{"id":1377,"date":"2026-10-08T11:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:26:38","slug":"congrats-to-jiarui-liu-for-a-science-and-geology-double-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to Jiarui Liu for a Science and Geology &#8216;Double Feature&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu-1024x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu-1536x830.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Liu-2048x1107.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please join us in congratulating our adjunct postdoctoral fellow (and former graduate student), Jiarui Liu, who has been making big waves over the past two months!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, his first-authored Science article, \u201cNatural 15N15N abundances constrain fixed nitrogen loss,\u201d was published. This work is part of Jiarui\u2019s new research using 15N15N as a novel marker to decipher nitrogen cycling processes in aquatic environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aei0940\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aei0940<\/a><br>Here is the UCLA press release: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/releases\/where-does-earths-nitrogen-go-two-atoms-offer-clue\">https:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/releases\/where-does-earths-nitrogen-go-two-atoms-offer-clue<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that is not all. Just in August, Jiarui had another article accepted in Geology, \u201cClumped isotopes of methane constrain the global magnitude of microbial methane oxidation in wetlands.\u201d A photo from his study, an aerial view of the UC Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, will be featured on the cover of Geology when the print issue comes out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.geoscienceworld.org\/gsa\/geology\/article\/doi\/10.1130\/G54554.1\/734591\/Clumped-isotopes-of-methane-constrain-the-global\">https:\/\/pubs.geoscienceworld.org\/gsa\/geology\/article\/doi\/10.1130\/G54554.1\/734591\/Clumped-isotopes-of-methane-constrain-the-global<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jiarui&#8217;s  work is a great example of how isotopologues of biologically relevant molecules can be used to track and quantify biological processes in natural environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations, Jiarui, on these fantastic accomplishments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us in congratulating our adjunct postdoctoral fellow (and former graduate student), Jiarui Liu, who has been making big waves over the past two months! Today, his first-authored Science article, \u201cNatural 15N15N abundances constrain fixed nitrogen loss,\u201d was published. This work is part of Jiarui\u2019s new research using 15N15N as a novel marker to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/?p=1377\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Congrats to Jiarui Liu for a Science and Geology &#8216;Double Feature&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~ttreude\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}