Xiang Yang

CV

Xiang Yang

Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology.

CV updated on Mar. 2026.

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Education

Jan. 2022-Jul. 2025

PhD in Quantitative Marine Science and Graduate Diploma of Marine and Antarctic Science

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.

Thesis: Drivers of changes in air-sea CO2 exchange and carbon cycling in the Subantarctic and coastal Antarctica.

Supervisors: Pete Strutton, Elizabeth Shadwick, and Cathryn Wynn-Edwards.

IMAS outstanding PhD thesis prize.

Jun. 2019-Jul. 2021

Bachelor of Marine and Antarctic Science with Honours

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.

Honours thesis: Physical drivers of biogeochemical variability in the Polar Front meander.

Supervisors: Pete Strutton, Helen Phillips, and Ajitha Cyriac.

First class; Highest achievement in IMAS Honours program.

Jun. 2017-Jul. 2019

Bachelor of Marine Science

Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.

Appointment

Nov. 2025-present

Postdoctoral Researcher

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.

Project: Antarctic Winter Water contribution to carbon exchange in the Southern Ocean and its interaction with sea-ice variability.

PI: Lilian Dove.

Publications

Published

  1. Shadwick, E. H., Wynn-Edwards, C. A., Eriksen, R. S., Jansen, P., Yang, X., Woodward, G., & Davies, D. (2025). The Southern Ocean Time Series: a climatological view of hydrography, biogeochemistry, phytoplankton community composition, and carbon export in the Subantarctic Zone. Ocean Science, 21(4), 1549-1573. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-1549-2025
  2. Yang, X., Wynn-Edwards, C. A., Strutton, P. G., & Shadwick, E. H. (2024). Carbon Export in the Subantarctic Zone Revealed by Multi-Year Observations From Biogeochemical-Argo Floats and Sediment Traps. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38(7), e2024GB008135. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008135
  3. Yang, X., Wynn-Edwards, C. A., Strutton, P. G., & Shadwick, E. H. (2024). Drivers of Air-Sea CO2 Flux in the Subantarctic Zone Revealed by Time Series Observations. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38(1), e2023GB007766. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB007766
  4. Yang, X., Strutton, P. G., Cyriac, A., Phillips, H. E., Pittman, N. A., & Vives, C. R. (2022). Physical drivers of biogeochemical variability in the Polar Front meander. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017863. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017863
  5. Pittman, N. A., Vives, C. R., Yang, X. & Strutton, P. G. (2021). IN2018_V05 biogeochemistry [Data set]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS). https://doi.org/10.25959/Y5C2-Y445

Under Review

  1. Wynn-Edwards, C. A., Yang, X., Nodder, S. D., & Shadwick, E. H. (2025, December 12). Organic carbon sequestration is insensitive to variability in surface productivity in the Subantarctic Zone: implications for enhancing the biological carbon pump for climate mitigation. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.176555956.60905945/v1
  2. Yang, X., Wynn-Edwards, C., Strutton, P., & Shadwick, E. (2025, June 4). Linking phytoplankton phenology and carbon cycling to sea ice retreat timing in the Weddell Sea. In Review. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6581380/v1

Research Experience

Nov.-Dec. 2023

FOCUS voyage, RV Investigator

Worked across CTD operations, wet-lab sampling, and shipboard carbon analysis, including dissolved inorganic carbon measurements using SOMMA and a new DIC analyser.

Teaching

Mar. 2024-Jun. 2025

Teaching Assistant, KSA205

University of Tasmania.

Awards

Leadership and Service