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Weijian Zhou
Workplaces:Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Alma Mater:North-west University
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
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Weijian Zhou is a geologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences known for her research into environmental changes in the Quaternary era using radiocarbon data.

Education and career

Zhou graduated from Guizhou University in 1976.[1] She earned her Ph.D. in 1995 from North-West University in China in 1995, and her Ph.D. won the “First National Prize for the One Hundred Most Outstanding PhD Theses in China”.[2] In 1999, she became a professor in the Institute of Earth Environment at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Xi'an, China.[3] In 2006 she began her position as the director of the Xi'an Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Center.[4] [5]

In 2016, she was named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited her "for exceptional contributions to radiocarbon dating and our understanding of East Asian and global environmental changes using radionuclides as tracers".[6]

Research

Weijian Zhou is known for using Accelerator mass spectrometry data to track geochemical tracers such as beryllium-10 in loess and Carbon-14. Through these data streams, Zhou studies to chronostratigraphy in the Quaternary era, the period from 2.9 million years ago to the present. Her research has provided insights into the monsoons in China,[7] [8] and records of ancient rainfall through tracking of beryllium-10 in dust layers.[9] [10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zhou's research showed carbon dioxide concentrations were lower than previous years, but this decrease was short-lived because values returned to pre-pandemic levels when lockdown restrictions were lifted.[11]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Weijian Zhou.
  2. Web site: Weijian ZHOU-Xi'an Jiaotong University. 2021-08-17. en.xjtu.edu.cn.
  3. Web site: 中国科学院地球环境研究所资源库. 2021-08-17. sourcedb.ieexa.cas.cn.
  4. Web site: Zhou, Weijian. 2021-08-17. TWAS. en.
  5. Web site: 周卫健-中国科学院大学-UCAS. 2021-08-17. people.ucas.ac.cn. zh.
  6. Web site: Zhou. 2021-08-16. Honors Program. en-US.
  7. Weijian. Zhou. Donahue. Douglas J.. Porter. Stephen C.. Jull. Timothy A.. Xiaoqiang. Li. Stuiver. Minze. Zhisheng. An. Matsumoto. Eiji. Guangrong. Dong. Variability of Monsoon Climate in East Asia at the End of the Last Glaciation. Quaternary Research. November 1996. 46. 3. 219–229. 10.1006/qres.1996.0062. 1996QuRes..46..219W . 129650707 .
  8. Zhou . Weijian . Donahue . Douglas . Jull . A. J. T. . Radiocarbon AMS Dating of Pollen Concentrated from Eolian Sediments: Implications for Monsoon Climate Change Since the Late Quaternary . Radiocarbon . 1997 . 39 . 1 . 19–26 . 10.1017/S0033822200040868. free . 1997Radcb..39...19Z .
  9. Web site: Jensen. Mari N.. 2018-05-24. Dusty Rainfall Records Reveal New Understanding of Climate. 2021-08-17. University of Arizona News. en.
  10. Beck. J. Warren. Zhou. Weijian. Li. Cheng. Wu. Zhenkun. White. Lara. Xian. Feng. Kong. Xianghui. An. Zhisheng. 2018-05-25. A 550,000-year record of East Asian monsoon rainfall from 10 Be in loess. Science. en. 360. 6391. 877–881. 10.1126/science.aam5825. 29798878. 44104395. 0036-8075. free.
  11. Wu. Shugang. Zhou. Weijian. Xiong. Xiaohu. Burr. G.S.. Cheng. Peng. Wang. Peng. Niu. Zhenchuan. Hou. Yaoyao. 2021. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on atmospheric CO2 in Xi'an, China. Environmental Research. en. 197. 111208. 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111208. 8061636. 33895110.
  12. Web site: Division of Earth Sciences---Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2021-08-17. english.casad.cas.cn.

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