1994.09-1998.06  兰州大学地理科学系  学士
1998.09-2001.06  兰州大学资源环境学院  自然地理学 硕士
2001.09-2004.06  兰州大学资源环境学院  自然地理学 博士

地表粉尘与干旱环境；释光测年与环境变化；全球变化与古气候；青藏高原黄土与环境

2014.04 — 至今   兰州大学 资源环境学院 
2009.09-2014.03  南京师范大学 地理科学学院
2004.07-2009.08  中国科学院 青藏高原研究所

本科生课程：《自然灾害学》、《全球环境变化》、《中国与世界地理》、《环境政策分析》
研究生课程：《环境灾害学》、《第四纪地质学研究进展》

中国地理学会地理测年技术分会 委员（2022-）
中国地理学会地理测年技术工作组委员（2020-2021）
教育部学位中心学位论文评审人
国家自然科学基金通讯评审人

成果1：通过系统的物源分析和年代学分析表明青藏高原黄土主要为风成成因，其物源主要来自于青藏高原内部；高原黄土的出现指示了大气环流的改变和高原内部干旱化。
成果2：通过磁性地层学、氧同位素和环境指标综合分析，揭示了四川盆地广泛分布的成都粘土为风成成因，主要开始堆积于中更新世，记录了约50万年的干旱化增强事件。
成果3：通过系统的光释光测年建立了详细的青藏高原黄土-古土壤年代序列，揭示了晚第四纪以来高原黄土粉尘堆积过程、环境演化历史及其控制因素。

2023年度 中国地理学会“中国地理科学十大研究进展”
2022年度 兰州大学大型仪器共享管理优秀个人
2021年度 兰州大学大型仪器共享管理优秀个人
2018年 甘肃省教学成果一等奖，第三
2004年 甘肃省科技进步二等奖，第五
2015年 兰州大学教学成果奖一等奖，第三

[1]	国家自然科学基金面上项目：青藏高原东部古土壤S1记录的末次间冰期高原环境变化及其驱动机制，2023-2026，主持。
[2]	国家自然科学基金面上项目：青藏高原东部风成黄土多技术源区示踪研究，2019-2022，主持。
[3]	第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究项目：粉尘气溶胶及其气候环境效应（2019QZKK0602）, 2019-2024，参加。
[4]	国家自然科学基金委重点项目：青藏高原丹尼索瓦人的旧石器文化和环境适应研究（42130502），2022-2025，参加。
[5]	中科院先导专项A联合攻关项目：高原人-环境相互作用的生态环境影响与调控对策，子课题（XD2009000003），2018-2022，参加。

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