Dr. ZHU Xiaofan 朱小凡

• Ph.D., in Physical Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019
• M.Sc. in Physical Geography, Northwest Normal University, 2015
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, Longdong University, 2012

• 2022.7 – Present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2019 – 2021 Research assistant, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• Permafrost changes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
• Influence of extreme climate events on permafrost environments

1. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Ni Jie, et al. (2022). Increased extreme warming events and the differences in the observed hydrothermal responses of the active layer to these events in China’s permafrost regions. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06155-x
2. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Hu Guojie, et al. (2021). Non-negligible contribution to seasonally thawing depth of active layer from extreme warming events in the Tanggula permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126.

1. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Ni Jie, et al. (2022). Increased extreme warming events and the differences in the observed hydrothermal responses of the active layer to these events in China’s permafrost regions. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06155-x
2. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Hu Guojie, et al. (2021). Non-negligible contribution to seasonally thawing depth of active layer from extreme warming events in the Tanggula permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126.
3. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Hu Guojie, et al. (2020). Long-distance atmospheric moisture dominates water budget in permafrost regions of the Central Qinghai-Tibet plateau, Hydrological Processes, 34: 4280-4294.
4. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Zhao Lin, et al. (2019). Exploring the contribution of precipitation to water within the active layer during the thawing period in the permafrost regions of central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by stable isotopic tracing, Science of The Total Environment, 661: 630-644.
5. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Li Ren, et al. (2017). Impacts of summer extreme precipitaton events on the hydrothermal dynamics of the active layer in the Tanggula permafrost region on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122: 11549-11567.
6. Zhu Xiaofan, Wu Tonghua, Ren Li, et al. (2017). Characteristics of the ratios of snow, rain and sleet to precipitation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during 1961-2014, Quaternary International, 444: 137-150.
7. Zhu Xiaofan, Zhang Mingjun, Wang Shengjie, et al. (2015). Comparison of monthly precipitation derived from high-resolution gridded datasets in arid Xinjiang, central Asia, Quaternary International, 358: 160-170.

• Response of local recycled moisture to permafrost change in the middle of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Science Foundation Project, 42001071, 2021–2023.
• Permafrost change in the Shule River source region of Qilian Mountain. Qilian Mountain National Park, Qinghai Service Support Center. QHTX-2021-011-2, 2021–2022.