Biography

Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in 2019, and then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Southern University of Science and Technology. In 2022 summer, he joined the Southern University of Science and Technology faculty as a research assistant professor in the Department of Ocean Science and Engineering. Dr. Zhang has research interests at anthropogenic impacts of Earth’s landscape at different temporal-spatial scales. His research integrates a range of geochemical and bio-geochemical proxies on sediment archives (such as lakes), to reveal the dynamic interactions between humans and natural ecosystem for recent millennia.

Educational Background

2019 Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Institute of Geology, Ph.D.

2016 China University of Geosciences (Beijing), School of Earth Sciences and Resources, M.Sc.

2013 Jilin University, College of Earth Sciences, B.Sc.

Professional Experience

2022-Present Research Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

Honors and Awards

None

Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (42102241), The study of magmatic zircon trace elements and Hf isotope of diverse late Archean granitoids in the Zanhuang terrane and their implications for early continental crust geodynamic changes, 2022-2024, 300k, host;

2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M671878), The response of vegetation and human activities in the Nile watershed to the Holocene climate, 2020-2022, 80k, host;

3. Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory for Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University (SKLEC-KF202005), Paleoenvironmental implications of GDGTs in Holocene sediments of the Nile delta, 2020-2021, 30k, host;

4. Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, The response of human activities in the Nile watershed to the Holocene climate 2020-2022, 50k, participate;

Publications

1. Zhang, F., Li, S.H., Sun, C.P., Li, W.P., Zhao, X., Chen, Z.Y., Nie, T.Y., Chen, Y.S.*, Li, X.X.* (2022). Human impacts overwhelmed hydroclimate control of soil erosion 5000 years ago in China. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL096983.

2. Zhang, F., Hu, J.F., Li, X.X.*, Wang, Y.N.*, Sun, C.P., Zhao, X.S., Jiang, F., Liu,Y., Salem, A., Abu Shama, A. M, Chen, Z.Y. (2021). Reconstruction of the Holocene hydro-ecological and environmental change of the Nile Delta: insights from organic geochemical records in MZ-1 sediment core. Marine Geology, 443, 106684.

3. Zhang, F., Wang, Y.B.*, Du, L.L., Yang, C.H., John, Ayers, Yuan, H.Q. (2019). The Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic volcanic-sedimentary rocks in the Zanhuang Complex, North China Craton: Petrogenesis and implications for tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research, 328, 64–80.

4. Zhang, F., Wang, Y.B.*, Du, L.L., Yang, C.H., Yuan, H.Q. (2019). Zircon U-Pb ages and geochemistry of the late Archean granitoids in the Zanhuang Complex: Records of an arc-continent collision event at the end of Archean. Geological Journal, 55(2), 1391–1408.

5. Zhang, F., Wang, Y.B.*, Yang, D.T. (2019). Zircon U-Pb, O isotope, and geochemistry study of the early Paleozoic granitic gneiss in the Dinggye district, central Himalaya: Implications for the early Paleozoic orogenic event along the northern margin of Gondwana. Geological Journal, 55(1): 439-456.