Educational Background:
1. 2018.09–2021.12, Ph.D. in Mineral Resource Prospecting and Exploration, College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University
2. 2015.09–2018.06, Master’s degree in Mineral Resource Prospecting and Exploration, College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University
3. 2011.09–2015.06, Bachelor’s degree in Resource Exploration Engineering, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology

Academic Achievements:
1. Kun Zhang, Eva E. Stüeken, Christophe Thomazo, Zibin Zhao, Pavel S. Minyuk, Shixi Cai, Kai Yang, Qing Chang, Ziping Liu, Edith Bai*. 2025. Volcanic ash drives contrasting redox shifts and biogeochemical feedbacks in ancient marine and lacustrine systems. Communications Earth & Environment, 6: 850.
2. Kun Zhang, Ziping Liu, Zitao Xu, Qing Chang, Douaa Fathy, Rong Liu*, Edith Bai*. 2024. Microbial and hydrothermal dolomite formation in Early Cretaceous lacustrine sediments in Yin'e Basin: Insights from petrology and geochemistry. Sedimentary Geology, 471: 106739.
3. Kun Zhang, Rong Liu*, Edith Bai*, Zibin Zhao, Giovan Peyrotty, Douaa Fathy, Qing Chang, Ziping Liu, Kai Yang, Chuan Xu, Zhaojun Liu. 2023. Biome responses to a hydroclimatic crisis in an Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) subtropical inland lake ecosystem, Northwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 622: 111596.
4. Kun Zhang, Rong Liu*, Wenjing Ding, Li Li, Zhaojun Liu. 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.
5. Kun Zhang*, Rong Liu*, Zhaojun Liu, Bile Li, Gaofei Liu, Xu Yan, Li Li. 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.