Ai-Cheng Zhang

Professor of Mineralogy

 

Education

2001.09-2005.06. PhD candidate in Mineralogy, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University

1997.09-2001.06. B.S. in Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University

 

Professional Experience

2011.07-2013.06    JSPS Foreign Researcher, Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan

2010.05-present  Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, China

2008.11-2009.05    Visisting Scholar, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, USA

2005.06-2010.04    Associate Professor, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

Teaching

Introduction to Meteoritics

Introduction to Crystallography and Mineralogy

Theories and Applications of Modern Mineralogy

Mineral chemistry and Mineral physics

 

Awards

2017  Dengfeng Project-B, Nanjing University

2012  Defeng Hou Award, Chinese Society of Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry

2011  The Natural Science Award (First Class), Ministry of Education, China (2/8)

2011  JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers

2011  The fifth Outstanding Young Faculty, Nanjing University

2004  Jiaotong Konggu Scholarship, Nanjing University

2003  Excellent Graduate, Nanjing University

 

Recent Collaborators

Dr. Misaaki Miyahara, Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic geology, Tohoku University

Prof. Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University

Prof. Lawrence A. Taylor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee

Dr. Yunbin Guan, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Dr. Chi Ma, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Prof. Christine Floss, Space Science Laboratory, University of Washington, St. Louis

Prof. XianHua Li, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Weibiao Hsu, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Rucheng Wang, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University