Hao Weiduo

Department:Paleontology Teaching and Research Office

Direction:Geobiology, Environmental Geochemistry

Email:hwd9910@nwu.edu.cn

1、 Personal Information

Current research directions include: (1) geochemical cycling of essential biological nutrients; (2) The biogeochemical connections of major environmental events in the history of the Earth. The specific research content includes: (1) reconstructing ancient marine nutrient element reservoirs and redox states; (2) Control of trace element cycling by clay minerals and microorganisms; (3) The interaction between minerals and microorganisms and their impact on the environment; (4) Using modeling to predict the behavior of trace elements and organic matter; (5) The migration and transformation laws of trace elements during diagenesis


Research interest: (1) The Geochemical cycling of essential nutrients ; (2) Links between the geobiochemical behavior of trace elements and geological events.

Specifically, (1) Reconstruction of the redox conditions and trace nutrient reservior for paleo-oceans; (2) The impact of clay and cyanobacteria on the cycling of trace elements; (3) The interaction between minerals and microbes and their environmental impact; (4) Modeling prediction of the behaviors for trace elements and organics; (5) The behavior of trace elements during diagenesis.


Contact Information (Contacts):

Email: hwd9910@nwu.edu.cn ; whao@ualberta.ca

Phone:+(86) 18562161339

Address: Department of Geology, Northwest University, No. 229 Taibai North Road, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

                        (Department of Geology, Northwest University, St. Taibaibeilu, No.229, Xi&# 39; an, Shanxi Province, China)


Work and study experience:

Education and working experiences:

Visiting Professor: December 2023- present, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

Associate Professor: December 22, 2023, University of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Professor: December 2022 present, Department of Geology, Northwestern University.

Professor: December 2022, Northwest University, Department of Geology.

Assistant Lecturer/Instructor: July 2022 August 2022, University of Alberta, teaching undergraduate course "Environment Earth".

Assistant Lecturer/Instructor:  2022.7-202.8, University of Alberta, Teaching undergraduate course.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2020.3-202.11, University of Alberta Professor Kurt Konhauser, Professor Daniel Alessi Postdoc Fellow: March 2020 to November 2022, University of Alberta, Collaborator: Professors Kurt Konhauser, Daniel Alessi. Research Assistant: January 2020 to February 2021, University of Alberta, Mentor: Professor Kurt Konhauser. Research Assistant: January 2020 to February 2021, University of Alberta, Collaborator: Prof. Kurt Konhauser. Normal ">Teaching Assistant: From September 2019 to December 2019, taught undergraduate course" Engineering Earth Science "at the University of Alberta.

Teaching Assistant: From September 2019 to December 2019; University of Alberta, Teaching undergraduate course.



Ph.D.: September 2015 January 2020, University of Alberta, majoring in Environmental Geochemistry/Geobiology. Supervisors: Professor Kurt Konhauser, Professor Daniel Alessi PhD: September 2015 to January 2020, University of Alberta, Major: Environmental geochemistry/Geobiology. Supervisor: Professors Kurt Konhauser, Daniel Alessi. Exploration.

Bachelor's degree: September 2008 to July 2012, China Agricultural University; Facility Agriculture Science and Engineering major

Bachelor:  2008.9-2012.7, China Agriculture University, Major: Installed Agro science and Engineering.


II. Research

1. Guidance and leadership experiences




6. & nbsp;   Project Name; (Project name): MSc Graduate student program

Student  (Student): Rong Jin (2022).





30.   Yan H., Pi D.H., Jiang S.Y., Mao J., Xu L., Yang X., Hao W., Mand K., Li L., Konhauser K.O., Robbins L.J., 2022. Minerals paragenesis in Paleozoic manganese ore deposits: Depositional versus post-depositional formation processes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325: 65-86.


29.   Hao W*., Chen N., Sun W., Mand K., Kirsimae K., Teitler Y., Somelar P., Robbins L.J., Babechuk M.G., Planavsky N.J., Alessi D.S., Konhauser K.O., 2022. Chromium (III) and clay minerals: binding, transport, and implications for the geochemical cycling of Cr(III). < em>Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584: 117503.


28.   Zhang Y., Alessi D.S., Chen N., Luo M., Hao W., Alam M.S., Flynn S.L., Kenney J.P.L., Konhauser K.O., Ok Y.S., Al-Tabbaa A., 2021. Lead (Pb) sorption to hydrophobic and hydrophilic zeolites in the presence and absence of MTBE. < em>Journal of Hazardous Materials, 420: 126528.


27. Shao X., Hao W., Konhauser K.O., Gao Y., Tang L., Su M., Li Z., 2021. The dissolution of fluorapatite by phosphate-solubilizing fungi: a balance between enhanced phosphorous supply and fluorine toxicity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28: 69393-69400.


26. < strong>Hao W*., Mand, K., Li, Y., Alessi, D.S., Somelar P., Moussavou M., Romashkin A.E., Lepland A., Kirsimae K., Planavsky N.J., Konhauser K.O., 2021. The kaolinite shuttle links the Great Oxidation Event and Lomagundi events. Nature Communications, 12: 2944.


25. < strong>Hao W*., Mand, K., Swaren L., Myers K.D., Lalonde S., Wilmeth D.T., Van Zuilen M., Wilson S.A., Alessi D.S., Konhauser K.O., 2021. Trace elemental partitioning on clays derived from hydrothermal muds of the EI Tatio Geyser Field, Chile. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 5: e2020JB021422.


24. Liu Y., Zhou Q., Wang Y., Cheng S., Hao W., 2021. Deriving soil quality criteria of chromium based on species sensitivity distribution methodology. Toxics, 9: 58.


23. Liu Y., Xu W., Wang Y., Hao W., Zhou Q., Liu J., 2021. Growth responses and accumulation characteristics of three ornamental plants to Sn contamination in soil. Agriculture, 11: 205.


22. Swaren L., Hao W., Melnyk S., Baker D., Li Y., Owttrim G.W., Zeng H., Gingras M.K., Alessi D.S., Konhauser K.O., 2021. Surface reactivity of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803-Implication for trace metals transport to the oceans. Chemical Geology, 562: 120045.


21. Swaren L., Hao W., von Guten K., Wilson S.A., Alessi D.S., Planavsky N., Tarhan L., Gingras M.K., Konhauser K.O., 2021. The influence of invertebrate faecal material on compositional heterogeneity, diagenesis and trace metal distribution in the Ogeechee River estuary, Georgia, USA. Sedimentology, 68: 788-804.


20. Tong X., Wang C., Peng Z., Li Y., Hao W., Mand K., Robbins L.J., Zhang L., Ke Q., Zhai M., Konhauser K.O., 2021. Depositional and environmental constraints on the late Neoarchean Dagushan deposit (Anshan-Benxi area, North China Craton): An Algoma-type banded iron formation. Economic Geology, 116: 1575-1597.


19. Slagter S., Tarhan L.G., Hao W., Planavsky N.J., Konhauser K.O., 2021. Experimental evidence supports early silica cementation of the Ediacara Biota. Geology, 49: 51-55.


18. Zhang Y., Alessi D.S., Chen N., Luo M., Hao W., Alam M.S., Konhauser K.O., Ok Y.S., Al-Tabbaa A., 2020. Spectroscopic and modeling investigation of sorption of Pb(II) to ZSM-5 zeolites. < em>ACS ES&T Water, 1: 108-116.


17. Yan H., Pi D., Jiang S.Y., Hao W., Cui H., Robbins L.J., Mand K., Li L., Planavsky N.J., Konhauser K.O., 2020. Hydrothermally induced 34S enrichment in pytite as an alternative explanation of the Late-Devonian sulfur isotope excursion in South China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 283: 1-21.


16. < strong>Hao W*., Kashiwabara, T., Takahashi, Y., Gingras, M., Alessi, D.S., Konhauser, K.O., 2020. Transport of Cd by clay minerals in estuarine-marine transition. Scientific Reports, 10: 10417.


15. Yan H., Pi D., Jiang S.Y., Hao W., Mand K., Robbins L.J., Li L., Konhauser K.O., 2020. New constraints on the onset age of the Emeishan LIP volcanism and implications for the Guadalupian mass extinction. Lithos, 360: 105441


14. Konhauser K.O., Hao W., Li Y., von Gunten K., Bishop B.A., Alessi D.S., Tarhan L.G., O’Connel B., Robbins L.J., Planavsky N.J., Gingras M.K., 2020. Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infaunal surface reactivity. Lethaia, 53: 47-61.


13. Xie G., Liu S., Xia G., Hao W., 2019. Mineralogy and geochemical investigation of Cambrian and Ordovician–Silurian shales in South China: Implication for potential environment pollutions. Geological Journal, 55: 477-500.


12. < strong>Hao W*., Flynn S.L., Kashiwabara T., Alam M.S., Bandara S., Swaren L., Robbins L.J., Alessi D.S., Konhauser K.O., 2019. The impact of ionic strength on the proton reactivity of clay minerals. Chemical Geology, 529: 119294.


11. Yee, R.A., Alessi, D.S., Ashbolt, N.J., Hao, W., Konhauser, K.O., Liu, Y., 2019. Nutrient recovery from source-diverted blackwater: Optimization for enhanced recovery and reduced Co-Precipitation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 235: 417-425.


10. < strong>Hao W*., Pudasainee D., Gupta R., Kashiwabara T., Alessi D.S., Konhauser K.O., 2019. Effect of acidic conditions on surface properties and metal binding capacity of clay minerals. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3: 2421-2429.


9. & nbsp;  Yue T., Hu Y., Alessi D., Konhauser K.O., Hao W., Sun W., Xu Z., 2018. Mechanism of goethite precipitation on magnetite and maghemite nanoparticles studied by surface complexation/precipitation modeling. Langmuir, 35: 15134-15142.


8. & nbsp;  Hao W*., Flynn S.L., Alessi D.S, Konhauser K.O., 2018. Change of the point of zero net proton charge (pHPZNPC) of clay minerals with ionic strength. < em>Chemical Geology, 493: 458-467.


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