Education

2016 Ph.D. University of Houston, Houston, TX

Dissertation: Silicon isotope investigation of low temperature authigenic siliceous deposits and high temperature planetary materials

2011 M.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Thesis: Pressure-enhanced stability of cementite (Fe3C) with implications for the origin of cohenite in meteorites

2009 B.S. Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Senior Thesis: Geochronology and geochemistry of the Dangping Granite, Jiangxi

Professional Experience​

05/2022 - present Researcher, Chengdu University of Technology

04/2020 - 04/2022 Postdoc, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

09/2017 - 03/2020 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington, Seattle

09/2016 - 08/2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Houston

05/2014 - 08/2014 Geoscience Intern, Swift Energy Company, Houston

08/2011 - 08/2016 Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Houston

08/2009 - 08/2011 Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Awards and Honors

2019 College of the Environment Travel Fund, University of Washington ($750)

2015 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of Houston

2014 Student Research Grant, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies ($1500)

2014 BP Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement, University of Houston ($4000)

2013 Marathon Scholarship, University of Houston ($2000)

2011 Presidential Graduate Fellowship, University of Houston ($4000)

2007 National Inspiring Scholarship, Nanjing University

2006 People’s Fellowship, Nanjing University


Professional Service

2020 Goldschmidt Conference session co-convenor | 12g: Advances in Non-Traditional Isotopes as Tools to Study the Co-evolution of Life and Environment, and the Interaction of Earth Systems Through Time

2019 AGU Fall meeting session co-convenor | PP014: Evolution of the Earth System

2018 Goldschmidt Conference session co-convenor | 07f: Novel isotope system perspectives on global biogeochemical cycles and environmental change through Earth history

Manuscript reviewer for

  • Chemical Geology (2)

  • Earth Planetary Science Letters (3)

  • Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (5)

  • Geofluids (1)

  • Geology (2)

  • Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research (1)

  • Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (1)

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (3)

  • Science China: Earth China (2)

Professional Affiliations

​American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Geochemical Society