Yi Jiao

Yi Jiao, Ph.D.

[Ph.D. supervisor]: Prof. Robert C. Rhew

[Contact]: jiaoyi [at] berkeley.edu | jiaoyi [at] foxmail.com (alternative email)

[Research area]: During my years at Berkeley Geography, I was working in the Atmospheric Biogeochemistry Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Robert C. Rhew. My primary research interest is the biogeochemistry of trace gases, such as halocarbons, OCS (carbonyl sulfide), biogenic volatiles, with a focus on their sources and sinks.

[Research output from Ph.D. study]: 

  • [Ph.D. dissertation] 
  1. Jiao, Y. (2021) The Breathing of Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds (HVOCs) from Human-impacted Ecosystems, UC Berkeley Ph.D. Dissertation. [ProQuest ID] Jiao_berkeley_0028E_20303. [Merritt ID] ark:/13030/m59p97sp. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94k0r1dx
  • [Journal Publications] 

  1. Zhang, W., Jiao, Y., Zhu, R.,* Rhew, R.C., Sun, B., Wang, X. (2022) Atmospheric CCl4 degradation in Antarctic tundra soils and the evaluation on its partial atmospheric lifetime with respect to soil. Science of the Total Environment, 835, 155449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155449

  2. Jiao, Y.,* Zhang, W., Kim, J.Y.R., Deventer, M.J., Vollering, J. & Rhew, R.C.* (2022) Application of copper(II)-based chemicals induces CH3Br and CH3Cl emissions from soil and seawater. Nature Communications, 13 (47). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27779-3
  3. Zhang, W.,Jiao, Y., Zhu, R.,* Rhew, R.C.,* Sun, B. & Dai, H. (2021) Chloroform (CHCl3) emissions from coastal Antarctic tundra. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (18), e2021GL093811. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093811
  4. Jiao, Y.,* Acdan, J., Xu, R., Deventer, M.J., Zhang, W. & Rhew, R.C.* (2020) Global methyl halide emissions from rapeseed (Brassica napus) using life cycle measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (19), e2020GL089373. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089373
  5. Jiao, Y.,* Ruecker, A., Deventer, M.J., Chow, A.T. & Rhew, R.C. (2018) Halocarbon emissions from a degraded forested wetland in coastal South Carolina impacted by sea level rise. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2 (10), 955-967. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00044
  6. Wang, P., Zhu, R.,* Jiao, Y., Zhang, W., Che, C. & Xu, H. (2021)Carbon dioxide isotopic compositions during tundra ecosystem respiration and photosynthesis in relation to environmental variables in maritime Antarctica, Polar Biology, 44, 683–700. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02829-0 
  7. Zhang, W., Jiao, Y., Zhu, R.* & Rhew, R.C.* (2020) Methyl chloride and methyl bromide production and consumption in coastal Antarctic tundra soils subject to sea animal activities, Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (20), 13354-1336. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04257
  8. Deventer, M.J.,* Jiao, Y., Knox, S.H., Anderson, F., Ferner, M.C., Lewis, J.A. & Rhew, R.C. (2018) Ecosystem scale measurements of methyl halide fluxes from a brackish tidal marsh invaded with perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium), Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, 2104-2120. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004536 Research Spotlight in Eos (Science News by American Geophysical Union)
  9. Wang, J., Jiao, Y., Rhew, R.C. & Chow, A.T.* (2016) Haloform formation in coastal wetlands along a salinity gradient at South Carolina, United States. Environmental Chemistry, 13 (4), 745-756. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN15145