Indiana University, Department of Geological Sciences

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Chen Zhu Professor of Geological Sciences and (adjunct) Public and Environmental Affairs Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Associate Editor, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology Phone: (812) 856-1884 Fax: (812) 856-2223 Email: chenzhu @ indiana.edu Education:   Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Post-doctoral Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Awards and Honors:

• Fulbright Scholar to Norway, 2009
• The John Hem Excellence in Science and Engineering Award, National Ground Water Association, 2006
• Lilly Freshman Learning Project Fellow (teaching), Indiana University, 2006
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005-
• Guest Professorship, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland, 2004, 2008
• Senior Associateship Award, National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
• Post-doctoral Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1991-92
• Gilman Fellowship, J. Brian Eby Fellowship, Waters Fellowship, Bauernschmidt Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Univ., 1987-90
• H. V. Ellsworth Prize in Mineralogy, University of Toronto, 1985-87

Research Interests & Expertise

I study the chemistry of water and its reactions with minerals and rocks. Through these reactions, water acquires chemical constituents and isotopic signatures. The chemical and isotopic signatures are useful to map the movement of fluid flow and allow us to calculate the in situ rates of chemical reactions under geological conditions. On a global scale, these chemical reactions are a key component of the interactions between the Earth’s hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Many fundamental processes in Earth’s geological systems, such as chemical weathering, diagenesis, and the movement, distribution, and global cycling of chemical elements are related to these interactions.

How water reacts with minerals and rocks is not merely an intellectual curiosity. Many urgent environmental concerns are intimately related to these interactions. These include water quality, depleting water and mineral resources, remediating environmental pollution, and mitigating the global warming trend (e.g., geological carbon sequestration).

Books and Guest-edited issues (Double click the images to access more information)

Recent Publications (bold names are Zhu's students and post-docs)

In progress

• Ji, X. and Zhu C. A SAFT Equation of State for the Quaternary H2S-CO2-H2O-NaCl system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta favorably reviewed.
• Ji, X. and Zhu C. Predicting possible effects of H2S impurity on CO2 transportation and geological storage. Environmental Science & Technology. Submitted 1April 2012

2012

• Zhu, C. G. Rehrey, B. Treadwell, C. C. Johnson, Looking Back to Move Ahead: How Students Learn Deep Geological Time by Predicting Future Environmental Impacts. Journal of College Science Teaching - A peer-reviewed journal published by the National Science Teachers Association. 41(3), 61-66.
• Liu, Y., P. Lu, C. Griffith, Y. Soong, S. W. Hedges, Hellevang, H., C. Zhu, CO2-caprock-brine interaction: Reactivity experiments on Eau Claire Shale and a review of literature. The International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. (7)153–167, doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.01.012.
• Lu, P., Fu, Q., Seyfried Jr., WE, Jones, K., and Zhu, C., Coupled alkali feldspar dissolution and secondary mineral precipitation in batch systems: 2. Effects of CO2 and implications for carbon sequestration. Applied Geochemistry in press
• Zhu, C. (2011) Current Status of Geochemical Modeling in Environmental and Geological Studies, Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Robert A. Meyers (Ed.), Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3.

2011

• Zhu, C. and FW Schwartz, Hydrogeochemical processes and theircontrols influence on water quality and water management, Elements v. 7 (3), 169-174. (June 2011). [This material is partly based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EAR0809903]
• Oelkers, OH, Hering, J, Zhu, C. Water: Is there a global crisis. Elements v. 7 (3), 157-162, (June 2011)
• Zhu, C. The globalization of Chinese geosciences: A threat or an opportunity? Elements 7 (6), 368-367, December 2011.
• Lu, P., N. T. Nuhfer, S. Kelly, Q. Li, H. Konishi, Erika Elswick, A. Schimmelmann, C. ^†Zhu.  Pb²⁺ coprecipitation with iron oxyhydroxide nano-particles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v.75, 4527-4621, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.035.
• Liu, Faye (Yifei), P. Lu, C. Zhu, Y. Xiao (2011), Coupled reactive transport modeling of CO₂ Sequestration in the Mt. Simon Sandstone Formation, Midwest U.S.A. The International Journal of Green House Gas Control, v.52 (2), 294-307, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.08.00.
• Lu P. and Zhu C. (2011) Arsenic Eh-pH Diagrams at 25 oC and 1 bar. Environmental Earth Sciences,v62(8), 1673-1683. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0652-x. [This material is partly based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EAR0809903]
• Lu, P, Fu, Q., Seyfried, W.E. Jr, Hereford, A.G., Zhu, C. Navajo Sandstone-Brine-CO₂ interaction: Implications for Geological Carbon Sequestration. Environmental Earth Sciences, 62(1), 101-118.doi:10.1007/s12665-010-0501-y.
• Su, W., Hongtao Zhang, Ruizhong Hu, Xi Ge, Bin Xia, Y. Chen, and C. Zhu, Mineralogy and geochemistry of gold-bearing arsenian pyrite from the Shuiyindong Carlin-type gold deposit, Guizhou, China: Implications for gold depositional processes. Mineralium Deposita. DOI 10.1007/s00126-011-0328-9..
• Pham, V.T.H. , P. Lu, P. Aagaard, C. Zhu, H. Hellevang, On the potential of CO₂-water-rock interactions for CO₂ storage using a modified kinetic model. The International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.12.002

2010

• Zhu, C., Lu, P., Zheng, Z., Ganor, J., (2010) Coupled Alkali Feldspar Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation in Batch Systems: 4. Numerical modeling of reaction path. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. . v.74, pp. 3963-3983, Doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.012.
• Ji, X. and Zhu, C. (2010) Modelling of phase equilibria in the H₂S-H₂O system with statistical associating fluid theory.Energy & Fuelsv.24, 6208-6213.
• McKnight-Whitford, A., B. Chen, H. Naranmandura, C. Zhu, and  X. Chris Le, (2010) High concentrations of monomethylarsonous acid detected in contaminated groundwater.  Environmental Sciences & Technology. v44, 5875-5880. Doi 10.1021/es100273b.
• Liu, Faye (Yifei) Le, C, McKnight-Whitford, A., Xia, Y., Wu, F., Elswick, E., Johnson, C.C., Zhu, C., (2010) Antimony Speciation and Contamination of Waters in Xikuangshan Sb Mining and Smelting Area, China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, v32(5), 401-414, DOI 10.1007/s10653-010-9284-z .
• Zhu C. and Kipfer, R. (2010) Noble Gas Evidence for the Passing of the Southern Branch of Jet Streams in Late Pleistocene over Black Mesa, Arizona, USA, Geology, v.38, no.1, 83-86; DOI: 10.1130/G30369.1

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