李高军

Name: Gaojun Li
Nationality: P.R. China
Date of Birth: August 1983
E-mail: ligaojun@nju.edu.cn
CAREER HISTORY
July 2010-, associate professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University
EDUCATION & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
● National Cheng Kung University, visiting professor, Sep-Nov 2014
● University of South California, visiting professor, Oct-Dec 2012
● University of Cambridge, Joint PhD on Paleoceanography, Sept 2008-Jun 2010
Supervisor: Prof. Harry Elderfield FRS
● Nanjing University, PhD on Geochemistry, Sept 2005-Jun 2010
Thesis title: Trace the source regions of East Asia dust using geochemical tools
Supervisor: Prof. Jun Chen
● Nanjing University, B.S. on Geology, Sept 2001-Jun 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS
● Climate changes: Trace metal in carbonate as proxy for monsoonal rainfall
● Weathering and carbon cycle modelling using isotopic tracers (Li, Sr, Os, U, etc.)
● Source of Asian dust using geochemical tracers
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS (PI)
● Quaternary geology, NSFC career award, No. 41422205, 1000K RMB, 2015-2017
● Surficial geochemistry and environmental changes, NSFC, No. 41021002 and
41321062, 1000K RMB, 2011-2016
● Incorporation of trace metals into microcodium in loess as novel paleo-proxies,
MOE China fund for ‘the 100 Best PhD Thesis Award’, 660K RMB, 2013-2017
● Influence of vascular plants on basalt weathering, NSFC, No. 41173105, 730K
RMB, 2012-2015.
● Hf isotopic evolution of Asian dust, NSFC 41102103, 250K RMB, 2012-2014.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
● Editorial Board for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
● Organising committee of GES 10 meeting, Paris 2014
● Review for Geology (3), EPSL, GCA (2), GRL, Chemical Geology, G3 (2), AE,
Environmental Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Applied
Geophysics, Aeolian Research (3), Annals of Glaciology. Journal of Earth Science
(2), PLOS ONE
SELECTED PUBLICATION (* indicates corresponding author)
1. Li, G.*, West, A.J.*, 2014. Evolution of Cenozoic seawater lithium isotopes:
Coupling of global denudation regime and shifting seawater sinks. Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, 401, 284-293.
2. Torres, M.A.*, West, A.J.*, Li, G.*, 2014. Sulphide oxidation and carbonate
dissolution as a source of CO2 over geological timescales. Nature, 507(7492):
346-349.