Educational Background:

2018.09-2021.12 Doctoral degree in the major of Mineral Prospecting and Exploration from the School of Earth Sciences, Jilin University

2015.09-2018.06 Master’s degree in the major of Mineral Prospecting and Exploration from the School of Earth Sciences, Jilin University

2011.09-2015.06 Bachelor’s degree in the major of Resource Exploration Engineering from the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology

Academic Achievements:

1. Kun Zhang, Ziping Liu, Zitao Xu, et al. 2024. Microbial and hydrothermal dolomite formation in Early Cretaceous lacustrine sediments in Yin'e Basin: Insights from petrology and geochemistry. Sedimentary Geology, 471: 106739.

2.Kun Zhang, Rong Liu*,Edith Bai*, et al. 2023. Biome responses to a hydroclimatic crisis in an Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) subtropical inland lake ecosystem, Northwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 622:111596.

3.Kun Zhang, Rong Liu*, Wenjing Ding, et al. 2022. The influence of Early Cretaceous paleoclimate warming event on sedimentary environment evolution and organic matter sources in Yin'e Basin: Evidence from petrology and molecular geochemistry. International Journal of Coal Geology, 254:103972.

4. Kun Zhang*, Rong Liu*, Zhaojun Liu, et al. 2022. Terrestrial records of Early Cretaceous paleoclimate fluctuations in the Yin'e Basin, northern China: Evidence from sedimentology and palynomorphs in lacustrine sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 432:106110.

5. Kun Zhang, Rong Liu*, Zhaojun Liu, et al. 2021. Geochemical characteristics and geological significance of humid climate events in the Middle-Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) of the Ordos Basin central China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 131:105179.