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9/2015- 7/2010: Ph.D. & M.S. in Marine Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, 

01/2016- present: Associate Researcher, Research Center for Marine Ecology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration

07/2010- 12/2015: Research Assistant, Research Center for Marine Ecology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration

08/2008- 08/2009: Visiting scholar, University of South Alabama & Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Research Interests   

The biogeochemical cycling of marine dimethylsulfide (DMS) and its precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)

Biogeochemistry of marine volatile halocarbons (VHCs)

1.the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41676074), Impact of Arctic meltdown on the cycling of dimethylated sulfur compounds and the sea-to-air emission of dimethylsulfide (DMS). Period covered:01/2021- 12/2024

2.the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41676074), Spatio-temporal variations and biological turnover of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate in the Bering Sea and Western Arctic. Period covered:01/2017- 12/2020

3.the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41106071), Biological production and consumption of Dimethylsulfide in the Yellow Sea (China). Period covered: 01/2012- 12/2014

4.the Basic Scientific Fund for National Public Research Institutes of China (Grant No. 2016Q04), Spatio-temporal variations of Dimethylsulfide and Dimethylsulfoxide in the Bering Sea and Western Arctic. Period covered: 07/2016- 06/2019

1.Chengxuan Li#, Kan Chen#, Xia Sun, Baodong Wang, Guipeng Yang, Yan Li, & Lu Liu. (2021). Occurrence, distribution, and sea-air fluxes of volatile halocarbons in the upper ocean off the northern Antarctic Peninsula in summer. Science of The Total Environment, 758, 143947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143947（#These authors contributed equally to this work.）

2.Chengxuan Li, Baodong Wang, Zicheng Wang, Jiang Li, Guipeng Yang…, & Fu Guo. Spatial and interannual variability in distributions and cycling of summer biogenic sulfur in the Bering Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 4816-4825. DOI:10.1029/2018GL080446.

3.Chengxuan Li, Baodong Wang, Guipeng Yang, Ziceng Wang, Jianfang Chen, & Yang Lyu. Occurrence and turnover of biogenic sulfur in the Bering Sea during summer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2017. 122: 8567-8592. 

4.Chengxuan Li, Guipeng Yang, Baodong Wang, and Zongjun Xu. Vernal distribution and turnover of dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the surface water of the Yellow Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2016. 121: 7495-7516. 

5.Chengxuan Li, GuiPeng Yang, David J. Kieber, Jessie Motard-Côté and Ronald P. Kiene. Assessment of DMSP turnover reveals a non-bioavailable pool of dissolved DMSP in coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Chemistry, 2016. 13 (2): 266-279. 

6.Chengxuan Li, Guipeng Yang, Baodong Wang. Biological production and spatial variation of dimethylated sulfur compounds and their relation with plankton in the North Yellow Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 2015, 102:19-32. 

7.Li Chengxuan, YANG Guipeng, Jinfen, ZHANG Honghai. Experimental studies on dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) production by four marine microalgae. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2010, 29(4), 78-87.

8.Guipeng Yang, Chengxuan Li, Juan Sun. The Influence of Salinity, Nitrogen Content on Production of Dimethylsulfide (DMS) and Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) by Skeletonema costatum. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2011, 29(1):1-10. 

9.Guipeng Yang, Chengxuan Li, Jialin Qi, Lige Hu, Haijun Hou.. Photochemical oxidation of dimethylsulfide in seawater. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2007, 34-42.

10.Gui-Peng Yang, Wei-Wen Jing, Cheng-Xuan Li, Zhi-Qiang Kang, Gui-Sheng Song and Hong-Hai Zhang. Biogeochemistry of DMS and DMSP in the sea-surface microlayer. SOLAS News, 2006, 3:20.

11.Gui-Peng Yang, Yi-Zhu Song, Hong-Hai Zhang, Cheng-Xuan Li, Guan-Wei Wu. Seasonal variation and biogeochemical cycling of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2014, 121: 7495-7516. 

12.Zhang H.-H., Yang G.-P., Liu C.-Y., Li C.-X. Seasonal variations of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in the sea-surface microlayer and subsurface water of Jiaozhou Bay and its adjacent area. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2009, (28-2): 1-14.