Group photo in April 2026 on the Sakura street of USTC (Hefei, China)
Lab Assitant:
Miss Juan He: hejuan@ustc.edu.cn.
Visiting professors:
1. Prof. Xu Chu: Associate Professor from University of Toronto (2024.8-2025.8)
Postdoc or Assistant Research Scientist:
Dr. Amrit Chaddha: Research Assistant Professor (2025.12-now), PhD from University of Lucknow, India.
Research interests: organic biosignatures in Martian analog samples.
Dr. Yafang Song: Research Associate (2023.4-now); Postdoctoral Researcher (2023.10-)
PhD from University of Leeds, UK.
Research interests: nutrients cycle on the Precambrian Earth.
Dr. Pengcheng Ju: Postdoctoral Researcher (2024.3-now)
PhD from Northwest University, China.
Research interests: nutrients cycle on the Phanerozoic and extraterrestrial bodies.
Dr. Tom Benest: Postdoctoral Researcher (2026.5-now)
PhD from Aix-Marseille Université, France
Research interests: behavior of organics in plaentary systems and origin of icy satellites.
Dr. Zongbin Zhang: Postdoctoral Researcher (2026.7-now)
PhD from University of Science and Technology of China, China
Research interests: planetary photochemistry and extremophiles.
Current graduate students (as sole or primary supervisor; USTC):
Jie Li (PhD., 2022.8- ): nutrients cycle on the Mars;
Can Liu (PhD., 2023.8- ): biosignatures in the icy moons;
Javed Mondal (PhD., ANSO Scholarship, 2023.8- ): nutrients cycle during the mid-Proterozoic;
Xing Li (Master, 2022.8- 2024.8; PhD., 2024.9-): productivity during the mid-Proterozoic;
Qiang Zhou (PhD., 2024.9-): nutrients cycle on the modern Earth;
Ao Zhang (PhD, 2023.8- ): nutrients cycle on the Super-Earths;
Qingshan Wang (PhD, 2025.8-): phosphorus in planetary minerals;
Boding Ouyang (PhD, 2025.8-): atmospheric escape;
Haotian Guo (Master, 2023.8- ): weathering on the Precambrian Earth.
Yuxuan Cai (Master, 2024.8- ): water-rock interaction of small bodies;
Shenglin Zhang (Master, 2024.8- ): Dynamic processes and their roles in early habitability;
Chengtao Zhang (Master, 2024.8- ): extremophiles;
Yuke Zhu (Master, 2024.8- ): early C cycle.
Zhe Wang (Master, 2025.8-): oxygen isotopes of phosphate;
Zetai Yu (Master, 2025.8-): volcanic effects on surface habitability;
Qingtao Jia (Master, 2025.8-): organics on the Mars.
Current graduate students (as secondary supervisor):
Cao Fang (PhD., 2022.8- ; USTC): nutrients cycle in the modern lakes;
Current undergraduate students at USTC: Xingtai Zhang; Huiling Meng; Junxu Chen; Fada Mou; Anya Huo; Yiran Yang.
Current undergraduate students outside of USTC:
Lab alumni (graduation year)
Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist: Joti Rouillard (2021-2023).
Graduate students: Zongbin Zhang (2026); Weiming Xu (2026); Zhangqin Zheng (co-mentored with Prof. Xiaodong Liu; 2025); Shiyan Liu (co-mentored with Prof. Liqiang Xu; 2024);
Undergraduate students: Jiawei Wang (2022; Cornell University); Xi Chen (2022; Brown University); Guofan Yan (HUT);
Summer interns: Angela Murphy (2022-23; Rutgers University); Siyuan You (2023; PSU).