2004 to 2008

Ph.D under the supervision of Professor Paul J Harrison, AMCE Program, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

2000-2003

Research student, Lab of Tropical Marine Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology

1996-2000

BS, Biological engineering, Nanchang University

2012-2013

Visiting scholar, The University of Georgia, Marine Science Department, research group of Wei-Jun Cai

2011/11 to present

Associate scientist, Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology

2008/10 to 2011/11

Assistant research scientist, State Key Lab of Oceanography in the Tropics, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2008/4 to 2009/9

Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Paul J Harrison, AMCE Program, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Ø  Zhou W， Liao J， Guo Y， Yuan X， Huang H (2017). "High dark carbon fixation in the tropical South China Sea." Continental Shelf Research.

Ø  Yuan, XC, et al. (2016). "Bacterial influence on chromophoric dissolved organic matter in coastal waters of the northern South China Sea." Aquatic Microbial Ecology 76(3): 207-217.

Ø  Yuan, XC., et al. (2016). "Long-term variations in oxygen in sub-tropical coastal waters: Influence of sewage effluent." Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Ø  Huang, H., Yuan, XC.*, Cai, W.J., Zhang, C.L., Li, X.B., Liu, S. Positive and negative responses of coral calcification to elevated pCO₂: case studies of Acropora nasuta and Pocillopora damicornis and the implications of their responses. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, doi: 10.3354/meps10720. 2014.

Ø  Yuan XC, Glibert P M, Xu J, Liu H, Chen M, Liu H, Yin K, Harrison P J. 2012. Inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton and bacteria in Hong Kong waters. Estuaries and Coasts, 35: 325-334.

Ø  Yuan XC, Yin K, Harrison P J, Zhang J. 2011. Phytoplankton are more tolerant to UV than bacteria and viruses in the northern South China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 65: 117-128.

Ø  Yuan XC, He L, Yin K, Pan G, Harrison P J. 2011. Bacterial distribution and nutrient limitation in relation to different water masses in the coastal and northwestern South China Sea in late summer. Continental Shelf Research, 31: 1214-1223.

Ø  Yuan XC, Yin K, Cai W, Ho A Y T, Xu J, Harrison P J. 2011. Influence of seasonal monsoons on net primary production and CO₂  in subtropical Hong Kong coastal waters, Biogeosciences, 8: 289-300.

Ø  Yuan XC, Yin K, Harrison P J, He L, Xu J. 2010. Variations in apparent oxygen utilization and effects of P addition on bacterial respiration in subtropical Hong Kong waters. Estuaries and coasts, doi: 10.1007/s12237-010-9329-7.

Ø  Yuan XC, Yin K, Harrison P J, Cai W, He L, Xu J. 2010. Bacterial production and respiration in sub-tropical Hong Kong waters: influence of the Pearl River discharge and sewage impacts. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 58: 167-179.

Ø  Yuan XC, Yin K, Zhou W, Cao W, Xu X, Zhao D. 2007. Effects of ultraviolet radiation B (UV-B) on photosynthesis of natural phytoplankton assemblages in a marine bay in Southern China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52(4): 545-552.

已指导学生

黄宝威  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

廖健祖  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

郭亚娟  硕士研究生  077601-环境科学  

梁宇娴  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

张喆  硕士研究生  085229-环境工程  

何茜  硕士研究生  070703-海洋生物学  

现指导学生

宋严  硕士研究生  085700-资源与环境  

朱晴  硕士研究生  085700-资源与环境  

唐硕  硕士研究生  085701-环境工程