2008/09 – 2012/06：PhD, Quaternary Geology, Lanzhou University
2009/11 – 2010/11：PhD in Joint Cultivation, Fluvial Geomorphology, VU University Amsterdam
2006/09 – 2008/06：Master, Physiography, Lanzhou University
2002/09 – 2006/06：Bachelor, Basic Class in Physiography, Lanzhou University

Geomorphic Evolution;  Tectonics and Drainage Development;  Provenance Tracing based on the Zircon U-Pb age distributions

10/2012 – 04/2015: Lecturer, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
05/2015 – 11/2020: Associate Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
12/2020 – Present:  Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.

The Origin of the Yellow River and the Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau (General knowledge)

1. Geological and earth surface processes in the Yellow River Basin and the associated major disasters impacts. NSFC, No. 42041006, 2021-2024;
2. The study on the formation and geomorphic evolution of the Yellow River from Jishi to Longyang gorge. NSFC, No. 41871001, 2019-2022;

[1] Zhenbo Hu*, Baotian Pan*, Junping Wang, Bo Cao, Hongshan Gao, 2012. Fluvial terrace formation in the eastern Fenwei Basin, China, during the past 1.2 Ma as a combined archive of tectonics and climate change. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 60, 235-245.
[2 ] Zhenbo Hu, David Bridgland*, 2016. Travel choices and adventure for stone forest geopark visitors. Earth Heritage 45, 28-29.
[3] Zhenbo Hu*, Baotian Pan*, Lianyong Guo, Jef Vandenberghe, Xiaopeng Liu, Junping Wang, Yunlong Fan, Junwei Mao, Hongshan Gao, Xiaofei Hu. 2016. Rapid fluvial incision and headward erosion by the Yellow River along the Jinshaan gorge during the past 1.2 Ma as a result of tectonic extension. Quaternary Science Reviews 133, 1-14.
[4] Zhenbo Hu*, Baotian Pan*, David Bridgland, Jef Vandenberghe, Lianyong Guo, Yunlong Fan, Rob Westaway. 2017. The linking of the upper-middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River as a result of fluvial entrenchment. Quaternary Science Reviews 166, 324-338.
[5] Zhenbo Hu*, Menghao Li, Zijuan Dong, Lianyong Guo, David Bridgland, Baotian Pan*, Xiaohua Li, Xiaofeng Liu, 2019. Fluvial entrenchment and integration of the Sanmen Gorge, the Lower Yellow River. Global and Planetary Change 178, 129-138.

Zhenbo Hu, Xianyan Wang, Baotian Pan, David Bridgland, Jef Vandenberghe. <THE QUATERNARY OF THE UPPER YELLOW RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS>, Quaternary Research Association, 2017, London, ISSN 02613611.