MicMicropaleontology: Extant and Fossil Foraminifera;

QuaQuantitative Stratigraphy and its application;

a; Geometric Morphometrics;

MacMacroevolution

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 Undergraduate Courses:

* Life Evolution I (International Class on Biological Evolution and Environment)

* The Entrepreneur’s Journey (co-taught with Professor Norman MacLeod, General Education)

* Introduction to On the Origin of Species (co-taught with Professor Wang Xiangdong, DIY Course)

Graduate Courses:

* English Literature Reading

* Modern Paleontology (co-taught with Academician Shen Shuzhong)

Online Courses:

* Paleontology (China University MOOC, Xuetang Online Platform)

* Evolution: A Brief History of Life on Earth (China University MOOC, co-taught with Zhou Zhonghe and Academician Shen Shuzhong)

2023-2027 NSFC Project Title: Changing patterns of the high-resolution global biodiversity from Carboniferous to Triassic 

2023-2026 NSFC Project Title: Reconstructing biodiversity change process in the evolution of Tethys and the environment

Representative publications

1.    Dong, S. C., Shi, Y. K.*, Ran, Y. Z., Wu, H. J., Deng, Y. Y., Fan, J. X., Dai, X. Y. 2024. Biological Classification System Knowledge Graph and Semi-automatic Construction of Its Invertebrate Fossil Branches. Journal of Earth Science. 35（6）：2119-2128.  

2.      Lai, M. C., Shi, Y. K.*, Lu, Z. B., Shi, Y. J. Huang, H. Two quantitative methods for constructing biostratigraphic composite sequence: A case study of Carboniferous biostratigraphy in South China. Journal of Stratigraphy, 48(1)：172-182.

3.      Huang, H. H., Shi, Y. K.*, Chen, Q., Xu, H. Q., Song, S. C., Shi, Y. J., Shen, F. R., Fan, J. X. 2024. An image dataset of fusulinid foraminifera generated with the aid of deep learning. Geoscience Data Journal, 11, 46–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.215

4.      Hou, C.B., Lin, X.Y., Huang, H.H., Xu, S., Fan, J.X., Shi, Y.K.*, & Lv, H.R*. 2023. Fossil image identification using deep learning ensembles of data augmented multiviews. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14：3020-3034.

5.      Song, S.C., Zhang, S.H., Zhang, Z.H., Shi, Y.K.*, 2022. Q-mode multivariate regression analyses in quantitative palaeontology and examples. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 39(2)：190-199. (in Chinese with English abstract)

6.      Shi, Y.K., Xu, S.Y., Dong, S.C., 2022. Practice and thoughts on enhanced blended learning based on Knowledge Graph. Geological Journal of China Universities, 26(4): 361-383. (in Chinese with English abstract)

7.      Song, S.C., Zhang, S.H., Zhang, Z.H., Shi, Y.K. *, 2021. R-mode multivariate regression analyses in quantitative palaeontology and examples. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 38(3)：292-300. (in Chinese with English abstract)

8.      Wen, D., Huang, H., Shi, Y.K. *, Yang, S.R., Yang, J., Wang, Y., Hou, X.D., Fan, J.X. 2021. Geological Journal of China Universities, 27(1): 045-057. (in Chinese with English abstract)

9.      Deng, Y. Y., Fan, J. X.*, Zhang, S.H., Fang, X., Chen, Z.Y., Shi, Y.K. *, Wang, H. W., Wang, X. B., Yang, J., Hou, X.D., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y.D., Chen, Q., Yang, A. H., Fan, R., Dong, S.C., Xu, H.Q., Shen, S.Z., 2021. Timing and patterns of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event and Late Ordovician mass extinction. Earth-Science Reviews, 220, 103743.

10.   Shi, Y. K., Wang, X. D., Fan, J. X., Huang, H., Xu, H. Q., Zhao, Y. Y., Shen, S. Z. 2021. Carboniferous-earliest Permian marine evolutionary biodiversification event (CPBE) during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age. Earth-Science Reviews, 220，p. 103699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103699

11.   Wang, X.D.*, Hu, K.Y.*, Shi, Y.K.*, Chen, J.T., Yang, S.R., Ye, X.Y., Li, X.M., Song, Y.F., Chen, B., Chang, X.L.，Yao, L., Zhang, Y.C., Fan, J.X., Shen, S.Z. 2021. The missing upper Carboniferous in the Cimmerian continent: A critical review. Earth-Science Reviews, 217, p.103627.

12.   Chen, Y. N., Shi, Y.K.*, Huang, S.L., 2021. Species-Specific Settling Behaviors of Benthic Foraminifera: Size, Density and Structure. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 51 (2): 69–80. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.51.2.69

13.   Shi, Y.K. 2021. Heterochronic origin of spherical fusulinid foraminifera in the late Paleozoic. Paleobiology 47(1): 115-133.

14.   Lu, Z.B., Shi, Y.K.*, Hua, H., Tuo, S.T., Ye, X.Y., Deng, Y.Y., Fan, J.X. 2020. Current data administration and sharing of International Scientific Occean Drilling. Geological Journal of China Universities, 26(4): 472-480. (in Chinese with English abstract)

15.   Huang, M.L., Tian, K.X., Shi, Y.K.*, 2020. Artinskian (Early Permian) marine environmental disparity and evolved fusulinid foraminifera in the Dianqiangui Basin, South China. Earth Science Frontiers. 27(6): 1-16. (in Chinese with English abstract)

16.   Fan, J., Shen, S., Erwin, D. H., Sadler, P. M., MacLeod, N., Cheng, Q., Hou, X., Yang, J., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Zhang, H., Chen, X., Li, G., Zhang, Y., Shi, Y., Yuan, D., Chen, Q., Zhang, L., Li, C. and Zhao, Y. 2020. A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity. Science 67(6475):272-277. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/272

17.   Shi, Y.K., Huang, H., Shen, Z. H., 2019. New insights for ancient foraminifera through 3D visuals of fusulinids. Palaeoworld, 28(4): 478-486.

18.   Tian,K.X., Shi, Y.K.*, Yan, Z., 2019. Permian fusulinids from the Deyanqimiao III section of Sonid Right Banner in Inner Mongolia. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 36(3): 232-250. (in Chinese with English abstract)

19.   Chen, L., Huang, M.L., Shi, Y.K.*, 2019. Geochemical trace element proxies of benthic foraminiferal shells and their vital effects. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 36(2): 103-114. (in Chinese with English abstract)

20.   Gong, J. S., Shi, Y.K.*, 2017. In-situ LA-LCP-MS trace elemental analyses of modern larger benthic foraminiferal tests. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 34(3): 291-301. (in Chinese with English abstract)

21.   Shi, Y.K.*, 2017. Introduction of morphometrics and a case study on fusulinid foraminifera. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 34(2): 179-191. (in Chinese with English abstract)

22.   Shi, Y., Huang, H. and Jin, X., 2017, Depauperate fusulinid faunas of the Tengchong Block in western Yunnan, China, and their paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental indications: Journal of Paleontology 91:12-24.

23.   Shi, Y. K. and Macleod, N., 2016, Identification of life-history stages in fusulinid foraminifera: Marine Micropaleontology, v. 122, p. 87-98.

24.   Shi, Y. K., Yang, X. N., and Liu, J. R. 2012. Fusulinids of Early Carboniferous to Early Permian in Zongdi area of southern Guizhou. Beijing: Science Press. 271pp.

25.   Shi, Y. K., Huang, H. , Jin, X. C., Yang, X. N. 2011. Early Permian fusulinids from the Baoshan Block, western Yunnan, China. Journal of Paleontology. 85(3): 489-501.

26.   Wu, C., Shi, Y. K., Hu, X. M. 2011. The disconformity in the Late Cretaceous strata at Tingri, southern Tibet and its age constrained by planktonic foraminifera. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 25(4): 381-402. (in Chinese with English abstract)

27.   Shi, Y. K., Yang, X. N. Huang, H. 2009. Differences between subfamilies in diversification process of the Early and Middle Permian fusulinid fauna in South China. Palaeoworld 18: 34-40.

28.   Shi, Y. K., Liu, J. R., Yang, X. N., Zhu, L. M. 2009. Fusulinid faunas from the Datangian to Chihsian strata of the Zongdi Section in Ziyun county, Guizhou pronvince. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 26(1): 1-30. (in Chinese with English abstract)

29.   Shi, Y. K., Jin, X. C., Huang, H. , Yang, X. N. 2008. Permian fusulinids from the Tengchong Block, western Yunnan, China. Journal of Paleontology 82(1): 118-127. (SCI)

30.   Shi, Y. K., Yang, X. N. 2005. A statistical test on diversity changes of Early and Middle Permian fusulinacean fauna in South China. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences 48(7):978-984. (SCI)

31.   Shi, Y. K., Yang, X. N., Jin, X. C. 2005. Restudy of the “Rugososchwagerina” of the Middle Permian from Xiaoxinzhai of Genma, western Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 44(4): 535-544. (in Chinese with English abstract)

32.   Shi, Y. K., Yang, X. N., Liu, J. R., Dong, L., Zhu, L. M., Lin, C. M. 2004. A preliminary study of the Early Permian Longlinian fusulinacean biostratigraphy from Zongdi section, Ziyun county, Guizhou province. Journal of Stratigraphy 28(4): 326-330.

First Prize in the National College Young Teachers' Geological Course Teaching Competition.

First Prize in the Jiangsu Province Microcourse Competition.

First-Class Online Course in China.

Special Prize of the Jiangsu Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education Category), 7/7.

First Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education Category), 8/8.