A substantial amount of work has been conducted in hydrothermal chemistry, with thousands of research articles already published. This primer aims to equip readers with fundamental background information on the topic and prepare the audience to interpret the primary research articles and reviews successfully.
Ziming Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Oakland University. He received a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from Arizona State University in 2014. He completed postdoctoral work at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, prior to joining Oakland as a faculty member in 2016. His research has been recognized by an NSF CAREER Award, Scialog Fellow and Collaborative Innovation Award from Research Corporation, and Outstanding Junior Investigator Award from Oakland University, among others. His research interests are in organic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and astrobiology.
Alexandria Aspin is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry at Oakland University. She obtained her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Saginaw Valley State University in 2019, and she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Environmental Chemistry under the mentoring of Professor Ziming Yang at Oakland University. She has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from Michigan Space Grant Consortium and a Provost Graduate Research Fellowship from Oakland University. Her research interests are in hydrothermal geochemistry and prebiotic chemistry.