Yuke Zheng

University of Chicago Resident Graduate Student

E-Mail: yzheng@fieldmuseum.org

Research Focus:

Isotope geochemistry and cosmochemistry

Biography

B.S. Geochemistry (University of Science and Technology of China, 2022)

M.S. Geophysical Sciences (University of Chicago 2025)

Publications

Zheng Y., Yang X., Valdes M., Davis A. M., Heck P. R. Volume measurement of microparticles using SEM photogrammetry and 3-D reconstruction. Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14351 (2025).

Glavin, D.P., Dworkin, J.P., Alexander, C.M.O. [...] Zheng, Y. et al. Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu. Nature Astronomy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02472-9 (2025).

Conference abstracts

Zheng Y., Santos E., Huang Y., Heck P. R. Hypervolatile organics in the pristine CI chondrite Oued Chebeika 002: Implications for volatile evolution and outer Solar System connections. Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting, Abstract # 5125 (2026).

Yang X., Zheng Y., Greer J., Davis A. M., Zhang M., Kita N. T., Huss G. R., Krot A. N., Nagashima K., Busemann H., Maden C., Heck P. R. Extreme evaporation recorded by colorless hibonite-corundum grains from Murchison. Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting, Abstract # 5135 (2026).

Saleem B., Yang X., Zheng Y., Busemann H., Davis A. M., Kita N. T., Korsmeyer J. M., Maden C., Rodkin N. A.†, Zhang M., Heck P. R. Solar cosmogenic neon in corundum: Evidence for extreme activity of the young Sun before ²⁶Al homogenization. Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting, Abstract # 5219 (2026).

Korsmeyer J. M.†, Stephan T., Zheng Y., Nittler L. R., Fowler G., Regula A., Yang X., Mumma L., Trappitsch R., Escrig S., Meibom A., Davis A. M., Heck P. R. Isotopic analyses of presolar silicon carbide grains from Aguas Zarcas. Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting, Abstract # 5259 (2026).

Zheng Y., Yang X., Valdes M. C., Davis A. M., Heck P. R. Volume measurement of small particles using SEM photogrametry and 3-D reconstruction. Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting, Abstract # 5095 (2025).

Yang X., Zheng Y., Greer J., Korsmeyer J. M., Davis A. M., Busemann H., Maden C., Zhang M., Kita N. T., Huss G. R., Krot A. N., Nagashima K., and Heck P. R. Insights into the Young Sun's Evolution from Multiple Isotope Systems in Refractory Oxides. Lunar Planet. Inst. 56, Extended Abstract #1033 (2025).

Glavin D. P. Dworkin J. P. Alexander C. M. O'D. Aponte J. C. Baczynski A. A. [..] Heck P. R., [..] Zheng Y. et al. Coordinated Analysis of Samples from Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu Reveals Abundant Ammonia and Nitrogen-Rich Soluble Organic Matter. Lunar Planet. Inst. 56, Extended Abstract #1077 (2025).

Zheng Y., Heck P. R., Santos E., Kim B., Huang Y., Dworkin J. P., Glavin D. P., Connolly Jr. H. C. and Lauretta D. S. The effects of parent body aqueous alteration on organic matter in carbonaceous chondrites. Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Abstract #6347 (2024).

Korsmeyer J. M., Stephan T., Zheng Y., Davis A. M., Nittler L. R., Regula A., Heck P. R., Presolar silicon carbide grains separated from CM2 meteorite Aguas Zarcas. Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Abstract #6359 (2024).

Yang X., Zheng Y., Greer J., Busemann H., Maden C., and Heck P. R. Neon and helium isotopic evidence for the earliest solar cosmic-ray irradiation record in refractory oxides. Lunar Planet. Inst. 55, Extended Abstract #2298 (2024).

Zheng Y., Yang X., Davis A. M., Heck P. R. Characterization of ungrouped achondrite NWA 13446 – evidence for a partially differentiated L chondritic asteroid. Lunar Planet. Inst. 55, Extended Abstract #2277 (2024).

Huang Y., Santos E., Kim B., Alexandre M. R., Milliken R., Heck P. R., Zheng Y., Glavin D. P., Dworkin J. P., Connolly Jr. H. C., Lauretta D. S. Development of a new closed system sample crusher for analyzing hypervolatile organics in carbonaceous chondrites and Bennu samples. Lunar Planet. Inst. 55, Extended Abstract #2164 (2024).

Kim B., Huang Y., Santos E., Alexandre M. R., Milliken R., Goodreau C., Zheng Y., Heck P. R., Glavin D. P., Dworkin J. P., Connolly Jr. H. C., Lauretta D. S. Developing novel pretreatment techniques for direct thermal desorption of polar volatile organic compounds in carbonaceous chondrites and Bennu. Lunar Planet. Inst. 55, Extended Abstract #1256 (2024).

Santos E., Zheng Y., Huang Y., Kim B., Alexandre M. R., Milliken R., Heck P. R., Glavin D. P., Dworkin J. P., Connolly Jr. H. C., Lauretta D. S. An improved system for combined thermal desorption and pyrolysis GCMS and GC-C-IRMS analyses of carbonaceous chondrites and Bennu. Lunar Planet. Inst. 55, Extended Abstract #1268 (2024).

Zheng Y., Heck P. R., Yang X., Santos E., Alexandre M., Huang Y., Dworkin J. P., Glavin D. P., Connolly Jr. H. C., Lauretta D. S. Characterization of Bennu analog samples with SEM/EDS and Raman spectroscopy in preparation for analyses of organics. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Abstract #6030 (2023).