2008/09 – 2012/06，兰州大学，西部环境与气候变化研究院，第四纪地质学，博士；
2009/11 – 2010/11，荷兰阿姆斯特丹自由大学，地球与生命科学学院，联合培养博士；
2006/09 – 2008/06，兰州大学，资源环境学院自然地理学，硕士研究生；
2002/09 – 2006/06，兰州大学，资源环境学院地理科学（国家理科基地班），学士；

黄河形成演化；
构造与巨水系发育；
地貌演化；

2012-至今，兰州大学资源环境学院

青藏高原隆起与黄河起源（通识课）

Fluvial Archive Group (FLAG)委员

1.通过磁性地层学和黄土-古土壤地层学研究，测定唐县期夷平面和黄河中游各级阶地的形成年代，为流域地貌演化、水系发育、构造活动和气候变化研究提供了年代框架。
2.基于地貌面上河流相沉积物的物质组成和组构特征分析，重建了黄河水系发育过程, 进而分析了水系演化的原因，深化了关于黄河形成过程的认识。
3.通过黄河中游构造抬升区和沉降区河流阶地发育的对比研究，揭示了黄河响应构造活动和气候变化的过程，进一步深化了河流阶地形成机制的认识。

2014年度甘肃省优秀博士论文奖“晋陕黄河晚新生代水系发育与河流阶地研究”
2019年度教育部自然科学一等奖“黄河中上游水系发育与环境变化研究”

1. 黄河流域地质地表过程与重大灾害效应，国家自然科学基金，批准号：42041006， 2021-2024；
2. 积石峡至龙羊峡段黄河的形成与地貌演化研究， 国家自然基金，批准号：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.
[6]Jun Wang , Zhenbo Hu* , Baotian Pan a, Menghao Li, Zijuan Dong, Xiaohua Li, Xiaoqiang Li, David Bridgland, 2019. Spatial distribution pattern of channel steepness index as evidence for differential rock uplift along the eastern Altun Shan on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change, 181, 102979.
[7]Zijuan Dong, Baotian Pan*, Zhenbo Hu*, Qinhong Mo, David Bridgland, Menghao Li, Xiaohua Li, Yanan Yang, Dianbao Chen, 2022. Evaluation of the Fluvial Response to Tectonic Uplift From Grain-Size Distribution in Riverbed Gravels at the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 824368.
[8]Baotian Pan, Xiaohua Li*, Zhenbo Hu*, David Bridgland, Qinhong Mo, Zijuan Dong, Menghao Li, Yanan Yang, Rob Westaway, Guanghui Dong , Shanjia Zhang , Meiling Zhong, 2023. Channel migration in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its implication for fluvial response to the interaction between rapid tectonic activity, climatic fluctuation and human influence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 310, 108126.
[9]Menghao Li, Zhenbo Hu*, Ping Wang, Baotian Pan, Qinhong Mo, Zijuan Dong, Xiaohua Li, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, Eduardo Garzanti*, 2023. Provenance analysis of Yellow River terraces highlights causes of siltation and natural hazards in the North China Plain. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(11), e2023JF007246.
[10]Menghao Li, Zhenbo Hu*, Ping Wang*, Baotian, David Bridgland, Qinhong Mo, Xiaohua Li, Zijuan Dong, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, Ningyi Li, 2024. Plio-Pleistocene drainage reorganization in the middle Yellow River of China, revealed by provenance and paleocurrent analysis of fluvial sediments. Geomorphology, 454, 109177.
[11]Qinhong Mo, Zhenbo Hu*, David Bridgland, Menghao Li, Baotian Pan, Ningyi Li, Zijuan Dong, Xiaohua Li, Yanan Yang, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, Rob Westaway, 2024. The coupling between tectonic uplift and climate change recorded by the Yellow River terraces during the Zoige basin excavation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geomorphology, 461, 109322.
[12]Zijuan Dong, Baotian Pan*, Zhenbo Hu*, David Bridgland c, Jun Wang, Rob Westaway e 1, Menghao Li, Qinhong Mo, Xiaohua Li, Xilin Cao, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, 2024. Tectonic deformation and kinematics of fluvial terraces marking the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews, 344, 108978.
[13]Baotian Pan, Zijuan Dong*, Zhenbo Hu*, David Bridgland, Qinhong Mo, Xiaohua Li, Menghao Li, Yanan Yang, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, 2025. Reorganization of antecedent rivers in response to the evolving landscape at the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Earth-Science Reviews, 105153.
[14]Zijuan Dong, Zhenbo Hu*, Baotian Pan*, David Bridgland, Xiaohua Li, Qinhong Mo, Menghao Li, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, 2025. Draining of an ancient lake in the Hexi Corridor 4500 years ago triggered migration of the Hei Shan civilization. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 403.
[15]Qinhong Mo, Zhenbo Hu*, David Bridgland, Menghao Li, Baotian Pan, Zijuan Dong, Xiaohua Li, Meiling Zhong, Renzhe Pan, Ningyi Li, Rob Westaway, 2025. Drainage reorganization near the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau as a result of fluvial response to differential uplift enhanced by isostatic compensation. Global and Planetary Change, 105052.
[16]Shuchen Wang, Baotian Pan*, Tianqi Yan, Hongshan Gao, Desheng Xue, Lin Qin, Chuantao Jing, Zhenbo Hu*, 2025. A new dosimetric method for evaluating the ESR intensity metrics applied to the early Quaternary sediments dating. Catena, 261, 109510.

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.