博士，研究员，1980年生，主要从事海洋沉积与古环境、古气候变化研究。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目3项、青年基金1项、科技部重点研发专项子课题1项、中国博士后科学基金1项、国家海洋局青年基金1项，以及其他国家海洋局全球变化专项、地调局专项的子课题。截至目前，作为副主编参与编写《中国近海海洋-海洋底质》专著一部，参与编绘图集《中国近海海洋图集-海洋底质分册》一册，共发表论文30余篇，其中SCI论文22篇，第一作者SCI论文9篇。曾在2015年参加国际大洋发现计划IODP 359航次。
发表论文：
Zhengquan Yao*, Xuefa Shi*, Zhengtang Guo, Xinzhou Li, B. Nagender Nath, Christian Betzler, Hui Zhang, Sebastian Lindhorst & Pavan Miriyala. Weakening of the South Asian summer monsoon linked to interhemispheric ice-sheet growth since 12 Ma. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 829.
Yao, Z., Shi, X., Liu, Y., Kandasamy, S., Qiao, S., Li, X., Bai, Y., Zhu, A., 2020. 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 550, 109736. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109736
Yao, Z., Shi, X., Qiao, S., Liu, Q., Kandasamy, S., Liu, Jianxing, Liu, Y., Liu, Jihua, Fang, X., Gao, J., Dou, Y., 2017. Persistent effects of the Yellow River on the Chinese marginal seas began at least ∼880 ka ago. Scientific Reports 7, 1–11. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03140-x
Yao, Z., Shi, X.F., Li, X.Y., Liu, Y.G., Liu, J., Qiao, S.Q., Bai, Y.Z., Wang, X., Zhu, A.M., Wang, X.C., 2017. Sedimentary environment and paleo-tidal evolution of the eastern Bohai Sea, China since the last glaciation. Quaternary International 440, 129–138. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.04.010
Yao, Z., Guo, Z., Xiao, G., Wang, Q., Shi, X., Wang, X., 2012. Sedimentary history of the western Bohai coastal plain since the late Pliocene: Implications on tectonic, climatic and sea-level changes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 54–55, 192–202. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.04.013
Yao, Z., Liu, Y., Shi, X., Suk, B.C., 2012. Paleoenvironmental changes in the East/Japan Sea during the last 48 ka: Indications from high-resolution X-ray fluorescence core scanning. Journal of Quaternary Science 27, 932–940. doi:10.1002/jqs.2583
Yao, Z., Shi, X., Liu, Q., Liu, Y., Cruz, J., Liu, J., Ge, S., Wang, K., Qiao, S., Li, X., Shi, F., Fang, X., Yu, Y., 2014. Paleomagnetic and astronomical dating of sediment core BH08 from the Bohai Sea, China: Implications for glacial – interglacial sedimentation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 393, 90–101. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.11.012
Yao, Z., Xiao, G., Wu, H., Liu, W., Chen, Y., 2010. Plio-Pleistocene vegetation changes in the North China Plain: Magnetostratigraphy, oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of pedogenic carbonates. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297, 502–510. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.003
Yao, Z., Xiao, G.Q., Liang, M.Y., 2010. Global cooling controls on the chemical weathering as evidenced from the Plio-Pleistocene deposits of the North China Plain. Chinese Science Bulletin. doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0415-9
Shi, X., Yao, Z., Liu, Q., Larrasoaña, J.C., Bai, Y., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Cao, P., Li, X., Qiao, S., Wang, K., Fang, X., Xu, T., 2016. Sedimentary architecture of the Bohai Sea China over the last 1 Ma and implications for sea-level changes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 451, 10–21. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.002
Wang, A., Yao, Z.*, Shi, X.*, Wang, K., Zou, J., Liu, Y., Wu, Y., Gorbarenko, S.A., 2021. Orbital and Millennial Variations in Sea Ice in the Southwestern Okhotsk Sea Since the Last Interglacial Period and Their Implications. Frontiers in Earth Science 9, 1–13. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.710797
Xu, T., Wang, G., Shi, X., Wang, Xin, Yao, Z., Yang, G., Fang, X., Qiao, S., Liu, S., Wang, Xuchen, Zhao, Q., 2016. Sequence stratigraphy of the subaqueous Changjiang (Yangtze River) delta since the Last Glacial Maximum. Sedimentary Geology 331, 132–147. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.10.014
Wang, K., Shi, X., Yao, Z., Liu, Jianxing, Liu, Jian, Xu, T., 2019. Heavy-mineral-based provenance and environment analysis of a Pliocene series marking a prominent transgression in the south Yellow Sea. Sedimentary Geology 382, 25–35. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.01.005
Swart, P.K., Blättler, C.L., Nakakuni, M., Mackenzie, G.J., Betzler, C., Eberli, G.P., Reolid, J., Alonso-García, M., Slagle, A.L., Wright, J.D., Kroon, D., Reijmer, J.J.G., Hui Mee, A.L., Young, J.R., Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A., Bialik, O.M., Guo, J.A., Haffen, S., Horozal, S., Inoue, M., Jovane, L., Lanci, L., Laya, J.C., Lüdmann, T., Nagender Nath, B., Niino, K., Petruny, L.M., Pratiwi, S.D., Su, X., Sloss, C.R., Yao, Z., 2019. Cyclic anoxia and organic rich carbonate sediments within a drowned carbonate platform linked to Antarctic ice volume changes: Late Oligocene-early Miocene Maldives. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 521, 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.019
Sun, Y., Liang, L., Bloemendal, J., Li, Y., Wu, F., Yao, Z., Liu, Y., 2016. High-resolution scanning XRF investigation of Chinese loess and its implications for millennial-scale monsoon variability. Journal of Quaternary Science 31, 191–202. doi:10.1002/jqs.2856
Shi, X., Yao, Z., Liu, Q., Larrasoaña, J.C., Bai, Y., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Cao, P., Li, X., Qiao, S., Wang, K., Fang, X., Xu, T., 2016. Sedimentary architecture of the Bohai Sea China over the last 1 Ma and implications for sea-level changes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 451, 10–21. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.002
Shi, X., Yao, Z., Liu, J., Qiao, S., Liu, Y., Li, X., Fang, X., Li, C., 2021. Dominant Role of Sea Level on the Sedimentary Environmental Evolution in the Bohai and Yellow Seas Over the Last 1 Million Years. Frontiers in Earth Science 9, 1–13. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.638221
Shi, X., Wu, Y., Zou, J., Liu, Y., Ge, S., Zhao, M., Liu, J., Zhu, A., Meng, X., Yao, Z., Han, Y., 2014. Multiproxy reconstruction for Kuroshio responses to northern hemispheric oceanic climate and the Asian Monsoon since Marine Isotope Stage 5.1 (∼88 ka). Climate of the Past 10, 1735–1750. doi:10.5194/cp-10-1735-2014
Qiao, S., Shi, X., Wang, G., Zhou, L., Hu, B., Hu, L., Yang, G., Liu, Y., Yao, Z., Liu, S., 2017. Sediment accumulation and budget in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Marine Geology 390, 270–281. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2017.06.004
Lüdmann, T., Betzler, C., Eberli, G.P., Reolid, J., Reijmer, J.J.G., Sloss, C.R., Bialik, O.M., Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A., Alonso-García, M., Blättler, C.L., Guo, J.A., Haffen, S., Horozal, S., Inoue, M., Jovane, L., Kroon, D., Lanci, L., Laya, J.C., Mee, A.L.H., Nakakuni, M., Nath, B.N., Niino, K., Petruny, L.M., Pratiwi, S.D., Slagle, A.L., Su, X., Swart, P.K., Wright, J.D., Yao, Z., Young, J.R., 2018. Carbonate delta drift: A new sediment drift type. Marine Geology 401, 98–111. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2018.04.011
Liu, Y., Chen, Jiaojie, Chen, Jinxia, Xing, L., Zou, J., Yao, Z., 2014. Variations of alkenone temperature in the Sea of Japan during the last 170 ka and its paleoceanographic implications. Chinese Science Bulletin 59, 4498–4509. doi:10.1007/s11434-014-0367-6
Liu, J., Shi, X., Liu, Q., Ge, S., Liu, Y., Yao, Z., Zhao, Q., Jin, C., Jiang, Z., Liu, S., Qiao, S., Li, X., Li, C., Wang, C., 2014. Magnetostratigraphy of a greigite-bearing core from the south yellow sea: Implications for remagnetization and sedimentation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119, 7425–7441. doi:10.1002/2014JB011206
Liu, J., Shi, X., Ge, S., Liu, Q., Yao, Z., Yang, G., 2014. Identification of the thick-layer greigite in sediments of the South Yellow Sea and its geological significances. Chinese Science Bulletin 59, 2764–2775. doi:10.1007/s11434-014-0166-0
Liang, L., Sun, Y., Yao, Z., Liu, Y., Wu, F., 2012. Evaluation of high-resolution elemental analyses of Chinese loess deposits measured by X-ray fluorescence core scanner. Catena 92, 75–82. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2011.11.010
Kunkelova, T., Betzler, C., Jung, S.J.A., Reijmer, J.J.G., Alonso-García, M., Hu, S., Odling, N., de Leau, E.S., Reolid, J., Blättler, C.L., Bialik, O.M., Niino, K., Kunkelova, T., Jovane, L., Inoue, M., Stainbank, S., Guo, J.A., Laya, J.C., Mee, A.L.H., Young, J.R., Slagle, A.L., Wright, J.D., Spezzaferri, S., Swart, P.K., Rueggeberg, A., Su, X., Lanci, L., Thomas, A.L., Lüdmann, T., Petruny, L.M., Eberli, G.P., Nakakuni, M., Bejugam, N.N., Lindhorst, S., Yao, Z., Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A., Kroon, D., Horozal, S., Carrasqueira, I., Haffen, S., Pratiwi, S.D., Sloss, C.R., 2018. A two million year record of low-latitude aridity linked to continental weathering from the Maldives. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 5. doi:10.1186/s40645-018-0238-x
Ge, J., Guo, Z., Zhan, T., Yao, Z., Deng, C., Oldfield, F., 2012. Magnetostratigraphy of the Xihe loess-soil sequence and implication for late Neogene deformation of the West Qinling Mountains. Geophysical Journal International 189, 1399–1408. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05461.x
Duan, Z., Liu, Q., Shi, X., Yao, Z., Liu, J., Su, K., 2016. Reconstruction of high-resolution magnetostratigraphy of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Delta, China. Geophysical Journal International 204, 948–960. doi:10.1093/gji/ggv497
Cao, P., Shi, X., Li, W., Liu, S., Yao, Z., Hu, L., Khokiattiwong, S., Kornkanitnan, N., 2015. Sedimentary responses to the Indian Summer Monsoon variations recorded in the southeastern Andaman Sea slope since 26ka. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 114, 512–525. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.06.028
Betzler, C., Eberli, G.P., Kroon, D., Wright, J.D., Swart, P.K., Nath, B.N., Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A., Alonso-Garciá, M., Bialik, O.M., Blättler, C.L., Guo, J.A., Haffen, S., Horozal, S., Inoue, M., Jovane, L., Lanci, L., Laya, J.C., Mee, A.L.H., Lüdmann, T., Nakakuni, M., Niino, K., Petruny, L.M., Pratiwi, S.D., Reijmer, J.J.G., Reolid, J., Slagle, A.L., Sloss, C.R., Su, X., Yao, Z., Young, J.R., 2016. The abrupt onset of the modern South Asian Monsoon winds. Scientific Reports 6, 1–10. doi:10.1038/srep29838
Betzler, C., Eberli, G., Zarikian, C.A., Alonso-García, M., Bialik, O., Blättler, C., Guo, J., Haffen, S., Horozal, S., Inoue, M., Jovane, L., Kroon, D., Lanci, L., Laya, J., Mee, A.L.H., T, L., M, N., B, N., K, N., L, P., S, P., J, Reijmer, J, Reolid, Slagle A, Sloss, C., Su, X., Swart, P., Wright, J., Yao, Z., Young, J., 2017. Site U1467. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. doi:https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.359.101.2017
Betzler, C., Eberli, G.P., Lüdmann, T., Reolid, J., Kroon, D., Reijmer, J.J.G., Swart, P.K., Wright, J., Young, J.R., Alvarez-Zarikian, C., Alonso-García, M., Bialik, O.M., Blättler, C.L., Guo, J.A., Haffen, S., Horozal, S., Inoue, M., Jovane, L., Lanci, L., Laya, J.C., Hui Mee, A.L., Nakakuni, M., Nath, B.N., Niino, K., Petruny, L.M., Pratiwi, S.D., Slagle, A.L., Sloss, C.R., Su, X., Yao, Z., 2018. Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean). Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 5, 1–18. doi:10.1186/s40645-018-0165-x
国家自然科学基金面上项目：1 Ma以来渤海沉积层序及其对构造、气候和海面变化的响应，41476055，2015-2018；
国家自然科学基金面上项目：新近纪以来印度季风的形成、演化及其驱动机制：基于IODP359航次U1467和U1468孔的研究，41776074，2018-2021；
国家自然科学基金青年基金：渤海地区MIS 3时期海侵东西向空间变化及其影响因素研究，41006039，2011-2013；
科技部重点研发专项子课题：亚洲风尘远程输送及其对海洋生态系统的影响，2016YFA0601903，2016-2021；
中国博士后科学基金：基于XRF岩芯扫描Br元素对海洋沉积有机碳来源的指示，2012M511461，2012；
国家海洋局青年基金：陆架区阶段3以来海侵变化研究，2012317，2012；
国家海洋局全球变化专项子课题：西太平洋古气候研究，GASI-04-01-02，2013-2016；
地调局“大陆架钻探”项目子课题：新近纪以来沉积环境环境变化研究，GZH201111202，2013-201
2016年山东省优秀博士后称号；
2015年获海洋领域优秀科技青年称号；
2015年国家海洋局海洋科学技术奖一等奖（排名第8）；
2015年国家海洋局海洋工程科学技术奖一等奖（排名第15）；
2011年青岛市第十届自然科学优秀论文二等奖（排名第1）
本人2022年招收硕士研究生一名，研究方向为海洋沉积与古环境、古气候，欢迎报考。
