Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Master in China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Bachelor in China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Teaching Area

• Igneous petrology

• Minerology

• Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Research Area

• Derivation and migration of primordial materials in the solar system

• Plasma-solid interactions in space environments

• Deep magmatic processes in the Moon's interior

Working Experience

• 2021 – present    Assistant Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology

• 2017 – 2020      Postdoctoral scholar, Arizona State University, Tempe, U.S.

• 2014 – 2017     Guest scientist, GeoForschungZentrum, Potsdam, Germany

Academic Publication (selected)

1. J. Xiang, W. Neumann, Y. Li, L. Jin, Y. Zhu, Z. Jin*, (2026). Sorting and recycling processes of early inner Solar System materials. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 710, p.A324.

2. X. Zeng, Z. Jin*, C. Dong, Z. Huang, M. Zhu, L. Xu, L. Morrissey, L.Wang, (2025) Earth wind-driven formaiton of hematite on the lunar surface, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(17), p.e2025GL116170.

3. X. Zeng, Z. Jin*, M. Bose , R. Hervig , T. Long, (2025). Effects of Crystal Orientation and Temperature on Space Irradiation of Silicates, The Astrophysical Journal, 991(2), p.159.

4. Z. Jin*, T. Hou, M. Zhu, Y. Zhang and O. Namur, (2025). Late-stage microstructures in Chang’E-5 basalt and implications for the evolution of lunar ferrobasalt. American Mineralogist, 110(4), pp.560-569.

5. Z. Jin*, Y. Zhang, M. Bose, S. Glynn, and F. Couffignal, (2024). Petrogenesis of Erg Chech 002 Achondrite and Implications for an Altered Magma Ocean. The Astrophysical Journal, 965(1), p.24.

6. Z. Jin*, M. Bose, T. Lichtenberg, G. Mulders (2021), New evidence for wet accretion of inner solar system planetesimals from meteorites Chelyabinsk and Benenitra. The Planetary Science Journal, 2, 244.

7. Q. Xie, Z. Zhang*, Z. Jin*, M. Santosh, L. Han, K. Wang, P. Zhao, H. He (2021), The high-grade Fe skarn deposit of Jinling, North China Craton: Insights into hydrothermal iron mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 138, 104395.

8. Z. Jin* and M. Bose (2021), Hydration of Nebular Minerals through the Implantation–Diffusion Process. The Astrophysical Journal, 913, 116.

9. Z. Jin* and M. Bose (2019), New clues to ancient water on Itokawa. Science Advances, eaav8106.

Research Grants

• 2021-2023 : A comprehensive study of mineral disequilibrium in the achondrite EC002. (FDCT, PI)

• 2023-2024 : Process development: ion-implanted reference materials used for in-situ analysis. (FDCT, PI)

• 2023-2025: The hydrogen implantation-diffusion process that hydrates the silicates in the solar nebula. (NSCF, PI)

• 2026-2029: Research on key scientific and technologyical questions in extraterrestrial sample analysis. (FDCT, Co-PI)