Academic Qualifications:
1984-1988: Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at the School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, N.S.W., Australia.
1982-1983: Postgraduate student at the Institute of Geology, State Seismological Bureau, Beijing, China. Moved to Macquarie Uni. (Australia) to do a PhD before finishing MSc degree.
1978-1982: Undergraduate student at the Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing, China. Majored in seismological geology.
Professional Experience
Principal Research Fellow, Tectonics Special Research Centre, The University of Western Australia (2001– present); Deputy Director of the TSRC (2000-2003);
Senior Research Fellow, Tectonics Special Research Centre, The University of Western Australia (June 1997–12/2001);
Queen Elizabeth II Fellow (ARC), Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia (1995–1999);
Research Fellow, Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia (1994);
Research Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia (1990–1993); Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, N.S.W., Australia (1988–1990);
Research Interests:
1.Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of Australia and East Asia;
2.Evolution of supercontinents since the Proterozoic (Rodinia, Gondwanaland, Pangea);
3.Roles of mantle plumes in supercontinent evolution;
4. Orogenic studies in East Asia;
5. Timing and genesis of iron-ore deposits in the Hamersley Basin, Pilbara, Western Australia;
6. Magnetostratigraphy and applications to petroleum industry.