Brief Introduction

Yixiong Wen, Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University. He received his Ph.D. from China University of Geosciences, Beijing in 2021. He later joined the China University of Geosciences, Beijing as a postdoctoral researcher. He is a geologist and geochemist working on climate and paleogeomorphology. By studying the geochemistry of carbonate minerals in soil and lake sediments, he can better understand how climate change has affected biological evolution and our landscapes, as well as the evolutionary history of mountains and rivers.

Education Background

2017.9-2021.6: School of the Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Ph.D

2014.9-2017.6: School of the Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Master

2010.9-2014.6：School of the Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Bachelor

Career Experience

2023.11-present: School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Associate Professor

2021.6-2023.10: School of the Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Post-Doctoral Researcher.

Research

He uses field-based, laboratory and numerical simulations to understand how tectonics and climate interact to shape the Earth's surface and biological evolution.

Projects

(1) 2024-2026, National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Late Mesozoic paleoelevation reconstruction of the Taihang Mountains, North China;

(2) 2021-2023, The general project of the Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Influence of changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentration on Late Miocene global cooling and paleoclimate-ecological evolution in East Asia;

Publications

(1) Yixiong Wen, Laiming Zhang, Ann E. Holbourn, Chenguang Zhu, Katharine W. Huntington, Tianjie Jin, Yalin Li, Chengshan Wang. CO₂-forced Late Miocene cooling and ecosystem reorganizations in East Asia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120 (5) e2214655120.

(2) Yixiong Wen, Laiming Zhang, Yalin Li, Katharine W. Huntington, Tianjie Jin, Andrew J. Schauer, Chengshan Wang. Late Mesozoic elevation history of the north Taihang Mountains, China: Constraints from clumped isotope geochemistry. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2023, 135 (7-8):1794-1806.

(3) Yixiong Wen, Monica Sanchez-Roman, Yalin Li, Chengshan Wang, Zhongpeng Han, Laiming Zhang, Yuan Gao. Nucleation and stabilization of Eocene dolomite in evaporative lacustrine deposits from central Tibetan plateau. Sedimentology, 2020, 67: 3333-3354.

Awards

(1) 2021.7: Excellent doctoral dissertation of China University of Geosciences, Beijing

(2) 2016.10: National Scholarship