| Application of High-precision Geochronology 高精度地质年代学的应用 报告人：Professor Su-chin Chang（张素菁教授，香港大学地球科学系） 报告时间：2011年6月18日上午10点 报告地点：工科楼C座757（学院报告厅） 张素菁教授简介 张素菁教授于1977年生于台湾，2008年取得加州大学伯克利分校博士学位，此后分别于麻省理工学院、美国自然历史博物馆和哥伦比亚大学从事博士后研究工作，自2011年1月起在香港大学任教，担任荣誉助理教授。她的主要研究方向是利用高精度测年方法定量研究古气候变迁、古生物演化及灭绝、火山岩浆活动以及大地构造学等。目前，她是美国地球物理协会、美国地质协会及香港地质协会等协会的会员。她已在《Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology》、《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》以及《Western Pacific Earth Sciences》等杂志发表论文多篇。并担任《Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology》及《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》等杂志的审稿人。 主办单位 地球科学与技术学院 研究生院 科技处 张素菁教授个人简历： Honorary Assistant Professor 06/2011-present The University of Hong Kong Research Assistant Professor 03/2011-present The University of Hong Kong Postdoctoral Research Scientist 02/2009-12/2010 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Advisor: Dr. Sidney Hemming Visiting Postdoc 02/2009-12/2010 American Museum of Natural History Advisor: Dr. Mark Norell Visiting Postdoc 09/2009-08/2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisor: Dr. Sam Bowring Educational History Ph.D University of California, Berkeley 08/2003-12/2008 (Earth and Planetary Science) Adivisor: Dr. Paul Renne Ph.D. program National Taiwan University (Geosciences) 09/2000-07/2003 Master program National Taiwan University (Geosciences) 09/1999-08/2000 B.S. National Taiwan University (Geosciences) 09/1995-06/1999 Research Interests Applications of high-precision geochronology in: ●Climatic change: ① The oldest angiosperm and its implications for the coevolution of plants and atmospheric CO2 ② Milankovitch cyclicity in the Green River Formation of Colorado,USA ③ The mid-Miocene climate transition in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica ④ Global cooling and transitional fossils across the Eocene-Oligocene transition ●Evolution: ① The feathered dinosaurs of Jehol Biota in East Asia ② The Gyeongsan dinosaur tracks in South Korea ③ The South American Land Mammal Ages in Chile ●Volcanic eruption: The late Quaternary Tatun Volcano Group in Taiwan ●Mass extinction: The non-marine Permo-Triassic boundary in West Texas, USA ●Tectonics: Initiation of subduction in the Calabrian Arc, Italy |