Research Team
Research Centre of Ecology & Environment for Coastal Area and Deep Sea
Group Profile
The Research Centre of Ecology & Environment for Coastal Area and Deep Sea
(hereinafter referred to as the "Center") is a multidisciplinary research center jointly established by the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) and Guangdong University of Technology. Since its inception in May 2021, the Center has developed rapidly, bringing together over 20 nationally recognized talents, including academicians, recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Changjiang Scholars, National Excellent Young Scholars, and Overseas National Excellent Young Scholars. The Center is co-led by Academicians Zhang Si and Yang Zhifeng, with Professor Feng Jingchun (recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars) and Professor Zhu Zhenchang (recipient of the National Excellent Young Scholars award) serving as the Director and Deputy Director, respectively. Guided by the major national strategic needs for building a strong maritime nation and establishing a community with a shared future for the ocean, the Center focuses on the scientific frontiers of coastal and deep-sea environmental protection and restoration, as well as the sustainable development and utilization of resources and energy under global change.
Research Directions
The Center serves national and local ecological civilization initiatives, contributing to the construction of a world-class Greater Bay Area and supporting China's national goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Responding to the national call for the development of low-carbon, energy-saving, and environmental protection industries, the Center supports significant national projects related to land-sea governance and security strategies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, environmentally safe marine development technologies, and the exploration and environmental protection of deep-sea biological resources. Its primary research directions include:
1.Environmental changes in estuaries and coasts and the ecological response mechanisms.
2.Conservation, ecological restoration, and functional enhancement of coastal wetlands.
3.Integrated land-sea governance and sustainable coastal zone development.
4.Environmental and ecological impacts of marine energy and resource exploitation.
5.Green and efficient extraction technologies for marine combustible ice.
6.Methane release in the marine environment and the evolution of cold seep ecosystems.
7.Technologies for in-situ ocean observation, sampling, and long-term laboratory simulations.
8.Migration, transformation, and ecological effects of emerging marine pollutants.
9.Carbon sequestration mechanisms in coastal wetlands and the ocean and technologies for negative carbon emissions.
10.Development of strategic marine metallic resources.
11.Seawater desalination and wastewater (material) resource recovery technologies.
12.Functional nanomembrane materials and membrane separation technologies.
Research Team
Team Member
Zhi-Feng Yang
Academician
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ResearcherYang YangMarine Resources and Membrane Separation Technology -
ResearcherWenxiang ZhangSeawater Purification and Resource Utilization -
ResearcherXiaoguang OuyangCarbon Cycling and Ecosystem Services in Coastal Wetlands -
Associate researcherHang WanEco-Hydraulics -
Associate researcherQin ZhuCoastal Biogeomorphic Dynamics -
postdocMingming HuMarine Fisheries Carbon Accounting and Low-Carbon Development Pathways -
postdocLi WangDesign and Fabrication of Selective Separation Membranes -
postdocShaoqiang NieHydrothermal Treatment of SolidWaste and New Energy HydrogenProduction Technology -
postdocJia LinBlue Carbon Ecosystem CarbonSequestration and Marine Microplasti Pollution -
AssistantJingqi Zhao
