FACULTY

Associate Professor

Office:Kechuang Building C

Email: zhudi@nju.edu.cn

Education

2010-2014 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison

2006-2010 B.S., Peking University

Professional Appointment

2025-Present Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, 太阳成集团tyc122ccvip(中国)股份有限公司 版权所有

2019-2024 Professor, Energy Institute，Shandong Academy of Sciences

2014-2018 Research Scientist，Power and Environmental Research Institute

Research Areas

Scientific Instrument Development and Related Geochemical Applications

**Well-Site and Mobile Hydrogen-Helium Analyzers**

- Long-life, high-precision mass spectrometers for hydrogen and helium exploration

- Carbon isotope (C14/C13) spectroscopic analyzers

- Biomass-coal co-combustion quantitative analyzers

- C14 environmental radioactive contamination monitor in nuclear power plants

**Hydrocarbon/Hydrogen Generation Pyrolysis Analyzers and Shale Movable Oil Analyzers**

**Chlorine Isotope Spectroscopic Analyzers**

- For analyzing isotopic signatures of organic and inorganic chlorine

**Superconducting Magnetometers**

- High-sensitivity analyzers for studying the magnetic properties of paleomagnetic samples

**Integration of AI-Pattern Analysis Technologies with Traditional Instruments**

- Combined research with XRD, FTIR, etc.

Research Projects

Deep Earth Science Program , 2025-2027
National Key R&D Program (Young Scientists Project), 2022-2025
NSFC Key Research Program, 2021-2025
NSFC Special Fund Project, 2020-2021
National High-Level Talent Program, 2019-2022
Shandong Province Youth Innovation Team Project, 2020-2023

Awards and Honors

2024 First Prize for Technological Invention, China Association of Automation in Petroleum and Chemical Industry
2023 Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, China Association of Automation in Petroleum and Chemical Industry

Selected Publications

1. Di Zhu, Linghong Zhang, Rose E. Ruther，Robert J. Hamers*, Photo-illuminated diamond as a solid-state source of solvated electrons in water for nitrogen reduction，Nature Materials ,12, 836–841 (2013)

2. Gaohui Cao, Huanxu Zhang, Wenbin Jiang, Sheng Wu, Di Zhu*, Mian Lin, A New Gas-Content-Evaluation Method for Organic-Rich Shale Using the Fractionation of Carbon Isotopes of Methane, SPE J. 24 (06): 2574–2589, (2019)  

3. Jiyun Zhang, Zhe Shi, Di Zhu*, Qiang Wang, Gan Zhang and  Biao Jin, Compound specific stable carbon isotope analysis of aromatic organic contaminants in water using gas chromatography coupled to mid-infrared laser spectroscopy, J. Anal. At. Spectrom.,37, 1186-1192, (2022)

4. Yi Liu, Di Zhu*, Jiyun Zhang Zhe Shi, Wanlu Wu and  Biao Jin, An optical approach for compound specific carbon isotope analysis of 1,4-dioxine by liquid injection, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 38, 1564-1568, (2023)

5. Qing Yao, Baofeng Zhao*, Haibin Guan, Di Zhu*, Bari Wulan, Laizhi Sun, Angang Song, Qiaoling Liu, Anguo Zhang, Shuyuan Han and  Xiang Ji, Enhanced aromatics production through Fe and HZSM-5 catalytic lignin pyrolysis with magnetic field assistance，Green Chem., 26, 4703-4714,(2024)

6. 徐丹，赵保峰，冯翔宇，关海滨，高亚，王树元，宋安刚，朱地*，稳定碳同位素激光检测仪监测生物质燃料掺烧比的研究，环境化学，14，185-198，（2023）