Rongfeng Ge is a professor and PhD supervisor of Precambrian geology and tectonics. He was awarded for the outstanding youth fund (2019) and distinguished youth fund (2024) of the National Natural Science Foundation. In recent years, he bas been interested in the origin and tectonic evolution of the Earth's early continents, and the Precambrian supercontinent cycle. His study has focused on the Precambrian rocks of the Tarim Craton and Hadean detrital zircon from the Jack Hills, Australia. He has published over 50 papers, with more than 20 papers as the first or corresponding author in internationally journals such as Nature, Science Advances, Geology, EPSL, Earth-Science Reviews, Tectonics, GSA Bulletin, Precambrian Research.

Education Experience:

2012-2015 PhD of Geology (Joint training), Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Australia
2011-2014 PhD of Geology, School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University

2008-2011 Master of Structural Geology, School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University
2004-2008 Bachelor of Geology, School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University

Work Experience:

2023 -           Professor, School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University
2018-2023    Associate Professor, School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University
2017.6          Visiting Scholar, Swedish National Museum of Natural History
2016-2018    Research Assistant, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Australia
2015-2017    Assistant Researcher, School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University

Publications (first and/or corresponding author):

Ge, R.*, Wilde, S.A., Zhu, W., Wang, X., 2023. Earth’s early continental crust formed from wet and oxidizing arc magmas. Nature, 1-6.

Wang, Y., Ge, R.*, Si, Y., 2023. Late Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature mafic granulite from the eastern Alxa Block, North China Craton. Precambrian Res. 397, 107172.

Wu, H., Zhu, W.*, Ge, R.*,  2023. Garnet growth and diffusion zoning during the late  Paleoproterozoic metamorphism, North Altyn area, SE Tarim Craton, NW  China: Implications for a long-lived hot orogen. GSA Bulletin.

Ge, R.*,  Wilde, S. A., Zhu, W., Zhou, T., Si, Y., Formation and evolution of  Archean continental crust: A thermodynamic – geochemical perspective of  granitoids from the Tarim Craton, NW China, Earth-Science Reviews, 2022, 234: 104219.

Ge, R.*, Early Earth zircons formed in residual granitic melts produced by tonalite differentiation: COMMENT, Geology, 2022, 50(5): e552.

Si, Y., Ge, R.*,  Zhou, T., Wang, Y., Decoupling of metamorphic zircon U-Pb ages and P-T  paths in the Dunhuang metamorphic complex, northwestern China, Precambrian Research, 2022, 379: 106783.

Wu, H., Zhu, W.*, Ge, R.*,  Evidence for carbonatite derived from the earth's crust: The late  Paleoproterozoic carbonate-rich magmatic rocks in the southeast Tarim  Craton, northwest China, Precambrian Research, 2021: 106425.

Zhou, T., Ge, R.F.*, Zhu, W.B., Wu, H.L, 2021. Is there a Grenvillian orogen in the southwestern Tarim Craton? Precambrian Res. 354, 106053.

Ge, R.F*, Wilde,  S. A., Kemp, A. I. S., Jeon, H., Martin, L. A. J., Zhu, W.B., Wu,  H.L., 2020, Generation of Eoarchean continental crust from altered mafic  rocks derived from a chondritic mantle: The ∼3.72 Ga Aktash gneisses,  Tarim Craton (NW China), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 538: 116225.

Ge, R.F.*,  Wilde, S. A., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Bellucci, J. J.,  Erickson, T. M. 2019. Mechanisms and consequences of intra-crystalline  enrichment of ancient radiogenic Pb in detrital Hadean zircons from the  Jack Hills, Western Australia, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517, 38 - 49.  

Wu, H.L., Zhu, W.B.*, Ge, R.F.* .  2019. Late Paleoproterozoic granulite-facies metamorphism in the North  Altyn Tagh area, southeastern Tarim craton: Pressure-temperature paths,  zircon U-Pb ages, and tectonic implications,  Geological Society of America Bulletin, 131(9-10): 1591 - 1606.  

Ge, R.F.*., W.B. Zhu*, S.A. Wilde, and H.L. Wu. 2018. Remnants of Eoarchean continental crust derived from a subducted proto-arc, Science Advances, aao3159  

Ge, R.F*.,  S.A. Wilde*, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, J.J. Bellucci, T.M.  Erickson, A. Frew, and E.R. Thern. 2018. A 4463 Ma apparent zircon age  from the Jack Hills (Western Australia) resulting from ancient Pb  mobilization, Geology, 46, 303-306.  

Ge, R.F.*, Zhu, W.B.*, Wilde, S.A.*. 2016. Mid‐Neoproterozoic (ca. 830–800 Ma) metamorphic P‐T paths link Tarim to the circum‐Rodinia subduction–accretion system. Tectonics, 6, 1465-1488.  

Ge, R. F.,Zhu W B*, Wilde S A,He  J W, Cui X. 2015. Synchronous crustal growth and reworking recorded in  late Paleoproterozoic granitoids in the northern Tarim craton: In situ  zircon U-Pb-Hf-O isotopic and geochemical constraints and tectonic  implications. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 127(5-6): 781-803. 

Ge, R.F.,  Zhu, W.B*., Wilde, S.A., He, J.W., Cui, X., Wang, X., Zheng, B., 2014a.  Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic long-lived accretionary orogeny in the  northern Tarim Craton. Tectonics, 33(3): 302-329.

Ge, R. F.,  Zhu W B*, Wilde S A, Wu H L, He J W, Zheng B H. 2014b. Archean  magmatism and crustal evolution in the northern Tarim Craton: insights  from zircon U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes and geochemistry of ~2.7 Ga orthogneiss and amphibolite in the Korla Complex. Precambrian Research, 252(0): 145-165..  

Ge, R. F., Zhu W B*, Wilde S A, et al. 2014c. Zircon U–Pb–Lu–Hf–O isotopic evidence for ≥3.5 Ga crustal growth, reworking and differentiation in the northern Tarim Craton. Precambrian Research, 249(0): 115-128.  

Ge, R.F.,  Zhu, W.B.*, Wu, H.L., He, J.W., Zheng, B.H., 2013a. Zircon U–Pb ages  and Lu–Hf isotopes of Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the  Korla Complex, NW China: Implications for metamorphic zircon formation  and geological evolution of the Tarim Craton. Precambrian Research, 231, 1-18.  

Ge, R.F.,  Zhu, W.B.*, Wu, H.L., Zheng, B.H., He, J.W., 2013b. Timing and  mechanisms of multiple episodes of migmatization in the Korla Complex,  northern Tarim Craton, NW China: Constraints from zircon U–Pb–Lu–Hf  isotopes and implications for crustal growth. Precambrian Research, 231, 136-156, doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.005.  

Ge, R.F.,  Zhu, W.B.*, Zheng, B.H., Wu, H.L., Zhu, X.Q., He, J.W., 2012. Early  Pan-African Magmatism in the Tarim Craton: Insights from Zircon  U-Pb-Lu-Hf isotope and Geochemistry of Granitoids in the Korla Area, NW  China. Precambrian Research, 212-213: 117-138..  

Ge, R.F.,  Zhu, W.B.*, Wu, H.L., Zheng, B.H., Zhu, X.Q., He, J.W., 2012. The  Paleozoic northern margin of the Tarim Craton: Passive or active? Lithos, 142-143: 1-15.  

Ge, R.F.,  Zhang, Q.L.*, Wang, L.S., Chen, J., Xie, G.A., Wang, X.Y., 2011. Late  Mesozoic rift evolution and crustal extension in the central Songliao  Basin, northeastern China: constraints from cross-section restoration  and implications for lithospheric thinning. International Geology Review,54, 183-207.

Research project:

1. General project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Oxygen fugacity and water content of Archean granitic Magma, 2024/01-2027/12, in progress

2. Outstanding Youth Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Precambrian Geology, 2020/01-2022/12, completed, Chair

3. General project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Composition and Tectonic Evolution of the early Precambrian Heluositan Complex in the southwest margin of the Tarim Craton, 2019/01-2022/12, completed

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Rock Association of Aktashtagh Complex, Formation Age and related tectono-magmatic events, 2017/01-2020/12, completed, participate

5. Youth Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China, P-T-t-D trajectory of Neoproterozoic high-grade metamorphic rocks in the Korla Area, Xinjiang and its tectonic Significance, 2016/01-2018/12, completed, chair

6. The 57th Batch project of Postdoctoral Science Foundation (First Class), Depositional Age and Tectonic Deformation of the Palgangtag Group, Kuruktag Area, Xinjiang, 2016/01-2017/12, completed, chair

7. Youth Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Protolith properties and crustal growth mechanism of Early Precambrian metamorphic complex in the Xingdi Area, Xinjiang, 2015/07-2018/06, completed, chair