Welcome to Castal Carbon Dynamics Labratory

Dr. Wei-Jen Huang

Education

  • #8/2006- 5/2013 Doctor of Philosophy, Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, U.S.A.
  • #9/2001- 7/2003 Master of Science, Marine Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  • #9/1997- 7/2001 Bachelor of Science, Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Experience

  • #8/2015- Present Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yet-sen University, Taiwan
  • #6/2013- 6/2015 Postdoctoral Research, School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, U.S.A.
  • #8/2006- 5/2013 Graduate Research Assistant, Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, U.S.A
  • #10/2005-6/2006 Research Assistant, Taiwan Ocean Data Bank, National Center for Ocean Research, Taiwan.
  • #9/2003- 3/2005 Army Service for Taiwan
  • #9/2001- 7/2003 Graduate Research Assistant, Research Center for Environmental Change, Academia Sinica. Taiwan
  • #3/2000- 6/2001 Student Research Assistant at NCKU, Taiwan.

Awards

  • #12/2012 Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Marine Sciences, UGA, U.S.A.
  • #6/2003 Dean's List, College of Science, NTU, Taiwan
  • #國立中山大學107年產學激勵獎

Selected three publications

  • Huang, Wei-Jen*, Kao, K.-J., Liu, L.-L., Liao, C.-W., & Han, Y.-L. (2018). An assessment of direct dissolved inorganic carbon injection to the coastal region: A model result. Sustainability, 10(4), 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041174 (IF: 2.075)

  • Cai, W.-J.*, Huang, Wei-Jen, Luther, G. W., Pierrot, D., Li, M., Testa, J., …Kemp, W. M. (2017). Redox reactions and weak buffering capacity lead to acidification in the Chesapeake Bay. Nature Communications, 8(1), 369. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00417-7 (IF: 12.353)

  • Huang, Wei-Jen, Cai, W.-J.*, Wang, Y., Lohrenz, S. E., & Murrell, M. C. (2015). The carbon dioxide system on the Mississippi River-dominated continental shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico: 1. Distribution and air-sea CO2 flux. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(3), 1429–1445. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010498 (IF: 2.71)
  • Other publications until 2018 (updated:11/12/2018)

  • Huang, W.-J.*, Cai, W.-J., Hu X., Wang Y. (2018). Mixing and biological controls of carbonate saturation state in a river-dominated margin with seasonal eutrophication and hypoxia: the northern Gulf of Mexico. (Submitted to Marine Chemistry, under review)

  • Huang, W.-J.*, Cai, W.-J., Xie X., Li M. (2018). Wind-driven lateral variations of partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a large estuary (Submitted to Journal of Marine System, under review).

  • Lohrenz, S. E., Cai, W.-J., Chakraborty, S., Huang, W.-J., Guo, X., He, R., …Tian, H. (2018). Satellite estimation of coastal pCO2 and air-sea flux of carbon dioxide in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Remote Sensing of Environment, (January). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.12.039 (IF: 6.457)

  • Hu, X., Li, Q., Huang, W.-J., Chen, B., Cai, W. J., Rabalais, N. N., & Eugene Turner, R. (2017). Effects of eutrophication and benthic respiration on water column carbonate chemistry in a traditional hypoxic zone in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Chemistry, 194, 33–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.04.004 (IF: 3.337)

  • Laurent, A., Fennel, K., Cai, W.-J., Huang, W.-J., Barbero, L., & Wanninkhof, R. (2017). Eutrophication-induced acidification of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Insights into origin and processes from a coupled physical-biogeochemical model. Geophysical Research Letters, (February). https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071881 (IF: 4.253)

  • Liu, H.-C., You, C.-F., Zhou, H., Huang, K.-F., Chung, C.-H., Huang, W.-J., & Tang, J. (2017). Effect of calcite precipitation on stable strontium isotopic compositions: Insights from riverine and pool waters in a karst cave. Chemical Geology, (March). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.008 (IF: 3.570)

  • Ren, W., Tian, H., Cai, W., Lohrenz, S. E., Hopkinson, C. S., Huang, W.-J., …He, R. (2016). Century-long increasing trend and variability of dissolvedorganic carbon export from the Mississippi River basin driven by natural and anthropogenic forcing. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, (30), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005395 (IF: 4.46)

  • Xue, Z.*, He, R., Fennel, K., Cai, W.-J., Lohrenz, S., Huang, W.-J., …Zang, Z. (2016). Modeling pCO2 variability in the Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences, 13(15). https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4359-2016 (IF: 3.7)

  • Xue, J.*, Cai, W.-J., Hu, X., Huang, W.-J., Lohrenz, S. E., & Gundersen, K. (2015). Temporal variation and stoichiometric ratios of organic matter remineralization in bottom waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico during late spring and summer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011453 (IF: 2.71)
  • Huang, W.-J., Cai, W.-J.*, Wang, Y., Hu, X., Chen, B., Lohrenz, S. E., …Hopkinson, C. S. (2015). The response of inorganic carbon distributions and dynamics to upwelling-favorable winds on the northern Gulf of Mexico during summer. Continental Shelf Research, 111, 211–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.08.020 IF: (1.942)

  • Wanninkhof, R.*, Barbero, L., Byrne, R., Cai, W. J., Huang, W.-J., Zhang, J. Z., …Langdon, C. (2015). Ocean acidification along the Gulf Coast and East Coast of the USA. Continental Shelf Research, 98, 54–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.02.008 (IF: 1.942)

  • Joesoef, A., Huang, W.-J., Gao, Y., & Cai, W.-J.* (2015). Air–water fluxes and sources of carbon dioxide in the Delaware Estuary: spatial and seasonal variability. Biogeosciences, 12, 6085–6101. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6085-2015 (IF: 3.7)

  • Wang, Z. A.*, Wanninkhof, R., Cai, W.-J., Byrne, R. H., Hu, X., Peng, T.-H., & Huang, W.-J. (2013). The marine inorganic carbon system along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts of the United States: Insights from a transregional coastal carbon study. Limnol. Oceanogr., 58(1), 325–342. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0325 (IF: 3.595)

  • Huang, W.-J., Cai, W.-J.*, Castelao, R. M., Wang, Y., & Lohrenz, S. E. (2013). Effects of a wind-driven cross-shelf large river plume on biological production and CO2 uptake on the Gulf of Mexico during spring. Limnol. Oceanogr., 58(5), 1727–1735. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.5.1727 (IF: 3.595)

  • Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Smith, K., Hankin, S., Olsen, A., Alin, S. R., …Huang, W.-J., …Watson, A. J. (2013). An update to the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT version 2). Earth Syst. Sci. Data., 6, 69–90. https://doi.org/10.5194/essdd-6-465-2013 (IF: 8.792)

  • Huang, W.-J., Wang, Y., & Cai, W.-J. (2012). Assessment of sample storage techniques for total alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon in seawater. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 10 (SEPTEMBER), 711–717. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2012.10.711 (IF: 2.015)

  • Huang, W.-J., Cai, W.-J., Powell, R. T., Lohrenz, S. E., Wang, Y., Jiang, L.-Q., & Hopkinson, C. S. (2012). The stoichiometry of inorganic carbon and nutrient removal in the Mississippi River plume and adjacent continental shelf. Biogeosciences, 9(7), 2781–2792. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2781-2012 (IF: 3.7)

  • Guo, X., Cai, W.-J., Huang, W.-J., Wang, Y., Chen, F., Murrell, M. C., …Culp, R. (2012). Carbon dynamics and community production in the Mississippi River plume. Limnology and Oceanography, 57(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2012.57.1.0001 (IF: 3.595)

  • Cai, W.-J., Hu, X., Huang, W.-J., Murrell, M. C., Lehrter, J. C., Lohrenz, S. E., …Gong, G.-C. (2011). Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication. Nature Geoscience, 4(11), 766–770. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1297 (IF: 13.941)

  • Cai, W.-J., Hu, X., Huang, W.-J., Jiang, L.-Q., Wang, Y., Peng, T.-H., & Zhang, X. (2010). Alkalinity distribution in the western North Atlantic Ocean margins. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(C8), C08014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jc005482 (IF: 2.71)

  • Cai, W.-J., Chen, L., Chen, B., Gao, Z., Lee, S. H., Chen, J., …Huang, W.-J.,…Zhang, H. (2010). Decrease in the CO2 uptake capacity in an ice-free Arctic Ocean basin. Science, 329(5991), 556–559. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189338 (IF: 37.205)

Meeting and conference

  • Wei-Jen Huang*, Wei-Jun Cai, Xinping Hu (2018) Mixing and biological controls of carbonate saturation state in a large river dominated ocean margin at the Gulf of Mexico日本海洋学会2018 年度秋季大会, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Wei-Jen Huang*, Chia-Lin Yu, Yu-Shih Lin, James T. Liu, Chen-Tung Arthur Chen. (2018) Diurnal variations of carbonate system in a stratified water off the Pearl River estuary, 2018年海洋科學年會,台北、台灣

  • Wei-Jen Huang*, Wei-Jun Cai, Yongchen Wang, Xinping Hu, (2018) Mixing and Biological Controls of Carbonate Saturation State in the Mississippi River Dominated Ocean Margin (Northern Gulf of Mexico), the Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon, U.S.

  • Wei-Jen Huang*, Wei-Jun Cai, Xiaohui Xie, Ming Li (2017) Wind-induced variations of water surface carbon dioxide across the middle Chesapeake Bay. The third Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. Xiamen, Fujian.

  • Wei-Jen Huang*, Wei-Jun Cai, Yongchen Wang, Xinping Hu, (2016) Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Carbonate Saturation State on the Mississippi River Dominated Northern Gulf of Mexico, the Ocean Science Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Review experiences

  • 曾經受邀擔任以下10種SCI期刊的評審委員(reviewer):
    Biogeochemistry,
    Continental Shelf Research,
    Journal of Geophysical Research-Ocean,
    Biogeosciences, Marine Chemistry,
    Global Biogeochemical Cycle,
    Limnology and Oceanography,
    Limnology and Oceanography-Method,
    Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans,
    TAO (Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Sciences),
    Geophysical Research Letter.


Research goals

Our goal is to apply marine biogeochemical methods and theories (mainly by means of the carbonate system) to study and protect our coastal oceans, estuaries, lakes, and rivers.

Courses

Calendar 2018-2019 School Year
Undergraduate courses:
Exploration of Marine Ecology and Technology,
Marine Chemistry,
Data Processing in Marine Chemistry and Geology,
Introduction to Marine Geology(chemical oceanorgaphy),
Fundamentals of Oceangraphy (chemical oceanorgaphy)
Graduate courses:
Introduction to Oceangraphy(chemical oceanorgaphy)

Calendar 2017-2018 School Year
Undergraduate courses:
Exploration of Marine Ecology and Technology,
Marine Chemistry,
Data Processing in Marine Chemistry and Geology,
Introduction to Marine Geology(chemical oceanorgaphy),
Fundamentals of Oceangraphy(chemical oceanorgaphy)
Graduate courses:
Introduction to Oceangraphy(chemical oceanorgaphy)

Calendar 2016-2017 School Year
Undergraduate courses:
Exploration of Marine Ecology and Technology,
Marine Chemistry,
Data Processing in Marine Chemistry and Geology,
Introduction to Marine Geology(chemical oceanorgaphy),
Fundamentals of Oceangraphy(chemical oceanorgaphy)
Graduate courses:
Introduction to Oceangraphy(chemical oceanorgaphy)

Calendar 2015-2016 School Year
Undergraduate courses:
Modern Oceanography,
Marine Chemistry,
Marine Chemical Data Processing
Graduate courses:Introduction to Oceangraphy (chemical oceanorgaphy)

Do you want to join us?

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Location

No.70, Lianhai Rd., Gushan Dist., Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan

E-mail

wjhuang29@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Phone

+886-7-5252000 ext.5143