Lijie Zhang received her B.S. from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, both in Environmental Engineering. Her doctoral dissertation was titled “Coupling of Geochemical Reactions and Geophysical Properties of Clay Minerals in Energy-related Subsurface Engineered Systems.” This work identified the relationship between geochemical reactions of clay minerals and their geophysical property changes under subsurface-relevant conditions. To broaden her interests in biogeochemistry, Dr. Zhang started her position as a postdoctoral research associate at ORNL in 2018, under the mentorship of Dr. Baohua Gu, to study the molecular mechanisms involved in biogeochemical transformations of Hg under complex environmental conditions. After joining ORNL, she has published a first-author paper in Environmental Science & Technology about the role of particulates in mercury sorption, desorption, and methylation. Dr. Zhang also coauthored two papers in Environmental Science & Technology and Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Outside the laboratory, she serves as a reviewer for more than 10 journals.
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