Zhigang Zhang

Zhigang Zhang
Institute of Geology and Geophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China, 100029
Tel: 86-10-8299 8300

Affiliations

Key Laboratory of the Earth’s Deep Interior, CAS 2008-present

State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution 2005-2008

Educations

Ph.D.: Geochemistry, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS 2005

M.Sc.: Mineralogy and Petrology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) 2002

B.S.: Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) 1999

Positions Held

Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS 2007-present

Assistant Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS 2005-2007

Honors and Awards

National Award for the Best 100 PhD Dissertations 2007

Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2006

Special prize of the President Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2004

Excellent Master Dissertation Award, Hubei Province, China 2003

Excellent Graduate Fellowship, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) 2002

Professional Society Memberships

American Geophysical Union 2008-present

Geochemical Society 2007-present

Publications

  1. Mingyan Li, Zhenhao Duan, Zhigang Zhang, Chi Zhang and John Weare (2008) The structure, dynamics and solvation mechanisms of ions in water from long time molecular dynamics simulations: a case study of CaCl2 (aq) aqueous solutions. Molecular Physics, 106 (24): 2685-2697. pdf
  2. Chi Zhang, Zhenhao Duan and Zhigang Zhang (2007) Molecular dynamics simulation of the CH4 and CH4-H2O systems up to 10 GPa and 2573 K. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (8): 2036-2055. pdf program
  3. Zhenhao Duan and Zhigang Zhang (2006) Equation of state of the H2O-CO2 system up to 10 GPa and 2573K: Molecular dynamics simulations with ab initio potential surface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (9): 2311-2324. pdf
  4. Shide Mao, Zhigang Zhang, Jiawen Hu, Rui Sun and Zhenhao Duan (2005) An accurate model for calculating C2H6 solubility in pure water and aqueous NaCl solutions. Fluid Phase Equilibia, 238 (1): 77-86. pdf
  5. Zhigang Zhang and Zhenhao Duan (2005) An optimized molecular potential for carbon dioxide. Journal of Chemical Physics, 122 (21): 214507. pdf
  6. Zhigang Zhang and Zhenhao Duan (2005) Prediction of the PVT properties of water over wide range of temperatures and pressures from molecular dynamics simulation. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 149 (3-4): 335-354. pdf program
  7. Zhigang Zhang and Zhenhao Duan (2004) Lithium chloride ionic association in dilute aqueous solution: a constrained molecular dynamics study. Chemical Physics, 297: 221-233. pdf
  8. Zhenhao Duan and Zhigang Zhang (2003) Solvation properties of Li+ and Cl- in water: molecular dynamics simulation with a non-rigid model. Molecular Physics, 101 (10): 1501-1510. pdf
  9. Zhigang Zhang and Zhenhao Duan (2002) Phase equilibria of the system methane-ethane from temperature scaling Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (19): 3431-3439. pdf program