Department of Geochemistry and Environmental Science

School of Earth and Space Sciences

University of Science and Technology of China

Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. Chinar

Tel: 86-551-3600533

Fax: 86-551-3600533

E-mail: gtzhou@ustc.edu.cn

Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (1999)

M.S., USTC (1993)

B.S., Anqing Normal College (1988)

Teachings

(1)Crystallography

(2)Instrumental Analysis　

Research interests

(1)Biological/Biomimetic Mineralogy and Environmental mineralogy

(2)Low-Temperature Mineralization and Nanotectonics

(3)Isotope Geochemistry

Publications

(1)Gen-Tao Zhou*, Ye-Bin Guan, Qi-Zhi Yao,Sheng-Quan Fu (2010) Biomimetic mineralization of prismatic calcite mesocrystals: Relevance to biomineralization. Chemical Geology, 279, 63-72.

(2)Gen-Tao Zhou*, Qi-Zhi Yao, Jie Ni, Gu Jin (2009) Formation of aragonite mesocrystals and implication for biomineralization. American Mineralogists, 94, 293-302

(3)Gen-Tao Zhou*, Qi-Zhi Yao, Sheng-Quan Fu,Ye-Bin Guan (2010)Controlled crystallization of unstable vaterite with distinct morphologies and their polymorphic transition to stable calcite. Eur. J. Mineral., 22, 259-269

(4)Cheng-Fa Mu, Qi-Zhi Yao, Gen-Tao Zhou*, Sheng-Quan Fu (2010) Three-dimensional architectures of (NH4,Na)3AlF6 solid solution: Synthesis, shape evolution, and growth mechanism. Cr-ystal Growth & Design, 10, 3869-3878.

(5)Gen-Tao Zhou, Yong-Fei Zheng (2003) An experimental study of oxygen isotope fractionation between inorganically precipitated aragonite and water at low temperatures. Geochimica et Cos-mochimica Acta, 67, 387-399.