Faculty Profiles - ZHANG Qiong | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Qiong ZHANG
張琼

PhD in Earth Sciences
University of Oxford, 2017

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean Science

(852) 2358 8254
qiongz@ust.hk
Room CYT2013A
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ORCID

0000-0002-9007-8025

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Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Global change biology
Marine chemical ecology
Ocean science
Marine genomics and proteomics

Publications

All Years 24 2024 3 2023 0 2022 4 2021 4 2020 1 2019 5 2018 7

2024 3

Insight into microbial functional genes’ role in geochemical distribution and cycling of uranium: The evidence from covering soils of uranium tailings dam

Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 461, January 2024, article number 132630
Yuan, Wenhuan; She, Jingye; Liu, Juan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Xudong; Huang, Liting; Zeng, Xuan; Wang, Jin
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

Stimulating and toxic effect of chromium on growth and photosynthesis of a marine chlorophyte

New Phytologist, v. 241, (2), January 2024, p. 676-686
Zhang, Qiong; Charles, Philip D.; Bendif, El Mahdi; Hester, Svenja S.; Mohammad, Shabaz; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.
Article

2022 4

Declining metal availability in the Mesozoic seawater reflected in phytoplankton succession

Nature Geoscience, v. 15, (11), November 2022, p. 932-941
Zhang, Qiong; Bendif, El Mahdi; Zhou, Yu; Nevado, Bruno; Shafiee, Roxana; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.
Article

Phycosphere pH of unicellular nano- and micro- phytoplankton cells and consequences for iron speciation

The ISME Journal, v. 16, (10), October 2022, p. 2329-2336
Liu, Fengjie; Gledhill, Martha; Tan, Qiao-Guo; Zhu, Kechen; Zhang, Qiong; Salaün, Pascal; Tagliabue, Alessandro; Zhang, Yanjun; Weiss, Dominik; Achterberg, Eric P.; Korchev, Yuri
Article

Proteomic response of the marine ammonia-oxidising archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus to iron limitation reveals strategies to compensate for nutrient scarcity

Environmental Microbiology, v. 24, (2), February 2022, p. 835-849
Shafiee, Roxana T.; Snow, Joseph T.; Hester, Svenja; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.
Article

Quantification of smelter-derived contributions to thallium contamination in river sediments: novel insights from thallium isotope evidence

Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 424, (Part C), February 2022, article number 127594
Liu, Juan; Ouyang, Qi'en; Wang, Lulu; Wang, Jin; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Xudong; Lin, Yuyang; Zhou, Yuting; Yuan, Wenhuan; Xiao, Tangfu
Article

2021 4

Cadmium isotopic fractionation in lead-zinc smelting process and signatures in fluvial sediments

Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 411, June 2021, article number 125015
Zhong, Qiaohui; Yin, Meiling; Zhang, Qiong; Beiyuan, Jingzi; Liu, Juan; Yang, Xiao; Wang, Jin; Wang, Lulu; Jiang, Yanjun; Xiao, Tangfu; Zhang, Zhaofeng
Article

Marine ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria occupy distinct trace metal niches

ISME Communications, v. 1, March 2021, article number 1
Shafiee, Roxana T.; Diver, Poppy J.; Snow, Joseph T.; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

Survival strategies and dominant phylotypes of maize-rhizosphere microorganisms under metal(loid)s contamination

Science of the Total Environment, v. 774, June 2021, article number 145143
She, Jingye; Wang, Jin; Wei, Xudong; Zhang, Qiong; Xie, Zhenyu; Beiyuan, Jingzi; Xiao, Enzong; Yang, Xiao; Liu, Juan; Zhou, Yuting; Xiao, Tangfu; Wang, Yuxuan; Chen, Nan; Tsang, Daniel C.W.
Article

The influence of elevated SiO₂(aq) on intracellular silica uptake and microbial metabolism

Geobiology, v. 19, (4), July 2021, p. 421-433
Tostevin, Rosalie; Snow, Joseph T.; Zhang, Qiong; Tosca, Nicholas J.; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

2020 1

Interactions of thallium with marine phytoplankton

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 276, May 2020, p. 1-13
Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

2019 5

Fluoro-electrochemical microscopy reveals group specific differential susceptibility of phytoplankton towards oxidative damage

Chemical Science, v. 10, (34), September 2019, p. 7988-7993
Yang, Minjun; Batchelor-Mcauley, Christopher; Chen, Lifu; Guo, Yanjun; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.; Bouman, Heather A.; Compton, Richard G.
Article

Iron requirements and uptake strategies of the globally abundant marine ammonia-oxidising archaeon, Nitrosopumilus maritimus SCM1

ISME Journal, v. 13, (9), September 2019, p. 2295-2305
Shafiee, Roxana T.; Snow, Joseph T.; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

Monitoring Cr toxicity and remediation processes - combining a whole-cell bioreporter and Cr isotope techniques

Water Research, v. 153, April 2019, p. 295-303
Zhang, Qiong; Song, Yizhi; Amor, Ken; Huang, Wei E.; Porcelli, Don; Thompson, Ian
Article

Susceptibility of algae to Cr toxicity reveals contrasting metal management strategies

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 64, (5), September 2019, p. 2271-2282
Wilson, Will; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

Using stable isotope fractionation factors to identify Cr(VI) reduction pathways: Metal-mineral-microbe interactions

Water Research, v. 151, March 2019, p. 98-109
Zhang, Qiong; Amor, Ken; Galer, Stephen J.G.; Thompson, Ian; Porcelli, Don
Article

2018 3

Direct measurement of multi-elements in high matrix samples with a flow injection ICP-MS: Application to the extended: Emiliania huxleyi Redfield ratio

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 33, (7), July 2018, p. 1196-1208
Zhang, Qiong; Snow, Joseph T.; Holdship, Phil; Price, David; Watson, Paul; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

Microcystis bloom containing microcystin-LR induces type 2 diabetes mellitus

Toxicology Letters, v. 294, September 2018, p. 87-94
Zhang, Qiong; Qin, Wendi; Yang, Liuyan; An, Jing; Zhang, Xuxiang; Hong, Hao; Xu, Lizhi; Wang, Yaping
Article

Variations of stable isotope fractionation during bacterial chromium reduction processes and their implications

Chemical Geology, v. 481, March 2018, p. 155-164
Zhang, Qiong; Amor, Ken; Galer, Stephen J.G.; Thompson, Ian; Porcelli, Don
Article

2013 1

Dioxin and phthalate uptake and assimilation by the green mussel Perna viridis

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), v. 178, July 2013, p. 455-462
Wang, Wenxiong; Zhang, Qiong
Article

2011 3

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of dioxins in marine copepods and fish

Environmental pollution, v. 159, (12), December 2011, p. 3390-3397
Zhang, Qiong; Yang, Liuyan; Wang, Wenxiong
Article

Biodegradation of leuco derivatives of triphenylmethane dyes by Sphingomonas sp. CM9

Biodegradation, v. 22, (5), September 2011, p. 897-904
Wu, Jun; Li, Liguan; Du, Hongwei; Jiang, Lijuan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Zhongbo; Wang, Xiaolin; Xiao, Lin; Yang, Liuyan
Article

Lipoproteins binding malachite green to slow the decolorization of malachite green in Pseudomonas sp. JT-1

Microbes and Environments, v. 26, (1), March 2011, p. 81-83
Wu, Jun; Li, Liguan; Du, Hongwei; Jiang, Lijuan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Zhongbo; Wang, Xiaolin; Xiao, Lin; Yang, Liuyan
Article

Article 3

Insight into microbial functional genes’ role in geochemical distribution and cycling of uranium: The evidence from covering soils of uranium tailings dam

Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 461, January 2024, article number 132630
Yuan, Wenhuan; She, Jingye; Liu, Juan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Xudong; Huang, Liting; Zeng, Xuan; Wang, Jin

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

Stimulating and toxic effect of chromium on growth and photosynthesis of a marine chlorophyte

New Phytologist, v. 241, (2), January 2024, p. 676-686
Zhang, Qiong; Charles, Philip D.; Bendif, El Mahdi; Hester, Svenja S.; Mohammad, Shabaz; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.

Article 4

Declining metal availability in the Mesozoic seawater reflected in phytoplankton succession

Nature Geoscience, v. 15, (11), November 2022, p. 932-941
Zhang, Qiong; Bendif, El Mahdi; Zhou, Yu; Nevado, Bruno; Shafiee, Roxana; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.

Phycosphere pH of unicellular nano- and micro- phytoplankton cells and consequences for iron speciation

The ISME Journal, v. 16, (10), October 2022, p. 2329-2336
Liu, Fengjie; Gledhill, Martha; Tan, Qiao-Guo; Zhu, Kechen; Zhang, Qiong; Salaün, Pascal; Tagliabue, Alessandro; Zhang, Yanjun; Weiss, Dominik; Achterberg, Eric P.; Korchev, Yuri

Proteomic response of the marine ammonia-oxidising archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus to iron limitation reveals strategies to compensate for nutrient scarcity

Environmental Microbiology, v. 24, (2), February 2022, p. 835-849
Shafiee, Roxana T.; Snow, Joseph T.; Hester, Svenja; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.

Quantification of smelter-derived contributions to thallium contamination in river sediments: novel insights from thallium isotope evidence

Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 424, (Part C), February 2022, article number 127594
Liu, Juan; Ouyang, Qi'en; Wang, Lulu; Wang, Jin; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Xudong; Lin, Yuyang; Zhou, Yuting; Yuan, Wenhuan; Xiao, Tangfu

Article 4

Cadmium isotopic fractionation in lead-zinc smelting process and signatures in fluvial sediments

Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 411, June 2021, article number 125015
Zhong, Qiaohui; Yin, Meiling; Zhang, Qiong; Beiyuan, Jingzi; Liu, Juan; Yang, Xiao; Wang, Jin; Wang, Lulu; Jiang, Yanjun; Xiao, Tangfu; Zhang, Zhaofeng

Marine ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria occupy distinct trace metal niches

ISME Communications, v. 1, March 2021, article number 1
Shafiee, Roxana T.; Diver, Poppy J.; Snow, Joseph T.; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.

Survival strategies and dominant phylotypes of maize-rhizosphere microorganisms under metal(loid)s contamination

Science of the Total Environment, v. 774, June 2021, article number 145143
She, Jingye; Wang, Jin; Wei, Xudong; Zhang, Qiong; Xie, Zhenyu; Beiyuan, Jingzi; Xiao, Enzong; Yang, Xiao; Liu, Juan; Zhou, Yuting; Xiao, Tangfu; Wang, Yuxuan; Chen, Nan; Tsang, Daniel C.W.

The influence of elevated SiO₂(aq) on intracellular silica uptake and microbial metabolism

Geobiology, v. 19, (4), July 2021, p. 421-433
Tostevin, Rosalie; Snow, Joseph T.; Zhang, Qiong; Tosca, Nicholas J.; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.

Article 1

Interactions of thallium with marine phytoplankton

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 276, May 2020, p. 1-13
Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.

Article 5

Fluoro-electrochemical microscopy reveals group specific differential susceptibility of phytoplankton towards oxidative damage

Chemical Science, v. 10, (34), September 2019, p. 7988-7993
Yang, Minjun; Batchelor-Mcauley, Christopher; Chen, Lifu; Guo, Yanjun; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.; Bouman, Heather A.; Compton, Richard G.

Iron requirements and uptake strategies of the globally abundant marine ammonia-oxidising archaeon, Nitrosopumilus maritimus SCM1

ISME Journal, v. 13, (9), September 2019, p. 2295-2305
Shafiee, Roxana T.; Snow, Joseph T.; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.

Monitoring Cr toxicity and remediation processes - combining a whole-cell bioreporter and Cr isotope techniques

Water Research, v. 153, April 2019, p. 295-303
Zhang, Qiong; Song, Yizhi; Amor, Ken; Huang, Wei E.; Porcelli, Don; Thompson, Ian

Susceptibility of algae to Cr toxicity reveals contrasting metal management strategies

Limnology and Oceanography, v. 64, (5), September 2019, p. 2271-2282
Wilson, Will; Zhang, Qiong; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.

Using stable isotope fractionation factors to identify Cr(VI) reduction pathways: Metal-mineral-microbe interactions

Water Research, v. 151, March 2019, p. 98-109
Zhang, Qiong; Amor, Ken; Galer, Stephen J.G.; Thompson, Ian; Porcelli, Don

Article 3

Direct measurement of multi-elements in high matrix samples with a flow injection ICP-MS: Application to the extended: Emiliania huxleyi Redfield ratio

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 33, (7), July 2018, p. 1196-1208
Zhang, Qiong; Snow, Joseph T.; Holdship, Phil; Price, David; Watson, Paul; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.

Microcystis bloom containing microcystin-LR induces type 2 diabetes mellitus

Toxicology Letters, v. 294, September 2018, p. 87-94
Zhang, Qiong; Qin, Wendi; Yang, Liuyan; An, Jing; Zhang, Xuxiang; Hong, Hao; Xu, Lizhi; Wang, Yaping

Variations of stable isotope fractionation during bacterial chromium reduction processes and their implications

Chemical Geology, v. 481, March 2018, p. 155-164
Zhang, Qiong; Amor, Ken; Galer, Stephen J.G.; Thompson, Ian; Porcelli, Don

Article 1

Dioxin and phthalate uptake and assimilation by the green mussel Perna viridis

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), v. 178, July 2013, p. 455-462
Wang, Wenxiong; Zhang, Qiong

Article 3

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of dioxins in marine copepods and fish

Environmental pollution, v. 159, (12), December 2011, p. 3390-3397
Zhang, Qiong; Yang, Liuyan; Wang, Wenxiong

Biodegradation of leuco derivatives of triphenylmethane dyes by Sphingomonas sp. CM9

Biodegradation, v. 22, (5), September 2011, p. 897-904
Wu, Jun; Li, Liguan; Du, Hongwei; Jiang, Lijuan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Zhongbo; Wang, Xiaolin; Xiao, Lin; Yang, Liuyan

Lipoproteins binding malachite green to slow the decolorization of malachite green in Pseudomonas sp. JT-1

Microbes and Environments, v. 26, (1), March 2011, p. 81-83
Wu, Jun; Li, Liguan; Du, Hongwei; Jiang, Lijuan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Zhongbo; Wang, Xiaolin; Xiao, Lin; Yang, Liuyan

2018 3

Direct measurement of multi-elements in high matrix samples with a flow injection ICP-MS: Application to the extended: Emiliania huxleyi Redfield ratio

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 33, (7), July 2018, p. 1196-1208
Zhang, Qiong; Snow, Joseph T.; Holdship, Phil; Price, David; Watson, Paul; Rickaby, Rosalind E.M.
Article

Microcystis bloom containing microcystin-LR induces type 2 diabetes mellitus

Toxicology Letters, v. 294, September 2018, p. 87-94
Zhang, Qiong; Qin, Wendi; Yang, Liuyan; An, Jing; Zhang, Xuxiang; Hong, Hao; Xu, Lizhi; Wang, Yaping
Article

Variations of stable isotope fractionation during bacterial chromium reduction processes and their implications

Chemical Geology, v. 481, March 2018, p. 155-164
Zhang, Qiong; Amor, Ken; Galer, Stephen J.G.; Thompson, Ian; Porcelli, Don
Article

2013 1

Dioxin and phthalate uptake and assimilation by the green mussel Perna viridis

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), v. 178, July 2013, p. 455-462
Wang, Wenxiong; Zhang, Qiong
Article

2011 3

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of dioxins in marine copepods and fish

Environmental pollution, v. 159, (12), December 2011, p. 3390-3397
Zhang, Qiong; Yang, Liuyan; Wang, Wenxiong
Article

Biodegradation of leuco derivatives of triphenylmethane dyes by Sphingomonas sp. CM9

Biodegradation, v. 22, (5), September 2011, p. 897-904
Wu, Jun; Li, Liguan; Du, Hongwei; Jiang, Lijuan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Zhongbo; Wang, Xiaolin; Xiao, Lin; Yang, Liuyan
Article

Lipoproteins binding malachite green to slow the decolorization of malachite green in Pseudomonas sp. JT-1

Microbes and Environments, v. 26, (1), March 2011, p. 81-83
Wu, Jun; Li, Liguan; Du, Hongwei; Jiang, Lijuan; Zhang, Qiong; Wei, Zhongbo; Wang, Xiaolin; Xiao, Lin; Yang, Liuyan
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 7 2023-24 Winter 1 2023-24 Fall 3 2022-23 Summer 0

OCES1010	Principles and Applications of Environmental Science
OCES6011G	Postgraduate Seminar

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES1010	Principles and Applications of Environmental Science
OCES4320	Marine Toxicology
OCES4910A	Independent Study
OCES4964	Ocean Science and Technology Capstone Project Research
OCES5320	Ecotoxicology
OCES6011F	Postgraduate Seminar

OCES4910A

Independent Study

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES1010	Principles and Applications of Environmental Science
OCES6011E	Postgraduate Seminar

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

XIE, Shuyu
Marine Environmental Science
YAN, Rongman
Marine Environmental Science

Master of Philosophy

WANG, Ziheng
Marine Environmental Science
MA, Qun
Marine Environmental Science
ZHANG, Qianqing
Marine Environmental Science

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 2

No Projects.
Zinc limitation for marine phytoplankton: variability, mechanisms, and impacts under climate change

海洋浮游植物的鋅營養限制 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
ZHANG Qiong (Lead)
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 Leading

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 -

Research Interest

Publications

2024 3

2022 4

2021 4

2020 1

2019 5

2018 3

2013 1

2011 3

Article 3

Article 4

Article 4

Article 1

Article 5

Article 3

Article 1

Article 3

2018 3

2013 1

2011 3

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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