Professor of Fac
 

Assistant researcher of the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology

Education:

2009.9-2014.12   M. Sc. and Ph.D., Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

2005.9-2009.7    B.Sc., Biology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Professional Experience:

2021.1 to present, Associate researcher, Geomicrobiology, the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China

2017.4 to 2020.12, Assistant researcher, Geomicrobiology, the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China

2016.1~2016.6, Academic visitor, Geomicrobiology, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, USA

2015.1~2017.3, Postdoctorate, Geomicrobiology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China

Honors and Awards:

2012   National scholarship for PhD student (first class)

2006   National scholarship for undergraduate student

Current Research Interest:

1) mechanisms of microbially-mediated dolomite precipitation – Research work conducted on halophiles, sulfate reduction bacteria and iron/manganese oxidization/reduction bacteria.

2) Effect of environmental variation on microbial dolomite formation, including salinity, sulfate concentration, temperature, et al.

Research grants:

1) Comparative study of halophile with sulfate reduction pathway and halophile without sulfate reduction pathway for their molecular mechanisms in facilitating dolomite precipitation, funded by NSFC, 2016-2019.

Selected Publications (* author for correspondence):

1. Wen Tian, Xing Xiang, Liyuan Ma, Stephanie Evers, Ruicheng Wang, Xuan Qiu and Hongmei Wang*, 2020. Rare Species Shift the Structure of Bacterial Communities Across Sphagnum Compartments in a Subalpine Peatland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 21, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03138

2. Deng Liu*, Qigao Fan, Dominic Papineau, Na Yu, Yueying Chu, Hongmei Wang, Xuan Qiu, Xingjie Wang, 2020. Precipitation of protodolomite facilitated by sulfate-reducing bacteria: The role of capsule extracellular polymeric substances. Chemical Geology, 533(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119415

3. Xuan Qiu, Yancheng Yao, Hongmei Wang*, Anjiang Shen and Jie Zhang, 2019. Halophilic Archaea Mediate the Formation of Proto-Dolomite in Solutions With Various Sulfate Concentrations and Salinities, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00480

4. Deng Liu*, Na Yu, Dominic Papineau, Qigao Fan, Hongmei Wang, Xuan Qiu, Zhenbing She, Genming Luo, 2019. The catalytic role of planktonic aerobic heterotrophic bacteria in protodolomite formation: Results from Lake Jibuhulangtu Nuur, Inner Mongolia, China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 263(15): 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.056

5. Deng Liu*, Yangyang Xu, Dominic Papineau, Na Yu, Qigao Fan, Xuan Qiu, Hongmei Wang, 2019. Experimental evidence for abiotic formation of low-temperature proto-dolomite facilitated by clay minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 247(15): 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.12.036

6. Jingjing Li, Richard D. Pancost, B. David A. Naafs, Huan Yang, Deng Liu, Linfeng Gong, Xuan Qiu, Shucheng Xie*, 2019. Multiple environmental and ecological controls on archaeal ether lipid distributions in saline ponds. Chemical Geology, 529(20), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119293

7. Rui Zhao, Hongmei Wang*, Xiaoyu Cheng, Yuan Yun, Xuan Qiu, 2018. Upland Soil Cluster γ Dominates the Methanotroph Communities in the Karst Heshang Cave. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 94(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy192

8. Qiu Xuan, Yao Yanchen, Wang Hongmei*, Duan Yong, 2018. Live microbial cells adsorb Mg2+ more effectively than lifeless organic matter. Frontiers of Earth Science, 12(1): 160-169.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-017-0626-3

9. 段勇，药彦辰，邱轩，王红梅*，2017. 三株嗜盐古菌诱导形成白云石. 地球科学: 中国地质大学学报, 42（3）：389-396. http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-DQKX201703006.htm

10. 药彦辰，邱轩，王红梅*，2017. 不同状态嗜盐古菌细胞及羧基微球诱导白云石沉淀, 地球科学: 中国地质大学学报, 43(2): 449-458. http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-DQKX201802008.htm

11.邱轩,石良*, 2017. 微生物和含铁矿物之间的电子交换.《化学学报》, 75, 583-593. DOI: 10.6023/A17010021.

12. Xuan Qiu, Hongmei Wang*, Yong Duan and Yanchen Yao，2017. High salinity facilitates dolomite precipitation mediated by Haloferax volcanii DS52. Earth and Planetary Science Letter, 472, 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.018

13. SC Xie*, D Liu, X Qiu, XY Huang, TJ Algeo, 2016. Microbial roles equivalent to geological agents of high temperature and pressure in deep Earth. Science China Earth Sciences, 59 (11), 2098-2104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-015-5442-1

14. Y Yun, H Wang*, B Man, X Xiang, J Zhou, X Qiu, Y Duan, AS Engel, 2016. The relationship between pH and Bacterial Community in a Single Karst Ecosystem and Its Implication for Soil Acidification. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1955. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01955

15. L Gong, H Wang*, X Xiang, X Qiu, Q Liu, R Wang, R Zhao, C Wang, 2015.  pH shaping the composition of sqhC-containing bacterial communities, Geomicrobiology Journal, 32 (5), 433-444. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01490451.2014.950363

16. 邱轩，王红梅*, 2014. 微生物促进碳酸钙镁矿物沉淀, 2014年中国地球科学联合学术年会——专题 30: 地球生物学论文集. http://cpfd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CPFDTOTAL-ZGDW201410035007.htm

17. 王红梅*，吴晓萍，邱轩，刘邓, 2013. 微生物成因的碳酸盐矿物研究进展. 微生物学通报, 40 (1), 180-189. http://journals.im.ac.cn/wswxtbcn/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=tb13010180

18. Qiu Xuan, Wang Hongmei*, Liu Deng, Gong Lingfeng, Wu Xiaoping, Xiang Xing, 2012. The physiological response of Synechococcus elongatus to salinity: A potential biomarker for ancient salinity in evaporative environments. Geomicrobiology Journal, 29(5), 477-483. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01490451.2011.581331

19. Hongmei Wang*, Aga McCarthney, Xuan Qiu, Rui Zhao, 2012. Cd2+ impact on metabolic cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae over an extended period and implications for bioremediation. Geomicrobiology Journal, 29:199-205. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01490451.2011.558558

20. 殷鸿福*，谢树成，颜佳新，胡超涌，黄俊华，腾格尔，郄文昆，邱轩, 2011. 海相碳酸盐烃源岩评价的地球生物学方法. 中国科学: 地球科学, 41 (7), 895-909. http://earth.scichina.com:8080/sciD/CN/abstract/abstract504029.shtml

21. Deng Liu, Hongmei Wang*, Hailiang Dong, Xuan Qiu, Xiuzhu Dong, Charles A. Cravotta III, 2011. Mineral transformations associated with goethite reduction by Methanosarcina barkeri. Chemical Geology, 288: 53-60. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254111002592

22. Deng Liu, Hongmei Wang*, Xuan Qiu, Hailiang Dong, 2010. Comparison of reduction extent of Fe(III) in nontronite by Shewanella putrefaciens and Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Journal of Earth Science, special issue, 21: 297-299. http://www.springerlink.com/content/c2317176806x88j0/

23. Hongmei Wang*, Cuiping Zeng, Qianying Liu, Deng Liu, Xuan Qiu, Linfeng Gong, 2010. Calcium carbonate precipitation induced by a bacterium strain isolated from an oligotrophic cave in central China. Front. Earth Sci. China, 4(2): 148-151. http://www.springerlink.com/content/52411q348q1v6v45/

24. Qianying Liu, Hongmei Wang*, Rui Zhao, Xuan Qiu, Linfeng Gong, 2010. Bacteria isolated from dripping water in the oligotrophic Heshang Cave in central China. Journal of Earth Science, special issue, 21:325-328. http://www.springerlink.com/content/m55n29686m569260/

25. Ze Zhang, Canfa Wang, Xuan Qiu, Xianyu Huang, Shucheng Xie*, 2009. Occurrence of highly abundant bacterial hopanoids in Dajiuhu peatland, central China. Front. Earth Sci. China, 3(3): 320-326. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u8r3080t22835414/