Fa-Hu Chen

Ph.D., Prof., Directors

Phone: 0086-931-8912793 (O)

Fax: 0086-931-8912330 (O)

Email: fhchen@lzu.edu.cn

Information and Contact:

Ph.D., Prof., Directors

Center for Arid Environment and Paleoclimate Research (CAEP)

MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System (LAWES)

College of Earth and Environment Sciences

Lanzhou University

Lanzhou, Gansu

China 730000

Education:

1984:

 B.Sc., Physical geography, Lanzhou University

1987:

 M. Sc., Physical Geography, Lanzhou University

1990:

 PhD, Loess and Quaternary Geology, Lanzhou University.

Professional Experience:

1992-1994:

 Lecturer, then Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Lanzhou University

1995-1997:

 Post-Doc research fellow, Loess Study, University of Liverpool

1994-2005:

 Professor, Department of Geography, Lanzhou University

1999-2005:

 Dean, College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University

2001-2006:

 Visiting Professor, University College of London, UK

2000-Present:

 Director, Center for Arid Environment and Paleoclimate Research (CAEP), Lanzhou University

2005-Present:

 MOE ¡°Changjiang¡± Professor of Physical Geography, Lanzhou University

2005-Present:

 Director, Key laboratory of west China¡¯s Environmental System (Ministry of    Education), Lanzhou University.

Research Interests:

His interests include Quaternary (special Holocene) environment, climatic Changes, loess, desert and palaeolimnology in Central Asian Drylands.

Current Projects:

2003-2007: Study on Environmental Change and Desertification Process and Mechanism in the Alashan Plateau, Inner Mongolia. International Collaboration Project, Ministry of Science and Technology. PI
2005-2007: Arid Environmental Changes in Western China, NSFC Innovation Team Programme. PI
2006-2009: Integration Study on Holocene Climatic Variability in Arid and Semi-arid Area of Western China. Special NSFC grant. PI.

Graduate and Post-doctorial Advisors:

Nine M.Sc. or PhD students have been advised and EIGHT graduates are being advised at present. Six post-doctors are working for projects.

Synergistic Activities:

(1) Chairmen

, Rapid Climatic Changes in the Central-Asia's Dryland (RACHAD INQUA Working Group (1999-2007); E. Asian Holocene Sub-commission of Holocene Commission, INQUA(1999-2004); Arid Environment Change Commission, CHIQUA Society (2000-present); Arid Land Commission, Chinese Geography Society (2000-2006).
(2) Members

, CNC-IGBP-PAGES (2000-present), CNC-IHDP (2004-2006), Department of Earth and Environment in Science and Technology Commission (Ministry of Education).
(3) Editorial

Board Members, Chinese Science Bulletin (2002-present), Journal of Chinese Desert (in Chinese, 1999-present), Journal of Quaternary Research (in Chinese, 2004-present), Advances of Earth Science (in Chinese, 2003-present), Arid Land Geography (in Version, 2004-present), and Associate Editors of Journal pf Arid Land Resources and Environment (in Chinese, 2004-present), Journal of Glacier and Permafrost (in Chinese, since 2006)

Selected Publications from 150 papers:

F.H. Chen, Z.G. Rao, J.W. Zhang, M. Jin and J.Y. Ma, 2006, Change of stable organic carbon isotope and its significance in the Western Chinese Loess Plateau during the last glacial. Chinese Science Bulletin (in press)

F.H. Chen, B. Cheng, Y. Zhao, Y.Zhu and D.B. Madsen, 2006, Holocene Environmental Change Inferred from a High-Resolution Pollen Records of Lake Zhuyeze, Arid China. Holocene, 16(4): (in press)

X.H. Gou, F.H. Chen, G. Jacoby M.X. Yang£¬2006, A comparison of tree-ring records and glacier variations over the past 700 years, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Annals of Glaciology, (in press).

F.H. Chen, W. Wu, J. Holmes, D.B. Madsen, Y. Zhu, M. Jin and J.G. Oviatt, 2003, A mid-Holocene drought interval as evidenced by lake desiccation in the Alashan Plateau, Inner Mongolia, China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 48(14): 1401-1410.

F.H. Chen, M.R. Qiang, Z.D. Feng, H.B. Wang and J. Bloemendal, 2003, Stable East Asian monsoon climate during the Last Interglacial (Eemian) indicated by paleosol S1 in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Global and Planetary Change, 36(3): 171-179.

D.H. Sun, F.H. Chen, J. Bloemendal and R.X. Su, 2003, Seasonal variability of modern dust over the Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Geophyscial Research, 108 (D21):AAC3-1 -AAC3-10.

F.H. Chen, Y. Zhu, J.J. Li, Q. Shi, L.Y. Jin and B. Wunemann, 2001, Abrupt Holocene changes of the Asian monsoon at millennial- and centennial-scales: evidence from Lake Sediment document in Minqin Basin, North China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 46(23):1942-­1947.

F.H. Chen, Z.D. Feng and J.W. Zhang, 2000, Loess particle size data indicative of Stable Winter Monsoon during the Last Interglacial documented by Eolian Deposits in the Western Part of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Catena, 39(4):112-121.

F.H. Chen, J. Bloemendal, P.Z. Zhang and G.X. Liu, 1999, An 800 ka proxy record of climate from lake sediments of the Zoige Basin, the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Plalaeoecology. 151(4): 307-320.

F.H. Chen, J. Bloemendal, Z.D. Feng, J.M. Wang, E. Parker and Z.T. Guo, 1999, East Asian monsoon variations during the last interglacial: evidence from the northwestern margin of the Chinese loess plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18(8-9):1127-1135.

F.H. Chen, S. Qi and J.M. Wang, 1999, Environmental change documented by sedimentation of Lake Yiema in arid China since the last glaciation. Journal of Paleolimnology, 22(2):159-169.

F.H. Chen, L.P. Yang, J.M. Wang and J.W. Zhang, 1999, Study on the atmospheric particulate pollution of Lanzhou using magnetic measurements. Journal of Environmental Science, 11(3): 373-377.

F.H. Chen, J. Bloemendal, J.M. Wang, J.J. Li, F. Oldfield and H.Z. Ma, 1997, High-resolution multi-proxy climate records from Chinese loess: evidence for rapid climatic changes between 70ka and 10ka. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology Plalaeontology, 130:323-335.

 

-April, 2006-

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