MAO Shengyi is an Associate Research Fellow at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She obtained her Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS in 2011. Her research focuses on cold seep biomarkers, carbon isotope tracing of marine sedimentary lipids, and microbial geochemical processes in gas hydrate seepage areas. She has led or participated in projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and published over 20 academic papers on organic geochemistry and marine geology.

Selected Publications

1. Shengyi Mao, et al. Molecular distributions of phospholipid ester-linked fatty acids in a soil profile of the Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2018, 29(3):1-16.

2. Shengyi Mao, Hongxiang Guan, Lihua Liu, Xiqiu Han, Xueping Chen, Juan Yu, Yongge Sun, Yejian Wang. Lipid biomarker composition in surface sediments from the Carlsberg Ridge near the Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(8): 53-64.

3. Shengyi Mao, Guodong Jia, Xiaowei Zhu, Nengyou Wu, Daidai Wu , Hongxiang Guan, Lihua Liu. Last glacial terrestrial vegetation record of leaf wax n-alcohols in the northern South China Sea: Contrast to scenarios from long chain n-alkanes. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(8), 22-30

▪ Marine Geology

▪ Organic Geochemistry

1. State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry Development Fund: Microbial Geochemical Characteristics of Gas Hydrate Seepage Areas in the Northern South China Sea

2. National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists: Characterization of Abnormal Soil Carbon Cycling in Dinghushan using Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PLFA) Analysis

3. Guangzhou Science and Technology Program Project: Study on Microbial Community Characteristics in Sediments of the Shenhu Area, Northern South China Sea, based on Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PLFA) Technology