Minhan  Dai        

Director and Cheung Kong Chair Professor of Marine Biogeochemistry

State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science

Xiamen University

Xiamen, 361005, China

E-mail: mdai@xmu.edu.cn; mdai@whoi.edu

Homepage: http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/carbon/ 

Research  Interest:

Carbon biogeochemistry in marginal and estuarine systems with special

         attention on South China Sea and the Pearl River Estuary

Geochemistry of radioactive elements (Plutonium and Thorium) in surface and

         ground water

Geochemistry of trace metals in coastal and estuarine environments

Geochemical studies of colloidal material in the transport of trace metals,

         organic carbon, and radionuclines in surface and ground waters

Education:

B.A.: Department of Oceanography, Xiamen University, China, 1987

Ph.D.: Earth Science, Université Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI), France, 1995

Professional Experience :

Postdoctoral scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Doherty

         Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Sept 1995-Mar 1997

Postdoctoral investigator, March 1997 – Sept 1998

Associate Professor, Xiamen University, Sept -Dec 1998

Professor, Xiamen University, Dec 1998-present

Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 2002-present

Director, Marine Environmental Laboratory, Xiamen University, Nov 2003 – Mar

         2005

Associate Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science

         (Xiamen University), Apr 2005-June 2006

Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen

         University), June 2006-

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Teaching:

English as a tool to learn environmental sciences, Spring 2002, 2003

Environmental Oceanography, Spring 2002, 2003, 2004

Introductory Marine Biogeochemistry, Fall 2005

Expedition Experience :

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Publications :

Peer Reviewed Journals

1.   Dai*, M., W Zhai, W-J Cai, J. Callahan, B. Huang, S. Shang, T. Huang, X. Li, Z. Lu, W.  Chen and Z. Chen, 2007 Effects of an Estuarine Plume-associated Bloom on the Carbonate System in the Lower Reaches of the Pearl River Estuary and the Coastal Zone of the Northern South China Sea, Cont. Shelf Res., (in press)

2.   Weidong Zhai, Minhan Dai* and Xianghui Guo, 2007, Carbonate system and CO2 degassing fluxes in the inner estuary of Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China, Mar. Chem. in press

3.  Martin Hassellöv, Ken O. Buesseler, Steven M. Pike, Minhan Dai, 2007 Application of cross-flow ultrafiltration for the determination of colloidal abundances in suboxic ferrous-rich ground waters, Science of the Total Environment 372,  636-644

4.  Minhan Dai*, Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Liangying Yuan, Bengwang Wang, Lifang Wang, Pinghe Cai, Tiantian Tang and Wei-Jun Cai.,  2006,  Oxygen depletion in the upper reach of the Pearl River estuary during a very drought winter, Marine Chemistry, 102, 159-169.

5.   Pinghe Cai, Minhan Dai, Weifang Chen, TianTian Tang, and Kuanbo Zhou, On the importance of the decay of 234Th in determining size-fractionated C/²³⁴Th ratio on marine particles, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L23602, doi:10.1029/2006GL027792.

6.    Shuh Ji Kao,  Chau-Ron Wu, Yi-Chia Hsin,  and Minhan Dai, 2006, Effects of sea level change on the upstream Kuroshio Current through the Okinawa Trough, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 33, L16604, doi:10.1029/2006GL026822.

7.   Pinghe Cai, Minhan Dai*, Dongwei Lv, Weifang Chen, How accurate are the 234Th measurements in seawater based on MnO2-impregnated cartridge technique. 2006， Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems,7， Q03020， doi:10.1029/2005GC001104

8.   Pinghe Cai, Minhan Dai*, Dongwei Lv, Weifang Chen, 2006, An improvement in the small-volume technique for determining thorium-234 in seawater, Marine Chemistry,  100, 282-2888

9.   Wei-Jun Cai, Minhan Dai, and Yongchen Wang , 2006, Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide in ocean margins: A province-based synthesis, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 33, L12603, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026219.

10. Zhang, C.Y., C.Hu, S. Shang, Frank E. Müller-Karger, Yan Li, Minhan Dai, Bangqin Huang, Xiuren Ning, Huasheng Hong, 2006, Bridging between SeaWiFS and MODIS for continuity of chlorophyll-a concentration assessments off Southeastern China. Remote Sensing of Environment, 102 (3-4): 250-263.

11. M. Rutgers van d er Loeff, M.M. Sarin , M. Baskaran, C. Benitez-Nelson, K.O. Buesseler, M. Dai., O.Gustafsson, P. Masque, P.J. Morris, K. Orlandini, A. Ro driguezy Baena, N. Savoye, S. Schmidt, R. Turnewitsch, I. Vöge, J.T. Waples, 2006,  A review of present techniques and methodological advances in analyzing 234Th in aquatic systems, Marine Chemistry, 100, 190-212.

12. Zhai W.D., Dai* M.H., Cai W.J., Wang Y.C. Hong H.S., 2005, The partial pressure of carbon dioxide and air-sea fluxes in the northern South China Sea in spring, summer and autumn, Marine Chemistry,96:87-97.

13. Dai, M., K.O. Buesseler, S.M. Pike, 2005, Plutonium in the groundwater at the DOE Hanford Site, Journal of Contamination Hydrology,76, 167-189  

14. Ma Q.J., Hu M., Zhu T., Liu L.L., Dai M.H., 2005, Seawater, atmospheric dimethylsulfide and aerosol ions in Pearl River Estuary and the adjacent northern South China Sea , Journal of Sea Research, 53: 131-145

15. Zhai, W., Dai*, M., Cai, W.J., Wang, Y. and Wang, Z., 2005. High partial pressure of CO₂ and its maintaining mechanism in a subtropical estuary, the Pearl River estuary, China, Marine Chemistry, 93: 21-32

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16. Cai, W.-J. and Dai, M. 2004. Comment on “Enhanced open ocean storage of CO2 from shelf area pumping” by Thomas et al. (Science 304).  Science, 306, 1477C

17. Dai, MH, Weidong Zhai, Zhongming Lu, Pinghe Cai, Wei-jun Cai and Huasheng Hong, 2004. China Regional Carbon Cycling - progress and perspectives. Advances in Earth Science 19，120-130 (in Chinese)

18. Wei Jun-feng, Minhan Dai, Huasheng Hong, Xiaolin Li and Weifang Chen, 2004, Overviews on the interactions between marine colloids and trace metals, Advances in Earth Science, 19，26-31 (in Chinese)

19. Callahan, J., Dai, M., Chen, R.F., Li, X., Lu, Z. and Huang, W., 2004. Distribution of dissolved organic matter in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Marine Chemistry, 89: 211-214

20.  Cai, W.-J., Dai, M., Wang, Y., Zhai, W., Huang, T., Chen, S., Zhang, F., Chen, Z. and Wang, Z., 2004. The biogeochemistry of inorganic carbon and nutrients in the Pearl River estuary and the adjacent Northern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 24: 1301-1319.

21.   Lu Zhongmin, Minhan Dai, Kunming Xu and Jinshun Chen,  2003, Development of a fiber optical chemical CO2.  Communications of High Technology, 13，38-43  (in Chinese)

22.  Buesseler, K.O., Hassellöv, M. and Dai, M.H., 2003. Comment on "Trace Metal Levels in Uncontaminated Groundwater of a Coastal Watershed: Importance of Colloidal Forms". Environmental Science & Technology, 37: 657-658.

23.  Wang, Xuchen and Minhan Dai, 2002, The application of naturally occurring radiocarbon (14C) in marine organic geochemical studies, Advances in Earth Science, 17，348-354 (in Chinese).

24.  Z. Zhang, M. Dai, H. Hong, J. L. Zhou and G. Yu, 2002 Dissolved insecticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in the Pearl Estuary and South China Sea, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 4, 922–928

25. Zhang ZL, Hong HS, Zhou JL, Dai MH, Maskaouib K, Chen WQ, 2002 Contamination by organochlorine pesticides in the estuaries of southeast China, Chemical Research In Chinese Universities, 18: 153-160

26. Dai，M.H., J.M. Kelley and K.O. Buesseler, 2002, Sources and migration of plutonium in groundwater at the Savannah River Site, Environmental Science & Technology 36, 3690 – 3699

27. He, Biyan, Minhan Dai, Li Cao, Xu Li, Wei Huang and Xinhong Wang,  2003. The application of capillary gas chromatography in the determination of the composition of polysacchrides in marine sediments. Oceanologica et Limnologia Sinica, 34: 233-240 (in Chinese)

28. Dai, M. H. and C. R. Benitez-Nelson, 2001, Colloidal Organic Carbon and ²³⁴Th in the Gulf of Maine, Marine Chemistry, 74, 181-196.

29. Dai, Minhan and Weidong Zhai,  2001, Development and application of in-situ monitoring technologies in the marine environment, Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science) 40: 704-714. (in Chinese)

30. Dai, M.H., K. O. Buesseler, J.M. Kelley, J.E. Andrews, S. Pike and J.F. Wacker, 2001, Size Fractionated Plutonium Isotopes in a Coastal Environment, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity，53，9-25.

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31. Dai, Minhan, Junfeng Wei, and Weidong Zhai, 2001, Progress on the carbon cycling study in the South China Sea. Journal of Xiamen University, 40, 545-551  (in Chinese)  

32. Dai, M.H, J. M. Martin, H.S. Hong  & Z. Zhang, 2000 A preliminary study on the dissolved and colloidal organic carbon in the Pearl river estuary, Chinese Journal of Liminology and Oceanology，18，265-273.

33. Dai, M.H., K.O. Buesseler, P. Ripple, J. Andrews, R.A. Belastock, Ö. Gustafsson and S. B. Moran, 1998. An evaluation of two cross-flow ultrafiltration membranes to isolate marine organic colloids. Marine Chemistry 62, 117-136.  

34. Guieu, C. , J-M Martin, S Tankéré , F Mousty., P Trincherini., M Bazot. and M.H. Dai, 1998. On trace metal geochemistry in the Danube River and western Black Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 47, 471-485.

35. Martin, J.M., Dai M.H. and G. Cauwet. 1995. Significance of colloids in the biogeochemistry of organic carbon and trace metals in the Venice Lagoon (Italy). Limnology and Oceanography 40: 119-131.

36.  Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet 1995. The significant role of colloids on the transport and transformation of organic carbon and trace metals in the Rhône delta, France. Marine Chemistry 51:159-175.           

37. Dai, M.H. and J.M. Martin 1995. First data on the trace metal level and behavior in two major Arctic river/estuarine systems (Ob & Yenisey) and in the adjacent Kara Sea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 131:127-141. 

38. Hong, H., Dai M.H., Huang B., and Li W. 1994. On the uptake of phosphate by phytoplankton in Xiamen Harbour. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 25:54-59 (in Chinese).

39. Huang, B., Hong H. and Dai M.H. 1993. Influences of environmental factors on the uptake rate of phosphorus by phytoplankton. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 15: 64-67 (in Chinese).

40. Guo, L., Dai M.H., Li W., Hong L., and Hong H. 1989. Distribution and cycling of nutrients in the Luoyuan bay, Fujian, China. Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science) 28: 55‑58  (in Chinese).

41. Hong, H. and Dai M.H., 1989. Distribution and transformation of various forms of phosphorus in Xiamen Harbour and Jiulong River estuary in Spring. Marine Environmental Science 8: 1‑8. (in Chinese).

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Book and Proceeding Chapters

1.  Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, T. Zhu and S.L. Shang, 2001, Prospective on the interactions between upper ocean biogeochemistry and air-sea exchange in the South China Sea, in South China Sea - Environment and Resource, Jilan Su (editor), China Ocean Press, pp.48-56. (in Chinese)

2.    Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet 2000. Colloidal organic carbon and trace metals. In, Venice Lagoon Ecosystem-Inputs and Interactions between Land and Sea, P. Lasserre & A. Marzollo (editors), Chapter 3, pp. 47-58, Parthenon Publishing, UK

3.   da Silva, J-M. Martin, M.H. Dai & L. Xu, 1998 Exploring Data from the Pearl River Estuary with simple tools, Proceedings Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

4.    Dai, M.H,  J. M. Martin, H.S. Hong  & Z. Zhang, 1998 Dissolved and colloidal organic carbon in the Pearl river estuary, Proceedings Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

5.   Chen, Z., H. Hong, L. Xu, M.H. Dai & H. Zhang, 1998 Geochemistry of rare earth elements in Pearl river estuary, Proceedings Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

6.    Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet 1995. Importance of colloidal material in the transport of organic carbon and trace metals in the Rhône delta (France). In, Water Pollution Report 32, pp 195-204, J.M. Martin & H. Barth (eds.), Commission of the European Communities.

7.    Hong H., Shang S., Dai M.，1994, The biogeochemical study of C、N、P in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent regions, In: Global Fluxes of Carbon and its Relate Substances in the coastal Sea-Ocean-Atmosphere system, Hokkaido University, pp.129-136。

8.  Hong, H. and Dai M.H., 1994 Biogeochemical studies of biologically important elements (C, N, P) at Taiwan Strait region.  In, D. Zhou, Liang, Y., and C. Zeng (eds.), Oceanology of China Seas, Vol 1: pp. 201-212, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht.

9.   Dai, M.H., Hong H., Chen S. 1991. Study of phosphorus in Minnan-Taiwan Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem, II. Distribution of total phosphorus and particulate phosphorus and their relation to the upwelling activity. In, Hong H. et al. (eds.), Minnan‑Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem Study, Science Press, Beijing.  pp189‑197.  (in Chinese)

10. Dai M.H., Hong H., and Chen S. 1991. Phosphorus in Minnan -Taiwan Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem, III. Variation and transformation among various forms of phosphorus. In, Hong H. et al. (eds.), Minnan‑Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem,  Science Press, Beijing. pp198‑204.  (in Chinese)

11. Chen, S. and Dai M.H., 1991. Study of phosphorus in Minnan‑Taiwan Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem, I. Distribution characteristics of dissolved phosphorus with relation to upwelling. In, Hong H. et al. (eds.), Minnan‑Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem Study, Science Press, Beijing. pp179‑188. (in Chinese)

12. Wang, X. and M. Dai, 1986，Environmental  Science, in New Fronties of Science, Bao Zhengyuan (editor), Fujian People’s Press, pp. 113-118.

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Reports

1.   Hong, H.S., Y. Zhang and M.H. Dai, Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, Xiamen University, 2000

2.   Hong, H.S., M.H. Dai and S.L. Shang, Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2001

3.   Hong, H.S., M.H. Dai and Y. Zhang, S.L. Shang, Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2002

4.   Hong, H.S., M.H. Dai and Y. Zhang, S.L. Shang, Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2003

5.    Dai M.H. et al., Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2004

6.   Dai M.H. et al., Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2005

7.   Dai M.H. et al., Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2006

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Symposium Presentations :

1.       Hong H.S, Dai M.H and Chen S., Variation in phosphorus species with the growth of phytoplankton in Xiamen Harbour and Jiulong River Estuarine Waters. International Symposium on Biogeochemical Study of Changjiang Estuary and its Adjacent Coastal Waters of the East China Sea, March 21‑25, 1988, Hangzhou, China.

2.      Martin, J.M., Dai M.H., G. Gieu, W.W Huang and Y.Y. Yoon, Trace metal behaviour (Cd, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn) in major Russian estuaries (Lena, Ob and Yenisey), Ocean Science Meeting, AGU,  Match, 1994, California, USA (see EOS, 173, N°3: 73).

3.      Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet, Importance of colloidal material in the transport of organic carbon and trace metals in the Rhône Delta (France), 5th EROS-2000 (European River-Ocean System) workshop, 28-30 Match, 1994,  Hamburg, Germany.

4.      Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet, Significance of colloids in the biogeochemical cycling of organic carbon and trace metals in the coastal environment, ACS meeting, Spring 1994, SAN DIEGO, USA.

5.      Dai, M.H., M.H. Cotté, W. Huang, and J.M. Martin. Interchange of organic carbon and trace metals between two rias (Vigo and Arosa) and adjacent Atlantic coastal waters. 2nd EU Workshop: Exchange processes at the continent/ocean margins in the North Atlantic, Knokke, Belgium, 22-24 Feb., 1995.

6.      Dai M.H, A. Kraepiel and J.M. Martin. The significance of colloids in relation to trace metals and organic carbon in estuarine environments, a review, invited for the 4th International Symposium on Model Estuaries: Biogeochemistry of organic compounds and trace elements in macrotidal estuaries,  Nante, France, March 21-24, 1995

7.      Dai M.H, and J.M. Martin, The significance of colloids in relation to trace metals and organic carbon in estuarine environments, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 12-16, 1996, San Diego.

8.      Ripple, P., K.O. Buesseler, M.H. Dai, J. Andrews, and O. Gustafsson, An evaluation of two cross-flow filters for their ability to isolate marine colloids, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 12-16, 1996, San Diego.

9.      Dai M.H, J.M. Martin and K.O. Buesseler, The significance of colloids in the biogeochemistry of organic carbon and trace elements in estuarine and coastal environments, International Symposium on New Challenges for North Sea Research-20 years after Flex ’76. Oct. 21-23, 1996, Hamburg, Germany.

10.  Dai M.H, J.M. Martin and K.O. Buesseler, Colloidal organic carbon in estuarine and coastal  environments, Aquatic Science Meeting, , Feb. 10-14, 1997, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

11.   Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, K. O. Buesseler, R. A. Belastock, T. C. Maiti  & J.F. Wacker, Size fractionated Pu isotopes in the ocean, a pond and groundwater, AGU 1998 Spring meeting (Boston, May 26-30, 1998).

12.   Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, K. O. Buesseler, R. A. Belastock, T. C. Maiti  & J.F. Wacker, Size fractionated Pu isotopes in surface and subsurface waters, ACS/DOE EMSP workshop, July 27-30, Chicago.

13.   Dai, M.H., R. A. Belastock and K. O. Buesseler, Colloidal Organic C and Th in the Gulf of Maine, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb., 1998, San Diego, CA

14.  da Silva, M., J.M. Martin, M.H. Dai & L. Xu, 1998 Exploring Data from the Pearl River Estuary with simple tools, Proceedings Second International Conference on the PEARL RIVER ESTUARY in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998

15.   Dai, M.H,  J. M. Martin H.S. Hong  & Z. Zhang, 1998 Dissolved and colloidal organic carbon in the Pearl river estuary, Second International Conference on the PEARL RIVER ESTUARY in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998

16.   Chen, Z., H. Hong, L. Xu, M.H. Dai & H. Zhang, 1998 Geochemistry of rare earth elements in Pearl river estuary, Proceedings Second International Conference on the PEARL RIVER ESTUARY in the Surrounding Area of Macao, Guangzhou and Macao, 11-15 MAY, 1998

17.   Dai, M.H., P. Tricherinni, J.M. Martin, On the geochemistry of trace metals in the Pearl river estuary, Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in the Surrounding Area of Macao, Guangzhou and Macao, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

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18.   Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, Z. Chen, and L.Xu, Progress in chemical oceanography in the US, The 3^rd conference of Chinese Commission of Science and Technology, 20-23 August, 1998, Beijing, China

19.   Dai, M.H., Reviews on the marine colloids in coastal seas and estuaries, The 8^th national meeting of Chinese Limnology and Oceanography Society, 9-13 Oct., 1998, Qingtao, China

20.  Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, K. O. Buesseler, R. A. Belastock, S. Pike, T. C. Maiti and J.F. Wacker, 1999, Isotopic composition, speciation and mobility of Pu in the groundwater at DOE Savannah River Site, AGU 1999 Spring meeting, Boston, June 1-3, 1999.

21.   Buesseler, K.O., M.H. Dai and J.M. Kelley, S. Pike, R. Nelson, S. Goodwin and J.F. Wacker Speciation and isotopic composition of plutonium in the groundwater at the Hanford Site, DOE/EMSP National Workshop, Atlanta, April 2000.

22.  Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, S. Pike, K. O. Buesseler, T. C. Maiti and J.F. Wacker, Isotopic composition, speciation and mobility of Pu in groundwater at the DOE Savannah River Site,  DOE/EMSP National Workshop, Atlanta, April 2000.

23.  Buesseler, K.O., M.H. Dai, S. Pike, J.M. Kelley, J.F. Wacker, Speciation, mobility and fate of actinide element isotopes in groundwater, US DOE EMSP Vadose zone workshop, Nov. 27-29, 2000, Richland, Washington.

24.  Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, and T. Zhu, 2001, Prospective on the interactions between upper ocean biogeochemistry and air-sea exchange in the South China Sea, South China Sea - Environment and Resource, workshop sponsored by NSF-China, August, 2000, Guanzhou, China.

25.  Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, South China Sea and Global Change – a biogeochemistry perspective, Workshop on global change and regional impact, NSF-China, June, 2001，Beijing.

26.  Dai, M.H., W.D. Zhai, Z.M. Lu, H.S. Hong and P.H. Cai, Prospectives in China carbon cycle study, Annual meeting of IGBP-China National Committee, Dec. 2001, Chongqing, China.

27.  Dai, Minhan, China SOLAS - A Biogeochemical Perspective, China SOLAS committee meeting, Jan. 12-13, 2002, Beijjing, China

28.  Julie Callahan, Minhan Dai, Robert F. Chen, Xiaolin Li, Zhongming Lu, Weidong Guo, Weifang Chen, 2002,  Dissolved Organic Matter in the Pearl River Estuary, Ocean Science Meeting, AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii,
11-15 February 2002.

29.  Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Weijun Cai, Tao Huang, Shuitu Chen, Zhaohui Wang, Bangqing Huang, Julie Callahan, Xiaolin Li, Zhongming Lu, Li Cao, Weifang Chen, Xianzhong Xu, Fan Zhang, Wuqi Ruan, Shaoling Shang, Yongchen Wang, Linjian Ou, Huasheng Hong, 2002, Biogeochemical Response to a River Plume Induced Phytoplankton Bloom in the Pearl River Estuary, South China Sea, Ocean Science Meeting, AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February 2002.

30.  Yonchen Wang, Weidong Zhai, Zhaohui Wang, Zhongming Lu, Minghan Dai and Wei-Jun Cai, 2002, Biogeochemical studies of carbon in the South China Sea, Ocean Science Meeting, AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February 2002.

31.   Shang, S, Shang S, Dai, M, Wu, J, and Chen, Z, 2002, Enhanced Chlorophyll Offshore Pearl River Estuary during May, 2001, Ocean Science Meeting, AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February, 2002.

32.  Dai Minhan, Weidong Zhai, Wei-Jun Cai，How significant is the outgassing of CO₂ from some major Chinese estuaries, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Jan. 26-30, 2004, Portland, Oregon

33.  Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Xianghui Guo, Liangyin Yuan, Bengwang Wang, Oxygen depletion in the upstream estuary of the Pearl River in the winter of 2004, 8th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, Maryland, May 16-20, 2004

34.  Dai Minhan, Biogeochemical coupling of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River Estuary, plenary talk , “Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Changing Nutrient Inputs from Large Temperate and Sub-tropical Rivers, with Emphasis on Comparison among the Mississippi (USA), Pearl (China), Yangtze (China) and Rhône (France) Rivers-an international symposium”, May 29-June 1, 2005, Xiamen, China

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35.  Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Pinghe Cai, Wei-Jun Cai, CO₂ source or sink of a continental margin- implication from a comparison between South China Sea and East china sea, ASLO Summer meeting, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, June 18-25, 2005, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

36.  Dai Minhan, Some thoughts on China Geotraces Program, plenary talk , “A regional workshop on GEOTRACES”, Aug 25-27，2005, Xiamen, China

37.  Dai Minhan, Climate Change/Ocean Carbon Cycle and Marginal Sea. plenary talk , Eighth Annual Chinese-American Frontiers Of Science Symposium, Chinese Academy of Sciences - U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Nov 2-4, 2005, Xiamen, China

38.  Dai Minhan, Pinghe Cai, Weifang Chen, Tiantian Tang, Qing Li, Dongwei Lv, Upper Ocean Export of particulate organic carbon in the Southern China Sea derived from Thorium-234, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

39.  Weifang Chen, Minhan Dai, Pinghe Cai, Particulate organic carbon export fluxes derived from high resolution sampling of ²³⁴Th in the Northern South China Sea, poster, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

40.   Dai Minhan, Weidong Zhai, Wei-Jun Cai, Baoshan Chen, Xianghui Guo, Zhimian, Cao, Pinghe Cai, Carbon cycling in China Marginal Seas-an overview, poster, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

41.  Minhan Dai, Lifang Wang, Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Qing Li and Wei-Jun Cai, Biogeochemical coupling of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River Estuary, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

42.  Weidong Zhai, Minhan Dai, Weijun Cai, Seasonal and inter-annual variations of CO₂ Air-Sea Fluxes in the Northern South China Sea, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

43.  Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Wei-Jun Cai, On the importance of estuaries in the global carbon cycle, invited talk, 9th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, May 7-11, 2006, Warnemünde, Germany

44.   Weidong Zhai, Xianghui Guo and Minhan Dai, CO₂ partial pressure and fluxes in Changjiang River Estuary, China, poster, 9th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, May 7-11, 2006, Warnemünde, Germany

45.  Dai Minhan, Zhai Weidong, Chen Baoshan, Zhou Kuanbo, Diurnal variation of surface seawater pCO₂ and its potential implication on air-sea CO₂ flux estimation, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

46.  Tiantian Tang, Minhan Dai, Jianrong Lin, Xianghui Guo, On the total organic carbon in the South China Sea-enrichment in the intermediate waters, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

47.  Zhongming Lu, Minhan Dai, Jinshun Chen, KunmingXu，Yinhao Liao, Development and application of an in situ optical fiber chemical CO₂ sensor, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

48.  Baoshan Chen, Minhan Dai and Huasheng Hong, pCO₂and the carbonate system in a coastal upwelling system – Taiwan Strait, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

49.  Weidong Zhai and Minhan Dai, On the distribution of dissolved CO₂ and O₂ in the coastal waters of East China Sea and in the Yellow Sea in Spring 2005, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

50.  Dai Minhan, Carbon Dynamics in the Oligotrophic South China Sea, Invited talk, International Conference on Contrasting Marine Ecosystems, Oct. 23-25, 2006, Hong Kong, China

51.   Dai Minhan, Carbon dynamics in marginal seas-fluxes and processes, Invited talk, SOLAS open science conference , March 6-9,2007, Xiamen China

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Grant History:

01/2007-12/2011    “111” international collaboration program, Ministry of Education & State Bureau for Foreign Experts, principal investigator (4.5 M)

01/2006-12/2008     Marine Biogeochemistry-processes and mechanism, Group of excellence award, NSF-China, principal investigator (4.2 M).

01/2006-12/2008      Biogeochemical coupling of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River estuary (NSF-China), principal investigator (520 K).

01/2003-12/2006      Source/sinks of atmospheric CO2 in the Northern South China – fluxes and modulations, NSFC key project (NSF-China #90211020), principal investigator (1.6 M).

09/2003-09/2006     Sources, speciation and mobility of plutonium and other transuranics in the groundwater at the Savannah River Site (US department of Energy）(Ken O. Buesseler, Minhan Dai)

01/2003-12/2005      Air-Sea CO2 flux and carbon biogeochemistry in the Pearl River Estuary and in the adjacent Northern South China Sea, Overseas Young Scientist Collaborative Project (NSF-China #40028007). Co-principle investigator (Wei-jun Cai and Minhan Dai) (400 K)

01/2002-12/2004      Interactions between Air-Sea CO2 flux and upper ocean biogeochemical processes in the South China Sea (NSF-China #40176025). principal Investigator (230 K)

01/2002-12/2004      Fine structure of pCO2 in the mixed layer, China Ministry of Education# 2002B0421020, principal investigator (100 K)

10/2002-04/2005     Development of a  high  precision and  fast response chemical fiber CO2 sensor,  China High-tech program (Ministry of Science and Technology#2002AA635140), principal investigator (700 K).

01/2000-12/2002      Structural and compositional characterization of colloidal organic matter in the Pearl River Estuary and in the adjacent Northern South China Sea (NSF-China#49976021), Co-principle investigator (Li Xu and Minhan Dai) (180 K)

09/1999-06/2003      Speciation, mobility and fate of actinides in the groundwater at the Hanford Site (US Department of Energy #DE-FG07-96ER14733), Co-principle investigator (K.O. Buesseler, Minhan Dai and D. Repeta)

01/1999 –12/2002    Transport and transformation of organic carbon in the Pearl River Estuary and in the adjacent Northern South China Sea, Distinguished Young Scientist Award (NSF-China # 49825162), principal investigator (800 K)

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