Research fields
Stable isotope biogeochemistry, The Evolution of the Earth, Atmospheric chemistry
Education
Ph.D. in Isotope Geochemistry 1995, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Employment
2010-present Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2004-2009 Professor (III/IV), Canada Research Chair in Biogeochemistry, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Canada
2001-2004 National Research Council & NASA Astrobiology Institute Research Fellow, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University (one of the first 6 awardees in Astrobiology funded by NRC and NASA)
2000-2001 Assistant Professor (term appointment), Institute of Biology, Odense University, Denmark
1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Danish Center for Earth System Science, Denmark
1997-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Major publications
Selected Publications (since 2000): (*graduate student or post-doc.)
Li*, M., Grasby, S.E.,Wang, S., Zhang*,X.,Wasylenki, L.E,Xu*, Y.,Sun, M., Beauchamp,B.,Hu*, D., Shen,Y.,2021.Nicke
isotopes link Siberian Traps aerosol particles to the end-Permian mass extinction.Nature Commumications 12:2024.
Hu*, D., Li*,M.. Zhang*,X., Turchyn,A.V.,Gong*,Y., Shen,Y., 2020. Large mass-independent S-isotopic anomalies linked
stratospheric volcanism to the Late Ordovician mass extinction.Nature Communications 11: 2297.
Lin,M..Zhang*,X.,Li*,M., Xu*,Y., Zhang,L., Tao, J , Su,B.,Liu, L, Shen,Y., Thiemens,M.H.,2018.Five-S-isotope evidenc&of two distinct mass-independent sulfur isotope effects and implications for the modermn and Archean atmospheres.Proc. Nad.
Acad. Sci.USA 115:8541-8546.
Sun*,H,Xiao,Y., Gao,Y., Zhang *,G, Casey, J.F., Shen,Y., 2018.Rapid enhancement of chemical weathering recorded byextremely light seawater lithium isotopes at the Permian-Triassic boundary.Proc.Natil.Acad Sci. USA 115:3782-3787.
Li*, D, Zhang*, X., Hu*, D., Chen*, X, Huang*,W., Zhang*, X., Li*, M, Qin,L., Peng,S., Shen,Y., 2018.Evidence of a large8lCcaut and 8Con depth gradient for deep-water anoxia during the late Cambrian SPICE event. Geology 46:631-634.
Lu, W., Ridgwell, A. Thomas, E.,Hardisty, D.S., Luo, G., Algeo, T.J., Saltzman,M.R, Gill, B.C., Shen，Y., Ling,H-F., Edwards,C.T., Whalen,M.T. Zhou,X., Gutchess,K.M., Jin, L.,Rickaby,R.E.M.,Jenkyns, H.C., Lyons, T.W., Lenfon, T.M.,KumpL.R., Lu, Z., 2018.Late inception of a resiliently oxygenated upper ocean.Science 361:174-177.
Shen*, J, Pearson,A.,Henkes, G.A., Zhang，Y., Chen*,K., Li*, D.，Wankel,S.D., Finney， S.C., Shen,Y, 2018. Improvedefficiency of the biological pump as a trigger for the Late Ordovician glaciation.Nature Geoscience 11:510-514.
Zhang*,G., Zhang*,X., Hu*, D., Li*, D., Algeo,T.J , Farquhar, J., Hendersond, C.M, Qin, L., Shen, M., Shen, D., Schoepfer, S.DChen*,K., Shen,Y, 2017.Redox chemistry changes in the Panthalassic Ocean linked to the end-Permian mass extinction and
delayed Early Triassic biotic recovery. Proc. Natl.Acad.Sci. USA 114: 1806-1810.
Zhang*, G., Zhang*,X., Li*,D., Farquhar,J., Shen, S.Chen*, X., Shen,Y., 2015. Widespread shoaling of sulfidic waters linked tdthe end-Guadalupian (Permian) mass extinction.Geology 43: 1091-1094.
Shen,Y, Farquhar, J., Zhang,H.,Masterson, A., Zhang*, T., Wing, B.A., 2011.Multiple S-isotopic evidence for episodic shoalingof anoxic water during Late Permian mass extinction. Nature Communications 2:210.
Zhang*,T., Trela, W.,Jiang, S-Y.,Nielsen,J.K., Shen,Y., 2011. Major oceanic redox condition change correlated with the reboundof marine animal diversity during the Late Ordovician.Geology 39:675-678.
Shen, S.Z., Crowley,J.L.， Wang,Y., Bowring,S.A., Erwin, D.Hi.,Sadler, P.M.,Cao, C.Q.,Rothman,D.H.,Henderson, C.M.
Ramezani, J., Zhang,H. Shen,Y., Wang, X.D., Wang,W.,Mu, L. Li,W.Z..Tang,Y.G., Liu, X.L., Liut, L.J., Zeng,Y ., Jliang.Y.F., Jin,Y.G., 2011.Calibrating the end-Permian mass extinction. Science 334:1367-1372.
Zhang*,T., Shen,Y.,Zhan,R., Shen,S., Chen,X., 2009. Large perturbations of the carbon and sulfur cycle associated with thLate Ordovician mass extinction in South China.Geology 37: 299-302.
Nagy,R.M., Porter,S.M., Dehler, C.M., Shen,Y., 2009. Biotic turnover driven by eutrophication before the Sturtian low-latitudglaciation.Nature Geoscience 2: 415-418.
Shen,Y., Zhang*,T.,Hoffman,P.F., 2008.On the coevolution of Ediacaran oceans and animals. Proc.Nat.Acad.Sct. USA 1057376-7381.
Scott, C., Lyons, T.W., Bekker，A., Shen,Y.,Poulton, S.w., ChuL, X., Anbar,A.D.,2008.Tracing stepwise oxygenation of th.Proterozoic ocean. Nature 452: 456-459.
Shen,Y., Buick,R., 2004.The antiquity of microbial sulfate reduction.Earth-Science Reviews 64: 243-272.
Nielsen*., J.K., Shen，Y., 2004.Evidence for sulfidic deep water during the Late Permian in the East Greenland Basin. Geology 321307-1040.
Shen,Y., Knoll, A.H., Walter,M.R., 2003.Evidence for low sulphate and anoxia in a mid-Proterozoic marine basin. Nature 423
632-635.
Shen,Y.,Buick,R., Canfield, D.E.,2001.Isotopic evidence for microbial sulphate reduction in the early Archaean era.Natwre 410
77-81.
Shen, Y.,Schidlowski, M., 2000.New C isotope stratigraphy from southwest China:Implications for the placement of thePrecambrian-Cambrian boundary on the Yangtze Platform and global correlations. Geology 28:623-626.
Honors and Awards
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences