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Minhan Dai
Professor, Xiamen University
Minhan Dai is a chair professor of marine biogeochemistry at Xiamen University. His research areas encompass ocean biogeochemistry, marine radiochemistry, and science-policy interfaces. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2022, he won the Axford Medal Award from AOGS. He is a council member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development and served as the co-chair of SOLAS from 2021 to 2023.
Professional Experience
Xiamen University
Professor
1998 - Present
University of Hong Kong
Distinguished visiting professor
2020 - 2023
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Adjunct Scientist
2002 - 2019
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Postdoctoral scholar/investigator
1995 - 1998
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Education
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Doctorate
1995
Xiamen University
Bachelors
1987
Honors & Awards
Ambassador Award
Received December 2024
Union Fellow
Received December 2024
Current Roles
Member
Ocean Sciences Executive Committee
Associate Editor
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Publications
AGU Abstracts
The Seasonal Variation of Dissolved Iron and its Possible Controlling Processes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 21 february 2024
Chengwang Wang, Minhan Dai, Alessandro Tagliabue, ...
As iron limits primary productivity in high nutrient-low chlorophyll regions and nitrogen fixation in oligotrophic ocean regions, it plays a critical ...
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A Synthesis of Global Coastal Ocean Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 19 february 2024
Laure Resplandy, Allison Hogikyan, Hermann Bange, ...
The coastal ocean contributes to regulating atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by taking up carbon dioxide (CO2) and releasing nitrous oxide (N...
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Ammonium Dynamics in the South China Sea-Kuroshio and the Mid-Atlantic Shelf Break Frontal Zones
OCEAN SCIENCES 2020
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 20 february 2020
Yifan Zhu, Phoebe Dreux Chappell, Sophie Clayton, ...
Studies have shown that frontal zones can facilitate new production by upwelling nutrients and through enhancement of dinitrogen fixation. This study ...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2027
Editor
Reviews of Geophysics
2020 - 2025
Associate Editor
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2023 - 2024
Member
Ocean Sciences Executive Committee
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