Education:
B.S., Heilongjiang Institute of Science and Technology (China), Geology, 1994
M.S., Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica (NIGPAS), Palaeontology, 2000
Ph. D., Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica (NIGPAS), Palaeontology, 2003
Research Interests:
Terrestrial Mesozoic stratigraphy. Systematics of bivalves. Integration of paleontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology in reconstructing paleoenvironmental changes and understanding the mechanism of exceptionally preserved fossils, especially the formation of the Daohugou and Jehol biotas in western Liaoning, NE China.
Teaching:
Palaeontology and Historical Geology, undergraduate students
Vertabrate Palaeontology, undergraduate students
Field Training of Geological Survey, undergraduate students
Career:
1994-1997. Associate Engineer and Engineer, Harbin Institute of Coal Geology
2004-2006. Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
2006-2014. Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
2009.4-2009.6. DAAD Fellow, Erlangen-Nürnberg University
2012.4-2013.4 Visiting Scientist, American Museum of Natural History
2015-. Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
2016.7-2016.9. Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, University of Bristol
Memberships
Council of the Palaeontological Association of China, 2014-2018
Standing council of the Palaeontological Association of China, 2018-2022
Expert Council of China Fossil Protection Committee (2017-2021).
Editorial Functions
Editorial Board of Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition), 2018-2021
Editorial Board of Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 2019-2024