Ze Chen

PhD Student

Topic 6: Marine and polar Life

RD2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU CH Chemical Oceanography

WG Biogeochemical controls on ocean productivity

Office:
Room 4/027
Tel.: 0049 431 600 2187
E-Mail: zchen(at)geomar.de

Address:
ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 4
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Research Focus

  • Mechanistic and Ecological Roles of Marine Nitrogen Fixation
  • Global Change Effects on Biological Nitrogen Fixation
  • Single-Cell and Molecular Innovations in Diazotroph Research
  • Quantifying N2 Fixation Activity

Vita

  • 2024 - today: ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ | China Scholarship Council-funded visiting PhD student
  • 2022 - today: Xiamen University | PhD student
  • 2019 - 2022: Xiamen University | Master
  • 2015 - 2019: Shanxi University | Bachelor

Publications

For a full list of publications please click here.

  • Chen, Z., Xie, W., Kranz, S.A., Hong, H., Shi, D. (2025). Iron and phosphorus limitations modulate the effects of carbon dioxide enrichment on a unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium. Limnology and Oceanography, 9999, 1–17.
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  • Dai, R., Wen, Z., Hong, H., Browning, T. J., Hu, X., Chen, Z., Liu, X., Dai, M., Morel, F. M. M., Shi, D. (2025). Eukaryotic phytoplankton drive a decrease in primary production in response to elevated CO2 in the tropical and subtropical oceans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (11).
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