Brief CV

• Professor, Xiamen University (2018.08- present)

• Associate professor, Xiamen University (2012.05–2018.07)

• Postdoctoral fellowship, University of South Florida (2011.02-2012.04)

• Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Texas at Arlington (2009.02- 2011.02)

• PhD, Environmental Engineering, Xiamen University (2003.09-2008.08)

Research Interests

• In-situ marine and environmental sensor/analyzer

• In field nutrients, carbonate parameters and metals measurement

• Flow analysis and automatic instrumentation

Selected Publications

• Tengyue Fang, Hangqian Li, Guangyong Bo, Kunde Lin, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, On-site detection of nitrate plus nitrite in natural water samples using smartphone-based detection, Microchemical Journal, 2021, 165(12), 106117.

• Xiangyu Zhu, Jian Ma*, Recent advances in the determination of phosphate in environmental water samples: Insights from practical perspectives, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 127, 115908.

• Yao Deng, Peicong Li, Tengyue Fang, Yiyong Jiang, Jixin Chen, Nengwang Chen, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, Automated determination of dissolved reactive phosphorus at nanomolar to micromolar levels in natural waters using a portable flow analyzer, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 4379-4386.

• Jian Ma*, Huilin Shu, Bo Yang, Robert H. Byrne, Dongxing Yuan, Spectrophotometric determination of pH and carbonate ion concentrations in seawater: Choices, constraints and consequences, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2019, 1081, 18-31.

• Tengyue Fang, Peicong Li, Kunning Lin, Nengwang Chen, Yiyong Jiang, Jixin Chen, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, Simultaneous underway analysis of nitrate and nitrite in estuarine and coastal waters using an automated integrated syringe-pump-based environmental-water analyzer, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2019, 1076, 100-109.

• Qipei Shangguan, Huilin Shu, Peicong Li, Kunning Lin, Robert H. Byrne, Quanlong Li, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, Automated spectrophotometric determination of carbonate ion concentration in seawater using a portable syringe pump based analyzer, Marine Chemistry, 2019, 209, 120-127.

• Xiangyu Zhu, Yao Deng, Peicong Li, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, Automated syringe-pump-based flow-batch analysis for spectrophotometric determination of trace hexavalent chromium in water samples, Microchemical Journal, 2019, 145, 1135-1142.

• Peicong Li, Yao Deng, Huilin Shu, Kunning Lin, Nengwang Chen, Yiyong Jiang, Jixin Chen, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, High-frequency underway analysis of ammonium in coastal waters using an integrated syringe-pump-based environmental-water analyzer (iSEA), Talanta, 2019, 195, 638-646.

• Shu Wang, Yao Deng, Baomin Liu, Xiaolin Li, Xin Lin, Dongxing Yuan, Jian Ma*, High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of 2-aminoethyphosphonic acid and 2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid in seawater matrix using precolumn fluorescence derivatization with o-phthalaldehyde-ethanethiol, Journal of Chromatography A, 2018, 1571, 147-154.

• Jian Ma*, Peicong Li, Zhaoying Chen, Kunning Lin, Nengwang Chen, Yiyong Jiang, Jixin Chen, Bangqin Huang, Dongxing Yuan, Development of an integrated syringe-pump-based environmental-water analyzer (iSEA) and application of it for fully automated real-time determination of ammonium in fresh water, Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90(11), 6431-6434.

• Jian Ma*, Peicong Li, Kunning Lin, Zhaoying Chen, Nengwang Chen, Kewei Liao, Dongxing Yuan, Optimization of a salinity-interference-free indophenol method for the determination of ammonium in natural waters using o-phenylphenol, Talanta, 2018, 179, 608-614.

• Jian Ma*, Determination of chemical oxygen demand in aqueous samples with non-electrochemical methods, Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 14, 37-43.

• Jian Ma*, Yuan Yuan, Tingjin Zhou, Dongxing Yuan, Determination of total phosphorus in natural waters with a simple neutral digestion method using sodium persulfate, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 2017, 15(4), 372-380.

• Jian Ma*, Yuan Yuan, Dongxing Yuan, Underway analysis of nanomolar dissolved reactive phosphorus in oligotrophic seawater with automated on-line solid phase extraction and spectrophotometric system, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2017, 950, 80-87.

Teaching Experience

• Basic Experiments for Environmental Science Part I

• English Seminar

• Instrumental Analysis

Research Funding

• Special Fund for Marine Economic Development of Fujian Province, 2021.01-2022.12, Development and Application of an Intelligent Instrument for Nutrients Monitoring in Seawater, PI;

• Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2020.11-2023.11, In Field Automatic Analysis Method and Instrument for Marine Environmental Chemical Parameters, PI;

• Special Fund for National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020.01-2020.12, Strategic Research on Ocean Observing Technology Community: Past, Present and Future, PI;

• General Fund for National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018.01-2021.12, Determination of Phosphonate in Seawater Matrix, PI;

• General Fund for National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016.01-2019.12, In Situ Determination of Carbonate in the Seawater, PI.

Awards and Honors

• 2016, “New Century Excellent Talent Support Program for Universities” in Fujian Province.