2002-2007: PhD, Physical Geography, Lanzhou University
1996-2000: Bachelor, Chemistry, Lanzhou University  

Paleolimnology; Radiocarbon & Carbon cycle; Organic Geochemistry

2007.10-2010.09: Lecturer, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
2010.10- present: Associate Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.

1. Environmental geochemistry
2. Global environmental change
3. Climatology

发表SCI论文40余篇（第一作者/通讯作者12篇），被SCI总引1600多次，H指数23.
1.	Wu, D.*, Zhou, A.F.*, Zhang, J.W., Chen, J.H., Li, G.Q., Wang, Q., Chen L. Madsen, D., Abbott, M., Cheng, B., Chen F.H. Temperature-induced dry climate in basins in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the early to middle Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020, 237, 106311
2.	Chen, T., Qiu, M., Liu, R., Li, H., Hou, H., Howarth, P., ... & Zhou, A*. Human responses to climate change in the late prehistoric western loess plateau, northwest china. Radiocarbon, 2020, 1-15
3.	Cheng, B., Adams, J.K., Chen, J., Zhou, A. *, Zhang, Q. and Mackay, A., 2019. Neoglacial trends in diatom dynamics from a small alpine lake in the Qinling Mountains of central China. Climate of the Past, 2020, 16, 543-554
4.	Zhang C, Zhao C, Zhou A*, et al. Soil erosion in relation to climate change and vegetation cover over the past 2000 years as inferred from the Tianchi Lake in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2019, doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.04.019
5.	Zhang C, Zhao C, Zhou A, et al. Late Holocene lacustrine environmental and ecological changes caused by anthropogenic activities in the Chinese Loess Plateau[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2019, 203: 266-277.
6.	Wang, H., He, Y., Liu, W., Zhou, A., Kolpakova, M., Krivonogov, S. and Liu, Z., 2019. Lake Water Depth Controlling Archaeal Tetraether Distributions in Midlatitude Asia: Implications for Paleo Lake‐Level Reconstruction. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(10), pp.5274-5283.
7.	Feng, X., Zhao, C., D'Andrea, W. J., Liang, J., Zhou, A., & Shen, J. (2019). Temperature fluctuations during the Common Era in subtropical southwestern China inferred from brGDGTs in a remote alpine lake. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 510, 26-36.
8.	Chen, J., Liu, J., Zhang, X., Chen, S., Huang, W., Chen, J., Zhang, S., Zhou, A. and Chen, F., 2019. Unstable Little Ice Age climate revealed by high-resolution proxy records from northwestern China. Climate Dynamics, pp.1-10.
9.	Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen, Wei Huang, Shengqian Chen, Xiaozhong Huang, Liya Jin, Jia Jia, Xiaojian Zhang, Chengbang An, Jiawu Zhang, Yan Zhao, Zicheng Yu, Renhe Zhang, Jianbao Liu, Aifeng Zhou, Song Feng, (2019). Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales, Earth-Science Reviews, 192, 337-354
10.	Liu, C., Huang, W., Feng, S., Chen, J.-H., Zhou, A.-F., 2018. Spatiotemporal variations of aridity in China during 1961-2015: decomposition and attribution. Science Bulletin, 63(18): 1187-1199. (SCI-3)
11.	Huiling Sun, James Bendle, Osamu Seki, Aifeng Zhou*, (2018), Mid- to- late Holocene hydroclimatic changes on the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from n-alkanes from the sediments of Tianchi Lake" Journal of Paleolimnology, 60(4): 511–523 (SCI-2/3, 2.141)
12.	Wu, D., Chen, X., Lv, F., Brenner, M., Curtis, J., Zhou, A., ... & Chen, F. (2018). Decoupled early Holocene summer temperature and monsoon precipitation in southwest China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 193, 54-67.
13.	Zhang, X., Zhou, A., Wang, X., Song, M., Zhao, Y., Xie, H., ... & Chen, F. (2018). Unmixing grain-size distributions in lake sediments: a new method of endmember modeling using hierarchical clustering. Quaternary Research, 89(1), 365-373. (SCI-3/3, IF=2.241)
14.	Li, Y., Qiang, M., Jin, Y., Liu, L., Zhou, A., & Zhang, J. (2017). Influence of Aquatic Plant Photosynthesis on the Reservoir Effect of Genggahai Lake, Northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Radiocarbon, 1-9. doi:10.1017/RDC.2017.127
15.	Chen, J.-H., Lv, F.-Y., Huang, X.-Z., Birks, H.-JB., Telford, R.-J., Zhang, S.-R., Xu, Q.-H., Zhao, Y., Wang, H.-P., Zhou, A.-F., Huang, W., Liu, J.-B., Wei, G.-Y., 2017.A novel procedure for pollen-based quantitative paleoclimate reconstructions and its application in China. Science China-Earth Sciences, 60(11): 2059-2066.
16.	Li, Y., Qiang, M.-R., Zhang, J.-W., Huang, X.-Z., Zhou, A.-F., Chen, J.-H., Wang, G.-G., Zhao, Y., 2017. Hydroclimatic changes over the past 900 years documented by the sediments of Tiewaike Lake, Altai Mountains, Northwestern China. Quaternary International, 452: 91-101.
17.	Zhao, Y.-T., An, C.-B., Duan, F.-T., Zhao, J.-J., Mao, L.-M., Zhou, A.-F., Cao, Z.-H., Chen, F.-H., 2017. Consistent vegetation and climate deterioration from early to late MIS3 revealed by multi-proxies (mainly pollen data) in north-west China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 244:43-53.
18.	Chen, X.-M., Huang, X.-Z., Wu, D., Zhang, X.-N., Dodson, J, Zhou, A.-F., Chen, F.-H., 2017. Modern pollen assemblages in topsoil and surface sediments of the Xingyun Lake catchment, central Yunnan Plateau, China, and their implications for interpretation of the fossil pollen record. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 241:1-12.
19.	Chen, F., Wu, D., Chen, J., Zhou, A., Yu, J., Shen, J., ... & Huang, X. (2016). Holocene moisture and East Asian summer monsoon evolution in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by Lake Qinghai and its environs: A review of conflicting proxies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 154, 111-129.
20.	Dong, G.-H., Liu, H.-G., Yang, Y.-S., Yang, Y., Zhou, A.-F., Wang, Z.-X., Ren, X.-Y., Chen, F.-H., 2016. Emergence of ancient cities in relation to geopolitical circumstances and climate change during late Holocene in northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Frontiers of Earth Science, 10(4): 669-682. SCI-4
21.	Zhang, X.-N., Zhou, A.-F.*, Zhang, C., Hao, S.-T., Zhao, Y.-T., An, C.-B., 2016. High-resolution records of climate change in arid eastern central Asia during MIS 3 (51600-25300 cal a BP) from Wulungu Lake, north-western China. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(6): 577-586 (SCI-2/2, 2.857)
22.	Song, M., Zhou, A.-F.*, He, Y.-X., Zhao, C., Wu, J.-L., Zhao, Y., Liu, W.-G., Liu, Z.-H., 2016. Environmental controls on long-chain alkenone occurrence and compositional patterns in lacustrine sediments, northwestern China. Organic Geochemistry, 91:43-53 (SCI-2/2, 2.963)
23.	Mu Song, Aifeng Zhou, Xiaonan Zhang, Cheng Zhao, Yuxin He, Wenqing Yang, Weiguo Liu, Shenghua Li, and Zhonghui Liu, 2015. Solar imprints on Asian inland moisture fluctuations over the last millennium. The Holocene, 25(12): 1935-1943 (IF=3.098)
24.	Zhou, A.-F.*, He, Y.-X., Wu, D., Zhang, X.-N., Zhang, C., Liu, Z.-H., Yu, J.-Q., 2015. Changes in the Radiocarbon Reservoir Age in Lake Xingyun, Southwestern China during the Holocene. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0121532. (SCI-3/3, IF=3.499)
25.	Wu, D., Zhou, A.-F.*, Chen, X.-M., Yu, J.-Q., Zhang, J.-W., Sun, H.-L., 2015. Hydrological and ecosystem response to abrupt changes in the Indian monsoon during the last glacial, as recorded by sediments from Xingyun Lake, Yunnan, China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2015, 421: 15-23(SCI-2/3, IF=2.612)
26.	Wu, D., Zhou, A.-F., Liu, J.-B., Chen, X.-M., Wei, H.-T., Sun, H.-L., Chen, F.-H., 2015. Changing intensity of human activity over the last 2,000 years recorded by the magnetic characteristics of sediments from Xingyun Lake, Yunnan, China. Journal of Paleolimnology, 53(1):47-60.（SCI-3, 2.082）
27.	Chen, F.-H., Xu, Q.-H., Chen, J.-H., Birks, H.-J.-B., Liu, J.-B., Zhang, S.-R., Jin, L.-Y., An, C.-B., Telford, R.-J., Cao, X.-Y., Wang, Z.-L., Zhang, X.-J., Selvaraj, K., Lu, H.-Y., Li, Y.-C., Zheng, Z., Wang, H.-P., Zhou, A.-F., Dong, G.-H., Zhang, J.-W., Huang, X.-Z., Bloemendal, J., Rao, Z.-G., 2015. East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation. Scientific Reports, 5: 11186. SCI-2
28.	CHEN F, CHEN X, CHEN J, ZHOU A, et al. Holocene vegetation history, precipitation changes and Indian Summer Monsoon evolution documented from sediments of Xingyun Lake, south‐west China[J]. Journal of Quaternary Science, 2014, 29(7): 661-674.
29.	Zhao, Y.-T., An, C.-B., Mao, L.-M., Zhao, J.-J., Tang, L.-Y., Zhou, A.-F., Li, H., Dong, W.-M., Duan, F.-T., Chen, F.-H., 2015. Vegetation and climate history in arid western China during MIS2: New insights from pollen and grain-size data of the Balikun Lake, eastern Tien Shan. Quaternary Science Reviews, 126: 112–125.  SCI-1
30.	Chen X, Chen F, Zhou A, et al. Vegetation history, climatic changes and Indian summer monsoon evolution during the Last Glaciation (36,400–13,400 calyr BP) documented by sediments from Xingyun Lake, Yunnan, China[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2014, 410: 179-189.
31.	Zhao, Y., Yu, Z., Tang, Y., Li, H., Yang, B., Li, F., ... & Zhou, A. (2014). Peatland initiation and carbon accumulation in China over the last 50,000 years. Earth-Science Reviews, 128, 139-146.
32.	Chen F, Qiang M, Zhou A, et al. A 2000‐year dust storm record from Lake Sugan in the dust source area of arid China[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2013, 118(5): 2149-2160.(SCI-2 IF=3.395)
33.	Sun H, Zhou A, Zhang X, et al. Fir trees disappeared 500years ago in the Liupan Mountains on the southwestern Loess Plateau, China[J]. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2011, 166(1): 69-75(SCI-3/3 IF=1.818).
34.	Zhou AF, Sun HL, Chen FH, et al , High resolution climate change in mid-late Holocene on Tianchi Lake, Liupan Mountain in the Loess Plateau in central China and its significance, 2010, Chinese Science Bulletin, 55 (20):2118-2121 (SCI-3/3, IF=0.896).
35.	Zhao Y, Chen FH, Zhou AF, et al., Vegetation history, climate change and human activities over the last 6200 years on the Liupan Mountains in the southwestern Loess Plateau in central China, 2010, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 293(1):197-205
36.	Zhang Ke, Zhao Y, Zhou AF, et al., Late Holocene vegetation dynamic and human activities reconstructed from lake records in western Loess Plateau, China, 2010, Quaternary International, 227(1):38-45(SCI=3,IF=2.086)
37.	Zhang K, Zhao Y, Yu ZC, Zhou AF, et al., A 2700-year high resolution pollen record of climate change from varved Sugan Lake in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, 2010, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 297(2):290-298
38.	Zhou Ai-feng, Chen Fa-hu, Wang Zong-li, Yang Mei-lin, Qiang Ming-rui, Zhang Jia-wu, temporal change of radiocarbon reservoir effect in sugan lake, northwest china during the late Holocene, Radiocarbon, 2009, 51(2):529-535(SCI=3, IF=1.494) 
39.	ZHOU AiFeng, CHEN FaHu, QIANG MingRui, YANG MeiLin, ZHANG JiaWu, 2007, The discovery of annually laminated sediments (varves) from shallow Sugan Lake in inland arid China and their paleoclimatic significance, Science in China Series D, 50(8): 1218-1224
40.	Qiang Mingrui, ChenFahu, Zhou Aifeng, Xiao Shun, Zhang Jiawu and Wang Zhenting, 2007, Impacts of wind velocity on sand and dust deposition during dust storm as inferred from a series of observations in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China, Powder Technology, 175(2): 82-89
41.	Qiang Mingrui, Chen Fahu, Zhang Jiawu, Gao Shangyu, Zhou Aifeng, 2005, Climatic changes documented by stable isotopes of sedimentary carbonate in Lake Sugan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau of China, since 2 ka BP, Chinese Science Bulletin, 50(17): 1930-1939
42.	Qiang Mingrui, Chen Fahu, Zhang Jiawu, Zu Ruiping, Jin Ming, Zhou Aifeng, Xiao Shun, 2007, Grain size in sediments from Lake Sugan: a possible linkage to dust storm events at the northern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, environmental geology, 51(7): 1229-1238
43.	柳中晖, 周爱锋, 刘卫国. 近千年来青海湖水热变化再重建. 第四纪研究，2017, 37(5):   974-981. DOI: 10.11928/j.issn.1001-7410.2017.05.05
44.	郝盛吞, 周爱锋*, 张晓楠, 吴铎, 尹丽颖. 湖泊沉积有机碳埋藏效率及其影响要素研究进展. 地球环境学报. 2017 (04): 12-26.
45.	张晓楠, 张灿, 吴铎, 周爱锋*. 基于 XRF 岩心扫描的中国西部湖泊沉积物元素地球化学特征[J]. 海洋地质与第四纪地质, 2015, 35(1): 163-174
46.	张灿, 周爱锋*, 张晓楠, 吴铎, 郝盛吞.湖泊沉积记录的古洪水事件识别及与气候关系[J]. 地理科学进展, 2015, 34(7): 898-908
47.	张欣佳，孙惠玲，吴铎，张晓楠，周爱锋*. 6200年来六盘山天池磁学特征及环境重建. 湖泊科学. 2013, 25(5): 756-764（通讯作者）
48.	肖舜, 周爱锋, 黄小忠等. 柴达木盆地表土与大气降尘粒度Weibull组成及其环境意义[J]. 中国沙漠, 2012,32(5): 1193-1200
49.	周爱锋, 孙惠玲, 陈发虎, 赵艳, 安成邦, 董广辉, 王宗礼, 陈建徽. 黄土高原六盘山天池记录的中晚全新世高分辨率气候变化及其意义[J]. 科学通报, 2010,55(22): 2263-2266
50.	周爱锋，强明瑞，张家武，陈发虎，钟艳霞，陈建徽，肖舜．苏干湖沉积物纹层计年和210Pb、137Cs测年对比研究，兰州大学学报，2008，44（6）：15-18
51.	周爱锋，陈发虎，强明瑞，杨美临，张家武．2007，内陆干旱区柴达木盆地苏干湖年纹层的发现及其意义，中国科学D 辑，37（7）：941-948
52.	强明瑞，陈发虎，周爱锋，肖舜，张家武，金明．2006，苏干湖沉积物粒度组成记录尘暴事件的初步研究，第四纪研究，26(6):915-922
53.	陈一萌，饶治国，张家武，陈兴盛，周爱锋．2004，临夏塬堡黄土剖面中晚马兰黄土地层划分和形成时代．中国沙漠，24(5)：539-543
54.	强明瑞，陈发虎，张家武，高尚玉，周爱锋．2005，2 ka 来苏干湖沉积碳酸盐稳定同位素记录的气候变化．科学通报，2005，50（13）：1385-1393