., 2023. Interlaboratory study: Testing reproducibility of solid biofuels component identification using reflected light microscopy. International Journal of Coal Geology, 277, 104331.
- [7] Nirmalkar, J., Jung, J., Han, S., Dong, Z., Xu, Z., Fu, P., & Pavulari, C. M., 2023. Chemistry of PM2.5 in haze events in two East Asian cities during winter–spring 2019. Atmospheric Environment, 293, 119457.
- [8] Sun, R., Cao, F., Dai, S., Shan, B., Qi, C., Xu, Z., Li, P., Liu, Y., Zheng, W., & Chen, J., 2023. Atmospheric Mercury Isotope Shifts in Response to Mercury Emissions from Underground Coal Fires. Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 23, 8638–8649.
- [9] Zhao, X., Pavuluri, C. M., Dong, Z., Xu, Z., Nirmalkar, J., Jung, J., Fu, P., & Liu, C.-Q., 2023. Molecular Distributions and 13C Isotopic Composition of Dicarboxylic Acids, Oxocarboxylic Acids, and α-dicarbonyls in Wintertime PM2.5 at Three Sites Over Northeast Asia: Implications for Origins and Long-Range Atmospheric Transport. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(12), e2023JD038864.
- [10] Dong, Z., Pavuluri, C. M., Li, P., Xu, Z., Deng, J., Zhao, X., Zhao, X., Fu, P., & Liu, C. Q., 2024. Measurement report: Optical characterization, seasonality, and sources of brown carbon in fine aerosols from Tianjin, North China: year-round observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24(10), 5887-5905.
- [11] Li, K., Zhu, Y., Cao, H., Zhang, H., Wu, Y., Li, X., Xu, Z., & Liu, Q., 2024. Graphite Made from Coal by High-Temperature Treatment: An Insight into the Nanometric Carbon Structural Evolution. Minerals, 14(11), 1092.
- [12] Wang, X., Chen, B., Chen, L., Dong, G., Csernica, T., Zhang, N., Liu, J., Shuai, Y., Liu, C.-Q., Xu, Z., Li, S.-L., & Xu, S., 2024. Biogenic methane clumped isotope signatures: Insights from microbially enhanced coal bed methane. Fuel, 365, 131307.
- [13] Drobniak, A., Mastalerz, M., Jelonek, Z., Jelonek, I., Acda, M. N., Adsul, T., Andolšek, N. M., Animali, L., Ardakani, O. H., Ataide, T., Batbold, D., Bhat, M. Y., Congo, T., Donohoe, B. S., Ehinola, O. A., Flores, D., Fonseca, C., Ghosh, S., Gonçalves, P., . . . Ziemianin, K., 2025. Component identification of solid biomass fuels using reflected light microscopy: Interlaboratory study 2. International Journal of Coal Geology, 307, 104814.
- [14] Liu, L., Wang, S., Xu, Z., Yu, T., Esterle, J. S., Golding, S. D., Xi, Y., & Liu, Q., 2025. In-situ sulfur isotope characteristic and genesis of sedimentary pyrite with varying crystal morphologies in coal-bearing strata in North China. Sedimentary Geology, 476, 106805.
- [15] Wang, X., Chen, B., Chen, L., Dong, G., Csernica, T., Zhang, N., Liu, J., Shuai, Y., Liu, C.-Q., Xu, Z., Li, S.-L., & Xu, S., 2024. Biogenic methane clumped isotope signatures: Insights from microbially enhanced coal bed methane. Fuel, 365, 131307.
- [16] Liu, L., Wang, S., Xu, Z., Yu, T., Esterle, J. S., Golding, S. D., et al., 2025) In-situ sulfur isotope characteristic and genesis of sedimentary pyrite with varying crystal morphologies in coal-bearing strata in North China. Sedimentary Geology, 476, 106805.
- [17] Xu, Z., Zhao, X., Li, P., Dong, Z., Sun, R., Fu, P., & Pavuluri, C. M. (2023). Distribution and 13C Signature of Dicarboxylic Acids and Related Compounds in Fine Aerosols Near Underground Coal Fires in North China: Implications for Fossil Origin of Azelaic Acid. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(18), e2023JD038748.
- [18] Xu, Z., Hamilton, S. K., Rodrigues, S., Baublys, K. A., Esterle, J. S., Liu, Q., & Golding, S. D. (2020). Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate during the late Carboniferous–early Permian in northern China from carbon and nitrogen isotopes of coals. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 539.
- [19] Xu, Z., Liu, Q., Zheng, Q., Cheng, H., & Wu, Y., 2016. Isotopic composition and content of coalbed methane production gases and waters in karstic collapse column area, Qinshui Coalfield, China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 165, 94-101.
- [20] Zheng, Q., Shi, S., Liu, Q., & Xu, Z., 2017. Modes of occurrences of major and trace elements in coals from Yangquan Mining District, North China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 175, 36-47.
- [21] Wang, Y., Pavuluri, C. M., Fu, P. Q. Q., Li, P. S., Dong, Z. C., Xu, Z. J., Ren, H., Fan, Y. B., Li, L. J., Zhang, Y. L., & Liu, C. Q., 2019. Characterization of Secondary Organic Aerosol Tracers over Tianjin, North China during Summer to Autumn. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(10), 2339-2352.
- [22] 傅平青, 胡伟, 赵曦, 徐占杰, 丁士元, 吴礼彬, 邓君俊, 姜哲, 李晓东, 朱佳雷, & 刘丛强, 2025. 地-气界面科学与全球变化研究. 地学前缘, 32(3): 92-104.
- [23] 董志超, 徐占杰, 王爽, 李培森, 赵雪琰, 傅平青, 刘丛强, Chandra Mouli Pavuluri, 2021. 天津市PM2.5中氮含量及同位素的昼夜及季节变化. 中国环境科学, 41(3), 1014-1023.
- [24] 赵雪琰, 徐占杰, 董志超, 李培森, 赵晓麦, 傅平青, & PAVULURI, C. M., 2022. 放射性碳同位素技术在碳质气溶胶源解析中的应用研究进展. 地球科学与环境学报, 44(3): 1-14.
- [25] 马超, 付晓丽, 徐占杰, & 赵蓉旭. 2023. 基于ESI FT-ICR MS分析可溶性有机质综合实验教学设计. 实验技术与管理, 1-10.
- [26] Z. Xu; Q. Liu; P. Song; J. Ji; Y. Wu, 2017, Effect of karstic collapse column on hydrogeochemistry of produced water from coalbed methane wells in Sijiazhuang mine field. Coal Geology & Exploration, 45(2): 50-54.
- [27] H. Cheng; K. Li; Z. Xu; Q. Zheng; Q. Liu, 2017, Absorption of methane by clay minerals in coal gangue. Journal of China Coal Society, 42(8): 2051-2062.
- [28] Z. Xu; Q. Liu; Q. Zheng; H. Cheng; Z. Li; Y. Wu, 2016, Origins and carbon isotopic composition of coalbed methane and carbon dioxide from Taiyuan Formation, Northern Qinshui Basin, China. Journal of China Coal Society, 41(6): 1467-1475.
- [29] Z. Xu; Q. Liu, 2013, Mineralogy of ammonium illite in the partings of coal No. 15 in Taiyuan Formation of Yangquan, Shanxi Province. Journal of China Coal Society, 38(S2): 405-409.
- [30] Q. Liu; X. Cui; Z. Xu; Q. Zheng; Y. Wu, 2016, Main gases and kinetics of coal pyrolysis. Coal Geology & Exploration, 44(6): 27-32.
- [31] Q. Liu; Z. Xu; X. Cui; Q. Zheng, 2015, Release behavior of nitrogen in different rank coals during pyrolysis. Journal of China Coal Society, 40(2): 450-455.
- [32] Q. Zheng; Q. Liu; Z. Xu, 2015, Origins and isotopic geochemical characteristics of nitrogen in coalbed methane of Yangquan district, Qinshui Basin. Journal of China Coal Society, 40(9): 2159-2165.