Education
Ph.D. in Quaternary Sciences, Lanzhou University (Lanzhou), 1990
M.Sc. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University (Lanzhou), 1987
B.Sc. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University (Lanzhou), 1984
Appointments
Professor, Director, Institute of Tibet Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science, 2018-presentProfessor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou university, 2015-present
Professor, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, 2009-2014
Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou university, 1994-2009
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Lanzhou University, 1992-1994
Lecturer, Department of Geography, Lanzhou University, 1990-1994
Vice-President (responsible for research and journal management), Lanzhou University,2007-present
Director, Key Laboratory of West China’s Environmental System, Ministry of Education, China, 2005-present
Director, Center for Arid Environment and Paleoclimate Research (CAEP), 2001-2008 Visiting Professor, University College of London, UK, 2001-2006
Dean, College of Earth and Environment Sciences, 1999-2005
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, 1995-1997