Dr. CHEN Manjia 陳曼佳
Research Associate (Honorary)
Room 129, 1/F, Science Centre
Education
| 2007 - 2013 | PhD Environmental Science | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Academic Employments
| 2025 - present | Research Associate (Honorary), The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2023 - present | Professor, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Science, Guangdong Academy of Sciences |
| 2017 - 2023 | Associate Professor, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Science, Guangdong Academy of Sciences |
| 2013 - 2017 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Science, Guangdong Academy of Sciences |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Biogeochemistry cycles
- Microbe-Mineral Interaction
- Iron Cycling
- Dissolved Organic Matters
Representative Publications
| (*corresponding author, #contribute equally) |
| N Liu, YD Zhang, MJ Chen*, QK Lei, LH Dong, H Tong, CS Liu, HY Yu (2024). Influence of Biochar on the Fe (II) aq-Catalyzed Transformation of Ferrihydrite[J]. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00133 |
| LH Dong#, MJ Chen#, CS Liu, YH Lv, XG Wang, QK Lei, YJ Fang, H Tong (2024). "Microbe interactions drive the formation of floating iron films in circumneutral wetlands." Science of The Total Environment 906: 167711. |
| HL Bu, QK Lei, H Tong, CS Liu, SJ Hu, WP Xu, Y Wang, MJ Chen*, JT Qiao (2023). Humic acid controls cadmium stabilization during Fe(II)-induced lepidocrocite transformation. Science of The Total Environment 861, 160624. |
| WP Xu, CS Liu, JM Zhu, HL Bu, H Tong, MJ Chen*, D Tan, T Gao, YH. Liu (2022). "Adsorption of cadmium on clay-organic associations in different pH solutions: The effect of amphoteric organic matter." Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 236: 113509. |
| MJ Chen, CS Liu, PC Chen, H Tong, FB Li, JT Qiao, Q Lan (2016). Dynamics of the microbial community and Fe (III)-reducing and dechlorinating microorganisms in response to pentachlorophenol transformation in paddy soil." Journal of Hazardous Materials 312: 97-105. |
| MJ Chen, L Tao, FB Li, Q Lan (2014). Reductions of Fe (III) and pentachlorophenol linked with geochemical properties of soils from Pearl River Delta. Geoderma 217: 201-211. |
| MJ Chen, F Cao, FB Li, CS Liu, H Tong, WJ Wu, M Hu (2013). Anaerobic transformation of DDT related to iron (III) reduction and microbial community structure in paddy soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61(9): 2224-2233. |
Honours and Awards
| 2017 | Pearl River Nova Program of Guangzhou, China |
| 2015 | Excellent Young Scientists of Guangdong Academy of Sciences |
Selected Recent Publications
- YD Zhang, WS Yang, L Peng, H Fu, MJ Chen *, Natural and anthropogenically driven change of organic carbon burial rate in two alpine lakes from the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Catena, 2024, 247,108490.
- N Liu, YD Zhang, MJ Chen*, QK Lei, LH Dong, H Tong, CS Liu, HY Yu (2024). Influence of Biochar on the Fe (II) aq-Catalyzed Transformation of Ferrihydrite[J]. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00133
- LH Dong#, MJ Chen#, CS Liu, YH Lv, XG Wang, QK Lei, YJ Fang, H Tong (2024). “Microbe interactions drive the formation of floating iron films in circumneutral wetlands.” Science of The Total Environment 906: 167711.
- JT Qiao, MJ Chen, SX Zhong, H Tong, FB Li (2024). Soil Humic Acid Stimulates Potentially Active Dissimilatory Arsenate-Reducing Bacteria in Flooded Paddy Soil as Revealed by Metagenomic Stable Isotope Probing. Environmental Science & Technology. 58, 5, 2303-2312.
- YJ Fang #, MJ Chen#, CS Liu, LH Dong, JM Zhou, X Yi, DQ Ji, JT Qiao, H Tong (2023). Arsenic release from microbial reduction of scorodite in the presence of electron shuttle in flooded soil. Journal of Environmental Sciences 126: 113-122.
Review Articles
- MJ Chen, CS Liu, XM Li, WL Huang, FB Li (2014). Iron reduction coupled to reductive dechlorination in red soil: a review. Soil science 179(10-11): 457-467.
Research Grants
- 12/2024-11/2027, Demonstration of the Application of Fertilizer and Pesticide Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement Technologies in the Green Production Input Process at the Source, CNY ¥1,494,000
- 01/2024-12/2027, The regulation mechanism of iron reduction in wetland soil from South China induced by bacteriophages, CNY ¥490,000
- 01/2019-12/2025,The mechanism and environmental behavior of phase transformation of iron (hydr)oxide induced by the synergism with organic matter and Fe(II), CNY ¥150,000
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