Brief Introduction

Associate Professor and PhD supervisor. Graduated with a PhD from Zhejiang University in 2021. Previously conducted postdoctoral research at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), and MIT. Research interests include Martian geomorphology, tectonic geomorphology, and biography. First author of 8 SCI papers, including publications in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (impact factor: 49), Nature Communications (impact factor: 15), Earth System Science Data (impact factor: 11), and Water Resources Research (impact factor: 5).

Education Background

2016.9–2021.6: Zhejiang University, PhD, Structural Geology

2018.11–2019.11: GFZ, Visiting PhD student

2016.2–2016.5: Zhejiang University, Visiting undergraduate student

2012.9–2016.6: Southwest University of Science and Technology, Bachelor, Geological Engineering

Career Experience

2025.1–Present: Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University

2023.6–2025.1: Postdoc, MIT, USA

2021.9–2023.5: Postdoc, GFZ, Germany

2021.7–2021.9: Postdoc, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Research

Martian geomorphology; Biography

Publications

1. He, C., Braun, J., Tang, H., Yuan, X., Acevedo-Trejos, E., Ott, R. F., Stucky de Quay, G. Drainage divide migration and implications for climate and biodiversity. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2024, 5, 177-192.

2. He, C., Yang, C. J., Turowski, J. M., Rao, G., Roda-Boluda, D. C., Yuan, X. P. Constraining tectonic uplift and 

advection from the main drainage divide of a mountain belt. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 544.

3. He, C., Yang, C. J., Turowski, J. M., Ott, R. F., Braun, J., Tang, H., ... & Stucky de Quay, G. A global dataset of the shape of drainage systems. Earth System Science Data, 2024, 16, 1151-1166.

4. He, C., Yang, C. J., Turowski, J. M. The effect of roughness spacing and size on the lateral deflection of bedload particles. Water Resources Research, 2021, 57, e2021WR029717.

5. He, C., Yang, C. J., Rao, G., Roda-Boluda, D. C., Yuan, X., Yang, R., ... & Zhang, L. Landscape response to normal fault linkage: Insights from numerical modeling. Geomorphology, 2021, 388, 107796.

6. He, C., Yang, C. J., Rao, G., Yuan, X. P., Roda-Boluda, D. C., Cheng, Y., ... & Yao, Q. Seismic assessment of the Weihe Graben, central China: Insights from geomorphological analyses and ¹⁰Be-derived catchment denudation rates. Geomorphology, 2020, 359, 107151.

7. He, C., Rao, G., Yang, R., Hu, J., Yao, Q., Yang, C. J. Divide migration in response to asymmetric uplift: Insights from the Wula Shan horst, North China. Geomorphology, 2019, 339, 44-57.

8. He, C., Cheng, Y., Rao, G., Chen, P., Hu, J., Yu, Y., Yao, Q. Geomorphological signatures of the evolution of active normal faults along the Langshan Mountains, North China. Geodinamica Acta, 2018, 30, 163-182.

For detailed list of publications, please visit my ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chuanqi-He-2