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I stand next to the monument to the "First Oil Well in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province". Photo taken on July 13, 2022.

I stand next to the monument of the “First Oil Well in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province”. Photo taken on July 13, 2022.

Education

Ph.D in Geology (Mineralogy, petrology and economic geology), Peking University, 2027 (expected)
- Supervisor: Prof. Wei Tian, Prof. Ping-Ping Liu, Prof. Wenzhe Fa
B.S. in Geochemistry, Peking University, 2022
- Supervisor: Prof. Wei Tian

Work experience

2025.01-2027.01 (expected): Visiting Student
- Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik, Ruhr-Universtät Bochum
- Duties included: Timescales and diffusion kinetics of extraterrestrial samples
- Supervisor: Dr. Ralf Dohmen, Prof. Sumit Chakraborty
2021.11-2022.11: Visiting Student
- Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
- Duties included: Chang’e-5 lunar sample analysis
- Supervisor: Prof. Wei-(RZ) Wang

Skills

Operating in-situ instruments such as SEM-CL-EDS, EPMA, LA-ICP-MS, etc.
Petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrogenesis interpretations of achondrites and returned samples.
Applications of Diffusion chronometry and oxy-thermobarometers on extraterrestrial samples.
Using computational tools (e.g., Python, Matlab, R, and Julia) to conduct various geological simulations and calculations, including but not restricted to:
- Mantle-melting modeling
- Phase-equilibria modeling (with MELTS & GeoPS)
- Crystallization and assimilation modeling
- Kinetic modeling

Project and funding

Constraints of volatile-bearing minerals in Qued Mya 005 meteorite on the evolution of volatiles in the Amazonian period on Mars

National Natural Science Foundation of China
2025-01 to 2026-12
Project leader
Grant Number: 424B2020
Total funding amount: CNY 300,000

Constraints from nakhlite and related meteorites on Martian basaltic volcanism and crustal structure

National Natural Science Foundation of China
2023-01 to 2026-12
Participate (Key Member)
Grant Number: 42272348
Total funding amount: CNY 570,000

Publications

Assessing the accuracy of clinopyroxene thermobarometers in the Martian nakhlite system

Wang B., Wang Z. L., Tian W. (2025). "Assessing the accuracy of clinopyroxene thermobarometers in the Martian nakhlite system." 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1016.

An improved method to estimate the mantle source pressure and temperature of lunar low-Ti picritic glass

Wang Z. L., Tian W. (2025). "An improved method to estimate the mantle source pressure and temperature of lunar low-Ti picritic glass." 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1007.

Genesis and timing of KREEP-free lunar Mg-suite magmatism indicated by the first norite meteorite Arguin 002

Wang Z. L., Tian W., Wang W.-R., Prissel T. C., Di Y. K., Qian Y. Q., Liu P.-P., Fa W. Z., Su A. (2025). " Genesis and timing of KREEP-free lunar Mg-suite magmatism indicated by the first norite meteorite Arguin 002." Earth, Communications Earth & Environment. 6:170.

A petrogenetic study of apatite in Chang E-5 basalt: implications for high sulfur contents in lunar apatite and volatile estimations for the lunar mantle

Li H. J., Wang Z. L., Chen Z. Y., Tian W., Wang W.-R., Zhang G. B., Zhang L. F. (2024). " A petrogenetic study of apatite in Chang E-5 basalt: implications for high sulfur contents in lunar apatite and volatile estimations for the lunar mantle." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 385: 118-140.

Extensive intrusive magmatism in the lunar farside Apollo and South Pole–Aitken basins, Chang e-6 landing site

Qian Y. Q., Head III J., Michalski J., Gong S. X., Yang W., Wang Z. L., Wang X., Xiao L., Li X. H., Zhao G. C. (2024). " Extensive intrusive magmatism in the lunar farside Apollo and South Pole–Aitken basins, Chang e-6 landing site; The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 971(2):L39.

Trace element detection in anhydrous minerals by micro-scale quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Fu Y. H., Tao R. B., Zhang L. F., Li S. J., Yang Y. Y., Shen D. H., Wang Z. L., Meier T. (2024). " Trace element detection in anhydrous minerals by micro-scale quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy." Nature Communications. 15:7293.

Identifying the lunar source craters of the Northwest Africa 773 clan meteorites using the spectral data from the Kaguya multiband imager

Tian M. Y., Wang Z. L., Qin J. Q., Tian W. (2024). "Identifying the lunar source craters of the Northwest Africa 773 clan meteorites using the spectral data from the Kaguya multiband imager." 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1099.

Northwest Africa 14758 and 15507: clues for evolution of angrites parent body

Su A., Wang Z. L., Tian W., Wang W.-R. (2024). "Northwest Africa 14758 and 15507: clues for evolution of angrites parent body." 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1353.

Petrology and mineralogy of winonaite Northwest Africa (NWA) 14988

Wang Z. L., Tian W., Su A., Wang W.-R. (2024). "Petrology and mineralogy of winonaite Northwest Africa (NWA) 14988." 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1080.

Petrology and mineralogy of volcanic glass in meteorite Northwest Africa 11801: Implications for their petrogenesis

Chen G. Z., Xia Z. P., Miao B. K., Wang Z. L., Tian W., Zhang Y. K., Liu H., Zhang C. T., Xie L. F., Peng Y. H., Chen H. Y., Wang X. (2023). " Petrology and mineralogy of volcanic glass in meteorite Northwest Africa 11801: Implications for their petrogenesis." Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 58(Nr9): 1318-1332.

Crystallization kinetics of a fastest-cooling young mare basalt of Chang E-5

Wang Z. L., Tian W., Wang W.-R., Ma B., Liu P.-P., Pei J. L., Chen Z. Y., Wu J., Wei C. J. (2023). " Crystallization kinetics of a fastest-cooling young mare basalt of Chang E-5." Science Bulletin. 68: 1621-1624.

Ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 13272/13351 is a chondrite melt breccia composed of L4 and L7 materials

Wang Z. L., Tian W., Wang W.-R. (2023). "Ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 13272/13351 is a chondrite melt breccia composed of L4 and L7 materials." 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1021.

Eucrite-melt breccia Jikharra 001: a potential window for understanding the petrogenesis of ferroan anomalous eucrites

Wang Z. L., Tian W., Wang W.-R. (2023). "Eucrite-melt breccia Jikharra 001: a potential window for understanding the petrogenesis of ferroan anomalous eucrites." 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1017.

Petrology and mineralogy of mesosiderite Northwest Africa 12949: Implications for geological history on its parent body

Wang Z. L., Tian W. (2023). " Petrology and mineralogy of mesosiderite Northwest Africa 12949: Implications for geological history on its parent body." Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 58(3): 341-359.

Cooling rate of clinopyroxene reveals the thickness and effusion volume of Chang E-5 basaltic flow units

Wang Z. L., Wang W.-R., Tian W., Li H. J., Qian Y. Q., Pei J. L., Chen Z. Y., Wang D. B., Liu P.-P., Fa W. Z., Wu J., Bao H. (2023). " Cooling rate of clinopyroxene reveals the thickness and effusion volume of Chang E-5 basaltic flow units." Icarus. 394:115406.

New temperature and oxygen fugacity data of Martian nakhlite from Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 and implications for shallow sulphur degassing

Wang Z. L., Tian W., Di Y. K. (2021). " New temperature and oxygen fugacity data of Martian nakhlite from Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 and implications for shallow sulphur degassing." Earth, Planets and Space. 73(164).

Teaching

Teaching assistant for Planetary Material Science

Teaching assistant for General Petrology

Service and leadership

Journal Reviewer for Science Bulletin, Discover Space, Acta Petrologica Sinica, and Chinese Journal of Geophysics.

Zilong Wang

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