Name: Wen Zhou
Birth: Hunan (China) December 1982 Nationality: China
Languages: Chinese (mother language), English
Position: Associate Researcher
Address: State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography,
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510301
Phone: +86(0)20-84454237, +86(0)13430221578
Fax: +86(0)20-89023167
Email: wenzhou@scsio.ac.cn
Education Background & Work Experience
Ø 2014.10 – now University of Massachussetts Boston, Visitor scholar
Ø 2010.11-now Associate Researcher at State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ø 2008.7-2010.11 Assistant Researcher at State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ø 2003.9-2008.6 PHD of physical oceanography in South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Advisor: Wenxi Cao
Ø 1999.9-2003.7 Bachelor of Information Science & Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University,
Research Interests
Ocean optics
Inherent Optical Properties of seawater
Computer skills
Programming: Matlab,C,VB,IDL
Current Research programs
Ø The response of the bio-optical properties of seawater to the mesoscale oceanographic eddy in northern South China Sea. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2011-2014, PI: Wenxi Cao
Ø The response of phytoplankton to oceanographic physical processes and its remote sensing monitoring. Open Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-2015, PI: Danling Tang
ØThe variations in the optical scattering properties of phytoplankton and their influencing factors. Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, 2013-2015, PI: Wen Zhou
ØInvestigation of the optical scattering properties of suspended particles in South China Sea. The Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2011-2013,PI: Wen Zhou
ØLight scattering by heterogeneous and/or nonspherical phytoplankton: model and its preliminary application. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2010-2012, PI: Wen Zhou
Publications
[1] Wen Zhou, Guifen Wang, Zhaohua Sun, et al. 2012. Variations in the optical scattering properties of phytoplankton cultures. Optics Express, 20(10):11189-11206.
[2] Wen Zhou, Sun Zhaohua, Wang Guifen. 2012. Variations in the optical absorption and attenuation properties of cultured phytoplankton and their relationships with cell size. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis. 32(12):3347-3352.
[3] Lin Junfang, Cao Wenxi, Wen Zhou, Hu Shuibo, Wang Guifen , Sun Zhaohua ,Xu Zhantang , SONG Qingjun. 2013. A bio-optical inversion model to retrieve absorption contributions and phytoplankton size structure from total minus water spectral absorption using genetic algorithm. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 31(5): 970-978.
[4] Lin Junfang, Cao Wenxi, Wen Zhou, Sun Zhaohua, Xu Zhantang, Wang Guifen, Hu Shuibo, 2014, Novel method for quantifying the cell size of marine phytoplankton based on optical measurements. Optics Express. 5,22(9):10467-76,doi:10.1364/OE 22.010467.
[5] Wang Guoqing, Cao Wenxi, Wang Guifen, Wen Zhou.2013.Phytoplankton size class derived from phytoplankton absorption and chlorophyll- a concentrations in the northern South China Sea. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 31(4):750-761
[6] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi. 2008. Modelling the influence of mineral particles and phytoplankton on chlorophyll estimation from ocean colour remote sensing. InternationalJournal of Remote Sensing 29:21,6237-6248.
[7] Guifen Wang, Wen Zhou, Wenxi Cao, Jianping Yin, Yuezhong Yang, Zhaohua Sun,
Yuanzhi Zhang, Jun Zhao. Variation of particulate organic carbon and its relationship with
bio-optical properties during a phytoplankton bloom in the Pearl River estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin.2011，62. 1939-1947.
[8] Guifen Wang, Wenxi Cao, Yuezhong Yang, Wen Zhou, et al. 2010.Variations in light absorption properties during a phytoplankton bloom in the Pearl River esturay. Continental Shelf Research 30:1085-1094.
[9] Jun Zhao, Wenxi Cao, Yuezhong Yang, Guifen Wang, Wen Zhou, Zhaohua Sun. 2008,Measuring natural phytoplankton fluorescence and biomass: A case study of algal bloom in the Pearl River estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56 :1795–1801.
[10] Jun Zhao, Wenxi Cao, Guifen Wang, Dingtian Yang, Yuezhong Yang, Zhaohua Sun, Wen Zhou, Shaojun Liang. 2009,The variations in optical properties of CDOM throughout an algal bloom event. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. doi:10.1016/ j.ecss. 2009.01.007
[11] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Li Cai, et al.2010. Effects of algal cell structure on the optical properties of phytoplankton. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 29, 2:33-38. (In Chinese)
[12] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Yang Yuezhong, et al. 2010. Spectral variability of particulate backscattering ratio in the Daya Bay. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 29, 2; 39-45. (In Chinese)
[13] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Wang Guifen, et al. 2010. Retrieval of pigment concentrations from the absorption spectra of phytoplankton by multilayered perceptrons. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 29, 2:46-51. (In Chinese)
[14] Guifen Wang, Cao Wenxi, Wen Zhou, et al., 2010. Retrieval of phytoplankton size structure based on the spectral slope of phytoplankton absorption in the northern South China Sea. Journal of Tropical Oceanography. 29(2): 25-32. (In Chinese)
[15] Wenxi Cao, Yang Yuezhong,Wang Guifen, Zhao Jun, Wen Zhou, et al., 2010. Hyperspectral monitoring and early warning for algal blooms. Journal of Tropical Oceanography. 29(2):17-24. (In Chinese)
[16] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Li Cai, et al. 2008. Spectral scattering property of phytoplankton calculated by absorption coefficient and size distribution. Acta Optica Sinica, 28,8:1429-1433. (In Chinese)
[17] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Li Cai, 2008. Modeling absorption and scattering properties of mineral particles suspended in seawater based on Mie theory. Journal of Tropical Oceanography. 27(1):22-26. (In Chinese)
[18] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Li Cai, 2007. Light absorption and scattering properties of phytoplankton: a theoretical modeling. Optical Technique, 33,2: 177-180. (In Chinese)
[19] Wen Zhou, Cao Wenxi, Sun Zhaohua, 2007. Theoretical analysis on measuring particle-size distribution by shifrin transform. The Journal of light scattering, 19,3:236-241. (In Chinese).