Brief Introduction

The Cenozoic sedimentary basin on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau clearly records the entire process of Cenozoic tectonic deformation on the northeastern margin of the plateau through the evolutionary history of formation, development and extinction in the process of crustal tectonic deformation. Taking the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau as the research object and basin-ridge tectonic geomorphology as the breakthrough point, I have carried out continuous research on three interrelated aspects: the sedimentary evolution of Cenozoic basins, mountain uplift and faulting activities on the northeastern margin of the plateau. 1）On the basis of previous studies, the high-precision chronological framework of Cenozoic basin groups in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is reconstructed; 2) The genetic mechanism of the Cenozoic basin groups on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau was proposed. It is found that large-scale sedimentation began in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau during ~30 Ma, in response to the continuous convergence of the India-Eurasia Plate; 3) During the Middle-Late Miocene (10-15 Ma), strong crustal shortening and deformation occurred in the northeastern margin of the plateau, which resulted in the accelerated uplift of mountains and the disintegration and extinction of basins, thus forming the current basin-ridge tectonic landform.

Education Background
2007.09-2011.06: Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Doctor of Science, Structural Geology
2004.09-2007.07: Jilin University, Master of Science, Mineralogy, Petrology, Mineral Geology
2000.09-2004.07: Northwest University, Bachelor of Science, Geology
Career Experience
2018.11 till now, Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
2016.01-2017.01, Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
2011.06-2018.11 Assistant professor, Associate professor, professor, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration

Research 
Tectonic deformation, basin analysis, magnetic stratigraphy, climate change 

Lectures
（1）Physical Geology 
（2）Basin analysis and structure
（3）Advanced petrology

Projects
（1）2021-2025, National Nature Science Foundation of China, Meso-cenozoic basin-mountain coupling and tectonic evolution in eastern Tianshan
（2）2019-2022, National Nature Science Foundation of China, The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the basin and range in the Haiyuan region along the northeast Tibetan Plateau
2019-2024, The second comprehensive Scientific investigation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Active faults and earthquake disasters - Sub-topic 6  
（3）2017-2022, Study on seismic dynamic model and strong earthquake risk of ordos active block boundary zone
（4）2012-2015, National Nature Science Foundation of China, Cenozoic sediment source tracing and its tectonic significance in Liupanshan area

Publications
（1）Weitao Wang, Peizhen Zhang, Lei Duan, Boxuan Zhang, Liu Kang, Rong Huang, Caicai Liu, Zhuqi Zhang, Wenjun Zheng, Dewen Zheng and Huiping Zhang, “Cenozoic stratigraphic chronology and sedimentary-tectonic evolution of the Qaidam Basin“, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2022.
（2）Lei Duan, Boxuan Zhang, Weitao Wang*, Peizhen Zhang, Qing Tang, Gan Chen, Jiabao Jia, Yonggang Yan, Rong Huang and Wenjun Zheng, “Magnetostratigraphy of the Cenozoic Lulehe section in Qaidam basin: Implications for the tectonic deformation, NE Tibetan Plateau“, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2022,67(9):872-887.
（3）Wang Weitao, Zhang Peizhen, Carmala N. Garzione, Liu Caicai, Zhang Zhuqi, Pang Jianzhang, Wang Yizhou Zheng Dewen, Zheng Wenjun and Zhang Huiping, “Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Pla teau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, 119(8): e2120364119.
（4）Wang Weitao, Zheng Dewen, Li Chaopeng, Wang Ying, Zhang Zhuqi, Pang Jianzhang, Wang Yang, Yu Jingxing, Wang Yizhou, Zheng Wenjun, Zhang Huiping, Zhang Peizhen, “Cenozoic Exhumation of the Qilian Shan in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from Low-Temperature Thermochronology”, Tectonics, 2020, 39(4): 0-e2019TC005705.
（5）Wang Weitao, Zhang Peizhen, Wang Zhicai, Liu Kang, Xu Hongyan, Liu Caicai, Zhang Huiping, Zheng Wenjun and Zheng Dewen, “Multiproxy records in middle−late Miocene sediments from the Wushan Basin: Implications for climate change and tectonic deformation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau” GSA Bulletin, 2020, 133(1/2): 149-158.
（6）Zheng Dewen, Wang Weitao, Wan Jinglin, Yuan Daoyang , Liu Chunru, Zheng Wenjun, Zhang Huiping , Pang Jianzhang, and Zhang Peizhen, “Progressive northward growth of the northern Qilian Shan–Hexi Corridor (northeastern Tibet) during the Cenozoic”, Lithosphere, 2017, 9(3), 408~416.
（7）Wang Weitao, Zheng Wenjun, Zhang Peizhen, Li Qiang, Eric Kirby, Yuan Daoyang, Zheng Dewen, Liu Caicai, Wang Zhicai, Zhang Huiping and Pang Jianzhang, “Expansion of the Tibetan Pl ateau during the Neogene”, Nature Communications, 2017, 8: 15887.
（8）Wang Weitao, Zhang Peizhen, Liu Caicai, Zheng Dewen, Yu Jingxing, Zheng Wenjun, Wang Yizhou, Zhang Huiping and Chen Xiuyan, “Pulsed growth of the west Qinling at ~30 Ma in the northeastern Tibet:Evidence from Lanzhou Basin magnetostratigraphy and provenance”, Journal of Geophysical Res earch: Solid Earth, 2016, 121(11): 7754-7774.
（9）Wang Weitao, Zhang Peizhen, Pang Jianzhang, Garzione Carmala, Zhang Huiping, Liu Caicai, Zheng Dewen, Zheng Wenjun and Yu Jingxing, “The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2016, 121(4): 2235-2257.
（10）Wang Weitao, Zhang Peizhen, Yu Jingxing, Wang Yizhou, Zheng Dewen, Zheng Wenjun, Zhang Huiping and Pang Jianzhang, “Constraints on mountain building in the northeastern Tibet: Detrital zircon records from synorogenic deposits in the Yumen Basin”, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 27604.
（11）Wang Weitao, Zhang Peizhen, Zheng Wenjun, Zheng Dewen, Liu Caicai, Xu Hongyan, Zhang Huiping, Yu Jingxing and Pang Jianzhang, “Uplift-driven sediment redness decrease at ~16.5 Ma i n the Yumen Basin along the northeastern Tibetan Plateau”, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 29568.

Awards
（1）2018.10, The 11th Tibetan Plateau Youth Science and Technology Award
（2）2017.12, Second Prize of National Natural Science

Academic service
（1）Deputy director of seismic geology Committee  
（2）Member of qinghai-Tibet Plateau Research Association