现任自然资源部第一海洋研究所地质室主任、自然资源部海洋地质与成矿作用重点实验室主任、青岛海洋试点国家实验室海洋地质作用过程与环境功能实验室主任、中国大洋样品馆馆长。主要从事海洋沉积和海底成矿作用研究，已发表论文400余篇（其中SCI论文180余篇）、专著3部，主持完成国家级项目和省部级项目30余项，担任多个航次首席科学家。先后获省部级科技奖励10余项，获全国优秀科技工作者、国家百千万人才工程、泰山学者攀登计划等荣誉称号10余项。主要科研成果包括：（1）对中国海及亚洲大陆边缘沉积地质学开展了系统研究，主编了多种比例尺沉积物类型图，发起实施了“亚洲大陆边缘源-汇过程与陆海相互作用”国际合作项目，实现了对亚洲大陆边缘从北极陆架到孟加拉湾的底质调查研究，使我国成为目前国际上唯一系统拥有这一广阔海区样品和资料的国家，初步阐述了亚洲大陆边缘沉积物“源-汇”过程和机制；（2）在国内率先开展了深海稀土资源调查研究，在全球划分出4个深海富稀土成矿带，首次在中印度洋海盆和东南太平洋发现大面积富稀土沉积，评估了全球深海稀土资源潜力；（3）领导团队在南大西洋开展了热液硫化物调查研究，预测发现了南大西洋中脊大范围热液成矿区，提出了我国南大西洋热液硫化物调查靶区。
主要从事海洋沉积和海底成矿作用研究，已发表论文500余篇，出版专著3部，曾担任多个大型海洋科考航次首席科学家。
学术论文：
2021年度:
1．Lina Jin, Xin Shan, Xuefa Shi*, Marco Fonnesu, Shuqing Qiao, Selveraj Kandasamy, Huawei Wang, Shengfa Liu, Xisheng Fang and Xinqing Zou*. Hybrid event beds generated by erosional bulking of modern hyperpycnal flows on the Choshui River delta front, Taiwan Strait. Sedimentology. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12862
2．Li Li, Xiaojing Wang, Yijun Ren, Huaqiang Su, Limin Hu, Gang Yang, Zhongqiao Li, Aleksandr A. Bosin, Anatolii S. Astakhov, Jianfang Chen, Yanguang Liu* and Xuefa Shi* . Enrichment of trace metals (V, Cu, Co, Ni, and Mo) in Arctic sediments - from Siberian Arctic shelves to the basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2021, 126(4), e2020JC016960.
3．Jianxing Liu*, Xuefa Shi*, Qingsong Liu, Shengfa Liu, Yan Liu, Qiang Zhang, Xiaoxiao Yu, Xisheng Fang, Yonghua Wu, Taoyu Xu and Jinhua Li. Authigenic Iron Sulfides Indicate Sea-Level Change on the Continental Shelf : An Illustration From the East China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth. 2021, 126(3), e2020JB021222.
4．Shengfa Liu*, Wenxing Ye, Min-Te Chen, Hui-Juan Pan, Peng Cao, Hui Zhang, Somkiat Khokiattiwong, Narumol Kornkanitnan, Xuefa Shi*. Millennial-scale variability of Indian summer monsoon during the last 42 kyr: Evidence based on foraminiferal Mg/Ca and oxygen isotope records from the central Bay of Bengal. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 562, 110112.
5．Shengfa Liu*, Hui Zhang, Peng Cao, Ming Liu, Wenxing Ye, Min-Te Chen, Jingrui Li, Hui-Juan Pan, Somkiat Khokiattiwong, Narumol Kornkanitnan, Xuefa Shi*. Paleoproductivity evolution in the northeastern Indian Ocean since the last glacial maximum: Evidence from biogenic silica variations. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2021, 175, 103591.
6．Shengfa Liu*, Wenxing Ye, Peng Cao, Hui Zhang, Min-Te Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Jingrui Li, Hui-Juan Pan, Somkiat Khokiattiwong, Narumol Kornkanitnan, Xuefa Shi*. Paleoclimatic responses in the tropical Indian Ocean to regional monsoon and global climate change over the last 42 kyr. Marine Geology, 2021, 438, 106542.
7．Jianjun Zou*, Xuefa Shi*, Aimei Zhu, Lianhua He, Selvaraj Kandasamy, Ralf Tiedemann, Lester Lembke-Jene, Fengdeng Shi, Xun Gong, Yanguang Liu, Minoru Ikehara, & Pai-Sen Yu. Paleoenvironmental implications of Sr and Nd isotopes variability over the past 48 ka from the southern Sea of Japan. Marine Geology, 2021, 432, 106393.
8．Dongjie Bi, Xuefa Shi*, Mu Huang, Miao Yu, Tiancheng Zhou, Yan Zhang, Aimei Zhu, Meijun Shi, Xisheng Fang. (2021). Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of deep-sea sediments from the western North Pacific Ocean: Constraints on the enrichment processes of rare earth elements. Ore Geology Reviews, 2021, 138, 104318.
9．Miao Yu, Xuefa Shi*, Mu Huang, Jihua Liu, Quanshu Yan, Gang Yang, Chuanshun Li, Baojv Yang, Tiancheng Zhou, Dongjie Bi, Hongmin Wang, Yazhi Bai. The transfer of rare earth elements during early diagenesis in REY-rich sediments: An example from the Central Indian Ocean Basin. Ore Geology Reviews, 2021, 136, 104269.
10．Tiancheng Zhou, Xuefa Shi*, Mu Huang, Miao Yu, Dongjie Bi, Xiangwen Ren, Jihua Liu, Aimei Zhu, Xishan Fang, Meijuan Shi. Genesis of REY-rich deep-sea sediments in the Tiki Basin, eastern South Pacific Ocean: Evidence from geochemistry, mineralogy and isotope systematics. Ore Geology Reviews, 2021, 138, 104330.
11．Kunshan Wang, Xuefa Shi*, Jianjun Zou, Yanguang Liu, Zhengquan Yao, and Sergey Alexandrovich Gorbarenko. Spatial Distribution and Provenance of Detrital Minerals of Surface Sediment in the Okhotsk Sea. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021, 9, 636850.
2020年度：
1．Chen Jinxia, Shi Xuefa*, Liu Yanguang, Qiao Shuqing, Yang Shixiong, Yan Shijuan, Lv Huahua, Li Jianyong, Li Xiaoyan, and Li Chaoxin. Holocene vegetation dynamics in response to climate change and hydrological processes in the Bohai region. Climate of the Past, 2020, 16, 2509-2531.
2．Linsen Dong, Leonid Polyak, Yanguang Liu, Xuefa Shi*, Jun Zhang, and Yuanhui Huang. Isotopic Fingerprints of Ice-Rafted Debris Offer New Constraints on Middle to Late Quaternary Arctic Circulation and Glacial History. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2020, 21, e2020GC009019.
3．Zhi Dong, Xuefa Shi*, Jianjun Zou, Xinqing Zou*, Muhong Chen, Qiang Zhang, Selvaraj Kandasamy, Chendong Ge, Ling Liu, Takuya Itaki, Fengdeng Shi, Yanguang Liu. Drastic hydrographic changes inferred from radiolarian assemblages in the central Japan Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum. Marine Geology, 2020, 429, 106295.
4．Sergey A. Gorbarenkoa*, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Jianjun Zou, Olga Yu. Psheneva, Aleksandr A. Bosin, Ivan S. Kirichenkod, Antonina V. Artemova, Elena A. Yanchenko,Yuriy P. Vasilenko. Evidence of Southern Ocean influence into the far Northwest Pacific (Northern Emperor Rise) since the Bølling–Allerød warming. Global and Planetary Change, 2020, 195, 103315.
5．Limin Hu*, Yanguang Liu, Xiaotong Xiao, Xun Gong, Jianjun Zou, Yazhi Bai, Sergey Gorbarenko, Kirsten Fahle, Ruediger Stein, Xuefa Shi*. Sedimentary records of bulk organic matter and lipid biomarkers in the Bering Sea: A centennial perspective of sea-ice variability and phytoplankton community. Marine Geology, 2020, 429, 106308.
6．Jingrui Li, Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi*, Min-Te Chen, Hui Zhang, Aimei Zhu, Jingjing Cui, Somkiat Khokiattiwong and Narumol Kornkanitnan. Provenance of terrigenous sediments in the central Bay of Bengal and its relationship to climate changes since 25 ka. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2020, 7, 16.
7．Li Li*, Yanguang Liu, Xiaojing Wang, Limin Hu, Gang Yang, Hongmin Wang, A.A. Bosin, A.S. Astakhov, Xuefa Shi*. Early diagenesis and accumulation of redox-sensitive elements in East Siberian Arctic Shelves. Marine Geology, 2020, 429, 106309.
8．Shengfa Liu*, Hui Zhang, Xuefa Shi*, Min-Te Chen, Peng Cao, Ziye Li, Rainer Arief Troa, Rina Zuraida, Eko Triarso and Hendrizan Marfasran . Reconstruction of monsoon evolution in southernmost Sumatra over the past 35 kyr and its response to northern hemisphere climate changes. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2020, 7, 30.
9．Xin Shan, Xuefa Shi*, Peter D. Clift, Ashraf Ali Seddique, Shengfa Liu, Chengpeng Tan, Jianguo Liu, Rased Hasan, Jingrui Li and Zhaojun Song (2020). Sedimentology of the modern seasonal lower Ganges River with low inter-annual peak discharge variance, Bangladesh. Journal of the Geological Society, 178(1), jgs2020-jgs2094.
10．Xingquan Sun, Shengfa Liu*, Xisheng Fang, Jingrui Li, Peng Cao, Guangtao Zhao, Somkiat Khokiattiwong, Narumol Kornkanitnan, Xuefa Shi*. Clay minerals of surface sediments from the lower Bengal Fan: Implications for provenance identification and transport processes. Geological Journal, 2020, 55(9), 6038-6048.
11．Bin Wu, Xiaodan Wu, Xuefa Shi*, Shuqing Qiao, Shengfa Liu, Limin Hu, Jihua Liu, Yazhi Bai, Aimei Zhu, Narumol Kornkanitnan, Somkiat Khokiattiwong. Influences of tropical monsoon climatology on the delivery and dispersal of organic carbon over the Upper Gulf of Thailand. Marine Geology, 2020, 426, 106209.
12．Kaikai Wu, Shengfa Liu*, Xuefa Shi*, Zhanghua Lou, Selvaraj Kandasamy, Bin Wu, Kunshan Wang, Peng Cao, Hui Zhang, Che Abd Rahim Mohamed. Distribution of rare earth elements in surface sediments of the western Sunda Shelf: Constraints from sedimentology and mineralogy. Continental Shelf Research, 2020, 206, 104198.
13．Yonghua Wu, Xuefa Shi*, Xun Gong, Zhimin Jian, Jianjun Zou, Yanguang Liu, Gerrit Lohmann, Sergey A. Gorbarenko, Ralf Tiedemann, and Lester Lembke‐Jene. Evolution of the Upper Ocean Stratification in the Japan Sea Since the Last Glacial. Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47, e2020GL088255.
14．Taoyu Xu,*, Xuefa Shi*, Guoqing Wang, Yanguang Liu, Shengfa Liu, Shuqing Qiao, Zhengquan Yao, Xin Wang, Xisheng Fang, Xiaoyan Li, Peng Cao, Jianxing Liu. Holocene sedimentary evolution and hypoxia development in the subaqueous Yangtze ( Changjiang ) Delta , China. Marine Geology, 2020, 430, 106359.
15．Taoyu Xu, Xuefa Shi*, Chenguang Liu, Yonghua Wu, Shengfa Liu, Xisheng Fang, Jianxing Liu, Shuqing Qiao, Xin Shan, Zhengquan Yao, Yanguang Liu, Kunshan Wang. Stratigraphic framework and evolution of the mid–late Quaternary (since marine isotope stage 8) deposits on the outer shelf of the East China Sea. Marine Geology, 2020, 419, 106047.
16．Zhengquan Yao, Xuefa Shi*, Yanguang Liu, Selvaraj Kandasamy, Shuqing Qiao, Xiaoyan Li, Yazhi Bai, Aimei Zhu. Sea-level and climate signatures recorded in orbitally-forced continental margin deposits over the last 1 Myr: New perspectives from the Bohai Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020, 550, 109736.
17．Haitao Zhang, Xuefa Shi, Chuanshun Li, Quanshu Yan*, Yaomin Yang, Zhiwei Zhu, Hui Zhang, Sai Wang, Yili Guan, Renjie Zhao. Petrology and geochemistry of South Mid-Atlantic Ridge ( 19 S ) lava fl ows : Implications for magmatic processes and possible plume-ridge interactions. Geoscience Frontiers, 2020, 11, 1953-1973.
18．Tiancheng Zhou, Xuefa Shi*, Mu Huang , Miao Yu, Dongjie Bi, Xiangwen Ren, Gang Yang and Aimei Zhu (2020). The influence of hydrothermal fluids on the reyrich deep-sea sediments in the Yupanqui basin, eastern south pacific ocean: Constraints from bulk sediment geochemistry and mineralogical characteristics. Minerals, 10, 1141.
19．Jianjun Zou*, Xuefa Shi*, Aimei Zhu, Selvaraj Kandasamy, Xun Gong, Lester Lembke-Jene, Min-Te Chen, Yonghua Wu, Shulan Ge, Yanguang Liu, Xinru Xue, Gerrit Lohmann, and Ralf Tiedemann. Millennial-scale variations of sedimentary oxygenation in the western subtropical North Pacific and its links to the North Atlantic climate. Climate of the Past, 2020, 16, 387-402. （IF:4.295）
重要专著：
1. 中国近海海洋图集-海洋底质，2017.8。
国家自然科学基金重点项目：末次冰消期以来北极东西伯利亚陆架对快速气候变化的响应，2022-2026，主持。
国家自然科学基金山东省联合基金：海洋地质过程与环境，2016-2020，主持。
国家自然科学基金重大研究计划：西太平洋富稀土沉积大规模成矿作用研究，2019-2022，主持。
国家自然科学基金国际（地区）合作与交流项目：日本海末次间冰期以来的古环境与古气候烟花研究，2015-2019，主持。
国家重大专项项目：亚洲大陆边缘源汇过程与陆海相互作用，2015-2020，主持。
先后获省部级科技奖励10余项，获全国优秀科技工作者、国家百千万人才工程、泰山学者攀登计划专家等荣誉称号。
获奖：
1.海洋工程科学技术奖一等奖，亚洲大陆边缘底质调查研究与发现，2020.6，1/15
2. 海洋科学技术奖一等奖， 我国近海底质调查与研究，2016.4，1/15。
3. 海洋工程科学技术奖一等奖，我国大河三角洲的脆弱性调查及灾害评估技术研究，2016.2，1/15。
4. 青岛市自然科学奖一等奖，中国陆缘海地质环境演化，2016，2。
荣誉称号：
2015年入选国家百千万人才工程，授予“有突出贡献中青年专家”荣誉称号。
2018年，泰山学者攀登计划专家。
中国矿物岩石地球化学委员会，常务理事，2016年至今；
中国矿物岩石地球化学委员会海洋地球化学委员会，主任委员，2016年至今；
中国海洋学会，理事，2016年至今；
海洋与湖沼，中英文编委，2019年至今。
