Faculty Profiles - LI Jiying | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Jiying LI
黎吉映

PhD in Limnology and Oceanography
University of Minnesota, 2014

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean Science

(852) 3469 2934
jiyingli@ust.hk
Room CYT2012
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Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Geochemistry
Environmental microbiology
Marine plankton ecology
Global climate change
Oceanography

Publications

All Years 25 2025 0 2024 7 2023 2 2022 2 2021 1 2020 2 2019 11

2024 7

Biogeochemical controls on methylmercury distribution in a subtropical wetland ecosystem

Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 207, October 2024, article number 116894
Wang, Shaoyi; Tsui, Martin Tsz-Ki; Li, Jiying; Pan, Ke
Article

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: Eddy-induced advection at eddy-permitting resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 190, August 2024, article number 102396, p. 1-15
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, Damien; Levy, Marina; Li, Jiying; Mak, Julian; Wang, Yan
Article

Exploring the Microbial Mosaic: Insights into Composition, Diversity, and Environmental Drivers in the Pearl River Estuary Sediments

Microorganisms, v. 12, (7), July 2024, article number 1273, p. 1-18
Zvi-Kedem, Tal; Lalzar, Maya; Sun, Jing; Li, Jiying; Tchernov, Dan; Meron, Dalit
Article

Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes

Limnology and Oceanography Letters, April 2024
Yang, Xingyu; Gao, Rixuan; Huff, Audrey; Ozersky, Ted; Katsev, Sergei; Li, Jiying
Article

Quantification of Polyphosphate in Environmental Planktonic Samples Using a Novel Fluorescence Dye JC-D7

Environmental Science & Technology, v. 58, (32), July 2024, p. 14249-14259
Yang, Xingyu; Gao, Rixuan; Li, Jiying; Zhang, Qiong; Yung, Cheuk Man; Yin, Hongbin
Article

Revealing the intricate temporal dynamics and adaptive responses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in the coastal South China Sea

Science of the Total Environment, v. 952, November 2024, article number 176019, p. 1-14
Xu, Wenqian; Xu, Yangbing; Sun, Ruixian; Rey Redondo, Carmen Elvira; Leung, Ka Kiu; Wan, Siu Hei; Li, Jiying; Yung, Cheuk Man
Article

Sediment oxygen uptake and hypoxia in coastal oceans, the Pearl River Estuary region

Water Research, v. 267, December 2024, article number 122499
Sun, Jing; Yu, Liuqian; Yang, Xingyu; Gan, Jianping; Yin, Hongbin; Li, Jiying
Article

2023 2

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: eddy induced advection at non-eddying resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 183, June 2023, article number 102204
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, D.; Levy, M.; Li, Jiying; Mak, Chun Long Julian; Wang, Yan
Article

Reduced chemosymbiont genome in the methane seep thyasirid and the cooperated metabolisms in the holobiont under anaerobic sediment

Molecular Ecology Resources, 24 July 2023
Li, Yunlong; He, Xing; Lin, Yuxuan; Li, Yi-Xuan; Kamenev, Gennady M.; Li, Jiying; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Sun, Jin
Article

2022 2

Characterization of internal phosphorus loading in the sediment of a large eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu, China)

Water Research, v. 225, October 2022, article number 119125
Yin, Hongbin; Zhang, Man; Yin, Peng; Li, Jiying
Article

Phosphorus internal loading and sediment diagenesis in a large eutrophic lake (Lake Chaohu, China)

Environmental Pollution, v. 292, (Part B), January 2022, article number 118471
Yang, Chunhui; Li, Jiying; Yin, Hongbin
Article

2021 1

Benthic invaders control the phosphorus cycle in the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 118, (6), February 2021, article number e2008223118
Li, Jiying; Ianaiev, Vadym; Huff, Audrey; Zalusky, John; Ozersky, Ted; Katsev, Sergei
Article

2020 2

Geochemical controls on internal phosphorus loading in Lake of the Woods

Chemical Geology, v. 558, 30 December 2020, article number 119873
Alam, Md Samrat; Barthod, Blandine; Li, Jiying; Liu, Huan; Zastepa, Arthur; Liu, Xiancai; Dittrich, Maria
Article

Synthesis and Degradation of Polyphosphate: Isotope Effects in Enzyme- and Bacteria-Catalyzed Reactions

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, v. 4, (12), December 2020, p. 2327-2336
Bai, Yuge; Stout, Lisa; Unal-Tosun, Gulcin; Li, Jiying; Jaisi, Deb
Article

2019 2

Dynamic polyphosphate metabolism in cyanobacteria responding to phosphorus availability

Environmental Microbiology, v. 21, (2), February 2019, p. 572-583
Li, Jiying; Dittrich, Maria
Article

Picoplankton accumulate and recycle polyphosphate to support high primary productivity in coastal Lake Ontario

Scientific Reports, v. 9, (1), December 2019, article number 19563
Li, Jiying; Plouchart, Diane; Zastepa, Arthur; Dittrich, Maria
Article

2018 2

Phosphorus recycling in deeply oxygenated sediments in Lake Superior controlled by organic matter mineralization

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 63, (3), May 2018, p. 1372-1385
Li, Jiying; Zhang, Yishu; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Sediment geochemistry and contributions to carbon and nutrient cycling in a deep meromictic tropical lake: Lake Malawi (East Africa)

Journal of Great Lakes Research, v. 44, (6), December 2018, p. 1221-1234
Li, Jiying; Brown, Erik T.; Crowe, Sean A.; Katsev, Sergei
Article

2017 5

Novel anammox bacteria and nitrogen loss from Lake Superior

Scientific Reports, v. 7, (1), December 2017, article number 13757
Crowe, Sean A.; Treusch, Alexander H.; Forth, Michael; Li, Jiying; Magen, Cedric; Canfield, Donald E.; Thamdrup, Bo; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Phosphorus Availability and Turnover in the Chesapeake Bay: Insights From Nutrient Stoichiometry and Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Ratios

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 122, (4), April 2017, p. 811-824
Li, Jiying; Bai, Yuge; Bear, Kristi; Joshi, Sunendra; Jaisi, Deb
Article

Significant role of organic sulfur in supporting sedimentary sulfate reduction in low-sulfate environments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 213, September 2017, p. 502-516
Fakhraee, Mojtaba; Li, Jiying; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Water Column Particulate Matter: A Key Contributor to Phosphorus Regeneration in a Coastal Eutrophic Environment, the Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 122, (4), April 2017, p. 737-752
Li, Jiying; Reardon, Patrick; McKinley, James P.; Joshi, Sunendra R.; Bai, Yuge; Bear, Kristi; Jaisi, Debe P.
Article

Tropical meromictic lakes: Specifics of meromixis and case studies of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Matano

Ecology of Meromictic Lakes / Ramesh D. GulatiEgor S. ZadereevAndrei G. Degermendzhi, Editors. Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2017, p. 277-323, Book series: Ecological Studies, v. 228
Katsev, Sergei; Verburg, Piet; Lliros, Marc; Minor, Elizabeth C.; Kruger, Brittany R.; Li, Jiying
Book chapter

2014 1

Nitrogen cycling in deeply oxygenated sediments: Results in Lake Superior and implications for marine sediments

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 59, (2), March 2014, p. 465-481
Li, Jiying; Katsev, Sergei
Article

2012 1

Carbon mineralization and oxygen dynamics in sediments with deep oxygen penetration, Lake Superior

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57, (6), November 2012, p. 1634-1650
Li, Jiying; Crowe, Sean A.; Miklesh, David; Kistner, Matthew; Canfield, Donald E.; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Article 7

Biogeochemical controls on methylmercury distribution in a subtropical wetland ecosystem

Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 207, October 2024, article number 116894
Wang, Shaoyi; Tsui, Martin Tsz-Ki; Li, Jiying; Pan, Ke

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: Eddy-induced advection at eddy-permitting resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 190, August 2024, article number 102396, p. 1-15
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, Damien; Levy, Marina; Li, Jiying; Mak, Julian; Wang, Yan

Exploring the Microbial Mosaic: Insights into Composition, Diversity, and Environmental Drivers in the Pearl River Estuary Sediments

Microorganisms, v. 12, (7), July 2024, article number 1273, p. 1-18
Zvi-Kedem, Tal; Lalzar, Maya; Sun, Jing; Li, Jiying; Tchernov, Dan; Meron, Dalit

Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes

Limnology and Oceanography Letters, April 2024
Yang, Xingyu; Gao, Rixuan; Huff, Audrey; Ozersky, Ted; Katsev, Sergei; Li, Jiying

Quantification of Polyphosphate in Environmental Planktonic Samples Using a Novel Fluorescence Dye JC-D7

Environmental Science & Technology, v. 58, (32), July 2024, p. 14249-14259
Yang, Xingyu; Gao, Rixuan; Li, Jiying; Zhang, Qiong; Yung, Cheuk Man; Yin, Hongbin

Revealing the intricate temporal dynamics and adaptive responses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in the coastal South China Sea

Science of the Total Environment, v. 952, November 2024, article number 176019, p. 1-14
Xu, Wenqian; Xu, Yangbing; Sun, Ruixian; Rey Redondo, Carmen Elvira; Leung, Ka Kiu; Wan, Siu Hei; Li, Jiying; Yung, Cheuk Man

Sediment oxygen uptake and hypoxia in coastal oceans, the Pearl River Estuary region

Water Research, v. 267, December 2024, article number 122499
Sun, Jing; Yu, Liuqian; Yang, Xingyu; Gan, Jianping; Yin, Hongbin; Li, Jiying

Article 2

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: eddy induced advection at non-eddying resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 183, June 2023, article number 102204
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, D.; Levy, M.; Li, Jiying; Mak, Chun Long Julian; Wang, Yan

Reduced chemosymbiont genome in the methane seep thyasirid and the cooperated metabolisms in the holobiont under anaerobic sediment

Molecular Ecology Resources, 24 July 2023
Li, Yunlong; He, Xing; Lin, Yuxuan; Li, Yi-Xuan; Kamenev, Gennady M.; Li, Jiying; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Sun, Jin

Article 2

Characterization of internal phosphorus loading in the sediment of a large eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu, China)

Water Research, v. 225, October 2022, article number 119125
Yin, Hongbin; Zhang, Man; Yin, Peng; Li, Jiying

Phosphorus internal loading and sediment diagenesis in a large eutrophic lake (Lake Chaohu, China)

Environmental Pollution, v. 292, (Part B), January 2022, article number 118471
Yang, Chunhui; Li, Jiying; Yin, Hongbin

Article 1

Benthic invaders control the phosphorus cycle in the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 118, (6), February 2021, article number e2008223118
Li, Jiying; Ianaiev, Vadym; Huff, Audrey; Zalusky, John; Ozersky, Ted; Katsev, Sergei

Article 2

Geochemical controls on internal phosphorus loading in Lake of the Woods

Chemical Geology, v. 558, 30 December 2020, article number 119873
Alam, Md Samrat; Barthod, Blandine; Li, Jiying; Liu, Huan; Zastepa, Arthur; Liu, Xiancai; Dittrich, Maria

Synthesis and Degradation of Polyphosphate: Isotope Effects in Enzyme- and Bacteria-Catalyzed Reactions

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, v. 4, (12), December 2020, p. 2327-2336
Bai, Yuge; Stout, Lisa; Unal-Tosun, Gulcin; Li, Jiying; Jaisi, Deb

Article 2

Dynamic polyphosphate metabolism in cyanobacteria responding to phosphorus availability

Environmental Microbiology, v. 21, (2), February 2019, p. 572-583
Li, Jiying; Dittrich, Maria

Picoplankton accumulate and recycle polyphosphate to support high primary productivity in coastal Lake Ontario

Scientific Reports, v. 9, (1), December 2019, article number 19563
Li, Jiying; Plouchart, Diane; Zastepa, Arthur; Dittrich, Maria

Article 2

Phosphorus recycling in deeply oxygenated sediments in Lake Superior controlled by organic matter mineralization

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 63, (3), May 2018, p. 1372-1385
Li, Jiying; Zhang, Yishu; Katsev, Sergei

Sediment geochemistry and contributions to carbon and nutrient cycling in a deep meromictic tropical lake: Lake Malawi (East Africa)

Journal of Great Lakes Research, v. 44, (6), December 2018, p. 1221-1234
Li, Jiying; Brown, Erik T.; Crowe, Sean A.; Katsev, Sergei

Article 4

Novel anammox bacteria and nitrogen loss from Lake Superior

Scientific Reports, v. 7, (1), December 2017, article number 13757
Crowe, Sean A.; Treusch, Alexander H.; Forth, Michael; Li, Jiying; Magen, Cedric; Canfield, Donald E.; Thamdrup, Bo; Katsev, Sergei

Phosphorus Availability and Turnover in the Chesapeake Bay: Insights From Nutrient Stoichiometry and Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Ratios

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 122, (4), April 2017, p. 811-824
Li, Jiying; Bai, Yuge; Bear, Kristi; Joshi, Sunendra; Jaisi, Deb

Significant role of organic sulfur in supporting sedimentary sulfate reduction in low-sulfate environments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 213, September 2017, p. 502-516
Fakhraee, Mojtaba; Li, Jiying; Katsev, Sergei

Water Column Particulate Matter: A Key Contributor to Phosphorus Regeneration in a Coastal Eutrophic Environment, the Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 122, (4), April 2017, p. 737-752
Li, Jiying; Reardon, Patrick; McKinley, James P.; Joshi, Sunendra R.; Bai, Yuge; Bear, Kristi; Jaisi, Debe P.

Book chapter 1

Tropical meromictic lakes: Specifics of meromixis and case studies of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Matano

Ecology of Meromictic Lakes / Ramesh D. GulatiEgor S. ZadereevAndrei G. Degermendzhi, Editors. Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2017, p. 277-323, Book series: Ecological Studies, v. 228
Katsev, Sergei; Verburg, Piet; Lliros, Marc; Minor, Elizabeth C.; Kruger, Brittany R.; Li, Jiying

Article 1

Nitrogen cycling in deeply oxygenated sediments: Results in Lake Superior and implications for marine sediments

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 59, (2), March 2014, p. 465-481
Li, Jiying; Katsev, Sergei

Article 1

Carbon mineralization and oxygen dynamics in sediments with deep oxygen penetration, Lake Superior

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57, (6), November 2012, p. 1634-1650
Li, Jiying; Crowe, Sean A.; Miklesh, David; Kistner, Matthew; Canfield, Donald E.; Katsev, Sergei

2019 2

Dynamic polyphosphate metabolism in cyanobacteria responding to phosphorus availability

Environmental Microbiology, v. 21, (2), February 2019, p. 572-583
Li, Jiying; Dittrich, Maria
Article

Picoplankton accumulate and recycle polyphosphate to support high primary productivity in coastal Lake Ontario

Scientific Reports, v. 9, (1), December 2019, article number 19563
Li, Jiying; Plouchart, Diane; Zastepa, Arthur; Dittrich, Maria
Article

2018 2

Phosphorus recycling in deeply oxygenated sediments in Lake Superior controlled by organic matter mineralization

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 63, (3), May 2018, p. 1372-1385
Li, Jiying; Zhang, Yishu; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Sediment geochemistry and contributions to carbon and nutrient cycling in a deep meromictic tropical lake: Lake Malawi (East Africa)

Journal of Great Lakes Research, v. 44, (6), December 2018, p. 1221-1234
Li, Jiying; Brown, Erik T.; Crowe, Sean A.; Katsev, Sergei
Article

2017 5

Novel anammox bacteria and nitrogen loss from Lake Superior

Scientific Reports, v. 7, (1), December 2017, article number 13757
Crowe, Sean A.; Treusch, Alexander H.; Forth, Michael; Li, Jiying; Magen, Cedric; Canfield, Donald E.; Thamdrup, Bo; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Phosphorus Availability and Turnover in the Chesapeake Bay: Insights From Nutrient Stoichiometry and Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Ratios

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 122, (4), April 2017, p. 811-824
Li, Jiying; Bai, Yuge; Bear, Kristi; Joshi, Sunendra; Jaisi, Deb
Article

Significant role of organic sulfur in supporting sedimentary sulfate reduction in low-sulfate environments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 213, September 2017, p. 502-516
Fakhraee, Mojtaba; Li, Jiying; Katsev, Sergei
Article

Water Column Particulate Matter: A Key Contributor to Phosphorus Regeneration in a Coastal Eutrophic Environment, the Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 122, (4), April 2017, p. 737-752
Li, Jiying; Reardon, Patrick; McKinley, James P.; Joshi, Sunendra R.; Bai, Yuge; Bear, Kristi; Jaisi, Debe P.
Article

Tropical meromictic lakes: Specifics of meromixis and case studies of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Matano

Ecology of Meromictic Lakes / Ramesh D. GulatiEgor S. ZadereevAndrei G. Degermendzhi, Editors. Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2017, p. 277-323, Book series: Ecological Studies, v. 228
Katsev, Sergei; Verburg, Piet; Lliros, Marc; Minor, Elizabeth C.; Kruger, Brittany R.; Li, Jiying
Book chapter

2014 1

Nitrogen cycling in deeply oxygenated sediments: Results in Lake Superior and implications for marine sediments

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 59, (2), March 2014, p. 465-481
Li, Jiying; Katsev, Sergei
Article

2012 1

Carbon mineralization and oxygen dynamics in sediments with deep oxygen penetration, Lake Superior

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57, (6), November 2012, p. 1634-1650
Li, Jiying; Crowe, Sean A.; Miklesh, David; Kistner, Matthew; Canfield, Donald E.; Katsev, Sergei
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Spring 5 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 7 2023-24 Winter 0

OCES1010	Principles and Applications of Environmental Science
OCES2002	Marine Chemistry
OCES4001	Ocean and Climate Change
OCES4205	Chemical Oceanography
OCES5300	Chemical Oceanography

OCES1010

Principles and Applications of Environmental Science

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES1010	Principles and Applications of Environmental Science
OCES2002	Marine Chemistry
OCES4001	Ocean and Climate Change
OCES4205	Chemical Oceanography
OCES5300	Chemical Oceanography
SCIE2500	Guided Study on Research II

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 15 May 2025)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

SUN, Chuanzhe
Marine Environmental Science
LIN, Yuxuan
Marine Environmental Science
ZHOU, Xiaotian
Marine Environmental Science
YANG, Xingyu
Marine Environmental Science

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

SUN, Jing
Marine Environmental Science( Completed in 2024 )

Master of Philosophy

GAO, Rixuan
Marine Environmental Science( Completed in 2024 )
ZHOU, Lei
Marine Environmental Science( Completed in 2022 )

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

All Projects 5 Leading Projects 3 Participating Projects 2

Cycling and fluxes of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide in coastal marine sediments

近岸海洋沉積物中溫室氣體一氧化二氮的循環和通量 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LI Jiying (Lead)
2025 -
Study of the regional earth system for sustainable development under climate change in the Greater Bay Area

氣候變化下粵港澳大灣區可持續發展的區域地球系統研究 Participating

RGC - Areas of Excellence Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
GAN Jianping (Lead)

HE Ding

LAU Stanley Chun Kwan

LI Jiying

LIU Hongbin

QU Huamin

SHI Xiaoming

WYATT Alex

XU Kun

YANG Can

YU Jianzhen

YUNG Charmaine
2024 -
A collision-cell equipped multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (CC-MC-ICP-MS) for elucidating isotope fractionations in biological and chemical processes in the ocean

應用CC-MC-ICP-MS獲取同位素分流信息以深入理解海洋中的生物和化學過程 Participating

RGC - Collaborative Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
ZHANG Qiong (Lead)

HE Ding

HUANG Pingbo

LI Jiying

LIU Hongbin

QIAN Peiyuan

WYATT Alex

YUNG Charmaine
2023 -
Phosphorus cycling and fluxes in the sediment of coastal waters in Hong Kong

香港近岸海域沉積物的磷循環和通量 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LI Jiying (Lead)
2023 -
Polyphosphate dynamics in coastal oceans and roles in phosphorus cycling

近岸海洋中的多聚磷酸鹽動態及在磷循環中的作用 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
LI Jiying (Lead)
2022 - 2024

Research Interest

Publications

2024 7

2023 2

2022 2

2021 1

2020 2

2019 2

2018 2

2017 5

2014 1

2012 1

Article 7

Article 2

Article 2

Article 1

Article 2

Article 2

Article 2

Article 4

Book chapter 1

Article 1

Article 1

2019 2

2018 2

2017 5

2014 1

2012 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 15 May 2025)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

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