Yang Xiang
Position: Assistant Professor of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Email: yxiang@lsu.edu
Office room number: Energy, Coast and Environment Bldg, Room 1239
Lab room number: Energy, Coast and Environment Bldg, Room 1232
Bachelor's degree: B.S., Xiamen University, 2015
Ph.D.: University of California Santa Cruz, 2021
Research Interests
Marine particle biogeochemistry; Trace metal biogeochemistry; Biological carbon pump; Oxygen minimum zones
Recent Publications
Whitmore, L.M., Jensen, L.T., Granger, J., Xiang, Y., Kipp, L.E., et al. (2025). Multi-elemental
tracers in the Amerasian Basin reveal interlinked biogeochemical and physical processes
in the Arctic Ocean Upper Halocline. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39, e2024GB008342.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008342
Xiang, Y., Steffen, J., Lam, P.J., Gartman, A., Mizell, K., Fitzsimmons, J.N. (2024).
Metal release from manganese nodules in anoxic seawater and implications for deep-sea
mining dewatering operations. ACS ES&T Water, 4(7), 2957-2967. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00166
Lam, P.J. and Xiang, Y. (2024). The geochemistry of marine particles, in: Anbar, A.D.
and Weis, D. (Eds.), Treatise on Geochemistry, Third Edition. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00053-X
Xiang, Y., Quay, P. D., Sonnerup, R. E., & Fassbender, A. J. (2023). Subtropical gyre
nutrient cycling in the upper ocean: Insights from a nutrient-ratio budget method.
Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103213. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103213
Gardner, W.D., Richardson, M.J., Mishonov, A.V., Lam, P.J., Xiang, Y. (2022). Distribution,
sources, and dynamics of particulate matter along trans-Arctic sections. Journal of
Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017970. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017970
Xiang, Y., Lam, P.J., Burd, A., Hayes, C. (2022). Estimating mass flux from size-fractionated
filtered particles: insights into controls on sinking velocities and mass fluxes in
recent U.S. GEOTRACES cruises. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36, e2021GB007292. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007292
Whitmore, L. M., Shiller, A. M., Horner, T. J., Xiang, Y., Auro, M. E., Bauch, D.,
et al. (2022). Strong margin influence on the Arctic Ocean barium cycle revealed by
Pan-Arctic synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017417.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017417
Xiang, Y., Lam, P.J., & Lee, J.M. (2021). Diel Redox Cycle of Manganese in the Surface
Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094805. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094805
Zhang, R.F., Jensen, L., Fitzsimmons, J., Sherrell R., Lam, P.J., Xiang, Y., John,
S. (2021). Iron isotope biogeochemical cycling in the Western Arctic Ocean. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, e2021GB006977. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB006977
Cui X., Lamborg C.H., Hammerschmidt C.R., Xiang Y., Lam, P.J. (2021). The effect of
particle composition and concentration on the partitioning coefficient for mercury
in three ocean basins. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, 2, 6. http://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2021.660267
Lee, J.M., Lam, P.J., Vivancos, S.M., Pavia, F.J., Anderson, R.F., Lu, Y., Cheng,
H., Zhang, P., Edwards, R.L., Xiang, Y., Webb, S.M. (2021). Changing chemistry of
particulate manganese in the near- and far-field hydrothermal plumes from 15°S East
Pacific Rise and its influence on metal scavenging. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
300, 95-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.02.020