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.
[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.