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Zuozhen Han is affiliated with Shandong University of Science and Technology in China and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Biomaterials, and Environmental Engineering. The scientist's work primarily focuses on topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Microbial Applications in Construction Materials.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on geochemical processes and microbial interactions within environmental and geological contexts. Notable papers include:

  • Recovery of phosphate, magnesium and ammonium from eutrophic water by struvite biomineralization through free and immobilized Bacillus cereus MRR2 (2021) in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • High Mg/Ca Molar Ratios Promote Protodolomite Precipitation Induced by the Extreme Halophilic Bacterium Vibrio harveyi QPL2 (2022) in Frontiers in Microbiology

Zuozhen Han has co-authored extensively with other researchers, frequently collaborating with Yanyang Zhao, Huaxiao Yan, Maurice E. Tucker, Hui Zhao, and Chao Han. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth of their scientific output and engagement with interdisciplinary topics.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues that include:

  • Minerals
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geomicrobiology Journal
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Their research addresses practical and theoretical aspects of mineral formation, bioprecipitation, and environmental remediation, often through microbial processes. For example, recent studies explore carbonate and phosphate mineral precipitation induced by bacteria and the removal of calcium ions in various salt concentrations influenced by halophilic bacteria.

This profile highlights Zuozhen Han as an active contributor to fields that combine geochemical methods with microbial applications, integrating environmental engineering perspectives. The scientific output facilitates understanding of mineralogical and geochemical phenomena relevant to both academic inquiry and applied environmental management.

Best Publications

  • Climatic and tectonic controls of lacustrine hyperpycnite origination in the Late Triassic Ordos Basin, central China: implications for unconventional petroleum development

    Renchao Yang;Zhijun Jin;A. J. (Tom) van Loon;Zuozhen Han

  • Lithofacies and origin of the Late Triassic muddy gravity-flow deposits in the Ordos Basin, central China

    Renchao Yang;Aiping Fan;Zuozhen Han;A.J. (Tom) van Loon

  • Calcite precipitation induced by Bacillus cereus MRR2 cultured at different Ca2+ concentrations: Further insights into biotic and abiotic calcite

    Dingxiang Zhuang;Huaxiao Yan;Maurice E. Tucker;Hui Zhao

  • An extensive erosion surface of a strongly deformed limestone bed in the Gushan and Chaomidian formations (late Middle Cambrian to Furongian), Shandong Province, China: Sequence–stratigraphic implications

    Jitao Chen;Jitao Chen;S.K. Chough;Zuozhen Han;Jeong-Hyun Lee

  • Cambrian stratigraphy of the North China Platform: revisiting principal sections in Shandong Province, China

    Sung Kwun Chough;Hyun Suk Lee;Jusun Woo;Jitao Chen

  • Mesozoic–Cenozoic denudation and thermal history in the Central Uplift of the South Yellow Sea basin and the implications for hydrocarbon systems: Constraints from the CSDP-2 borehole

    Yu-Mao Pang;Xing-Wei Guo;Zuo-Zhen Han;Xun-Hua Zhang

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Permo-Triassic sandstones in eastern Jilin Province (NE China): Implications for final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

    Qingxiang Du;Zuozhen Han;Xiaoli Shen;Chao Han

  • Limestone pseudoconglomerates in the Late Cambrian Gushan and Chaomidian Formations (Shandong Province, China): soft‐sediment deformation induced by storm‐wave loading

    Jitao Chen;Sung Kwun Chough;Seung Soo Chun;Zuozhen Han

  • Furongian (late Cambrian) sponge-microbial maze-like reefs in the North China Platform

    Jeong Hyun Lee;Jitao Chen;Suk Joo Choh;Dong Jin Lee

  • Mechanism of Biomineralization Induced by Bacillus subtilis J2 and Characteristics of the Biominerals

    Zuozhen Han;Jiajia Wang;Hui Zhao;Maurice E. Tucker

  • CHAMBERS OF EPIPHYTON THALLI IN MICROBIAL BUILDUPS, ZHANGXIA FORMATION (MIDDLE CAMBRIAN), SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA

    Jusun Woo;S.K. Chough;Z. Han

  • Source analysis of quartz from the Upper Ordovician and Lower Silurian black shale and its effects on shale gas reservoir in the southern Sichuan Basin and its periphery, China

    Chao Han;Mei Han;Zaixing Jiang;Zuozhen Han

  • Sequence-stratigraphic comparison of the upper Cambrian Series 3 to Furongian succession between the Shandong region, China and the Taebaek area, Korea: high variability of bounding surfaces in an epeiric platform

    Jitao Chen;S. K. Chough;Jeong-Hyun Lee;Zuozhen Han

  • Geochemistry and geochronology of Upper Permian–Upper Triassic volcanic rocks in eastern Jilin Province, NE China: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean

    Qingxiang Du;Zuozhen Han;Xiaoli Shen;Lihua Gao

  • Permo-Triassic evolution of the southern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt revisited: Insights from Late Permian igneous suite in the Daheishan Horst, NE China

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  • Classification of gravity-flow deposits and their significance for unconventional petroleum exploration, with a case study from the Triassic Yanchang Formation (southern Ordos Basin, China)

    Aiping Fan;Renchao Yang;A.J. (Tom) van Loon;Wei Yin

  • Cementation and porosity evolution of tight sandstone reservoirs in the Permian Sulige gas field, Ordos Basin (central China)

    Aiping Fan;Renchao Yang;Nils Lenhardt;Meng Wang

  • Funnel-shaped, breccia-filled clastic dykes in the Late Cambrian Chaomidian Formation (Shandong Province, China)

    Jitao Chen;Jitao Chen;A.J. van Loon;Zuozhen Han;S.K. Chough

  • The bio-precipitation of calcium and magnesium ions by free and immobilized Lysinibacillus fusiformis DB1-3 in the wastewater

    Huaxiao Yan;Zuozhen Han;Hui Zhao;Juntong Pan

  • Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on Sandstone Reservoirs with Low Porosity and Low Permeability in the Eastern Sulige Gas Field, China

    Renchao Yang;Aiping Fan;A. J. van Loon;Zuozhen Han

  • A stem-group cnidarian described from the mid-Cambrian of China and its significance for cnidarian evolution

    Tae-yoon Park;Jusun Woo;Dong-Jin Lee;Dong-Chan Lee

  • Early diagenetic deformation structures of the Furongian ribbon rocks in Shandong Province of China—A new perspective of the genesis of limestone conglomerates

    JiTao Chen;JiTao Chen;ZuoZhen Han;XiaoLei Zhang;AiPing Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhijun Jin
Zhijun Jin Sinopec (China)
Yunpeng Dong
Yunpeng Dong Northwest University
Zaixing Jiang
Zaixing Jiang China University of Geosciences

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