Yanjun Cai

 

Contact

Institute of Global Environmental Change

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Address: No.19 Building, Western China Science and Technology Innovation Harbour, No.999 Siyuan Round South Road, Fengxi New City, Xixian New Area, Xi'an, 712000, Shaanxi, China.

Tel: 86-29-88965108

E-mail: yanjun_cai@xjtu.edu.cn

Lab Website: http://isotope.xjtu.edu.cn

 

 

 

Basic Information

Yanjun Cai devoted to the researches of paleo-climatological and paleo-environmental changes recorded by the speleothem, and the stratigraphy and U-series dating of cave sediments.

The major achievements are attested by more than 110 papers (75 papers in SCI peer-reviewed journals, including 9 coauthored papers in Nature, Science, PNAS and Nature Geoscience, with a total citation of 10200 (Google Scholar). The H-index is 41. He won the second prize of National Natural Science Award in 2016 (No.3), and for three times, the outstanding achievements have been recognized as "Ten advances in Science in China".

Scientific Research

Research Fields

Climate and Environmental Change

Cave stalagmites

Stable isotope

U-series dating

Positions

2019.12-present

Xi’an Jiaotong University

Professor

2011.1-2019.12

Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Fellow

2006.2-2011.1

Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Associate research fellow

2003.7-2006.2

Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Associate

Education

1997.9-2003.6

Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PhD

1993.9-1997.7

Northwest University

Bachelor