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David T. Wang | Geochemist & Engineer

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E-mail: dtw@alum.mit.edu

About

Earth scientist & engineer with research interests in Earth's fluid energy resources. Specifically, I seek to build process-based geochemical models of organic-inorganic interactions and microbially-mediated reactions in petroliferous sedimentary basins, CO2 reservoirs, and CH4 & H2-rich seeps, sediments, groundwaters, and thermal waters. My tools include surface data, downhole samplers, chemical analyzers, and bespoke numerical methods.

Publications

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Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. Wang, D. T., Seewald, J. S., Reeves, E. P., Ono, S., and Sylva, S. P. (2022). “Incorporation of water-derived hydrogen into methane during artificial maturation of source rock under hydrothermal conditions.” Organic Geochemistry, vol. 171, 104468. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104468)
  2. Mazzotta, M. G., McIlvin, M. R., Moran, D. M., Wang, D. T., Bidle, K. D., Lamborg, C. H., Saito, M. A. (2021). “Characterization of the metalloproteome of Pseudoalteromonas (BB2-AT2): biogeochemical underpinnings for zinc, manganese, cobalt and nickel cycling in a ubiquitous marine heterotroph.” Metallomics, vol. 13(12), mfab060. (doi: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfab060)
  3. Nothaft, D. B., Templeton, A. S., Rhim, J. H., Wang, D. T., Labidi, J., Miller, H. M., Boyd, E. S., Matter, J. M., Ono, S., Young, E. D., Kopf, S. H., Kelemen, P. B., Conrad, M. E., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team (2021). “Geochemical, biological and clumped isotopologue evidence for substantial microbial methane production under carbon limitation in serpentinites of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2020JG006025. (doi: 10.1029/2020JG006025)
  4. Wang, D. T., Meurer, W. P., Nguyen, T. N., Shipman, G. W., and Koenig, D. (2021). “Preservation of oil slick samples on adsorbent Teflon fabric: Potential for deployment aboard autonomous surface vessels.” Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169, 112460. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112460)
  5. Heuer V. B., Inagaki F., Morono Y., Kubo Y., Spivack A. J., Viehweger B., Treude T., Beulig F., Schubotz F., Tonai S., Bowden S. A., Cramm M., Henkel S., Hirose T., Homola K., Hoshino T., Ijiri A., Imachi H., Kamiya N., Kaneko M., Lagostina L., Manners H., McClelland H.-L., Metcalfe K., Okutsu N., Pan D., Raudsepp M. J., Sauvage J., Tsang M.-Y., Wang, D. T., Whitaker E., Yamamoto Y., Yang K., Maeda L., Adhikari R. R., Glombitza C., Hamada Y., Kallmeyer J., Wendt J., Wörmer L., Yamada Y., Kinoshita M. and Hinrichs K.-U. (2020). Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone. Science, vol. 370 no. 6521, pp. 1230–1234. (doi: 10.1126/science.abd7934) (PDF)
  6. Wang, D. T., Sattler, A., Paccagnini, M., and Chen, F. G. (2020). Method for calibrating methane clumped isotope measurements via catalytic equilibration of methane isotopologues on γ-alumina. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, vol. 34 no. 10, art. e8555 (first published 16 August 2019). (doi: 10.1002/rcm.8555) (PDF)
  7. Gonzalez, Y., Nelson, D. D., Shorter, J. H., McManus, J. B., Dyroff, C., Formolo, M., Wang, D. T., Western, C. M., and Ono, S. (2019). Precise Measurements of 12CH2D2 by Tunable Infrared Laser Direct Absorption Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 93 no. 23., pp. 14967–14974 (doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03412) (PDF)
  8. Hamada Y., Hirose T., Ijiri A., Yamada Y., Sanada Y., Saito S., Sakurai N., Sugihara T., Yokoyama T., Saruhashi T., Hoshino T., Kamiya N., Bowden S., Cramm M., Henkel S., Homola K., Imachi H., Kaneko M., Lagostina L., Manners H., McClelland H.-L., Metcalfe K., Okutsu N., Pan D., Raudsepp M. J., Sauvage J., Schubotz F., Spivack A., Tonai S., Treude T., Tsang M.-Y., Viehweger B., Wang, D. T., Whitaker E., Yamamoto Y., Yang K., Kinoshita M., Maeda L., Kubo Y., Morono Y., Inagaki F. and Heuer V. B. (2018). In-situ mechanical weakness of subducting sediments beneath a plate boundary décollement in the Nankai Trough. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, vol. 5, art. 70. (doi: 10.1186/s40645-018-0228-z) [Open Access]
  9. Gruen, D. S., Wang, D. T., Könneke, M., Topçuoğlu, B. D., Stewart, L. C., Goldhammer, T., Holden, J. F., Hinrichs, K.-U. and Ono, S. (2018). Experimental investigation on the controls of clumped isotopologue and hydrogen isotope ratios in microbial methane. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 237, pp. 339–356. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.06.029) (PDF)
  10. Ijiri A., Inagaki F., Kubo Y., Adhikari R. R., Hattori S., Hoshino T., Imachi H., Kawagucci S., Morono Y., Ohtomo Y., Ono S., Sakai S., Takai K., Toki T., Wang, D. T., Yoshinaga M. Y., Arnold G. L., Ashi J., Case D. H., Feseker T., Hinrichs K.-U., Ikegawa Y., Ikehara M., Kallmeyer J., Kumagai H., Lever M. A., Morita S., Nakamura K., Nakamura Y., Nishizawa M., Orphan V. J., Røy H., Schmidt F., Tani A., Tanikawa W., Terada T., Tomaru H., Tsuji T., Tsunogai U., Yamaguchi Y. T. and Yoshida N. (2018). Deep-biosphere methane production stimulated by geofluids in the Nankai accretionary complex. Science Advances, vol. 4 no. 6, art. eaao4631. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4631) [Open Access]
  11. Wang, D. T., Reeves E. P., McDermott J. M., Seewald J. S. and Ono S. (2018). Clumped isotopologue constraints on the origin of methane at seafloor hot springs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 223, pp. 141–158. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.11.030) (PDF)
  12. Zaarur, S.*, Wang, D. T.*, Ono, S., and Bosak, T. (2017). Influence of phosphorus and cell geometry on the fractionation of sulfur isotopes by several species of Desulfovibrio during microbial sulfate reduction. Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 8, art. 890. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00890) [Open Access]
    » (MATLAB code)
  13. Whitehill, A. R., Joelsson, L. M. T., Schmidt, J. A., Wang, D. T., Johnson, M. S. and Ono, S. (2017). Clumped isotope effects during OH and Cl oxidation of methane. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 196, pp. 307–325. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.012)
  14. Wang, D. T., Welander, P. V., and Ono, S. (2016). Fractionation of the methane isotopologues 13CH4, 12CH3D, and 13CH3D during aerobic oxidation of methane by Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192, pp. 186–202. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.031) (PDF)
    » (MATLAB and Python code)
  15. Inagaki, F., Hinrichs, K.-U., Kubo, Y., and the IODP Expedition 337 Scientists (including Wang, D. T.) (2016). IODP Expedition 337: Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita — Microbial processes and hydrocarbon system associated with deeply buried coalbed in the ocean. Scientific Drilling, 21, pp. 17–28. (doi: 10.5194/sd-21-17-2016) [Open Access]
  16. Luo, G., Ono, S., Beukes, N. J., Wang, D. T., Xie, S. and Summons, R. E. (2016). Rapid oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago. Science Advances, 2, art. e1600134. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600134) [Open Access]
  17. Inagaki F., Hinrichs K.-U., Kubo Y., Bowles M. W., Heuer V. B., Hong W.-L., Hoshino T., Ijiri A., Imachi H., Ito M., Kaneko M., Lever M. A., Lin Y.-S., Methé B. A., Morita S., Morono Y., Tanikawa W., Bihan M., Bowden S. A., Elvert M., Glombitza C., Gross D., Harrington G. J., Hori T., Li K., Limmer D., Liu C.-H., Murayama M., Ohkouchi N., Ono S., Park Y.-S., Phillips S. C., Prieto-Mollar X., Purkey M., Riedinger N., Sanada Y., Sauvage J., Snyder G., Susilawati R., Takano Y., Tasumi E., Terada T., Tomaru H., Trembath-Reichert E., Wang, D. T., and Yamada Y. (2015). Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor. Science, 349, pp. 420–424. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaa6882)
  18. Wang, D. T., Gruen, D. S., Sherwood Lollar, B., Hinrichs, K.-U., Stewart, L. C., Holden, J. F., Hristov, A. N., Pohlman, J. W., Morrill, P. L., Könneke, M., Delwiche, K. B., Reeves, E. P., Sutcliffe, C. N., Ritter, D. J., Seewald, J. S., McIntosh, J. C., Hemond, H. F., Kubo, M. D., Cardace, D., Hoehler, T. M., and Ono, S. (2015). Nonequilibrium clumped isotope signals in microbial methane. Science, 348, pp. 428–431. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaa4326) (PDF)
  19. Ono, S., Wang, D. T., Gruen, D. S., Sherwood Lollar, B., Zahniser, M. S., McManus, B. J. and Nelson, D. D. (2014). Measurement of a doubly-substituted methane isotopologue, 13CH3D, by tunable infrared laser direct absorption spectroscopy." Analytical Chemistry, 86, pp. 6487–6494. (doi: 10.1021/ac5010579) (PDF)
  20. Sim, M. S., Wang, D. T., Zane, G. M., Wall, J. D., Bosak, T. and Ono, S. (2013). Fractionation of sulfur isotopes by Desulfovibrio vulgaris mutants lacking hydrogenases or type I tetraheme cytochrome c3. Frontiers in Microbiology, 4, art. 171. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00171) [Open Access]

Technical reports and volumes

  1. Heuer, V. B., Inagaki, F., Morono, Y., Kubo, Y., Maeda, L., and the Expedition 370 Scientists (2017) "Temperature Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto." Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, Volume 370: College Station, TX, USA (International Ocean Discovery Program). (doi: 10.14379/iodp.proc.370.2017) (ZIP)
  2. Heuer, V. B., Inagaki, F., Morono, Y., Kubo, Y., Maeda, L., and the Expedition 370 Scientists (2017) "Expedition 370 Preliminary Report: Temperature Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto." International Ocean Discovery Program. (doi: 10.14379/iodp.pr.370.2017) (PDF)

Theses

General-audience

Patents

Patents and patent applications.

  1. Wang, D. T., Asif, M., Formolo, M. J. (granted Feb. 20, 2024) Isotopocule Analysis of Hydrocarbon Contamination, US Patent 11,906,503 B2.
  2. Wang, D. T., Davis, C. L., Formolo, M. J., Gelman, S. E., Lawson, M., Walters, C. C., Xiao, Y. (granted Dec. 19, 2023) Systems and Methods for Predicting the Composition of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, US Patent 11,846,184 B2.
  3. Meurer, W. P., Wang, D. T., Shipman, G. W., Spitzenberger, J. D., Sutton, M., Bridges, J. C., and Moreno, P. (Publ. Date: Dec. 1, 2022) Integrated Autonomous Oil-Slick Sampler and Storage Preservation Device, WIPO Patent Appl. No. WO 2022/251,768 A1, filed Apr. 22, 2022 based on U.S. Prov. Pat. Appl. No. 63/202,110 filed May 27, 2021. (application pending)

Presentations

Talks & posters delivered at national or regional conferences.

  1. Wang, D. T. and Ono, S. (2017) "A visual guide to the interpretation of methane stable isotopologue data—application to deep carbon cycles." Poster presentation at Deep Carbon Observatory 3rd International Science Meeting, St Andrews, Scotland. (PDF)
    » (MATLAB code)
  2. Wang, D. T.; Reeves, E. P.; Seewald, J. S.; McDermott, J. M.; and Ono, S. (2016) "Clumped isotopologue constraints on the origin of methane in basalt- and ultramafic-hosted mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal fluids." Oral presentation at Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
  3. Wang, D. T.; Gruen, D. S.; and Ono, S. (2015) "Application of methane clumped isotopologue measurements for tracing the subsurface history of hydrocarbon gases." Oral presentation at GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  4. Wang, D. T.; Gruen, D. S.; Seewald, J. S.; Whelan, J. K.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; and Ono, S. (2014) "Clumped isotopic (13CH3D) composition of methane from the Potato Hills gas field, Oklahoma." Oral presentation at Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA, USA.
  5. Wang, D. T.; Ono, S.; and Bosak, T. (2014) "Sulfur isotope fractionation during reduction of sulfate by Desulfovibrio fructosovorans." Oral presentation at Northeastern Geobiology Symposium, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
  6. Wang, D. T.; Fregoso, D. C.; Ellis, A. S.; Johnson, T. M.; and Bullen, T. D. (2010) "Stable isotope fractionation during chromium(III) oxidation by δ-MnO2." AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. (PDF)

Teaching

Fall '14: TA for MIT Course 12.104: Intro Geochemistry. I designed the laboratory components, taught several lectures, and received the departmental teaching award.

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