刘凤杰 Fengjie LIU, Ph.D.
副教授、博士生导师 Associate Professor
海洋生态环境与可持续发展团队负责人 Group Leader, Ocean Environmental Science & Sustainability
海洋科学学院 School of Marine Sciences
中山大学 Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
邮箱E-mail: liufj36@mail.sysu.edu.cn
海洋生态环境与可持续发展研究团队
——探索海洋环境关键过程，赋能海洋可持续未来
研究团队致力于生物学、化学与海洋科学的交叉融合，聚焦环境污染、气候变化及海洋资源开发等人类活动对海洋生态系统功能和环境健康的影响。坚持基础科学研究与技术创新并重，发展国际前沿研究技术，揭示海洋环境关键过程，为海洋生态保护、资源可持续利用及全球变化应对提供科学理论与技术支撑。
我们的愿景是通过生物学、化学与海洋科学的深度交叉融合，揭示影响海洋生态系统功能的关键环境过程，发展国际领先的海洋环境研究技术，为海洋生态保护、资源可持续利用和全球变化应对提供原创性科学理论与关键技术支撑，建设具有国际影响力的海洋环境科学与可持续发展研究团队。
我们的研究贯穿多个空间尺度——从单细胞到全球海洋，围绕以下三个研究方向展开。
一、全球海洋痕量金属生物可利用性与藻际微环境
痕量金属，特别是铁，是调控海洋初级生产力、全球生物地球化学循环及大气 CO₂ 浓度的重要因子。团队致力于揭示海洋微生物获取、利用及循环痕量金属的机制，研究尺度涵盖从单细胞到全球海洋。研究重点聚焦于藻际微环境（Phycosphere）——浮游植物细胞周围的微尺度化学环境。在这一微环境中，化学组成、微生物群落及生态相互作用均可能与周围海水存在显著差异。我们的研究正推动藻际微环境成为海洋生态学新的组织层次，为认识海洋营养循环、微生物互作、浮游植物生理生态以及海洋生态系统功能提供新的理论框架。
二、深海采矿生态环境影响
随着全球对关键矿产资源需求的快速增长，深海采矿已成为国际关注的重要议题，但其潜在生态环境风险仍缺乏系统认识。团队围绕深海采矿过程中颗粒物、痕量金属及其他污染物的释放、迁移转化、生物可利用性及生态效应开展国际合作研究，重点揭示其对海洋理化过程、生物地球化学循环及海洋生态系统的影响机制。研究成果将为我国深海资源开发及国际海底管理局（International Seabed Authority）等国际管理机构提供科学依据，为深海采矿环境管理、资源可持续开发及国际规则制定提供重要科技支撑。
三、可持续仿生能源材料
依托海洋生物学、化学与材料科学交叉研究，团队利用海洋硅藻天然生物矿化形成的精细硅质结构，开发新一代可持续仿生储能材料。研究致力于构建低碳、绿色、生物来源的新型功能材料，为锂离子电池等先进储能技术提供创新解决方案，并探索海洋生物在清洁能源、先进材料及绿色制造等领域的应用潜力，推动海洋科学与材料科学的交叉创新，为绿色低碳发展和能源可持续利用贡献新的科学与技术方案。
加入我们
我们诚挚欢迎具有创新精神和国际视野的青年学者及优秀学生加入团队，共同探索海洋科学前沿问题，推动海洋环境科学与可持续发展研究。
招聘和招收：
- 助理教授 / 副教授
- 博士后研究人员
- 科研助理
- 博士研究生
- 硕士研究生
如果您希望加入我们的团队或开展科研合作，欢迎与我们联系。
Ocean Environmental Science & Sustainability (OESS)
—Understanding Ocean Processes, Enabling a Sustainable Future
The OESS research group explores the interdisciplinary interface of biology, chemistry, and ocean science to understand how human activities—including environmental pollution, climate change, and marine resource exploitation—shape marine ecosystem functioning and environmental health.
By integrating fundamental discoveries with technological innovation, we investigate the environmental processes that govern ocean ecosystems across multiple spatial scales—from the microscale environments surrounding individual cells to the global ocean. Our goal is to generate new scientific knowledge and develop innovative solutions that support ocean sustainability.
Our vision is to establish an internationally leading research programme in Marine Sciences for a Sustainable Ocean, advancing fundamental understanding while providing the scientific evidence and technologies needed to address global environmental challenges.
Our research is organised around three interconnected themes.
1.Trace Metal Bioavailability and the Phycosphere
Trace metals, particularly iron, are fundamental regulators of marine primary productivity, global biogeochemical cycles, and atmospheric CO₂. We investigate how marine microorganisms acquire, transform, and utilize these essential elements across scales, from individual cells to the global ocean. A major focus of our research is the phycosphere—the microscale environment surrounding phytoplankton cells—where chemical conditions, microbial communities, and ecological interactions differ profoundly from those of the surrounding seawater. Our work is helping establish the phycosphere as a previously overlooked level of biological organization in aquatic ecosystems, providing new insights into nutrient cycling, microbial interactions, phytoplankton physiology, and ocean ecosystem function.
2. Environmental Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining
The growing demand for critical minerals has accelerated interest in deep-sea mining, yet its environmental consequences remain one of the least understood challenges in marine science. Our internationally collaborative research investigates the release, transformation, bioavailability, and ecological impacts of mining-derived contaminants in marine ecosystems. By integrating ocean chemistry, ecotoxicology, and marine ecology, we seek to understand how mining activities influence seawater chemistry, biogeochemical processes, and marine biodiversity. Our research provides the scientific evidence required by the International Seabed Authority and other stakeholders to support environmental protection, responsible resource governance, and evidence-based policy development.
3. Sustainable Bio-Inspired Energy Materials
Working at the interface of marine biology, chemistry, and materials science, we develop sustainable energy materials inspired by natural biomineralization. By harnessing the remarkable silica architectures produced by marine diatoms, we are creating novel bio-derived materials for energy storage and other clean-energy applications. This research demonstrates how marine organisms can inspire innovative materials while contributing to the development of low-carbon technologies and a more sustainable future.
Join Our Research Group
We are always looking for highly motivated researchers who are passionate about ocean science, interdisciplinary research, and environmental sustainability.
We welcome applications from:
- Associate and Assistant Professors
- Postdoctoral Researchers
- Research Assistants
- PhD Students
- Master's Students
If you are interested in joining our research group or exploring opportunities for collaboration, we would be delighted to hear from you.
研究方向（Research Expertise）
- 海洋环境科学与可持续发展
（Marine Environmental Science and Sustainability） - 海洋痕量金属生物地球化学
（Marine Trace Metal Biogeochemistry） - 藻际圈、藻菌互作
（Phycosphere, Algae-bacteria Interactions） - 深海采矿生态环境影响
（Ecological Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining, Marine Pollution and Ecological Risk Assessment） - 海洋生态毒理学
（Marine Ecotoxicology） - 可持续能源材料、纳米探针与单细胞成像技术
（Sustainable Energy Materials, Nanosensors and Single-Cell Imaging）
教育和工作经历Research Career
2026—至今 副教授Associate Professor, 中山大学Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
2023—2025 高级研究员Advanced Research Fellow (NERC IRF), Principal Investigator,帝国理工学院Imperial College London, UK
2021—2023 研究员Research Fellow (NERC IRF), part time, Principal Investigator, 利物浦大学University of Liverpool, UK
2020—2023 欧盟玛丽居里学者Marie Curie fellow, 赫姆霍兹海洋研究中心GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany
2018—2020 英国牛顿国际学者Royal Society Newton International Fellow, 帝国理工学院Imperial College London, UK
2014—2017 博士后Postdoctoral, 国立科学研究所Institut national de la Recherche scientifique, Canada
2012—2013 博士后Postdoctoral, 香港科技大学Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
2009—2012 博士Ph.D.，香港科技大学Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
2007—2009 硕士Master, 中山大学Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
2003—2007 学士Bachelor, 南京农业大学Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
科研项目Grants/Fellowships
1, Principal Investigator, 国家高层次青年人才计划（HY）2023. Bioavailability of metals in aquatic environments. 主持
2, Principal Investigator, NERC Independent Research Fellowships.英国自然环境研究理事会人才项目2021-2025.Controls on iron availability to marine phytoplankton (NE/V01451X/1&2), 718,881 GBP（590万元）. 主持
3, Principal Investigator, Royal Society Alumni follow-on funding. 2021-2022.英国皇家学会国际合作. Developing novel genetic and chemical probes of coccolithophores to diagnose ocean iron availability (AL\211039), 6,000 GBP（5万元）. 主持
4, Principal Investigator, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. 2020-2023.欧盟理事会人才项目（玛丽居里学者）. Iron speciation in the microenvironment surrounding phytoplankton cells and the consequences for iron bioavailability (891418), 174,806 EUR（120万元）. 主持
5, Principal Investigator, Royal Society Alumni follow-on funding. 2020-2021.英国皇家学会国际合作Unravel nano-scale chemical conditions surrounding phytoplankton cells to mitigate global climate change (AL\201011), 6,000. GBP（5万元）. 主持
6, Principal Investigator, Royal Society Newton International Fellowships. 2018-2020.英国皇家学会人才项目（牛顿国际学者）Effect of climate change on uptake of micronutrients by phytoplankton (NF170808), 98,355 GBP（89万元）. 主持
研究论文Peer-reviewed publications (*corresponding author)
44, Sam Riley, Fabio Marcuccio, Xiao Xu, Nigel P. Brandon, Yuri Korchev, Fengjie Liu*, Andrew Shevchuk*, Chandramohan George*. In-situ nanoscale imaging of cultivated, as-grown diatom frustules electrochemical lithiation/de-lithiation in LIB anodes. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.6c00689
43, Catherine Thomson, Alastair J. M. Lough, Jean Moorkens, Te Liu, Shelby A. Gunnells, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons, Zvi Steiner, Ann G. Dunlea, Clare Woulds, William B. Homoky, Mengjiao Wang, Qiao-Guo Tan, Fengjie Liu*. Ecological impacts of deep-sea mining waste on marine algae and copepod Tigriopus californicus. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c06113.
42, Wenzhi Hong*, Ziwei Zhang, Ao Li, Ting Sun, Yunzhao Wu, Devkee M. Vadukul, Dylan Jones, Bing Li, Fengjie Liu, Francesco A. Aprile, Yuri Korchev, Julia Gorelik, David Klenerman, Andrew Shevchuk*. A correlative SICM-OPM platform for surface and volumetric imaging in live cells. Advanced Science, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/advs.75222
41, Yu Zhang, Yun Chen, Fengjie Liu, Yves Plancherel, Andreas Kappler, Lina Zou, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro, Xianjin Tang*. Humic and fulvic acid fractions differentially regulate methane-dependent arsenate reduction in paddy soils. Environmental Science & Technology, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c12983.
40, Qiong Zhang*, Jiayou Ge, Fengjie Liu, Shabaz Mohammed, Kedong Yin, Rosalind E. M. Rickaby. Unlocking phytoplankton metallomes with comparative analysis of metal quotas, quantitative proteomics, and inferred metalloproteomes. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c11233.
39, Xiaoxiao Yu, Jibing Li, Yujie Zhou, Yun Chen, Lina Zou, Chunling Luo, Chaofeng Shen, Fengjie Liu, Jianming Xu, Xianjin Tang*. 2025. Identification of the microorganisms for methane-dependent arsenate reduction in wetland using DNA-stable isotope probing and metagenomics. Water Research, 284, 123934.
38, Weiyi He, Fengjie Liu, Minwei Xie, Rong Chen, Qiao-Guo Tan*. 2025. Simulating the multiple effects of a diatom bloom on metal bioaccumulation in clam. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 219, 118251.
37, Hailiang Xing, Na Zhou, Kai Liu, Xiaotian Yan, Wanxia Li, Xue Sun, Liuquan Zhang, Fengjie Liu, Nianjun Xu*, Chaoyang Hu*. 2025. Nitrogen deprivation drives red motile cell formation in Haematococcus pluvialis: physiological and transcriptomic insights. Metabolites 15, 6: 388.
36,Jing Qian, Xue Cao, Haiyan Xiong, Fengjie Liu, Minwei Xie, Rong Chen, Qiao-Guo Tan*. 2025. Hidden threat in turbid waters: Quantifying and modeling the bioaccumulation and risks of particulate metals to clams. Environmental Pollution, 368, 125746.
35, Jianan Jiang, Yili Chen, Ruihong Zhang, Wenrong Zhu, Fengjie Liu, Nianjun Xu*, Yahe Li*. 2025. New insights on the impact of light, photoperiod and temperature on the reproduction of green algae Ulva prolifera via transcriptomics and physiological analyses. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 211, 117393.
34, Deguang Sun, Xueyou Zhou, Desheng Chen, Fengjie Liu, Bo Zhang, Xue Sun, Nianjun Xu*. 2025. Widely targeted metabolomics reveals metabolic patterns during tetraspore formation in the edible seaweed Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis. Food Bioscience, 63, 105749.
33, Zhong G, Lin Z, Liu F, Xie M, Chen R, Tan QG*. 2024. Toxicokinetics and Mussel Watch: Addressing Interspecies Differences for Coastal Cadmium Contamination Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology,58 (33): 14618-14628.
32, Zhou L*, Liu F, Achterberg EP, Engel A, Campbell PGC, Fortin C, Huang L, Tan Y*. 2024. Promoting effects of aluminum addition on chlorophyll biosynthesis and growth of two cultured iron-limited marine diatoms. Limnology & Oceanography, 10.1002/lno.12558.
31, Qian J, Hu T, Xiong H, Cao X, Liu F, Gosnell KJ, Xie M, Chen R, Tan QG*. 2024. Turbid waters and clearer standards: refining water quality criteria for coastal environments by encompassing metal bioavailability from suspended particles. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(12):5244–5254.
30, Zhou L*, Liu F, Tan Y, Fortin C, Huang L, Campbell PGC. 2023. Aluminum-induced changes in the net carbon fixation and carbon decomposition of a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum. Biogeochemistry, 165:277–290.
29, Liu F*, Gledhill M, Tan QG, Zhu K, Zhang Q, Salaun P, Tagliabue A, Zhang Y*, Weiss D*, Achterberg EP, Korchev Y*.2022. Phycosphere pH of unicellular nano- and micro- phytoplankton cells and consequences for iron speciation. The ISME Journal, 16:2329–2336.
28, Liu F*, Tan QG, Dominik W, Crémazy A, Fortin C, Campbell PGC. 2020. Unravelling metal speciation in the microenvironment surrounding phytoplankton cells to improve predictions of metal bioavailability. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(13):8177–8185.
27, Zhou L*, Liu F, Liu Q, Fortin C, Tan Y*, Huang L, Campbell PGC. 2021.Aluminum increases net carbon fixation by marine diatoms and decreases their decomposition: Evidence for the Iron–Aluminum Hypothesis. Limnology & Oceanography,66: 2712-2727.
26, Liu F*, Tan QG, Fortin C, Campbell PGC. 2019. Why does cysteine enhance metal uptake by phytoplankton in seawater but not in fresh water? Environmental Science & Technology, 53(11):6511-6519.
25, Zhang Y*, Takahashi Y, Hong SP, Liu F, Bednarska J, Goff PS, Novak P, Shevchuk A, Gopal S, Barozzi I, Magnani L, Sakai H, Suguru Y, Fujii T, Erofeev A, Gorelkin P, Majouga A, Weiss DJ, Edwards C, Ivanov AP, Klenerman D, Sviderskaya EV, Edel JB, Korchev Y*. 2019. High-resolution label-free 3D mapping of extracellular pH of single living cells. Nature Communications, 10(1):1-9.
24, Kirby ME*, Bullen JC, Hanif MD, Heiba HF, Liu F, Northover GHR, Resongles E, Weiss DJ. 2019. Determining the effect of pH on iron oxidation kinetics in aquatic environments: Exploring a fundamental chemical reaction to grasp the significant ecosystem implications of iron bioavailability. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(1):215–220.
23, Kim Tiam S*, Lavoie I, Liu F, Hamilton PB, Fortin C. 2019. Diatom deformities and tolerance to cadmium contamination in four species. Environments, 6:102. (Featured paper)
22, Liu F, Fortin C, Campbell PGC*. 2018. Chemical conditions in the boundary layer surrounding phytoplankton cells modify cadmium bioavailability. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(14): 7988-7995.
21, Liu F, Fortin C, Campbell PGC*. 2017. Can freshwater phytoplankton access cadmium bound to low-molecular-weight thiols? Limnology & Oceanography,62:2604-2615.
20, Sánchez-Marín P*, Liu F, Chen Z, Fortin C, Campbell PGC. 2018. Microalgal-driven pH changes in the boundary layer lead to apparent increases in Pb internalization by a unicellular alga in the presence of citrate. Limnology & Oceanography. 63:1328-1339.
19, Liu Q, Zhou L, Liu F, Tan Y, Huang L, Fortin C, Campbell PGC*. 2018. Uptake and subcellular distribution of aluminum in a marine diatom. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety. 169:85-92.
18, Aharchaou I, Rosabal M, Liu F, Battaglia E, Vignati DAL, Fortin C*. 2017. Bioaccumulation and subcellular partitioning of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in the freshwater green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Aquatic Toxicology, 182:49-57.
17, Liu F, Wang WX*, 2015. Linking trace element variations with macronutrients and major cations in marine mussels Mytilus edulis and Perna viridis. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 34:2041-2050.
16,Peng X, Liu F, Wang WX*. 2016. Organ-specific accumulation, transportation and elimination of methylmercury and inorganic mercury in a low Hg accumulating fish. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 35:2074-2083.
15, Liu F, Wang WX*, 2014. Differential influences of Cu and Zn chronic exposure on Cd and Hg bioaccumulation in an estuarine oyster. Aquatic Toxicology, 148: 204-210.
14, Liu F, Wang WX*, 2013. Facilitated bioaccumulation of cadmium and copper in the oyster Crassostrea hongkongensis solely exposed to zinc. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(3): 1670-1677.
13, Rainbow PS*, Liu F, Wang WX, 2015. Metal accumulation and toxicity: The critical accumulated concentration of metabolically available zinc in an oyster model. Aquatic Toxicology, 162: 102-108.
12, Liu F, Rainbow PS, Wang WX*, 2013. Inter-site differences of zinc susceptibility of the oyster Crassostrea hongkongensis. Aquatic Toxicology, 132/133: 26-33.
11, Yu XJ, Pan K, Liu F, Yan Y, Wang WX*, 2013. Spatial variation and subcellular binding of metals in oysters from a large estuary in China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 70: 274-280.
10, Liu F, Wang WX*, 2012. Proteome pattern in oysters as a diagnostic tool for metal pollution. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132/133: 26-33.
9, Liu F, Wang DZ, Wang WX*, 2012. Cadmium-induced changes in trace element bioaccumulation and proteomics perspective in four marine bivalves. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 31: 1292-1300.
8, Liu F, Wang WX*, 2011. Metallothionein-like proteins turnover, Cd and Zn biokinetics in the dietary Cd-exposed scallop Chlamys nobilis. Aquatic Toxicology, 105: 361-368.
7, Liu F, Wang WX*, 2011. Differential roles of metallothionein-like proteins in cadmium uptake and elimination by the scallop Chlamys nobilis. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 30(3): 738-746.
6, Liu F, Tang Y, Du R, Yang H, Wu Q, Qiu R*, 2010. Root foraging for zinc and cadmium requirement in the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulator plant Sedum alfredii. Plant & Soil, 327(1-2):365-375.
5, Peng X, Liu F, Wang WX, Ye Z*. 2011. Reducing total mercury and methylmercury accumulation in rice grains through water management and deliberate selection of rice cultivars. Environmental Pollution, 162: 202-208.
4, Peng X, Wang M, Liu F, Ye Z*. 2010. Arsenic contamination, uptake and metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Acta Ecologica Sinica, 30(17):4782-4791.
3, Qiu R*, Liu F, Wan Y, Tang Y, Hu P, Brewer EP, Li Y. 2008. Phytoremediation on nickel-contaminated soils by hyperaccumulators Alyssumcorsicum and Alyssum murale.China Environmental Science. 28(11):1026-1031.
2, Tang YT, Guan LJ, Qiu RL*, Ying RR, Liu F, Hu PJ. 2010. Antioxidative defense to cadmium in hyperaccumulator Picris divaricata V. Acta Ecol Sin. 30(2):324-332.
1, Hu P, Qiu R*, Senthikumar P, Jiang D, Chen Z, Tang Y, Liu F. 2009. Tolerance, accumulation and distribution of Zn and Cd in hyperaccumulator Potentilla griffithii. Environmental & Experimental Botany, 66(2):317-325.
教学Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
2025 The Microbiome, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London.
2024 Ecology Field Skills module (Marine component), Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London.
2024 The Microbiome, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London.
2018 Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London.
Postgraduate Teaching
2025 MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London.
2024 MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London.
其他职业活动Professional Activities
2025 Panel member, NERC Independent Research Fellowship – Expert Review Sift Panel
2025 Panel member, NERC Environmental sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund
2025 Juror for the Entente Cordiale Challenge
2024— now Member, the UKRI Talent Peer Review College
2023— now Member, Peer Review College, Natural Environment Research Council
2018— now Member, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
2012— now Member, Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SETAC)
2021 Scientific Expedition. RV METEOR Cruise M176/2. Sep.01 – Oct.06, North Atlantic Ocean
2019 Co-Chair, Symposium on Trace element bioavailability in aquatic and terrestrial environments and implications to human and ecological risk assessment. The 15th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements.
Reviewer for >10 Journals, including Science Advances, Environmental Science & Technology, Communications Earth & Environment, Environmental Pollution, Aquatic Toxicology, New Phytologist, Water Research, etc.
