Peer-reviewed publications (advisee authors are underlined)

1. Niu, Q. and Zhang, C., (accepted). Permeability Prediction in Rocks Experiencing Mineral Precipitation and Dissolution: A Numerical Study. Submitted to Water Resources Research. 
2. Jian, J., Zhang, C., Wang, F., Lu, X., and Wang, F., (in revision). The Mechanistic Study of Perfluorooctanesulphonate (PFOS) Adsorption on Nano Alumina. ​
3. Bode, I., Zhang, C., Vanden Berg, B., and Grammer, M., (in press). Multi-scale imaging and NMR Pore Characterization in Unconventional Carbonate Mudrocks of the Southern Mid-Continent (USA): Mississippi Lime Play. 
4. Wei, D., Gao, Z., Zhang, C., Fan, T., Meng M., and Li, Y., (in press). Fractal dimension characteristics of tight carbonate shoal in Tarim Basin based on high pressure mercury intrusion, nuclear magnetic resonance and scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 
5. Cao, J., Zhang C., Bate B., (2019). Complex Conductivity and Shear Wave Velocity Responses of Sand-Calcite Mixture. In: Zhan L., Chen Y., Bouazza A. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 3. ICEG 2018. 
6. ​Kuklewicz, K., Gonzalez, L., Roberts, J., & Zhang, C., (in revision). Micromorphological, stable isotope, mineralogical, geomicrobial, and NMR analysis of quaternary calcrete formation, Puerto Rico. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 
7. Zhang, F., Niu, Q., and Zhang, C., (2018). Estimating pore-size distribution in carbonate reservoir rocks using joint inversion of NMR and complex conductivity data. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2018: pp. 4909-4913.
8. Mao, D., Liu, Z., Wang, W., Li, S., Gao, Y., Xu, Z., and Zhang, C., (2018). An application of hydraulic tomography to a deep coal mine: Combining traditional pumping tests with water inrush incidents. Journal of Hydrology, 567(May), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.09.058.
9. Niu, Q. and Zhang, C. (2018). Physical explanation of Archie's porosity exponent in granular materials: A process-based, pore-scale numerical study. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076751
10. Niu, Q. and Zhang, C., Joint inversion of NMR and SIP data to estimate pore size distribution of geomaterials. Geophysical Journal International, Volume 212, Issue 3, 1 March 2018, Pages 1791–1805, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx501
11. Niu, Q. and Zhang, C., Pore-scale modeling of complex conductivity of saturated granular materials. Near Surface Geophysics Special Issue on Induced Polarization. 15 (6), pp. 593 - 602
12. Zhang, F. & Zhang, C., Pore-structure characterization by combined laboratory nuclear magnetic resonance and spectral induced polarization: A case study of Kansas carbonates. SEG expanded abstract, 2017.
13. Zhang, F., Zhang, C., & Doveton, J., Application of NMR Logging Data in Carbonate Reservoir Characterization -An Example of Arbuckle Group Dolomite, Kansas. SEG expanded abstract, 2017.
14. (invited) Zhang, C. and Dong, Y., 2015, Biogeophysics: geophysical characterization of biogeochemical processes in the subsurface, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2015,58(8):2718-2729.
15. Lu, C., Zhang, C., Huang, H., and Johnson, T., 2015, Monitoring CO2 sequestration into deep saline aquifer and associated salt intrusion using coupled multiphase flow modeling and time-laps electrical resistivity tomography, Greenhouse Gas Sci Technol, 5: 34–49. doi:10.1002/ghg.1437
16. Zhang, C., Revil, A., Fujita, Y., Munakata-Marr, J., and G. Redden, 2014, Quadrature conductivity: a quantitative indicator of bacterial abundance in porous media, 79(6), D363-D375. Geophysics. doi: 10.1190/geo2014-0107.1 
17. Redden, G., Fox, D., Zhang, C., Fujita, Y., Guo, L., and Huang, H., 2013, CaCO3 Precipitation, Transport and Sensing in Porous Media with In Situ Generation of Reactants, Environmental Science & Technology 2014 48 (1), 542-549. 
18. Zhang, C., Slater, L., Redden, G., Fujita, Y., Johnson, T., and Fox, D., 2012, Spectral induced polarization signatures of hydroxyl adsorption in porous media, Environmental Science & Technology 2012 46 (8), 4357-4364.
19. Zhang, C., Slater, L., and Prodan, C., 2012, Complex dielectric properties of sulfate-reducing bacteria suspensions,  Geomicrobiology Journal, 30 (6). 
20. Revil, A., Atekwana, E., Zhang, C., Jardani, A., and Smith, S., 2012, A new model for the spectral induced polarization signature of bacterial growth in porous media, Water Resources Research, 48, W09545.
21. Zhang, C., Ntarlagiannis, D., Slater, L., and Doherty, R., 2010, Monitoring microbial sulfate reduction in porous media using multi-purpose electrodes, J. Geophys. Res. 115, G00G09.
22. Slater, L., Ntarlagiannis, D., Yee, N., O’Brien, M., Zhang, C., and Williams, K.H., 2008, Electrodic voltages in the presence of dissolved sulfide: Implications for monitoring natural microbial activity, Geophysics, 73, F65 (2008).
23. Li, Y., Xia, B., Xie, X., and Zhang, C., 2007, Dynamic rules for some environmental factors in the simulative experiment of phosphorus exchange at sediment-water interface, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni, 2007, 3(027).

Conference abstracts (advisee authors are underlined and * indicates oral)

​FIRST AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS

1. Zhang, C. and Niu, Q., Evolution of porosity and permeability during carbonate precipitation. Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Apr. 2019. 
   
2. Zhang, C. and Niu, Q., Evolution of porosity and permeability during carbonate precipitation. AGU 2018 Fall meeting, Dec. 2018, H11I-0557.
   
3. Zhang, C. and Jennings, J., Geophysical monitoring of organic contaminants in sediments. AGU 2016 Fall meeting, Dec. 2016, H13K-1565.
4. *Zhang, C., Zhang. F., and Niu, Q., Estimate aquifer hydrogeologic properties using geophysical measurements. 2016 Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas. Topeka, KS. Nov. 2016
5. *Zhang, C. Advancing geophysical monitoring of mineral precipitation and organic contaminants in porous media. The 2nd International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health. Jun. 2016.
6. Zhang, C. and Jennings, J., Monitoring of organic contaminants in sediments using low field proton nuclear magnetic resonance. EGU 2016 General Assembly, Apr. 2016, EGU2016-5309, HS8.1.2.
7. *Zhang, C., Revil, A., and Keating, K., Monitoring microbial growth and activity using spectral induced polarization and low-field nuclear magnetic resonance. EGU 2015 General Assembly, Apr. 2015, EGU2015-13709, HS8.1.6.
8. Zhang, C. and Keating, K., An investigation of the sensitivity of low-field nuclear magnetic resonance to microbial growth and activity. AGU 2014 Fall meeting, Dec. 2014, B33B-0170
9. Zhang, C., Revil, A., Ren, Z., Karaoulis, M., and Mendonca, C. A., Self­potential and complex conductivity monitoring of in situ hydrocarbon remediation in microbial fuel cell. AGU 2013 Fall meeting, Dec. 2013, NS21B-1569.
10. *Zhang, C., Revil, A., Ren, Z., Karaoulis, M., Mendonca, C.A., and Jin, S., Develop non-intrusive time-lapse geophysical techniques to monitor in situ hydrocarbon remediation in bioelectrochemical system. Battelle Bioremediation Symposium, Jun. 2013.
11. *Zhang, C. and Revil, A., Monitoring and modeling of spectral induced polarization signatures of bacteria growth in porous media. SAGEEP 2013, Mar. 2013. 
12. Zhang, C., Revil, A., Atekwana, E. A., Jardani, A., and Smith, S., A new model for the spectral induced polarization signature of bacterial growth in porous media. AGU 2012 Fall meeting, Dec. 2012, B11A-0405.
13. *Zhang, C., Slater, L., Redden, G., Fujita, Y., Johnson, T., and Fox, D., Spectral induced polarization signatures of mineral precipitation and ion adsorption in porous media. SAGEEP 2012, Mar. 2012. 
14. *Zhang, C., Slater, L., Redden, G., Fujita, Y., Johnson, T., and Fox, D., Investigation of spectral induced polarization signatures of hydroxide adsorption and mineral precipitation in porous media. Second International Workshop on Induced Polarization in Near-Surface Geophysics, Nov. 2011.
15. Zhang, C., Slater, L., Redden, G., Fujita, Y., Johnson, T., and Fox, D., Investigation of spectral induced polarization (SIP) signatures of hydroxide adsorption and mineral precipitation in porous media. DOE-SBR 6th Annual PI meeting, Apr. 2011.
16. Zhang, C., Johnson, T., Slater, L., and Redden, Spectral induced polarization signatures of hydroxyl adsorption in porous media. AGU 2010 Fall meeting, Dec. 2010, NS31B-1398.
17. *Zhang, C., Prodan, C., Slater, L., Bendiganavale, A., Ntarlagiannis, D., and Hubbard, S., Low-Frequency Dielectric Spectroscopy Measurements on Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Cell Suspensions. Goldschmidt 2010 conference, Jun. 2010, Gold2010:abs:1673.
18. Zhang, C., Prodan, C., Slater, L., Bendiganavale, A., Ntarlagiannis, D., and Hubbard, S., Investigation of low-frequency dielectric spectroscopy of sulfate-reducing bacteria (Desulfovibrio vulgaris) cell suspensions”. DOE-ERSP 5th Annual PI meeting, Mar. 2010.
19. Zhang, C., Prodan, C., Slater, L., Bot, C., and Ntarlagiannis, D., Improving interpretation of geoelectrical signatures arising from biomineralization process in porous media: low-frequency dielectric spectroscopy measurements on desulfovibrio vulgaris cell suspensions. AGU 2009 Fall meeting, Dec. 2009, H43C-1032.
20. *Zhang, C., Ntarlagiannis, D., Doherty, R., Slater, L., and Singh, K., A comparison of electrodic potential signals and self-potential signals in microbial induced sulfate reducing environments. AGU Biogeophysics Chapman Conference, Oct. 2008.
21. Zhang, C., Ntarlagiannis, D., Doherty, R., Slater, L., and Singh, K., Electrical potential source mechanisms in microbial induced sulfate reducing environment. AGU 2007 Fall meeting, Dec. 2007, NS11B-0500.

​​STUDENT & CO-AUTHORED PRESENTATIONS 

1. Cudjoe, S., Oraki, I., Barati R., Tsau, J., and Zhang, C., NMR estimation of petrophysical properties and evaluation of hydrocarbon huff-n-puff gas injection in lower Eagle Ford shale oil samples, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC) 2019.
   
2. Cao, J., Hao, N., Zhang, C., Ye, J., and Bate, B., Spectral induced polarization for environmental remediation process monitoring. 3rd International Conference on Bioresources, Energy, Environment, and Materials Technology 2019 (BEEM 2019). Jun. 2019.
3. Okeson, M., Sullivan, P. L., Zhang, C., Behm, M., and Hirmas, D. R., Elucidating hydrologic connectivity on hillslopes mantled with shrink-swell soils. EGU 2019 General Assembly. Apr. 2019.
4. Liu, S., Zhang, C., and Barati, R., Understanding the Mechanisms of Low Salinity Water Flooding in Carbonate Reservoirs at Pore Scale: A Numerical Study Using Lattice-Boltzmann Method Coupled with Multi-Phase Reactive Transport Modeling. Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Apr. 2019.
5. Peng, L., and Zhang, C., Nuclear magnetic resonance signals of unsaturated clay sediments. GSA 2019 Joint Section Meeting, Mar. 2019, Manhattan, Kansas. 
6. Wei, D., Gao, Z., Zhang, C., and Fan, T., Petrophysical properties and formation mechanism of the deep-buried tight carbonate: Case Study from the Shunnan area, Tarim Basin, NW China. GSA 2019 Joint Section Meeting, Mar. 2019, Manhattan, Kansas. 
7. Al-Naddaf, M., Tannoury, G., Han, J., Parsons, R., and Zhang, C., Development of laboratory procedure for evaluating microcracking effects on properties of cement-modified soil subgrade. Lectern Session 1406 19-02835. Transportation Research Board TR 98th Annual Meeting, January 2019. 
   
8. Bate, B., Cao, J., and Zhang, C., Monitoring of the enzyme induced calcite precipitates simultaneously with spectral induced polarization and bender element technique. AGU 2018 Fall meeting, Dec. 2018. NS13C-0616.
   
9. Peng, L., Zhang, C., and Dong, Y., Nuclear magnetic resonance signals of unsaturated clay sediments. AGU 2018 Fall meeting. Dec. 2018. H11I-1583.
   
10. (invited) Zhang, F., Niu, Q., and Zhang, C., Estimating pore size distribution in carbonate reservoir rocks using joint inversion of NMR and complex conductivity data. SEG 2018, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 2018.
    
11. Ustra, A., Zhang, C., and Mendonca, C., Estimating pore size distribution in carbonate reservoir rocks using joint inversion of NMR and complex conductivity data.  5th IP workshop, Newark, NJ. Oct. 2018.
    
12. Zhang, F., Niu, Q., and Zhang, C., Estimating pore size distribution in carbonate reservoir rocks using joint inversion of NMR and complex conductivity data.  5th IP workshop, Newark, NJ. Oct. 2018.
    
13. Xu, Z., Shi, W., and Zhang, C., SIP signals of artificial rocks. 5th IP workshop, Newark, NJ. Oct. 2018.
    
14. Bode-Omoleye, I., Zhang, C., Berg, V, and Grammer, M., Petrophysical characterization of unconventional carbonate mudrocks of the southern mid-continent. AAPG 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2018.
    
15. Armstrong, C., Zhang, C., and Jennings, J., Near Surface Geophysical Monitoring of Organic Contaminants.   SAGEEP 2018, Nashville, Mar. 2018. 
16. *Goodner, H., Rankey, G., and Zhang C., Nature or Nurture? Pore Evolution in Oolitic Grainstones. Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2018
17. Colgin, J., Niu, Q., Zhang, C., and Zhang, F., Numerical Simulation of Electrical Properties of Carbonate Reservoir Rocks Using µCT Images. Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2018
18. *Zhang, F., Niu, Q., and Zhang, C, Joint Inversion of NMR and Complex Conductivity Data on Estimating Pore Size Distribution in Carbonate. Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2018
19. *Niu, Q. and Zhang, C., Resistivity and permeability of Carbonate rocks: influence of mineral precipitation and dissolution. Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2018
20. Armstrong, C., Zhang, C., and Jennings, J., Near Surface Geophysical Monitoring of Organic Contaminants.  Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, Topeka, Feb. 2018. 
21. *Niu, Q. and Zhang, C., Investigating textural controls on Archie’s porosity exponent using process-based, pore-scale modelling. AGU 2017 Fall meeting. Dec 2017 H31J-03.
22. Colgin, J., Niu, Q., Zhang, C., and Zhang, F., Numerical Simulation of Electrical Properties of Carbonate Reservoir Rocks Using µCT Images. AGU 2017 Fall meeting. Dec 2017 MR41B-0404.
23. Zhang, F., Niu, Q., and Zhang, C, Determining pore size distribution in oomoldic carbonate using NMR and SIP joint inversion​. AGU 2017 Fall meeting. Dec 2017 H33A-1640.
24. Wang, Y., Zhang, C., Mackey, B., Horton, T., and Wang, K., Induced polarization response from Cu-Mo mineral deposits. GSA 2017 session 65-7.
25. *Zhang, F. & Zhang, C., Pore-structure characterization by combined laboratory nuclear magnetic resonance and spectral induced polarization: A case study of Kansas carbonates. SEG 2017, Sep., 2017
26. Zhang, F., Zhang, C., & Doveton, J., Application of NMR Logging Data in Carbonate Reservoir Characterization -An Example of Arbuckle Group Dolomite, Kansas. SEG 2017, Sep., 2017
27. *Bode-Omoleye, I., Zhang, C., & Grammer, M., Pore-Scale Characterization and Contribution of Micro-Nanometer Scale Pores in Mississippian-Aged Carbonates of the Southern Mid-Continent, 2017 Mountjoy Carbonate Research Conference, Jun., 2017
28. Kuklewicz, K., Gonzalez, L., Roberts, J., & Zhang, C., Micromorphological, Stable Isotope, NMR, Geomicrobial and Crystallographic Analysis of Quaternary Calcrete Formation, Puerto Rico. AAPG 2017, Apr., 2017
29. Bode-Omoleye, I., Grammer, M., Zhang, C., & Berg, V., Implications of Facies and Pore Architecture on NMR-Response in Carbonate Mudrock Reservoirs: Mississippian-Lime Play Case Study. AAPG 2017, Apr., 2017
30. Bode-Omoleye, I., Zhang, C., Berg, V., & Grammer, M., NMR characterization and pore-scale imaging in Mississippian-aged carbonate mudrocks of the southern midcontinent. Houston Geological Society 2017 Mudrocks Conference, The Woodlands, TX. Mar. 2017
31. *Goodner, H., Rankey, E., & Zhang, C., Sedimentologic and facies influences on pore evolution and porosity-permeability trends in oolitic grainstones. 2017 Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2017
32. *Hubert, H., Omelon, C., Olcott-Marshall, A., Zhang, C., & Rankey, E., Influence of organic matter type and abundance on depositional textures and pore attributes of hypersaline lacustrine microbial deposits (Holocene, Bahamas). 2017 Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2017
33. *Kuklewicz, K., Gonzalez, L., Roberts, J., & Zhang, C., Climatic influence on early meteoric diagenetic calcretes and its impact on porosity. 2017 Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence, KS. Mar. 2017
34. *Zhang, F., Zhang, C., & Watney, L., Geophysical responses from carbonate rocks: A laboratory characterization of pore systems by NMR and SIP. 2017 Annual Review Meeting of the Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium (KICC), Lawrence KS. Mar. 2017
35. *Zhang, F. & Zhang, C., Quantification of petrophysical properties and their correlations with nuclear magnetic resonance and spectral induced polarization responses in carbonate. AGU 2016 Fall meeting, Dec. 2016, H43L-03.
36. Kuklewicz, K., Gonzalez, L., Roberts, J., & Zhang, C., Micromorphological, stable isotope, nmr, crystallographic, and geomicrobial analysis of quaternary calcretes, Puerto Rico. GSA 2016, Sep. 2016, Abstract #: 282109.
37. Kuklewicz, K., Gonzalez, L., Roberts, J., & Zhang, C., Petrographic and geochemical criteria for distinguishing humid versus arid laminated calcrete deposits, Puerto Rico. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, Sep. 2016. Abstract #: PB201
38. *Bode, Ibukun., Zhang, C., & Grammer, M., NMR Characterization and Pore-scale Imaging in Mississippian-age Carbonate Mudrocks of the Southern Midcontinent. National Association of Black Geoscientists, New Orleans, LA, Sep. 2016.
39. Goodner, H., Rankey E., & Zhang, C., Pore Networks and Petrophysics of Ooid Grainstones. AAPG ACE 2016, Calgary, AB, Jun. 2016
40. *Hirmas, D.R., Steffens, M., Sullivan, P.L., Zhang, C., & Giménez, D., Coupling multistripe laser triangulation with hyperspectral imaging VisNIR spectroscopy to elucidate the feedbacks between soil structure, hydrology, and organic matter. EGU 2016 General Assembly, Apr. 2016, EGU2016-10651, SSS7.1/HS11.33.
41. Zhang, F. & Zhang, C., Quantifying petrophysical properties of carbonates using nuclear magnetic resonance and spectral induced polarization. Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium 2016 Annual Meeting.
42. Kuklewicz, K., Gonzalez, L., Roberts, J., & Zhang, C., Petrographic and geochemical criteria for distinguishing humid versus arid laminated calcrete deposits, Puerto Rico. Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium 2016 Annual Meeting.
43. Zhang, F., Zhang, C., & Rankey, E., Characterizing petrophysical properties of carbonate rocks using nuclear magnetic resonance and spectral induced polarization. EGU 2016 General Assembly, Apr. 2016, EGU2016-15995, EMRP1.3/GI0.5/SM1.6.
44. Ntarlagiannis, D., Ustra, A., Slater, D., Zhang, C., and Mendoca, C. A., Relaxation Time Distribution (RTD) of Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) data from environmental studies. AGU 2015 Fall meeting, Dec. 2015, H11A-1315.
45. Zhang, F., Lu, X., & Zhang, C., Application of nuclear magnetic resonance in determining porosity distribution in reservoir rocks. G-Hawk Student Symposium, Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, Oct. 2015.
46. Slater, L. D., Weller, A., Zhang, C., Breede, K., Johnson, T. J., Nordsiek, S., Redden, G. D., & Fox, D. T., Accounting for the effects of pore fluid chemistry on spectral induced polarization (SIP) measurements: the specific polarizability concept. AGU 2011 Fall meeting, Dec. 2011, NS12A-03.
47. Prodan, C., Bot, C., & Zhang, C., Adopting biophysics methods in pursuit of biogeophysical research: Advancing the measurements and modeling of electrical signatures of microbe-mineral transformations impaction contaminant transport. DOE-ERSP 5th Annual PI meeting, Mar. 2010.
48. O’Brien, M., Slater, L., Ntarlagiannis, D., Yee, N., Zhang, C., & Williams,K, Galvanic cell based monitoring of microbial activity within a wetland soil. AGU Joint Assembly, May 2007, NS51A-01.
49. O’Brien, M., Slater, L., Ntarlagiannis, & Zhang, C., Geophysical monitoring of microbial activity within a wetland soil. New Jersey Meadowlands symposium II: featuring sessions on renewable energy and urban wetlands, May 2007.