Researcher
Name:
Jianbao Liu
Title:
Professor
Tel:
010-84097034
Email:
jbliu@itpcas.ac.cn
Address:
Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lin Cui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101P.R. China
Education and Appointments

Education

Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China, 2015

Visiting student in Limnology, Queen’s University, Canada, 2013-2015

B.Sc. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China, 2010

Appointments 

2018-present Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2015-2018  Assistant Professor, Lanzhou University, China


Research Interest

Research Fields: Paleoclimatology and paleolimnology, with special focus on monsoon climate change and its impacts, and the Anthropocene

Research Interests: East Asian summer monsoon change, its impacts, and the Anthropocene


Selected Publications
Publications in the recent 5 years (2016-2020)(* corresponding author; # joint first authors; Including books and book chapters)
Part 1: 5 representative publications 
1.Liu, J.B., Shen, Z.W., Chen, W., Chen, J., Zhang, X., Chen, J.H., Chen, F.H.*, 2020. Dipolar mode of precipitation changes between north China and the Yangtze River Valley existed over the entire Holocene: Evidence from the sediment record of Nanyi Lake. International Journal of Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6906.
2.Zhang, Z.P., Liu, J.B.*, Chen, J., Chen, S.Q., Shen, Z.W., Chen, J., Liu, X.K., Wu, D., Sheng, Y.W., Chen, F.H., 2020. Holocene climatic optimum in the East Asian monsoon region of China defined by climatic stability. Earth-Science Reviews, 212, 103450, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103450.
3.Liu, X.K., Liu, J.B.*, Chen, S.Q., Chen, J.H., Zhang, X., Yan, J.J., Chen, F.H., 2020. New insights on Chinese cave δ18O records and their paleoclimatic significance. Earth-Science Reviews, 207, 103216, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103216.
4.Chen, F.H.*, Chen, S.Q., Zhang, X., Smol, J.P., Wang, X., Chen, J.H., Gowan, E., Qiang, M.R., Dong, G.H., Wang, Z.L., Li, Y.C., Xu, Q.H., Liu, J.B.*, 2020. Asian dust-storm activities dominated by Chinese dynasty changes since 2000 BP. Nature Communications, 11, 920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14765-4.
5.Liu, J.B., Rühland, K.M., Chen, J.H., Xu, Y.Y., Chen, S.Q., Chen, Q.M., Huang, W., Xu, Q.H., Chen, F.H.*, Smol, J.P.*, 2017. Aerosol-weakened summer monsoons decrease lake fertilization in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Nature Climate Change, 7, 190–194. 

Part 2: all other publications (exclude part 1)

1.Yan, X.W., Liu, J.B.*, Rühland, K.M., Smol, J.P., Chen, F.H., 2020. Climate change as the dominant driver of recent ecological changes in a semi-arid alpine lake from the Chinese Loess Plateau. Journal of Paleolimnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00155-9.
2.Cheng, B., Liu, J.B.*, Chen, S.Q., Zhang, Z.P., Shen, Z.W., Yan, X.W., Li, F.Y., Chen, G.J., Zhang, X.S., Wang, X., Chen, J.H., 2020. Impact of abrupt late Holocene climate change on the status of an alpine lake in North China. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 125(4), e2019JD031877, https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JD031877.
3.Li, F.Y., Liu, J.B.*, Chen, G.J., Kong, L.Y., Zhang, X.S., 2020. A rapid late Holocene lake ecosystem shift driven by climate change: evidence from the first cladoceran record from an alpine lake in northern China. Science Bulletin, 65(4), 253-256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2019.12.010.
4.Chen, S.Q., Liu, J.B.*, Chen, J.H., Chen, F.H., 2020. Differences in the evolutionary pattern of dust storms over the past 2000 years between eastern and western China and the driving mechanisms. Science China Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-020-9632-y.
5.Liu, X.K., Liu, J.B.*, Shen, C.C., Yang. Y., Chen, J.H., Chen, S.Q., Wang, X.F., Wu, C.C., Chen, F.H., 2020. Inconsistency between records of δ18O and trace element ratios from stalagmites: Evidence for increasing mid-late Holocene moisture in arid central Asia. The Holocene, 30(3), 369-379, https://doi.10.1177/0959683619887431.
6.Chen, F.H., Zhang, J.F., Liu, J.B., Cao, X.Y., Hou, J.Z., Zhu, L.P., Xu, X.K., Liu, X.J., Wang, M.D., Wu, D., Huang, L.X., Zeng, T., Zhang, S., Huang, W., Zhang, X., Yang, K., 2020. Climate change, vegetation history, and landscape responses on the Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene: A comprehensive review. Quaternary Science Reviews, 243, 106444, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106444.
7.Wang, X., Dettman, D.L., Wang, M., Zhang, J.H., Saito, Y., Quade, J., Feng, S., Liu, J.B., Chen, F.H., 2020. Seasonal wet-dry variability of the Asian monsoon since the middle Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106568.
8.Chen, F.H.*#, Chen, J.H.#., Huang, W.#, Chen, S.Q., Huang, X.Z., Jin, L.Y., Jia, J., Zhang, X.J., An, C.B., Zhang, J.W., Zhao, Y., Yu, Z.C., Zhang, R.H., Liu, J.B., Zhou, A.F., Feng, S., 2019. Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales. Earth-Science Reviews, 192, 337-354, https://doi.10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.03.005.
9.Chen, F.H.*, Fu, B.J., Xia, J., Wu, D., Wu, S.H., Zhang, Y.L., Sun, H., Liu, Y., Fang, X.M., Qin, B.Q., Li, X., Zhang, T.J., Liu, B.Y., Dong, Z.B., Hou, S.G., Tian, L.D., Xu, B.Q., Dong, G.H., Zheng, J.Y., Yang, W., Wang, X., Li, Z.J., Wang, F., Hu, Z.B., Wang, J., Liu, J.B., Chen, J.H., Huang, W., Hou, J.Z., Cai, Q.F., Long, H., Jiang, M., Hu, Y.X., Feng, X.M., Mo, X.G., Yang, X.Y., Zhang, D.J., Wang, X.H., Yin, Y.H., Liu, X.C.. 2019. Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects. Science China Earth Sciences, 62, 1665-1701, https://doi.10.1007/s11430-019-9522-7.
10.Chen, J.H.*, Liu, J.B.#, Zhang, X.J., Chen, S.Q., Huang, W., Chen, J., Zhang, S.R., Zhou, A.F., Chen, F.H., 2019. Unstable Little Ice Age climate revealed by high-resolution proxy records from northwestern China. Climate Dynamics, 53, 1517-1526, https://doi.10.1007/s00382-019-04685-5.
11.Zhang, Z.P., Liu, J.B.*, Liu, X.K., Chen, S.Q., Yu, A.L., Zhang, X.S., Chen, J., Shen, Z.W., Chen, J., Zhang, S.J., Xia, H., Chen, F.H., 2019. Seasonal variations in the water oxygen isotope composition of four lakes in the East Asian summer monsoon region: implications for the interpretation of paleo-isotope records. Progress in Physical Geography, 44(16), https://doi.10.1177/0309133319896338.
12.Duan, Y.W., Sun, Q., Werne, J.P., Zhao, H., Zhang, D.J., Zhang, N.M., Liu, J.B., Wu, D., Chen, F.H.*., 2019. Mid-Holocene moisture maximum revealed by pH changes derived from brGDGTs in loess deposits of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 520, 138-149, https://doi.10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.034. 
13.Liu, X.K., Rao, Z.G., Shen, C.C., Liu, J.B., Chen, J.H., Chen, S.Q., Wang, X.F., Chen, F.H.*, 2019. Holocene solar activity imprint on centennial‐to multidecadal‐scale hydroclimatic oscillations in arid central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 124(5), 2562-2573, https://doi.10.1029/2018JD029699.
14.Chen, J., Liu, J.B.*, Xie, C.L., Chen, G.J., Chen, J.H., Zhang, Z.P., Zhou, A.F., Rühland, K.M., Smol, J.P., Chen, F.H., 2018. Biogeochemical responses to climate change and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition from a ~200-year record from Tianchi Lake, Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary International, 493, 22-30, https://doi.10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.004.
15.Chen, S.Q., Liu, J.B.*, Xie, C.L., Chen, J.H., Wang, H.P., Wang, Z.L., Rao, Z.G., Xu, Q.H., Chen, F.H., 2018. Evolution of integrated lake status since the last deglaciation: A high-resolution sedimentary record from Lake Gonghai, Shanxi, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 496, 175-182, https://doi.10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.035.
16.Shen, Z.W., Liu, J.B.*, Xie, C.L., Zhang, X.S., Chen, F.H., 2018. An environmental perturbation at AD 600 and subsequent human impacts recorded by multi-proxy records from the sediments of Lake Mayinghai, North China. The Holocene, 28, 1870-1880, https://doi.10.1177/0959683618798159.
17.Zhang, Z.P., Liu, J.B.*, Chen., S.Q., Chen, J., Zhang, S.J., Xia, H., Shen, Z.W., Wu, D., Chen, F.H., 2018. Non-lagged response of vegetation to climate change during the Younger Dryas: evidence from high resolution multi-proxy records from an alpine lake in northern China. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 123, 7065–7075, https://doi.10.1029/2018JD028752.
18.Chen, J.H*., Zhang, Z.P., Liu, J.B.*, Rao, Z.G., Huang, W., Zhang, X., Chen, S.Q., 2018. “North-South” dipolar mode of precipitation changes in eastern China extends to the Last Deglaciation. Science Bulletin, 63(24), 1604-1605, https://doi. CNKI:SUN:JXTW.0.2018-24-004.
19.Zhang, S.W.*, Yang, Z.Y., Cioppa, M.T., Liu, Q.S., Wang, X.S., Eichhorn, H.S., Qiao, Y.S., Chen, F.H., Shao, Z.G., Liu, J.B., 2018. A high-resolution Holocene record of the East Asian summer monsoon variability in sediments from Mountain Ganhai Lake, North China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 508, 17-34, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.030.
20.Liu, J.B., Chen, S.Q., Chen, J.H., Zhang, Z.P., Chen, F.H.*, 2017. Chinese cave δ18O records do not represent northern East Asian summer monsoon rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, https://doi.10.1073/pnas.1703471114.
21.Liu, J.B., Chen, J.H., Selvaraj, K.*, Chen, S,Q.*, Xie, C.L., Chen, Q.M., Lin, B.Z., Yu, K.F., Xu, Q.H., Velasco, V.M., Chen, F.H., 2017. A 14.7 Ka Record of Earth’s Surface Processes from the Arid-Monsoon Transitional China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(3), 723-734, https://doi. 10.1002/esp.4265.
22.Xu, Q.H.*, Chen, F.H., Zhang, S.R., Cao, X.Y., Li, J.Y., Li, Y.C., Li, M.Y., Chen, J.H., Liu, J.B., Wang, Z.L., 2017. Vegetation succession and East Asian Summer Monsoon Changes since the last deglaciation inferred from high-resolution pollen record in Gonghai Lake, Shanxi Province, China. The Holocene, 27, 835-846, https://doi. 10.1177/0959683616675941.
23.Chen, J.H.*, Rao, Z.G., Liu, J.B., Huang, W., Feng, S., Dong, G.H., Hu, Y., Xu, Q.H., Chen, F.H.*, 2016. On the timing of the East Asian summer monsoon maximum during the Holocene - Does the speleothem oxygen isotope record reflect monsoon rainfall variability? Science China Earth Sciences, 59 (12), 2328-2338, https://doi. 10.1007/s11430-015-5500-5.
24.Wang, H., Brooks, S.J., Chen, J.H.*, Hu, Y., Wang, Z.L., Liu, J.B., Xu, Q.H., Chen, F.H., 2016. Response of chironomid assemblages to East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability in northern China since the last deglaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31 (8), 967-982, https://doi. 10.1002/jqs.2921.
25.Chen, J.H.*, Lv, F.Y., Huang, X.Z., Birks, H.J.B., Telford, R.J., Zhang, S.R., Xu, Q.H., Zhao, Y., Wang, H.P., Zhou, A.F., Huang, W., Liu, J.B., Wei, G.Y., 2017. A novel procedure for pollen-based quantitative paleoclimate reconstructions and its application in China. Science China Earth Sciences, 60 (11), 2059-2066, https://doi. 10.1007/s11430-017-9095-1.