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Yuanming Pan B.Sc., Ph.D.

Professor

Faculty Member in Geological Sciences
Graduate Supervisor in Geological Sciences

Office
Geology 224

Research Area(s)

  • Mineralogy
  • Mineral spectroscopy
  • Environmental geochemistry
  • Critical minerals
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineral deposits
  • Sustainable mineral development
  • Mineral-inspired materials

Publications

2025

  • Zhang, X., He, H., Chen, Y., Yang, G., Xiao, X., Lv, H., Xiang, Y., Wang, S., Jiang, C., Li, J., Chen, Z., Liu, S., Yan, N., Yong, X., Alodhay, A., Pan, Y., Chen, N., Lin, J., Tu, X., Shao, Z. and Sun, Y. (2025) Co-expression of multi-genes for polynary perovskite electrocatalysts for reversible solid oxide cells. Nature Communications, Vol. 16: 2868. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58178-7
  • Zhao, X., Ma, X., Ma, Y., Yuan, Z., Wang, S., Pan, Y., Shi, M. and Lin, J. (2025) Ferrihydrite sulfidation transformation and coupled As(V) and Cd(II) mobilization under anoxic conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 490: 137734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137734
  • Eliwa, H.A., Deevsalar, R., Mahdy, N.M., Pan, Y., El-Gameel, Kh., El-Desouky, H.A., Khamis, M., Murata, H., Andresen, A., Chew, D., El Sundolly, H., Fawzy, M.M., Kato, K., Fujinaga, K., Shin, K.-C., Shinjo, R, (2025) Origin of Neoproterozoic anorthosites in the Wadi El Dib Ultramafic-Mafic Layered Intrusions, Egypt. Precambrian Research, Vol. 421: 107750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107750
  • Feng, Y., Chen, H., Kuang, H., Li, R., Xiao, B., Wu, C., Zheng, H., Feng, R., Shakouri, M. & Pan, Y. Enrichment mechanism of heavy rare earth elements in magmatic-hydrothermal titanite: Insights from SXAS/XPS experiments and first-principles calculations and implications for regolith-hosted HREE deposits. American Mineralogist (in press). https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9645
  • Mashkovtsev, R.I., Botis, S.M., Lin, J., Deevsalar, R., Cheung, L.K.L., Wiens, E., Tunc, A., Chen, N., Chernikov, R. & Pan, Y. Discovery of Ge2+ in quartz: Evidence from EPR/XAS experiments and DFT calculations, and implications for Ge/Si systematics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 393: 290-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.01.025
  • Feng, Y., Pan, Y., Chen, H., Deevsalar, R., Cheung, L., Tunc, A., Cao, K., Zhu, Y., Feng, R.,Shakouri, M., Xiao, Q., Chen, N., Xiao, B. and Zheng, H. (2025) Binding mechanisms of Y and HREE sorption on birnessite: New insights into the formation and sustainable development of regolith-hosted REE deposits. American Mineralogist (in press) https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9451
  • Cao, K., She, Z., Papineau, D., Nan, J., Chen, C., Deevsalar, R., Tunc, A., Shakouri, M., Xiao, Q., Huang, K.-J. & Pan, Y. (2025) Preservation of biosignatures in Neoproterozoic phosphorites metamorphosed at temperatures >450 °C. Chemical Geology, Vol. 673: 122519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122519/
  • Ma, X., Chen, J., Chang, H., Zhu, K., Ma, K., Zhao, X., Lin, J., Yao, S., Cui, Y., Hu, Y., Pan, Y. & Wang, S. (2025) Hydrous ferric arsenate transformation coupled with As, Fe, and S environmental cycling in sulfidic systems under anoxic and circumneutral conditions. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 958: 178038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178038.
  • Tunc, A., Lin, J., Chen, N., Feng, R. & Pan, Y. (2025) Proof of uranyl deposition in unconformity-related uranium deposits, Athabasca Basin, Canada: Evidence from synchrotron XAS and XPS analyses of hematite”. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 63: 3-26. https://doi.org/10.3749/2400013
  • Zhu, Y., Wang, L., Pan, Y., She, Z., Feng, R., Chen, N., Purdy, S. & Cao, K. The valence states of Nb and Ta in magmatic-hydrothermal systems: Insights from combined SXAS and XPS analyses of titanite and ilmenite in two Chinese anorogenic suites. American Mineralogist (accepted).
  • Xiao, B., Chen, H., Feng, Y. & Pan, Y. (2025) Episodic magmatism contributes to sub-seafloor copper mineralization: Insights from textures and geochemistry of zoned pyrite in the Ashele VMS deposit. American Mineralogist (in press). https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-9250
  • Chadirji-Martinez, K., Hudon, G., Chernikov, R., Heredia, E., Feng, R., Crawford, A.M. & Pan, Y. (2025) Thorium speciation in titania slag: Implications for environmental remediation and valorization. Mineralogical Magazine (in press). https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2024.69
  • Lin, J., Chen, N. & Pan, Y. (2025) Arsenic speciation in picromerite K2Mg(SO4)2•6H2O: Electron paramagnetic resonance and synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopic characterizations and implications for organic fertilizers. Canadian Journal of Chemistry (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2024-0044
  • Su, R., Su, X., Gao, Y., Ma, X.,, hao, X., Ou, X., Cui, Y., Lin, J., Pan, Y. & Wang, S. (2025) Cotreatment strategy for hazardous arsenic-calcium residue and siderite tailings via arsenic fixation as scorodite. Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 153: 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2024.02.008

2024

  • Sittner, J., Götze, J., Müller, A., Renno, A.D., Ziegenrücker, R. & Pan, Y. (2024) Trace element analysis and luminescence behavior of quartz in pegmatites of the Tørdal region, Norway. Chemical Geology, Vol. 670: 122427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122427.
  • Zhang, J., Chai, J., Zhang, L., Huang, Q., Wang, Q., Pan, L. Ma, C., Li, J. & Pan, Y. (2024) Lower crustal copper enrichment and mobilization indicated by Late Permian amphibole gabbros and granodiorites in the eastern Kunlun Orogen, northern Tibet. Lithos, Vol. 482–483: 107740. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024493724002536
  • Ma, X., Yuan, Z., Lin, J., Cui, Y., Wang, S., Pan, Y., Chernikov, R., Cheung, L.K.L., Deevsalar, R. & Jia, Y. (2024) Local structure and crystallization-transformation of hydrous ferric arsenate in acidic H2O-Fe(III)-As(V)-SO42- systems: Implications for acid mine drainage and arsenic geochemical cycling. Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 58: 7176–7185. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.4c01235
  • Tunc, A., Çelik, Y., Feng, R. İnanç, O. & Pan, Y. (2024) Uranium mineralization in the Thrace Basin, NW Türkiye: Evidence from radiation-induced defects in detrital quartz and synchrotron XRF/XANES analysis. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol. 264: 107533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107533
  • Wang, Q., Zhang, J., Pan, L., Huang, Q., Ma, C., Li, J. & Pan, Y. (2024) Geochronological and sulfide geochemical evidence for gold mineralization related to post-collisional magmatism in the Wulonggou goldfield of the East Kunlun Orogen, northern Tibet, Ore Geology Reviews, Vol. 170: 106155. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.oregeorev.2024.106155
  • Zhang, G., Tang, Y., Lin, J., Xu, J., Yuan, Z., Chen, L., Wu, F., Liu, C., Zhu, Z., Bi, X., Zou, W., Cao, Z. Jiang, K., Pan, Y., Chernikov, R., Jia, Y. & Wang, S. (2024) Magnetic and structural characteristics associated with the transformation of As(V)-coprecipitated ferrihydrite to hematite: Implications for magnetic enhancement in soils and sediments. Environmental Science: Nano, Vol. 11: 1985-1999. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EN00739A
  • Zhu, Y., Wang, L., Pan, Y., Ma, C. & Shi, Z. (2024) Remobilization and enrichment of Nb during magmatic and hydrothermal processes: Insights from titanite in Nb-rich dyke swarms of South Qinling, China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 179: 48. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-024-02120-5
  • Cheung, L.K.L., MacKay, C., Sykes, J. & Pan, Y. (2024) Distribution of radiation-induced defects in quartz at the ACKIO uranium prospect, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan: Tracing uranium-bearing fluids. Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 62:: 625–641. https://doi.org/10.3749/2300058
  • Zhu, Y., Wang, L., Pan, Y., Zhang, C., Almeev, R.R., She, Z. & Holtz, F. (2024) Pyrochlore composition and Sm-Nd isotope signature as indicators of magmatic-hydrothermal processes: The case of Ririwai complex, north-central Nigeria. Chemical Geology, Vol. 652: 122021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122021
  • Götze, J., Möckel, R., Pan, Y. & Müller, A. (2024) Geochemistry and formation of agate‑bearing lithophysae in Lower Permian volcanics of the NW‑Saxonian Basin (Germany). Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol/118: 23-40.. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00710-023-00841-2
  • Kuang, H., Pan, Y. & Tse, J. (2024) First-principles studies on the structure and B-O coordinationof B2O3 glass at high pressure. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 128: 3543-3556. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08049
  • Xie, X.-Z., Kuang, H., Wiens, E., Deevsalar, R., Tunc, A., Purdy, S., Zuin, L., Tse, J.S., Mi, J.-X., & Pan, Y. (2024) Synthesis of jadarite in the Li2O-Na2O-B2O3-SiO2-NaCl-H2O system: FTIR, Raman, and Li and B K-edge XANES characterizations and theoretical calculations. European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 36: 139-151. DOI:10.5194/ejm-36-139-2024
  • Götze, J., McRae, C., Pan, Y. & Audédat, A. (2024) The blue 450 nm (2.8 eV) cathodoluminescence (CL) emission in quartz and its relation to structural defects and Ti contents. American Mineralogist, Vol. 109: 122-134. http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints/8884GoetzePreprint.pdf
  • Chadirji-Martinez, K., Hudon, G., Chernikov, R., Heredia, E., Feng, R., Crawford, A. & Pan, Y. (2024) Thorium speciation in ilmenite concentrates from the Mandena deposit, Madagascar: Implications for environmental remediation and thorium beneficiation. Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 160: 105872. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292723003177
  • Xie, X.-Z., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2024) A facile recrystallization strategy for fabrication of nanocrystalline microspheres of sulfatic sodalite with high thermal stability. CrystEngComm, Vol. 26: 40-50. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/ce/d3ce01012k

2023

  • Han, J., Hanchar, J.M., Pan, Y., Hollings, P. & Chen, H. (2023) Hydrothermal alteration, not metamictization, is the main trigger for modification of U- and Th-rich zircon in highly evolved granites. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 136: 1878-1888. https://doi.org/10.1130/B36996.1
  • Yuan, Z., Su, R., Ma, X., Yu, L., Pan, Y., Chen, N., Chernikov, R., Cheung, L.K.L., Deevsalar, R., Tunc, A., Wang L., Zeng, X., Lin, J. & Jia, Y. (2023) Direct immobilization of Se(IV) from acidic Se(IV)-rich wastewater via ferric selenite co-precipitation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 460: 132346. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389423016291
  • Mrozik, M., Götze, J., Pan, Y. & Möckel, R. (2023) Mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of agates from Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. Minerals, Vol. 13(5), 687. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050687
  • Zhang, J., Zhao, X., Yuan, Z., Ma, X., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Kong, Y., Pan, Y., Lin, J. & Jia, Y. (2023) Partitioning and transformation behavior of Cd(II) and As(V) during As(V)-Cd(II)-Fe(III) coprecipitation: Effect of aging under aerobic conditions at pH 5 and 11 relevant to tailings and acid waste. Hydrometallurgy, Volume 218:106061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106061
  • Guo, H., Yang, Y., Yang, G., Cao, X., Yan, N., Li, Z., Chen, E., Tang, L., Peng, M., Shi, L., Xie, S., Tao, H.B., Xu, C., Zhu, Y., Fu, X.-Z.; Pan, Y., Chen, N., Lin, J., Tu, X., Shao, Z., Sun, Y. (2023) Ex-situ reconstruction-shaped Ir/CoO/perovskite heterojunction for boosted water oxidation reaction. ACS Catalysis. Vol. 13:5007-5019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c05684
  • Hu, Q.-M., Huang, Y.-X., Zhang, W.Y., Shao, G.-T., Xu, Y., Zhang, Y.-H., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2023) Industrial-scale extraction of high value-added kaolin from excavation waste: Demonstration from Xiamen, China. Waste Management, Vol. 163: 144-153.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.028
  • Yuan, Y., Lin, J., Pan, Y., Hu, Y., Zhang, J., Shakouri, M., Chen, N., Chernikov, R., Wiens, E. & Jia, Y. (2023) Effects of nitrate content on As(III) immbolization via new ferric arsenite  hydroxynitrate precipitates. Geoderma, Vol. 432: 116423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116423
  • Zhang, J., Pan, L., Wang, Q., Huang, Q., Ma, C., Li, J. & Pan, Y. (2023) Generation of ore-forming magmas in transcrustal plumbing systems: Insights from the Late Triassic Wulonggou porphyries in the eastern Kunlun Orogen, western China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 247: 105605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105605
  • Deevsalar, R., Pan, Y., Shinjo, R., Milan, L., Song, K.H., Xiao, Q., Shakouri, M., Paterson, A. & Hu, Y. (2023) Redox evolution of differentiating hydrous basaltic magmas recorded by zircon and apatites in mafic cumulates: The case of the Malayer Plutonic Complex, Western Iran. Geochemistry Vol. 83: 125946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2022.125946
  • Lin, J., Wang, Y., Pan, Y., Wang, S., Zhao, X., Qu, S., She, Z., Cao, K., Yuan, Z., Ma, X.,Deevsalar, R. and Jia, Y. (2023) Arsenic effects and behavior during the transformation of struvite to newberyite: Implications for applications of green fertilizers. Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 458: 141396.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.141396
  • Feng, Y., Pan, Y., Xiao, B., Chu, G. & Chen, H. (2023) Hydrothermal alteration of magmatic titanite: Implications for REE remobilization and the formation of ion-adsorption HREE deposits, South China. American Mineralogist, Vol. 108: 2051-2064. http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints/8644ChenPreprint.pdf

2022

  • Xie, X.-Z., Xu, L., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2022) Facile synthesis of rose-like composites of zeolites and layered double hydroxides: Growth mechanism and enhanced properties. Chemosphere, Vol. 309: 136741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136741
  • Chadirji-Martinez, K., Grosvenor, A.P., Crawford, A.M., Chernikov, R., Heredia, E., Feng, R. & Pan, Y. (2022) Thorium speciation in synthetic anhydrite: Implications for remediation and recovery of thorium from rare-earth mine tailings. Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 124: 105965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2022.105965. 
  • Tang, L.-J., Xie, X.-Z., Huang, Y.-X., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2022) Phase diagram for hydrothermal alkali activation of kaolin and quartz: Optimal digestion for the synthesis of zeolites. Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 290: 126570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126570
  • Zhao, X., Yuan, Z., Wang, S., Pan, Y., Chen, N., Tunc, A., Cheung, N., Alparov, A., Chen, W., Deevsalar, R., Lin, J. & Jia, Y. (2022) Iron(II)-activated phase transformation of Cd-bearing ferrihydrite: Implications for cadmium mobility and fate under anaerobic conditions. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 848: 157719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157719
  • Wu, M., Jiang, J., Tse, J.S. & Pan, Y. (2022) Carbonate melts under lower mantle conditions. Science Bulletin Vol. 67: 1307-1309. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927322001566
  • Zhao, X., Yuan, Z., Wang, S., Zhang, G., Qu, S., Wang, Y., Liu, S., Pan, Y., Lin, J., Jia, Y., (2022) The fate of co-existent cadmium and arsenic during Fe(II)-induced transformation of As(V)/Cd(II)-bearing ferrihydrite, Chemosphere. Vol. 301: 134665, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522011584
  • Lin, J., Wiens, E., Chen, N., Nilges, M.J., Chen, W. & Pan, Y. (2022) Electron paramagnetic resonance and synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy for highly sensitive characterization of calcium arsenates. Environmental Science & Technology (in press).https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.2c00255
  • Desmarais, J.K., Erba, A., Pan, Y., Civalleria, B. & Tse, J.S. (2022) Reply: Mechanisms for pressure-induced isostructural phase transitions in EuO. Physical Review Letters, Vol.128, 099702.https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.099702
  • Mashkovtsev, R.I., Balitsky, V.S. & Pan, Y. (2022) EPR characteristics of radiation-induced defects in Ge-rich α-quartz. Solid State Sciences, Vol. 125: 106833.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1293255822000280
  • Zhang, J., Wang, S., Ma, X., Yao, S., Lv, H., Pan, Y., Chernikov, R., Heredia, E., Lin, J. & Jia, S. (2022) Observation of surface precipitation of ferric molybdate on ferrihydrite: Implications for the mobility and fate of molybdate in natural and hydrometallurgical environments. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 807: 150749 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150749

2021

  • Gotze, J., Pan, Y. & Muller, A. (2021) Mineralogy and mineral chemistry of quartz – A review. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 85: 639-664. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.72
  • Wang, S., Zeng, X., Lin,  J., Yuan, Z., Qu, S., Zhang, B.,; Pan, Y., Chen, N., Chen, W. &  Jia, Y. (2021) Molecular structure of molybdate adsorption on goethite  at pH 5 – 8: A combined DFT+U, EXAFS, and ab initio XANES study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 125: 22052-22063. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05497.
  • Xiao, B., Pan, Y., Song, H., Song, W., Zhang, Y. & Chen, H. (2021) Hydrothermal alteration processes of fluorapatite and implications for REE remobilization and mineralization. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 176, 87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01849-7
  • Feng, S., Majumdar, A., Kuang, H., Pan, Y., Iitaka, T. & Tse, J.S. (2021) A comparative study on pressure-induced structural transformation in a basaltic glass and melt from Ab initio molecular dynamics calculations. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Vol. 48: 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-021-01165-3.
  • Goryainov, S.V., Tse, J.S., Desgreniers, S., Kawaguchi, S.I., Pan, Y., Likhacheva, A.Y. & Molokeev, M.S. (2021) In-situ X-ray diffraction study of chrysotile at high P-T conditions: Transformation to the 3.65 Å phase. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Vol. 48: 36.https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00269-021-01160-8.pdf.
  • Ebrahimi, S., Pan, Y. & Rezaeian, M. (2021) Origin and evolution of the Masjed Daghi Cu-Au-Mo porphyry and gold epithermal vein system, NW Iran: Constraints from fluid inclusions and sulfur isotope studies. Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 115, 643-662..https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00710-021-00761-z
  • Yin, X., Zhang, G., Su, R., Zeng, X., Yan, Z., Zhang, D., Ma, X., Lei, L., Lin, J., Pan, Y., Chernikov, R., Heredia, E., Wang, S. & Jia, S. (2021) Oxidation and incorporation of adsorbed antimonite during iron(II)-catalyzed recrystallization of ferrihydrite. Science of the Total Environment, 778: 146424.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146424
  • Desmarais, J.K., Erba, A., Pan, Y., Civalleria, B. & Tse, J.S. (2021) Mechanisms for pressure-induced isostructural phase transitions in EuO. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 126: 196404.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.196404
  • Chen, X.-H., Guo, R.-Z., Huang, Y.-X., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2021) Crystal structure and magnetic properties of the magnetically isolated zigzag chain in KGaCu(PO4)2. Dalton Transactions, Vol. 50: 7835-7842..https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT00819F
  • Su, R., Ma, X., LinJ., Yin, X., Wang, X., Pan, Y., Heredia, E., Chernikov, R., Wang, S. & Jia, Y. (2021) An alternative method for the treatment of metallurgical arsenic-alkali residue and recovery of high-purity sodium bicarbonate. Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 202: 105590https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2021.105590
  • Pan, Y., Li, D., Feng, R., Wiens, E., Chen, N., Chernikov, R., Gotze, J. & Lin, J. (2021) Uranyl binding mechanism in microcrystalline silicas: A potential missing link for uranium mineralization by direct uranyl coprecitation and environmental implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 292: 518-531.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.017
  • Zhang, J., Lei, H., Ma, C., Li, J. & Pan, Y. (2021) Silurian-Devonian granites and associated intermediate-mafic rocks along the eastern Kunlun Orogen, western China: Evidence for a prolonged post-collisional lithospheric extension. Gondwana Research, Vol. 89: 131-146.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.08.019

2020

  • Majumdar, A., Wu, M., Pan, Y., Iitaka, T. and Tse, J. (2020) Structural dynamics of basaltic melt at mantle conditions with implications for magma oceans and superplumes. Nature Communications, Vol. 11: 4815.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18660-w
  • Lin, J., Chen, N. & Pan, Y. (2020) Uptake mechanisms of arsenate in gypsum: Structural incorporation versus surface absorption and implications for remediation of arsenic contamination. Earth Science Frontiers, Vol. 27: 227-237.https://doi.org/10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.5.40
  • Pan, Y., Chen, N., Zhu, J., Hopps, N., Wiens, E. & Lin, J. (2020) Local structural environments of bromine in chlorine-rich minerals: Insights from Br K-edge XAS and 81Br MAS NMR. Earth Science Frontiers, Vol. 27: 10-22.https://doi.org/10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.5.54
  •  Liu, P., Pan, Y., Zhang, D., Wu, M., Qiu, K., Li, P., Jia, H., Wang, Z & Zhang, J. (2020) Primary magmatic biotite in granitoid intrusions associated with Late Mesozoic Jinchanggouliang-Erdaogou lode gold deposits, North China Craton: Linkage to gold mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, Vol. 125, 103679.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103679
  • Chen, X.-H., Huang, Y.-X., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2020) Quantum spin liquid candidate YCu3(OH)6Br2[Brx(OH)1− x] (x ≈ 0.51): With an almost perfect kagomé layer. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Vol. 512: 167066.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167066
  • Lin, J., Chen, N., Feng, R., Nilges, M.J., Jia, Y., Wang, S. & Pan, Y. (2020) Sequestration of selenite and selenate in gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O): Insights from the single-crystal electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy study. Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 54: 3169-3180.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b05714?goto=supporting-info
  • Yang, J., Huang, Y.-X., Pan, Y. & Mi, J.-X. (2020) Green Synthesis and Characterization of ZeoliteSilicalite-1 from Recycled Mother Liquor. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials Vol. 303: 110247.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110247
  • Zhou, C-F, Chen, X-H, Huang, Y-X, Pan, Y & Mi, J-X (2020) Rational design of (NH4)Cu[PO4] with a spin gapped, distorted honeycomb layer. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Vol. 2020: 1286-1292.https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201901284.
  • Gotze, J., Mockel, R. & Pan, Y. (2020) Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of agate-a review. Minerals, Vol. 10(11): 1037.https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111037


1989-2019 (not listed)


Teaching & Supervision

2nd year: Crystallography and Mineralogy, Mineralogy, Introductory Petrology

3rd year: Igneous Petrology, Metamorphic Petrology

4th year Field School

4th year: Geochemistry, Mineral Deposits

Graduate: Analytical Geochemistry, Advanced Petrology, Economic Geology

Research

geochemistry mineral deposits mineral spectroscopy minerals minerology petrology

My research in mineralogy, environmental mineralogy and geochemistry provides molecular-level understanding of heavy metal(loid)s and radionuclides in common minerals and related materials, with applications to managing the risks and benefits of mining industry and nuclear technology for our society and the environment. Another major objective of my research is to provide mechanistic understanding of mineralization processes in magmatic, metamorphic and hydrothermal systems. Scientific approaches include diverse state-of-the-art experimental techniques (e.g. EPR spectroscopy and synchrotron-based methods) and first-principles theoretical calculations.