·   2007.02-2011.06：Ph.D. in Geology from University of Bremen / Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

·   2003.09-2006.06：Master in Marine Geology from Tongji University, China

·   1999.09-2003.06：Bachelor in Marine Geology from Tongji University, China

·   2016.09 to present: Assistant Professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Tongji University

·   2011.11-2016.09: Postdoc at State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University (2011.11-2016.9)

Teaching

Courses：

·   《Paleontology and Historical Geology》(undergraduate course)

Research Interests

Climate change in the polar regions:

·   Long/short term Southern Ocean climate variability and their connection to Northern Hemisphere and low latitude climate system.

·   Sea surface conditions (SST, sea ice, productivity etc.) changes and related atmospheric circulation, CO2 changes;

·   Antarctic glaciation/deglaciation history and meltwater discharge history, and the impact of ocean circulation and nutrient (e.g., Si) leakage to low latitude oceans.

·   Climate changes in the (sub)Arctic, palaeoceanography of the Arctic Ocean, Arctic glaciations history.

·   Subarctic North Pacific climate variability and its interaction with low latitude climate system.

Projects

· Chinese National Science Fundation General Project “Reconstructions of late Quaternary glacial-interglacial ice rafting and surface circulation changes in the Western Arctic Ocean”, in charge

·   Chinese National Science Fundation Youth Project “Changes in surface water properties and terrigeneous input in the Southeastern Bering Sea since the last glacial”, in charge

·   China State Oceanic Administration “Antarctic Marine Geology Survey Project” (CHINARE2012-2016-01-02), attendant

·   China State Oceanic Administration “Arctic Marine Geology Survey Project” (CHINARE2012-2016-03-02), attendant

Publications

· Wang, R., Polyak, L., Xiao, W., Wu, L., Zhang, T., Sun, Y., Xu, X., 2018. Late-Middle Quaternary lithostratigraphy and sedimentation patterns on the Alpha Ridge, central Arctic Ocean: implications for Arctic climate variability on orbital time scales. Quat. Sci. Rev. 181, 93-108.

·  Wu, L., Wang, R., Xiao, W., Krijgsman, W., Li, Q., Ge, S., Ma, T., 2018. Late Quaternary deep stratification-climate coupling in the Southern Ocean: implications for changes in abyssal carbon storage. Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst. 19, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007250.

·   Wu, L., Wang, R., Xiao, W., Ge, S., Chen, Z., Krijgsman, W., 2017. Productivity-climate coupling recorded in Pleistocene sediments off Prydz Bay (East Antarctica). Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 485, 260-270.

·   Xiao, W., Esper, O., Gersonde, R., 2016. Last Glacial - Holocene Climate Variability in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews 135, 115-137.

·   Xiao, W., Frederichs, T., Gersonde, R., Kuhn, G., Esper, O., Zhang, X., 2016. Constraining the dating of late Quaternary marine sediment records from the Scotia Sea. Quaternary Geochronology 31, 97-118.

·  Xiao, W., Wang, R., Polyak, L., Astakhov, A., Cheng, X., 2014. Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes in planktonic foraminifera Neogloboquadrina pachyderma in the Arctic Ocean: an overview of published and new surface-sediment data. Marine Geology 352, 397-408.

·  Wang, R., Xiao, W., März, C., Li, Q., 2013. Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental changes revealed in multi-proxy records from the Chukchi Abyssal Plain, western Arctic Ocean. Global and Planetary Changes, 108, 100-118.

·  Zhang, T., Wang, R., Xiao, W., Chen, Z., Chen, J., Cheng, Z., Sun, Y., 2015. Ice rafting history and paleoceanographic reconstructions of Core 08P23 from southern Chukchi Plateau, western Arctic Ocean since Marine Isotope Stage 3. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 34(3), 68-75.

·   Nie, S., Xiao, W., Wang, R., 2015. Paleoclimatic Changes of Bransfield Strait, Antarctica Peninsula since 6 ka, andthe Tele-connection with ENSO. Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology 35(3), 157-166 (In Chinese with English abstract).

·   Wu, L., Wang, R., Xiao, W., Ge, S., Chen, Z., 2015. High resolution age model of Late Quaternary Mouth Fan at Prydz Trough, Eastern Antarctica. Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology 35(3), 197-208 (In Chinese with English abstract).

·   Duan, X., Wang, R., Xiao, W., Zhang, T., 2015. Water column structure changes on the Northwind Ridge, Western Arctic Ocean since the Marine Isotope Stage 5: evidences from foraminiferal assemblages and their oxygen and carbon isotopes. Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology 35(3), 61-71 (In Chinese with English abstract).