2001.09-2004.06  Ph.D, Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China
1998.09-2001.06  M.S., Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China
1994.09-1998.06  B.S., Geography, Lanzhou University, China

Loess and Environmental Changes;  Luminescence Dating; Quaternary sciences; Geomorphology

2014 - present:    College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
2009 -2014        School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, China
2004 -2009        Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science

1.  Global Environmental Change
2.  Natural Hazards

1.	Yang, S., Zhou, J., Chen, Z., Li, P., Wen, C., Xu, X., Li, Q., 2023. Westerly Variations in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau since the Last Interglacial Revealed by the Grain-Size Records of the Ganzi Loess. Atmosphere 14, 238.
2.	Ling, Z., Yang, J., Wang, Z., Jin, J., Xia, D., Yang, S., Wang, X., Chen, F., 2023. Spatiotemporal differences in Holocene climate change in the Yarlung Tsangpo catchment, southern Tibetan Plateau, reconstructed from two sandy loess sequences. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 616, 111473.
3.	Yang, S., Chen, Z., Chen, H., Luo, Y., Liu, L., Liu, X., Li, Q., Zhou, J., Li, P., 2022. Magnetic Properties of the Ganzi Loess and Their Implications for Precipitation History in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau Since the Last Interglacial. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 37(2), e2021PA004322.
4.	Chen, Z., Yang, S., Luo, Y., Chen, H., Liu, L., Liu, X., Wang, S., Yang, J., Tian, W., Xia, D., 2022. HIRM variation in the Ganzi loess of the eastern Tibetan Plateau since the last interglacial period and its paleotemperature implications for the source region. Gondwana Research 101, 233-242.
5.	Liu, L., Yang, S., Liu, X., Cheng, T., Li, P., Zhou, J., Chen, Z., Luo, Y., 2022. Effects of the size of the test dose on the SAR protocol for quartz optically stimulated luminescence dating of loess in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology 72, 101365.
6.	Liu, L., Yang, S.L., Liu, X.J., Li, P.S., Wang, H.Y., Zhou, J.T., 2022. Variation of luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains from loess in eastern Tibetan Plateau and its provenance significance. Frontiers in Earth Science 10.
7.	Ling, Z.Y., Yang, S.L., Xia, D.S., Wang, X., Chen, F.H., 2022. Source of the aeolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo valley and its potential dust contribution to adjacent oceans. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47(7), 1860-1871.
8.	Li, Z., Wang, F., Luo, C., Liu, C., Wang, X., Yang, S., Ayyamperumal, R., Zhang, J., Li, B., and Fan, Y., 2022. Enhanced drying of the Tengger desert, northwest margin of East Asian summer monsoon during warming interglacials after 500 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews 293, 107735.
9.	昝金波,宁文晓,杨胜利,方小敏,康健,罗元龙.表土磁学特征揭示的青藏高原及其周边地区的气候边界.地球科学进展,2022,37(01):14-25.
10.	Yang, S., Liu, L., Chen, H., Tang, G., Luo, Y., Liu, N., Cheng, T., Li, D., 2021. Variability and environmental significance of organic carbon isotopes in Ganzi loess since the last interglacial on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. CATENA 196.
11.	Yang, S., Liu, N., Li, D., Cheng, T., Liu, W., Li, S., Chen, H., Liu, L., Luo, Y., 2021. Quartz OSL chronology of the loess deposits in the Western Qinling Mountains, China, and their palaeoenvironmental implications since the Last Glacial period. BOREAS 50(1), 294-307.
12.	Yang, S., Liu, X., Cheng, T., Luo, Y., Li, Q., Liu, L., Chen, Z., 2021. Stepwise Weakening of Aeolian Activities During the Holocene in the Gannan Region, Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Earth Science 9.
13.	Yang, S., Luo, Y., Li, Q., Liu, W., Chen, Z., Liu, L., Liu, X., 2021. Comparisons of topsoil geochemical elements from Northwest China and eastern Tibetan Plateau identify the plateau interior as Tibetan dust source. Science of The Total Environment 798.
14.	Liu, L., Yang, S., Cheng, T., Liu, X., Luo, Y., Liu, N., Chen, H., Chen, Z., Li, P., Liu, W., 2021. Chronology and dust mass accumulation history of the Wenchuan loess on eastern Tibetan Plateau since the last glacial. Aeolian Research. 53, 100748.
15.	Cheng, T., Zhang, D., Smith, G.M., Joeris, O., Wang, J., Yang, S., Xia, H., Shen, X., Li, Q., Chen, X., Lin, D., Han, Y., Liu, Y., Qiang, M., Li, B., Chen, F., 2021. Hominin occupation of the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Interglacial Complex. Quaternary Science Reviews. 265.
16.	Ning, W.-X., Zan, J.-B., Yang, S.-L., Fang, X.-M., Shen, M.-M., Kang, J., et al.,2021. A combined rock magnetic and meteorological investigation of the precipitation boundary across the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094808. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094808
17.	Song, Y., Yang, S., Nie, J., Zan, J., Song, C., 2021. Quaternary paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes in Central Asia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 568.
18.	Wu, D., Zhang, C., Wang, T., Liu, L., Zhang, X., Yuan, Z., Yang, S., Chen, F., 2021. East-west asymmetry in the distribution of rainfall in the Chinese Loess Plateau during the Holocene. CATENA 207.
19.	李冬雪, 刘楠楠, 杨胜利, 刘维明, 成婷, 刘丽, 罗元龙, 2021. 石英标准生长曲线在青藏高原东缘黄土光释光测年中的应用. 第四纪研究 41(1), 111-122.
20.	张延广, 方小敏, 毛子强, 申茂华, 张涛, 昝金波, 杨胜利, 2021. 青藏高原古里雅冰帽冰碛和冰水沉积物粒度特征及其意义. 冰川冻土 43(3), 701-713.
21.	Yang, S., Li, D., Liu, N., Zan, J., Liu, W., Kang, J., Murodov, A., Fang, X., 2020. Quartz optically stimulated luminescence dating of loess in Tajikistan and its paleoclimatic implications for arid Central Asia since the Lateglacial. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 556.
22.	Fang, X., An, Z., Clemens, S.C., Zan, J., Shi, Z., Yang, S., Han, W., 2020. The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117(40), 24729-24734.
23.	Ling, Z., Yang, S., Wang, X., Wang, J., Xia, D., Chen, F., 2020. Spatial-temporal differentiation of eolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo catchment, Tibetan Plateau, and response to global climate change since the Last Glaciation. Geomorphology 357.
24.	Miao, Y., Song, Y., Li, Y., Yang, S., Li, Y., Zhao, Y., Zeng, M., 2020. Late Pleistocene fire in the Ili Basin, Central Asia, and its potential links to paleoclimate change and human activities. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 547.
25.	Zhao, Z., Granger, D., Zhang, M., Kong, X., Yang, S., Chen, Y., Hu, E., 2016. A test of the isochron burial dating method on fluvial gravels within the Pulu volcanic sequence, West Kunlun Mountains, China. Quaternary Geochronology. 34, 75-80.
26.	Miao, Y., Fang, X., Song, C., Yan, X., Zhang, P., Meng, Q., Li, F., Wu, F., Yang, S., Kang, S., Wang, Y., 2016. Late Cenozoic fire enhancement response to aridification in mid-latitude Asia: Evidence from microcharcoal records. Quaternary Science Reviews. 139, 53-66.
27.	Zan, J., Fang, X., Yang, S., Yan, M., 2015. Bulk particle size distribution and magnetic properties of particle-sized fractions from loess and paleosol samples in Central Asia. Geochem Geophy Geosy 16(1), 101-111.
28.	Yang S.L., Forman, S.L., Song Y.G., Pierson J., Mazzocco J., Li, X.X., Shi Z.T., Fang X.M.,2014. Evaluating OSL-SAR protocols for dating quartz grains from the loess in Ili Basin, Central Asia. Quaternary Geochronology 20, 78-88.
29.	Miao, Y., Herrmann, M., Wu, F., Yan, X., Yang, S., 2012. What controlled Mid-Late Miocene long-term aridification in Central Asia? - Global cooling or Tibetan Plateau uplift: A review. Earth-Science Reviews 112(3-4), 155-172.
30.	Han, W., Fang, X., Yang, S., King, J., 2010. Differences between East Asian and Indian monsoon climate records during MIS3 attributed to differences in their driving mechanisms: Evidence from the loess record in the Sichuan basin, southwestern China and other continental and marine climate records. Quaternary International 218(1-2), 94-103.
31.	Yang, S., Fang, X., Shi, Z., Lehmkuhl, F., Song, C., Han, Y., Han, W., 2010. Timing and provenance of loess in the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 292(1-2), 144-154.
32.	Yang, S., Fang, X., Yan, M., Shi, Z., Song, C., Han, Y., 2010. Grain size profiles in the Chengdu Clay, eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for significant drying of Asia since similar to 500 ka BP. Journal of Asian Earth Science. 38(1-2), 57-64.
33.	Zan, J., Fang, X., Yang, S., Nie, J., Li, X., 2010. A rock magnetic study of loess from the West Kunlun Mountains. J Geophys Res-Solid Earth 115.