2007-2012:  PHD, Earth system science, Lanzhou University
2003-2007:  BS, Physical Geography, Lanzhou University

Climate change; Lake evolution; Deserts

2022.01-Present:    Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
2016.09- 2022.01:  Associate Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
2012.07-2016.05:  Assistant Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.

1.Climatology
2.Physical Geography

（*Corresponding author）
[1] Li, Z.L.*, Li, X., Dong, S.P., Gao, Y.H., 2022. Holocene climate background for lake evolution in the Badain Jaran Desert hinterland of northwest China revealed by proxies from calcareous root tubes. Quaternary Research, accepted.

[2] Gao, Y.H., Li, Z.L.*, Zhu, R.X., 2022. Holocene millennial-scale precipitation variations in the Asian summer monsoon margin of northwest China and their relation to migrations of monsoon northern boundary via oxygen isotope analysis of calcareous root tubes in deserts. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127: e2021JD035815.

[3] Dong, S.P., Li, Z.L.*, Li, M., Lu, C.A., Wang, N.A., Ning, K., 2022. Quantitative reconstruction of consecutive paleolake-level fluctuations by the groundwater recharged lake in the desert hinterland: A case study in the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwestern China. Catena, 212: 106051.

[4] Li, Z.L.*, Chen, Q.J.*, Dong, S.P., Zhang, D.Z., Yu, X.H., Zhang, C., 2021. Applicability of rare earth elements in eolian sands from desert as proxies for provenance: A case study in the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwestern China. Catena, 207: 105647.

[5] Chen, Q.J., Li, Z.L.*, Dong, S.P., Yu, Q.J., Zhang, C., Yu, X.H., 2021. Applicability of chemical weathering indices of eolian sands from the deserts in northern China. Catena, 198: 105032.

[6] Li, J.Q, Li, Z.L.*, Dong, S.P., Wei, M.H., Zhou, J.Y., 2021. Spatial and temporal changes in vegetation and desertification (1982–2018) and their responses to climate change in the Ulan Buh Desert, northwest China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 143: 1643-1654.

[7] Li, Z.L.*, Yu, X.H., Dong, S.P., Chen, Q.J., Zhang, C., 2020. Microtextural features on quartz grains from eolian sands in a subaqueous sedimentary environment: A case study in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwest China. Aeolian Research, 43: 100573.

[8] Li, Z.L.*, Wei, M.H., Zhou, J.Y., Tian, X.L., 2020. Arid–humid variations in the summer climate and their influence mechanism in Asian monsoon margin of Northwest China during 1960–2010: A case study in the Alashan Plateau. International Journal of Climatology, 40: 6574-6586.

[9] Li, Z.L.*, Zhu, R.X., Gao, Y.H., Chiu, H.C., Liao, H., 2020. Recrystallization of Holocene calcareous root tubes in the Tengger Desert, Northwest China and its effects on the reliability of paleoenvironmental reconstruction results. Quaternary International, 562: 85-93.

[10] Gao, Y.H., Li, Z.L.*, Zhu, R.X., Wang, N.A., 2020. Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene millennial-scale precipitation in the Asian monsoon margin of northwest China, revealed by phytolith assemblages from calcareous root tubes in the Tengger Desert. Climate Dynamics, 55: 755-770.

[11] Gao, Y.H., Li, Z.L.*, Zhu, R.X., Liao, H., 2020. Stable isotope compositions, sources and paleoenvironmental significance of Holocene calcareous root tubes in the Tengger Desert, Northwest China. Catena, 195: 104846.

[12] Zhang, C., Li, Z.L.*, Chen, Q.J., Dong, S.P., Yu, X.H., Yu, Q.J., 2020. Provenance of eolian sands in the Ulan Buh Desert, northwestern China, revealed by heavy mineral assemblages. Catena, 193: 104624.

[13] Li, Z.L.*, Chen, Q.J., Zhang, C., Yu, Q.J., Dong, S.P., Zhao, L.Q., Wang, N.A., 2019. Environmental significance of the chemical composition of sediments in groundwater- recharged lakes of the Badain Jaran Desert, NW China. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20: 1026-1040.

[14] Zhu, R.X., Li, Z.L.*, Gao, Y.H., Chen, Q.J., Yu, Q.J., 2019.Variations in chemical element compositions in different types of Holocene calcareous root tubes in the Tengger Desert, NW China, and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Boreas, 48: 800-809.

[15] Gao, Y.H., Li, Z.L.*, Wang, N.A., Li, R.L., 2019. Controlling factors and the paleoenvironmental significance of chemical elements in Holocene calcareous root tubes in the Alashan Desert, Northwest China. Quaternary Research, 91: 149-162.

[16] Li, Z.L.*, He, Y., Chen, Q.J., 2018. Radiocarbon dating of aquatic gastropod shells and its significance in reconstructing Quaternary environmental changes in the Alashan Plateau of northwestern China. Geomorphology, 318: 18-25. 

[17] Li, Z.L.*, Wei, Z.Q., Dong, S.P., Chen, Q.J., 2018. The paleoenvironmental significance of spatial distributions of grain size in groundwater-recharged lakes: A case study in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, northwest China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43: 363-372. (COVER ARTICLE)

[18] Chen, Q.J., Li, Z.L.*, Dong, S.P., Wang, N.A., Lai, D.Y.F., Ning, K., 2018. Spatial variations in the chemical composition of eolian sediments in hyper-arid regions: A case study from the Badain Jaran Desert, northwestern China. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 88: 290-300. (COVER ARTICLE)

[19] Dong, S.P., Li, Z.L.*, Chen, Q.J., Wei, Z.Q., 2018. Total organic carbon and its environmental significance for the surface sediments in groundwater recharged lakes from the Badain Jaran Desert, northwest China. Journal of Limnology, 77: 121-129.

[20] Li, Z.L.*, Gao, Y.H., Han, L., 2017. Holocene vegetation signals in the Alashan Desert of northwest China, revealed by lipid molecular proxies from calcareous root tubes. Quaternary Research, 88: 60-70.

[21] Li, Z.L.*, Wang, N.A., Zhang, X.H., Cheng, H.Y., Li, Y., 2016. High precipitation and low evaporation resulted in high lake levels of Juyanze paleolake, northwest China, during 34–26 cal kyr BP. Climate Research, 69: 193-207.

[22] Li, Z.L.*, Wang, N.A., Cheng, H.Y., Li, Y., 2016. Early-middle Holocene hydroclimate changes in the Asian monsoon margin of northwest China inferred from Huahai terminal lake records. Journal of Paleolimnology, 55:289-302.

[23] Li, Z.L.*, Pan, N.Q., He, Y., Zhang, Q., 2016. Evaluating the best evaporation estimate model for free water surface evaporation in hyper arid regions: a case study in the Ejina basin, northwest China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75: 295.

[24] Xu, M.Q., Li, Z.L.*, 2016. Accumulated temperature changes in desert region and surrounding area during 1960-2013: a case study in the Alxa plateau, Northwest China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75:1276.

[25] Li, Z.L.*, Wang, N.A., Cheng, H.Y., Ning, K., Zhao, L.Q., Li, R.L., 2015. Formation and environmental significance of Late Quaternary calcareous root tubes in the deserts of the Alashan Plateau, Northwest China. Quaternary International, 372: 167-174.

[26] Li, Z.L.*, Wang, N.A., Li, R.L., Ning, K., Cheng, H.Y., Zhao, L.Q., 2015. Indication of millennial-scale moisture changes by the temporal distribution of Holocene calcareous root tubes in the deserts of the Alashan Plateau, Northwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 440: 496-505.

[27] Li, Z.L.*, Wang, N.A., Li, Y., Zhang, Z.Y., Li, M.N., Dong, C.Y., Huang, R., 2013. Runoff simulations using water and energy balance equations in the lower reaches of the Heihe River, northwest China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 70: 1-12. 

[28] Wang, N.A., Li, Z.L.*, Li., Y., Cheng, H.Y., 2013. Millennial-scale environmental changes in the Asian monsoon margin during the Holocene, implicated by the lake evolution of Huahai Lake in the Hexi Corridor of northwest China. Quaternary International, 313-314: 100-109.

[29] Wang, N.A., Li, Z.L.*, Li, Y., Cheng, H.Y., Huang, R., 2012. Younger Dryas Event recorded by the mirabilite deposition in Huahai Lake, Hexi Corridor, NW China. Quaternary International, 250: 93-99.

[30] Wang, N.A., Li, Z.L.*, Cheng, H.Y., Li, Y., Huang, Y.Z., 2011. High lake levels on Alxa Plateau during the Late Quaternary. Chinese Science Bulletin, 56: 1799-1808.