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Yongzhi Chu
Universität Heidelberg
Institut für Umweltphysik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 (5th floor, room 506 )
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: +49 6221 54 6480
Email: yongzhi.chu ( at ) iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Curriculum Vitae
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10/2025 – present | Visiting PhD Researcher, Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University |
09/2022 – present | PhD Thesis in Oceanography, School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (expected 06/2027) |
09/2018 – 06/2022 | B.Sc. in Geology College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China |
Research InTrest
My research focuses on paleo-oceanography with an emphasis on the North Pacific, ocean circulation, and temporal and spatial changes in primary biological production, and climate since the Miocene. I investigate these changes using manganese crusts and sediments as archives, focusing on the distribution of trace metals and the isotopic composition of Nd, Ba, Fe, and Cu.
Selected Publications
Chu, Y., Li, X.*, Xie, R. C.*, Conway, T. M., Xu, A., & Dong, Y. (2026). Tracing the persistence and role of deep‐sea iron sources in the Pacific Ocean over the last 23 million years. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL121323. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121323
Chu, Y., Li, X.*, Yi, L., Dong, Y., Xie, R.C., Fan, Z., Hein, J.R., Little, S.H., Liu, Y., Matsuzaki, H., et al. (2025). A shift in ocean circulation drives variations in paleoproductivity in the North Pacific Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 671, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.116123
Meng, X., Li, X.*, Zoheir, B., Lu, J., Chen, X., Dong, Y., Li, J., Chu, F., Chu, Y., & Jin, X. (2025). Microchemical and sulfur isotope variation in pyrite-marcasite: A proxy for low-temperature ore-forming processes in submarine hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 402, 134-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.04.031
Conference Contributions
Chu, Y., Zhang, R., Li, X., Xie, R., Yao, W., and Xu, A.: Evidence for Pliocene North Pacific Deep Water Formation and Its Paleoproductivity Imprints, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-8271, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-8271 (Oral presentation)
Chu, Y., Zhang, R., Li, X., Xie, R., Yao, W., and Xu, A.: Constraints on Pliocene North Pacific Deep Water Formation and Associated Paleoproductivity Signals, IODP3/ICDP-Kolloquium, Münster, Germany, 9–11 March, 2026. (Poster presentation)
Chu, Y., Li, X., Xie, R. C., Dong, Y., Hein, J. R., and Little, S. H.: Marine paleoproductivity linked to ocean circulation and phosphorus cycling in the North Pacific: Insights from Ba concentrations and Ba isotopes in Fe-Mn crusts, Goldschmidt Conference 2025, Prague, Czech Republic, 6–11 July, 2025. (Oral presentation)
Chu, Y., Li, X., Dong, Y., & Fan, Z.: Intermediate Water Circulation Shifts and Their Role in Driving Paleoproductivity Changes in the North Pacific, 7th PAGES Open Science Meeting (OSM 2025), Shanghai, China, 21–24 May, 2025. (Oral presentation)
Chu, Y., Li, X., Xie, R., Dong, Y., & Fan, Z. Multi-parameter approach to constrain paleoproductivity and phosphatization events using ferromanganese crusts over the past 23 Myrs. 2025 Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China, 14–17 Jan, 2025. (Oral presentation)