CV - Zuolin Liu - Rice University

Education
Ph.D. Student, Earth Science, Rice University
Research interest: Biochar effects on soil hydrologic properties
Zuolin Liu
zl17@rice.edu • (713).348.5087
213 Keith-Wiess Geology Labs, Rice University, Houston, TX
M.S., Hydrogeology, Clemson University, 2010
Thesis: The use of electrical measurement to investigate the multiphase flow in oil production
B.E., Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering, Jilin University, 2008
Thesis: Ground water flow numerical modeling of groundwater reservoir in Kangping power
plant water resource, China
Professional Experience
Research Assistant, Rice University, 2011-present
Project: Biochar and soil hydrology
Research Assistant, Clemson University, 2010
Project: Southeast Maps updates for K12 curriculum supplements and classroom resources
Research Assistant, Clemson University, 2009-2010
Project: The use of electrical measurement to investigate the multiphase flow in oil production
Teaching Assistant, Clemson University, 2008-2009
Courses: Physical Science 107 lab, Physical Science 108 lab
Internship, Changchun Environmental Protection Bureau, China, spring 2008
Participation: First national survey of pollution source
Publication
S.M.J. Moysey and Z. Liu, 2012, Can the onset of macropore flow be detected using electrical
resistivity measurements? Soil Science Society of American Journal, 76, 10-17, doi:
10.2136/sssaj2010.0413
Manuscript in Preparation
Z. Liu, B. Dugan, C.A. Masiello, and H. Gonnermann, Water flow through biochar-amended
sand: Impacts of biochar concentration and particle size on soil hydraulic conductivity
Z. Liu and S.M.J. Moysey, The dependence of electrical resistivity-saturation relationships on
multiphase flow instability

Oral Presentation
Z. Liu, B. Dugan, and C.A. Masiello, Hydraulic conductivity and soil Water potential of soilbiochar
mixtures: Impacts of biochar concentration and particle size, US Biochar Conference,
abstract accepted, Rohnert Park, CA, July 2012
C.A. Masiello, B. Dugan, K. Zygourakis, H. Gonnermann, Z. Liu, K. Ziegelgruber, and V. Chuang,
Physical controls on organic matter stability, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April
2012, SSS3.4/BG2.26/OS3.5
C.A. Masiello, Z. Liu, B. Dugan, H. Gonnermann, V. Chuang, K. Ziegelgruber, and K. Zygourakis,
Physical controls on the mobilization of charcoal, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April
2012, SSS7.3
Z. Liu, B. Dugan, C.A. Masiello, H.M. Gonnermann, M.E. Gallagher, V. Chuang, and R.T. Barnes,
Hydraulic conductivity and soil water potential of soil-biochar mixtures: Impacts of biochar
concentration and particle size, Rice University Department of Earth Science Seminar, Houston,
TX, February 2012
Z. Liu and S.M.J. Moysey, Experimental evidence for the dependence of Archie’s law on
multiphase flow dynamics, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and
Engineering Problems (SAGEEP), Charleston, SC, April 2011
S.M.J. Moysey and Z. Liu, Detecting preferential multiphase flows in the subsurface using
electrical resistivity measurements, Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson University, Clemson,
SC, April 2011
Z. Liu and S.M.J. Moysey, The dependence of electrical resistivity-saturation relationships on
multiphase flow instability, Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, April
2010
Conference Poster
V. Chuang, C.A. Masiello, H. Gonnermann, Z. Liu, B. Dugan, and K. Zygourakis, Black carbon:
Does it sink or float? AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2012
R.T. Barnes, M.E. Gallagher, C.A. Masiello, B. Dugan, Z. Liu, and J.A. Rudgers, Changes in water,
carbon, and nitrogen fluxes with the addition of biochar to soils: Lessons learned from
laboratory and greenhouse experiments, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2011
Grant
Y. Yang, and Z. Liu et al., The dispersion effect on the contaminant transport in aquifer medium
of Lake Chuanhu in west Changchun, China, Research Plan for Undergraduate, Jilin University,
China, October 2006

Award
Mills Bennett Fellowship (1 year stipend), 2012-2013
Rice University Graduate Fellowship (9 month stipend), 2011-2012
Research Assistant Award, Clemson University, 2009-2010
Teaching Assistant Award, Clemson University, 2008-2009
Professional Memberships
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geophysical Union
Houston Geological Society
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Society of Petroleum Engineers