Hao-Wei Huang
Doktorand
I am a PhD student in Geology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) since 2025. My research focuses on quantifying the weathering flux of floodplain regions in Bolivia. Before my PhD, I completed my Master’s degree in Earth Sciences at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and subsequently worked as a research assistant for two years.
Research Interests
I am interested in how chemical weathering affects the carbon cycle, especially its long-term impact on the atmospheric CO₂ budget. My research aims to understand the residence time and weathering history of floodplain sediments to better estimate how lowland areas contribute to the global carbon cycle.
Behavior of floodplain weathering and its role in the global carbon cycle
My research focuses on understanding the weathering history and residence time of sediments stored in lowland floodplains, an environment recently recognized as a major contributor to Earth’s long-term carbon cycle. Specifically, I aim to constrain the timescales over which sediments persist in floodplains and quantify the chemical depletion that occurs during their storage. By integrating sediment geochemistry and chronometry, I seek to determine how these lowland systems modulate CO₂ consumption over Earth’s surface. These observations will refine models of the global carbon cycle and improve predictions of how Earth’s climate responds to natural and anthropogenic changes in atmospheric CO₂.
Working in Project: FloW - Floodplain Weathering (ERC, 2025 - 2030)