State key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, PR China 430074

Telephone: 86-18971579250; Fax: 86-27-67883452; Email: lixiuli@cug.edu.cn

Research interests

My interests are focused on stalagmite proxies, e.g. carbon isotope compositions of bulk organic carbon, calcium isotope composition, and associated biogeochemical cycling. I conduct the monitoring of modern processes, with the aim to improve the interpretation of these proxies. Then these stalagmite-based proxies are applied to reconstruct the paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental evolution in central China, with the emphasis on extreme climate events on the decade to centennial timescales.

Education

Ph D., Quaternary Geology, China University of Geosciences at Wuhan, 2012. (Supervisor: Prof. Chaoyong Hu).

Master, Analytical Chemistry, China University of Geosciences at Wuhan, 2007. (Supervisor: Prof. Yanling Chen).

B.S., Applied Chemistry, China University of Geosciences at Wuhan, PR China, 2004.

Professional experience

Associate Professor, State key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, January 2018-

Lecture, State key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, July 2014-December 2017

Post-doctoral, School of Environmental studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, July 2012-June 2014

Research grant

1. “Quantitative reconstruction of extreme drought in the middle Yangtze River over the last 1000 yr: evidence from stalagmite calcium isotope composition” (PI). National Science Foundation of China. 1/1/2017-12/31/2020.

2. “Carbon isotope composition of fulvic acids in stalagmites: a novel paleoecology proxy” (PI). National Science Foundation of China. 1/1/2014-12/31/2016.

3. “Environmental controls on the carbon isotope compositions of fulvic acids in the cave system” (PI). China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. 5/1/2013-4/30/2014.

Publications

1.     Xiuli Li, Xuepin Cui, Dong He, Jin Liao and Chaoyong Hu. Evaluation of the Heshang Cave stalagmite calcium isotope composition as a paleohydrologic proxy by comparison with the instrumental precipitation record. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 2615 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-20776-5

2.     Xiuli Li, Chaoyong Hu, Junhua Huang, Shucheng Xie, Andy Baker. A 9000-year carbon isotopic record of acid-soluble organic matter in a stalagmite from Heshang Cave, central China: paleoclimate implications. Chemical Geology, 2014, 388: 71-77.

3.     Xiuli Li, Chaoyong Hu, Jin Liao, Liangliang Bao, Qixi Mao. An improved method for fluorescence analysis of dissolved organic matter in cave drip water. Frontiers of Earth Science, 2014, 8(4): 595-598.

4.     Xiuli Li, Canfa Wang, Junhua Huang, Chaoyong Hu, Shucheng Xie. Seasonal variation of fatty acids from drip water in Heshang Cave, central China. Applied Geochemistry, 2011, 26(3): 341-347.

5.     Xiuli Li, Yanling Chen, Xianyu Huang. Electrochemical behavior of neomycin at deoxyribonucleic acid modified gold electrodes. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2007, 101: 918-924.