General

My research interests focus on isotope biogeochemistry of methane and other dissolved gases in the ocean and across other Earth systems, as well as development of marine chemical sensors.

Email: mdu@idsse.ac.cn

Research Areas

Marine Gas Biogeochemistry

Marine Chemical Sensors

Experience

2014.08 - 2020.12  Institue of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

2021.01 - present   Institue of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor

Publications

   
Papers

·    Du, M., Peng, X., Zhang, H., Ye, C., Dasgupta, S., Li, J., Li, J., Liu, S., Xu, H., Chen, C., Jing, H., Xu, H., Liu, J., He, S., He, L., Cai, S., Chen, S. and Ta, K. (2021) Geology, environment, and life in the deepest part of the world’s oceans. The Innovation 2, 297-309.
·     Peng, X., Guo, Z., Du, M., Czaja, A.D., Papineau, D., Chen, S., Xu, H., Li, J., Ta, K., Bai, S. and Dasgupta, S. (2020) Past endolithic life in metamorphic ocean crust. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 14, 14-19.
·     Chen, M., Du, M., Jin, A., Chen, S., Dasgupta, S., Li, J., Xu, H., Ta, K. and Peng, X. (2020) Forty-year pollution history of microplastics in the largest marginal sea of the western Pacific. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 13, 42-47.
·     Du, M., Peng, X., Seyfried, W.E., Ta, K., Guo, Z., Chen, S., Chou, I.M., Li, J. and Xu, H. (2019) Fluid discharge linked to bending of the incoming plate at the Mariana subduction zone. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 11, 1-5.
·     Du, M., Yvon-Lewis, S., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Valentine, D.L., Mendes, S.D. and Kessler, J.D. (2014) High resolution measurements of methane and carbon dioxide in surface waters over a natural seep reveal dynamics of dissolved phase air-sea flux. Environmental Science and Technology 48, 10165-10173.
·     Du, M. and Kessler, J.D. (2012) Assessment of the spatial and temporal variability of bulk hydrocarbon respiration following the deepwater horizon oil spill. Environmental Science and Technology 46, 10499-10507.
·     Kessler, J.D., Valentine, D.L., Redmond, M.C., Du, M., Chan, E.W., Mendes, S.D., Quiroz, E.W., Villanueva, C.J., Shusta, S.S., Werra, L.M., Yvon-Lewis, S.A. and Weber, T.C. (2011) A persistent oxygen anomaly reveals the fate of spilled methane in the deep Gulf of Mexico. Science 331, 312-315.
·     Valentine, D.L., Kessler, J.D., Redmond, M.C., Mendes, S.D., Heintz, M.B., Farwell, C., Hu, L., Kinnaman, F.S., Yvon-Lewis, S., Du, M., Chan, E.W., Tigreros, F.G. and Villanueva, C.J. (2010) Propane respiration jump-starts microbial response to a deep oil spill. Science 330, 208-211.

Projects

  • Development of Deep-sea Scientific Lab. Strategic pilot science and technology projects, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Type A , 2018.10-2023.12, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Subproject Principal Investigator.
  • Development of a High Precision Deep-sea Methane Sensor. Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018.01-2019.12, Principal Investigator
  • Development of a High Precision Deep-sea Trace Metal and Dissolved Gases Analyzing System. The National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2016.07-2020.06, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China,  Principal Investigator
  • Development of a Deep-sea Benthic Biogeochemical Experiment System. Key Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016.01-2018.12, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Principal Investigator
  • Environmental Effect of Seepage of Methane from the Yinggehai Natural Seeps. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation,2016.01-2018.12,National Natural Science Foundation of China, Principal Investigator
  • Detection of the Key Dissolved Gases at Deep-sea. Key Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,2014.01-2015.12, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Principal Investigator
  • Study of the Interaction Between the Chemical Environment and Chemosynthetic Microorganisms at the Hadal Trench. The National Key Basic Research Program 973,2015.01-2019.12,Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China,  Principal Investigator
  • Study of the Driving Mechanism of Exclusive Chemistry and Sedimentation Processes, and the Ore Forming at the Hadal Trench. Strategic pilot science and technology projects, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Type B,2014.01-2018.12, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Major Investigator

Publications

   
Papers

·    Du, M., Peng, X., Zhang, H., Ye, C., Dasgupta, S., Li, J., Li, J., Liu, S., Xu, H., Chen, C., Jing, H., Xu, H., Liu, J., He, S., He, L., Cai, S., Chen, S. and Ta, K. (2021) Geology, environment, and life in the deepest part of the world’s oceans. The Innovation 2, 297-309.
·     Peng, X., Guo, Z., Du, M., Czaja, A.D., Papineau, D., Chen, S., Xu, H., Li, J., Ta, K., Bai, S. and Dasgupta, S. (2020) Past endolithic life in metamorphic ocean crust. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 14, 14-19.
·     Chen, M., Du, M., Jin, A., Chen, S., Dasgupta, S., Li, J., Xu, H., Ta, K. and Peng, X. (2020) Forty-year pollution history of microplastics in the largest marginal sea of the western Pacific. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 13, 42-47.
·     Du, M., Peng, X., Seyfried, W.E., Ta, K., Guo, Z., Chen, S., Chou, I.M., Li, J. and Xu, H. (2019) Fluid discharge linked to bending of the incoming plate at the Mariana subduction zone. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 11, 1-5.
·     Du, M., Yvon-Lewis, S., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Valentine, D.L., Mendes, S.D. and Kessler, J.D. (2014) High resolution measurements of methane and carbon dioxide in surface waters over a natural seep reveal dynamics of dissolved phase air-sea flux. Environmental Science and Technology 48, 10165-10173.
·     Du, M. and Kessler, J.D. (2012) Assessment of the spatial and temporal variability of bulk hydrocarbon respiration following the deepwater horizon oil spill. Environmental Science and Technology 46, 10499-10507.
·     Kessler, J.D., Valentine, D.L., Redmond, M.C., Du, M., Chan, E.W., Mendes, S.D., Quiroz, E.W., Villanueva, C.J., Shusta, S.S., Werra, L.M., Yvon-Lewis, S.A. and Weber, T.C. (2011) A persistent oxygen anomaly reveals the fate of spilled methane in the deep Gulf of Mexico. Science 331, 312-315.
·     Valentine, D.L., Kessler, J.D., Redmond, M.C., Mendes, S.D., Heintz, M.B., Farwell, C., Hu, L., Kinnaman, F.S., Yvon-Lewis, S., Du, M., Chan, E.W., Tigreros, F.G. and Villanueva, C.J. (2010) Propane respiration jump-starts microbial response to a deep oil spill. Science 330, 208-211.