女，1968年2月生，博士，中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所二级研究员，博士生导师。国家杰出青年基金获得者。当选国际第四纪研究联合会(INQUA)人类与生物圈委员会副主席、国际过去全球变化计划(PAGES)科学指导委员会委员，兼任Vegetation History and Archaeobotany副主编， Quaternary Science Reviews, National Science Reviews和SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences等SCI刊物编委。获中国青年女科学家奖、中国青年科技奖和甘肃省自然科学一等奖(个人排名第一)等奖励，入选国家高层次人才特殊支持计划领军人才、百千万人才工程“有突出贡献的中青年专家”、国务院政府特殊津贴专家和德国洪堡学者。承担“国家重点研发计划”项目、基金委重点项目。近年在Science Advances、Nature Climate Change、Earth-Science Reviews等SCI期刊上发表论文100多篇，论文共被SCI他引5300多次。

研究领域

　　古生态与古气候。利用孢粉分析、植物残体等方法研究第四纪不同时间尺度生态系统对气候变化的响应规律和机制

学习背景

　　1985－1989年，湖北大学地理系，获学士学位

　　1992－1995年，湖北大学地理系，获硕士学位

　　1995－1998年，武汉大学历史地理研究所，获博士学位

主要工作经历

　　1998年9月－2001年11月，中国地质大学地球科学学院，博士后

　　2000年4月－2001年4月，英国伦敦大学学院环境变化研究中心，博士后

　　2002年1月－2002年12月， 德国国家自然历史博物馆（Karlsruhe），博士后

　　2003年2－2012年5月，兰州大学资源环境学院，副教授、教授

　　2005-12 至2006-12 英国伦敦大学学院环境变迁研究中心访问学者

　　2007-01 至2007-06 美国里海大学地球科学学院访问学者

　　2007-11 至2007-12 德国极地与海洋研究所(Potsdam) 访问学者

　　2012年5月至今，中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，研究员，博士生导师

　　2011－2014年，德国极地与海洋研究所(Potsdam)，德国洪堡学者（合计18个月）

主要论文

　　Zhao, Y., Liang, C., Cui, Q.Y. Qin, F., Zheng, Z., Xiao, X.Y., Ma, C.M., Felde, V.A., Liu, Y.L., Li, Q., Zhang, Z.Y., Herzschuh, U., Xu, Q.H., Wei, H.C., Cai, M.T., Cao, X.Y., Guo, Z.T., Birks, H.J.B., 2021. Temperature reconstructions for the last 1.74-Ma on the eastern Tibetan Plateau based on a novel pollen-based quantitative method. Global and Planetary Change 199, 103433.

　　Zhao, Y., Tzedakis, P.C., Li, Q., Qin, F., Cui, Q.Y., Liang, C., Birks, H.J.B., Liu, Y.L., Zhang, Z.Y., Ge, J.Y., Zhao, H., Vivian A. Felde, V.A., Deng, C.L., Cai, M.T., Li, H., Ren, W.H., Wei, H.C., Yang, H.F., Zhang, J.W., Yu, Z.C., Guo, Z.T., 2020. Evolution of vegetation and climate variability on the Tibetan Plateau over the past 1.74 million years. Science Advances 6 (19), eaay6193.

　　Zhao, Y., 2018. Vegetation and climate reconstructions on different time scales in China: A review on Chinese palynological research. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 27, 381-392. (invited paper)

　　Zhao, Y., Liu, Y.L., Guo, Z.T., Fang, K.Y., Li, Q., Cao, X.Y., 2017. Abrupt vegetation shifts caused by gradual climate changes in central Asia during the Holocene. Science China Earth Sciences 60 (7), 1317-1327.

　　Zhao, Y., Herzshuh, U., Li, Q., 2015. Complex vegetation responses to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau: a paleoecological perspective. National Science Review 2, 400-402.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Yu, T., Li, H., Yang, B., Li, F.R., Zhao, W.W., Sun, J.H., Chen, J.H., Li, Q., 2014. Peatland initiation and carbon accumulation in China over the last 50,000 years. Earth-Science Reviews 148, 139-145.

　　Zhao, Y., Tang, Y., Yu, Z.C., Li, H., Yang, B., Zhao, W.W., Li, F.R., Li, Q., 2014. Holocene peatland initiation, lateral expansion and carbon dynamics in the Zoige Basin of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. The Holocene 24, 1137-1145.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Herzschuh, U., Yang, B., Zhao, H., Fang, K.Y., Li, H., Li, Q., 2014. Vegetation and climate change during Marine Isotope Stage 3 in China. Chinese Science Bulletin 59, 4444-4456.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., 2012. Vegetation response to Holocene climate change in East Asian monsoon-margin region. Earth-Science Reviews 113, 1-10.

　　Zhao, Y., Liu, H.Y., Li, F.R, Huang, X.Z., Sun, J.H., Zhao, W.W., Herzschuh, U., Tang, Y., 2012. Application and limitation of Artemisia/Chenopodiaceae pollen ratio in arid and semi-arid China. The Holocene 22, 1385-1392.

　　Zhao, Y., Li, F.R., Hou, Y.T., Sun, J.H., Zhao, W.W., Tang, Y., Li, H., 2012. Surface pollen and its relationships with modern vegetation and climate on the Loess Plateau and surrounding deserts. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 181, 47-53.

　　Zhao. Y., Yu, Z.C., Zhao, W.W., 2011. Holocene vegetation and climate histories in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau: controls by insolation-driven temperature or monsoon-derived precipitation changes? Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 1173-1184.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Liu, X.J., Zhao, C., Chen, F.H., Zhang, K., 2010. Late Holocene Vegetation and Climate Oscillations in the Qaidam Basin of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Research 73, 59-69.

　　Zhao, Y., Sun, Q.F., 2010. Reliability of pollen concentration as the indicator of effective moisture in arid and semi-arid regions of China. Journal of Arid Environments 74, 423-427.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Zhao, C., 2010. Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) declines at 9500 and 5300 cal yr BP caused by Holocene climatic shifts in northeastern North America. The Holocene 20, 877-886.

　　Zhao, Y., Chen, F.H., Zhou, A.F., Yu, Z.C., 2010. Vegetation history, climate change and human activities over the last 6200 years on the Liupan Mountains in the southwestern Loess Plateau in central China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293, 197-205.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Chen, F.H., 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns of Holocene vegetation and climate changes in arid and semi-arid China. Quaternary International 194, 6-18.

　　Zhao, Y., Herzschuh, U., 2009. Modern pollen representation of source vegetation in the Qaidam Basin and surrounding mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 18, 245-260.

　　Zhao, Y., Xu, Q.H., Huang, X.Z., Guo, X.L., Tao, S.C., 2009. Difference of modern pollen assemblages from lake sediments and surface soils in arid and semi-arid China and their significance for pollen-based quantitative climate reconstruction. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 156, 519-524.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Chen, F.H., Zhang, J.W., Yang, B., 2009. Vegetation response to Holocene climate change in monsoon-influenced region of China. Earth-Science Reviews 97, 242-256.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Chen, F.H., Liu, X.J., Ito, E., 2008. Sensitive response of desert vegetation to moisture change based on a near-annual resolution pollen record from Gahai Lake in the Qaidam Basin, northwest China. Global and Planetary Change 62, 107-114.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Chen, F.H., Li, J.J., 2008. Holocene vegetation and climate change from a lake sediment record in the Tengger Sandy Desert, northwest China. Journal of Arid Environments 72, 2054-2064.

　　Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Chen, F.H., Ito, E., Zhao, C., 2007. Holocene vegetation and climate history at Hurleg Lake in the Qaidam Basin, northwest China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 145, 275-288.

　　Zhao, Y., Hoelzer, A., Yu, Z.C., 2007. Late Holocene natural and human-induced environmental change reconstructed from peat records in eastern central China. Radiocarbon 49, 789-798.

　　Zhao, Y., Sayer, D.C., Birks, H.H. Hughes, M., Peglar, S.M., 2006. Spatial representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossil and pollen remains in a small and shallow lake. Journal of Paleolimnology 35, 335-350.

　　Zhang, H., Valiranta, M., Swindles, G.T., Aquino-Lopez, M.A., Mullan, D., Tan, N., Amesbury, M., Babeshko, K.V., Bao, K.S., Bobrov, A., Chernyshov, V., Davies, M.A., Diaconu, A.C., Feurdean, A., Finkelstein, S.A., Garneau, M., Guo, Z.T., Jones, M.C., Kay, M., Klein, E.S., Lamentowicz, M., Magnan, G., Marcisz, K., Mazei, N., Mazei, Y., Payne, R., Pelletier, N., Piilo, S.R., Pratte, S., Roland, T., Saldaev, D., Shotyk, W., Sim, T.G., Sloan, T.J., S？owiński, M., Talbot, J., Taylor, L., Tsyganov, A.N., Wetterich, S., Xing, W., Zhao, Y., 2022. Recent climate change has driven divergent hydrological shifts in high-latitude peatlands. Nature Communications 13(1), 4959.

　　Herzschuh, U., Cao, X.Y., Laepple, T., Dallmeyer, A., Telford, R.J., Ni, J., Chen, F.H., Kong, Z.C., Liu, G.X., Liu, K.B., Liu, X.Q., Stebich, M., Tang, L.Y., Tian, F., Wang, Y.B., Wischnewski, J., Xu, Q.H., Yan, S., Yang, Z.J., Yu, G., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Zheng, Z., 2019. Position and orientation of the Westerly jet determined Holocene rainfall patterns in China. Nature Communications 10, 2376.

　　Gallego-Sala, A., Charman, D.J., Brewer, S., Page, S.E., Prentice, I.C., Friedlingstein, P., Moreton, S., Amesbury, M.J., Beilman, D.W., Bj？rck, S., Blyakharchuk, T., Bochicchio, C., Booth, R.K., Bunbury, J., Camill, P., Carless, D., Chimner, R.A., Clifford, M., Cressey, E., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., De Vleeschouwer, F., de Jong, R., Fialkiewicz-Koziel, B., Finkelstein, S.A., Garneau, M., Githumbi, E., Hribjlan, J., Holmquist, J., Hughes, P.D.M., Jones, C., Jones, M.C., Karofeld, E., Klein, E.S., Kokfelt, U., Korhola, A., Lacourse, T., Le Roux, G., Lamentowicz, M., Large, D., Lavoie, M., Loisel, J., Mackay, H., MacDonald, G.M., Makila, M., Magnan, G., Marchant, R., Marcisz, K., Cortizas, A.M., Massa, C., Mathijssen, P., Mauquoy, D., Mighall, T., Mitchell, F.J.G., Moss, P., Nichols, J., Oksanen, P.O., Orme, L., Packalen, M.S., Robinson, S., Roland, T.P., Sanderson, N.K., Sannel, A.B.K., Silva-Sánchez, N., Steinberg, N., Swindles, G.T., Turner, T.E., Uglow, J., Vliranta, M., van Bellen, S., van der Linden, M., van Geel, B., Wang, G.P., Yu, Z.C., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Zhao, Y., 2018. Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming. Nature Climate Change 8(10), 907-913.

招生方向和专业：自然地理学，植被与气候变化

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更新日期：2023年8月1日