2008-2013: PhD, Physical Geography, Lanzhou University 
2004-2008: Bachelor, Lanzhou University

My research focus is in Environmental archaeology, especially paleodiet and trans-Eurasia exchange in prehistory. 

2023.10- present: Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
2017.09-2023.09: Associate Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University.
2017.05-2017.08: Associate Professor, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2013.07-2017.04: Lecturer, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1.	Environmental archaeology
2.	A brief history of humankind

1.	Ma MM†, Lu MX†, Sun R†, Zhu ZH†, Fuller D, Guo JX, He GL, Yang XM, Tan LL， Lu YX, Dong JJ, Liu RL, Yang JS, Li B, Guo TN, Li XR, Zhao DY, Zhang Y, Wang CC*, Dong GH*. Forager-farmer transition at the crossroads of East and Southeast Asia 4900 years ago. Science Bulletin, 2024, 69: 103–113.
2.	Ma MM†, Dong JJ†, Yang YS†, Jones MK, Wang J, Chen GK, Li G, He LT, Wei WY, Xu YX, Lu YX, Ren LL, Dong GH*, Chen FH. Isotopic evidence reveals the gradual intensification of millet agriculture in Neolithic North China. Fundamental Research, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2023.06.007
3.	Ma MM*, Wei WY, Wang YA, Sun F, Dong JJ, Yang YS, Li HM, Dong GH. Asynchronicity of dietary transformation in different regions along the Bronze Age Eastern Silk Road. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2023, 610, 111348.
4.	Ma MM, Lu YX, Dong GH*, Ren LL, Min R, Kang LH, Zhu ZH, Li XR, Li B, Yang ZJ, Cili NB, Liu RL, Gao Y, Chen, FH. Understanding the transport networks complex between South Asia, Southeast Asia and China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. The Holocene, 2023, 33(2), 147-158.
5.	Lu MX, Lu YX, Yang ZJ, Cili NB, Ma MM*. Diverse subsistence strategies related to the spatial heterogeneity of local environments in the Hengduan Mountain Region during the Bronze Age. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023, 11, 1144805.
6.	Ma MM*, Lu MX, Zhang SJ, Min R, Dong GH*. Asynchronous transformation of human livelihoods in key regions of the trans-Eurasia exchange in China during 4000-2200 BP. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022, 291, 107665.
7.	Dong JJ, Wang S, Chen GK, Wei WY, Du LY, Xu YX, Ma MM*, Dong GH. Stable Isotopic Evidence for Human and Animal Diets from the Late Neolithic to the Ming Dynasty in the Middle-Lower Reaches of the Hulu River Valley, NW China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022, 10, 905371.
8.	Yang YS, Wang J, Li G, Dong JJ, Cao HH, Ma MM*, Chen GK*, Dong GH. Shift in subsistence crop dominance from broomcorn millet to foxtail millet around 5500 BP in the western Loess Plateau. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 13, 939340.
9.	Ma MM, Ren LL*, Li ZP, Wang QQ, Zhao XY, Li R. Early emergence and development of pastoralism in Gan-Qing region from the perspective of isotopes. Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 2021, 13(6), 93.
10.	Yang L, Ma MM*, Chen TT, Cui YF, Chen PP, Zheng LC, Lu P*. How did trans-Eurasian exchanges affect spatial-temporal variation in agricultural patterns during the late prehistoric period in the Yellow River valley (China)? The Holocene, 2021, 31(2), 247-257.
11.	Lu MX, Li XR, Wei WY, Lu YW, Ren LL, Ma MM*. Environmental Influences on Human Subsistence Strategies in Southwest China During the Bronze Age: A Case Study at the Jiangxifen Site in Yunnan. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021, 9, 662053.
12.	Ma MM, Dong GH*, Jia X, Wang H, Cui YF, Chen FH. Dietary shift after 3600 cal yr BP and its influencing factors in northwestern China: Evidence from stable isotopes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016, 145, 57-70.
13.	Ma MM, Dong GH*, Liu XY, Lightfoot E, Chen FH, Wang H, Li H, Jones MK. Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Animal Remains at the Qijiaping Site in Middle Gansu, China. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2015, 25(6), 923-934.
14.	Ma MM, Dong GH*, Lightfoot E, Wang H, Liu XY, Jia X, Zhang KR, Chen FH. Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains in the Western Loess Plateau, approximately 2000 cal BC. Archaeometry, 56(S1), 2014, 237-255.