PhD, Research Professor
Sedimentary Geochemistry, Stable isotope Geochemistry
E-mail: why@cdut.edu.cn
International Center for Sedimentary Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry Research
Institute of Sedimentary Geology
No. 1 Dongsan Rd. Chenghua Dist. Chengdu 610059, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Triple oxygen and quadruple sulfur isotopes; C/O/S/P/Fe biogeochemical cyclings in modern and ancient oceans and their isotopic effects; Meso- and Neoproterozoic oxygenation events; Co-evolution between early life and paleo-environment.
EDUCATION
2017/09-2020/12 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Ph.D. in Geochemistry
2014/09-2017/06 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), M.S. in Geology
2010/09-2014/06 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), B.S. in Geology
2019/10-2020/10 Louisiana State University (USA), Visiting Graduate Student
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023/03-present, Chengdu University of Technology, Research Professor
2020/01-2023/02, Nanjing University, Postdoctoral Research
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewer for Nature Communications, Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Precambrian Research, Biogeosciences, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Marine and Petroleum Geology etc.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Haiyang Wang, Chao Li*, Yongbo Peng*, Junpeng Zhang, Meng Cheng, Xiaobin Cao, Wenkun Qie, Zihu Zhang, Matthew S. Dodd, Mingcai Hou, Malcolm Wallace, Ashleigh v.S. Hood, Timothy W. Lyons, Huiming Bao, 2025. Two-billion-year transitional oxygenation of the Earth's surface. Nature 645, 665-671.
2. Haiyang Wang, Yongbo Peng*, Chao Li*, Xiaobin Cao, Meng Cheng, Huiming Bao*, 2023. Sulfate triple-oxygen-isotope evidence confirming oceanic oxygenation 570 million years ago. Nature Communications. 14, 4315.
3. Haiyang Wang, Chao Li*, Meng Cheng, Zihu Zhang, Thomas J. Algeo, 2022. Redbed formation in the redox-stratified mid-Proterozoic ocean. Precambrian Research 379, 106815.
4. Haiyang Wang, Aoran Liu, Chao Li*, Qinglai Feng, Shida Tang, Meng Cheng, and Thomas J. Algeo, 2021. A benthic oxygen oasis in the early Neoproterozoic ocean. Precambrian Research 355, 106085.
5. Haiyang Wang, Zihu Zhang, Chao Li*, Thomas J. Algeo, Meng Cheng, Wei Wang, 2020. Spatiotemporal redox heterogeneity and transient marine shelf oxygenation in the Mesoproterozoic ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 270, 201–217.
6. Haiyang Wang, Chao Li*, Chaoyong Hu, Shucheng Xie, 2015. Spurious Thermoluminescence Characteristics of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635–551 Ma) and Its Implications for Marine Dissolved Organic Carbon Reservoir. Journal of Earth Science 26(6), 883–892.
7. 王海洋, 王威, 2017. 温室气体的“牢笼”——海洋惰性溶解有机碳库. 科学中国人 01: 132−134.
8. Chao Li*, Haiyang Wang, 2025. Research Briefing: Earth’s atmosphere took two billion years to become fully oxygenated. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-02959-z.
9. Chao Li*, Haiyang Wang, 2024. Uncovering the largest negative carbon isotope excursion in Earth history. Science China: Earth Science 67(3), 885-889.
10. Matthew S. Dodd, Haiyang Wang, Chao Li*, Martyn Towner, Andrew R. Thomson, John F. Slack, Yu-sheng Wan, Franco Pirajno, Chakravadhanula Manikyamba, Qiang Wang, Dominic Papineau, 2022. Abiotic anoxic iron oxidation, formation of Archean banded iron formations, and the oxidation of early Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584, 117469.
11. Meng Cheng, Haiyang Wang, Chao Li*, Genming Luo, Junhua Huang, Zhenbing She, Lidan Lei, Guang Ouyang, Zihu Zhang, Matthew S. Dodd, Thomas J. Algeo, 2022. Barite in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation and its implications for marine carbon cycling during the largest negative carbon isotope excursion in Earth’s history. Precambrian Research 368, 106485.
12. Jinzuo Tong, Meng Cheng*, Jun Hu, Xinyang Chen, Haiyang Wang, Thomas J. Algeo, Mingcai Hou, Chao Li, 2025. Zinc isotopic evidence for enhanced oceanic primary productivity during termination of the late Ediacaran Shuram Excursion. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 405, 66-79.
13. Meng Cheng*, Zihu Zhang, Jun Hu*, Haiyang Wang, Mengchun Cao, Chao Li, 2025. Reconciling redox proxy contradiction with active Fe-Mn shuttle in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin of South China. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 667, 112899.
14. Haodong Gu, Jun Hu*, Meng Cheng, Haiyang Wang, Matthew S. Dodd, Zihu Zhang, Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li, 2024. Heterogeneous coupling of δ13Corg and δ13Ccarb during the Shuram Excursion: Implications for a large dissolved organic carbon reservoir in the Ediacaran ocean. Global and Planetary Change 239, 104466.
15. Meng Cheng, Wei Wei, Xinyang Chen, Haiyang Wang, Lianjun Feng, Zhenbing She, Yong Fu, Thomas J. Algeo, Fang Huang*, Chao Li*, 2024. Active methane release from the early Cambrian seafloor? Clues from Ba isotopes. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol 653, 112399.
16. Zihu Zhang, Meng Cheng*, Haiyang Wang, Xinyang Chen, Wei Guo, Chao Li*, 2023. Spatiotemporal variation of dissolved oxygen in the Ediacaran surface ocean and its implication for Ediacaran oceanic carbon cycling. Science China: Earth Science 66(8), 1892-1905.
17. Meng Cheng*, Zihu Zhang, Chengsheng Jin, Wei Wei, Haiyang Wang, Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li*, 2023. Salinity variation and hydrographic dynamics in the early Cambrian Nanhua Basin (South China). Science China: Earth Sciences 66, 1268-1278.
18. Na Li, Feifei Zhang*, Jianhua Gao, Mengchun Cao, Guang-Yi Wei, Haiyang Wang, Zihu Zhang, Meng Cheng, Guolin Xiong, Jianlin Zhou, Hua Zhang, Yongbo Peng, Chao Li, Shu-Zhong Shen, 2022. Assessing bulk carbonates as archives for seawater sulfur isotopic composition using shallow water cores from the South China Sea. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol 598, 111029.
19. Kaiqi Huang, Meng Cheng*, Thomas J. Algeo, Jun Hu, Haiyang Wang, Zihu Zhang, Matthew S. Dodd, Yan Wu, Wei Guo, Chao Li*, 2022. Interaction of Shibantan Biota and environment in the terminal Ediacaran ocean: Evidence from I/(Ca+Mg) and sulfur isotopes. Precambrian Research 379, 106814.
20. Meng Cheng, Zihu Zhang, Thomas J. Algeo, Shuliang Liu, Xiaodan Liu, Haiyang Wang, Biao Chang, Chengsheng Jin, Wen Pan, Mengchun Cao, Chao Li, 2021. Hydrological controls on marine chemistry in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin (South China). Earth-Science Reviews 218, 103678.
21. Chengsheng Jin, Chao Li, Thomas J. Algeo, Guochang Wang, Wei Shi, Meng Cheng, Zihu Zhang, Haiyang Wang, Na Li, Wei Wang, 2021. Spatial heterogeneity of redox-sensitive trace metal enrichments in upper Ediacaran anoxic black shales. Journal of the Geological Society. Jgs2020–234.
22. Meng Cheng, Chao Li*, Chengsheng Jin, Haiyang Wang, Thomas J. Algeo, Timothy W. Lyons, Feifei Zhang, Ariel Anbar, 2020. Evidence for high organic carbon export to the early Cambrian seafloor. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 287, 125–140.
23. Chao Li*, Zihu Zhang, Chengsheng Jin, Meng Cheng, Haiyang Wang, Junhua Huang, Thomas J. Algeo, 2020. Spatiotemporal evolution and causes of marine euxinia in the early Cambrian Nanhua Basin (South China). Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 546, 109676.
24. 王威, 王海洋, 李超, 2018.“富氧海洋”的今生前世. 科学 70(2), 43−46.
