·    1978.09-1982.07: Nanjing University, Paleontology and Startigraphy, B.Sc

·    1982.09-1985.07: Nanjing University, Paleontology and Startigraphy, M.Sc

·    1995.03-1998.10: Tongji University, Marine Geology, Ph.D

·    2004.01-: School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Professor

·    2003.10-2003.12: Alfred-Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research, visiting scholar

·    1997.06-2003.09: Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Associate Professor

·    1996.10-1997.05: Alfred-Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research, visiting scholar

·    1994.09-1996.09: Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Associate Professor

·    1985.08-1994.08: Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Assistant Professor

Teaching

·    《Paleontology and Historical Geology》(undergraduate course)

·    《Mircopaleoecology》(postgraduate course)

·    《Siliceous Microfossils》(postgraduate course)

Students

Current students 🙍🏼‍♀️：

·    Master🖐🏻：Jiaen Fan, Qingmiao Li

·    Doctor：Haifeng Zhang, Senyan Nie, Zhengbin Peng

Former students ：

·    Master：Jian Li, Wenshen Xiao, Yuanpeng He, Yechen Sun, Haifeng Zhang, Fei Xiang, Xiaohui Ding, Zhengying Hu, Shougang  Wang, Taoliang Zhang, Lei Wang, Jing Mei, Senyan Nie, Xiao Duan, Tong Ma, Mengxue Huang, Yue Li, Xiaoxuan Huang, Defang You, Jiali Hong, Yuyang Teng, Renhui Xu, Yongbin Ll, Shengbin Ye

·    Doctor：Wenbao Li, Li Wu, Taoliang Zhang, Yechen Sun

Research Interests

·    Evolutionary history of paleoceanography and paleoclimate in the Arctic and subarctic oceans: Multi-proxies include micropaleontological, sedimentological, mineral and geochemical markers, oxygen and carbon isotopes, which are measured from the samples recovered during the Chinese National Arctic Expeditions, IODP and other cruises.

·    Evolutionary history of paleoceanography and paleoclimate in the Antarctic and subantarctic oceans: Multi-proxies include micropaleontological, sedimentological, mineral and geochemical markers, oxygen and carbon isotopes, which are measured from the samples recovered during the Chinese National Arctic Expeditions, IODP and other cruises.

·    Paleoceanography, paleoclimate and paleomonsoon in the South China Sea and West Pacific Ocean：Multi-proxies include micropaleontological, sedimentological, mineral and geochemical markers, oxygen and carbon isotopes, which are measured from the samples recovered during the ODP, IODP and IMAGES cruises.

Projects

·    《Incursions of Southern Ocean intermediate and deep waters towards mid-low latitude Pacific Ocean during Quaternary glacial  cycles and their climatic effects》（No.42030401）🧚🏽‍♀️，2021♠︎，1-2025，12，major project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

·    《Late Quaternary paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic evolutionary histories in the Antarctic Ross Sea and their responses to global climate change》（No. 41776191）, 2018, 1-2021, 12,  general project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

·    Reconstructions of late Quaternary glacial-interglacial ice rafting and surface circulation changes in the Western Arctic Ocean》（No. 41776187）, 2018, 1-2021, 12,  general project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

·    《Paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic historical reconstructions in the Western Arctic Ocean during the Late Quaternary》（No. 41030859）, 2011, 1-2014, 12,  major project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

·    《Marine geological surveying in the Arctic Ocean》（No. CHINARE2012-2016–03–02）, 2012, 1-2016, 12, supported by the State Oceanic Administration of China.

·    《Marine geological surveying in the Antarctic Oceans》（No. CHINARE2012-2016–01–02）, 2012, 1-2016, 12, supported by the State Oceanic Administration of China.

·    《Comprehensive investigation and evaluation in the Antarctic》（No. CHINARE2012-2016–04–01）, 2012, 1-2016, 12, supported by the State Oceanic Administration of China.

·    《Past environmental changes in the West Arctic Ocean: records from the sediments》（No. 41211120173）, 2012, 1-2013, 12, general project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Sino-Russia cooperation and exchange).

·    《Late Quaternary paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic records in the glacial-interglacial cycle of Arctic Ocean》（No. 40676063）, 2007, 1-2009, 12, general project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

·    《Late Quaternary paleoceanographic records in the Arctic Ocean and their responses to the Northern Hemisphere ice sheet change》（No. 40576029）, 2006, 1-2006, 12, general project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

·    《High resolution paleoceanographic records in the Arctic Ocean during the Late Quaternary》（N. 20040247026）, 2004, 1-2006, 12, supported by the Special scientific research fund for doctoral subjects in Colleges and Universities of China.

·    《Role of Western Pacific warm pool in the Late Quaternary paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic evolutions》（No. 200126）, 2002, 10-2006, 12, supported by the Special funds for the authors of excellent doctoral dissertations of universities and Colleges of China.

·    《Late Quaternary paleoceanographic records in the Bering Sea and their responses to global climate change》（No. 40276020）, 2003, 1-2005, 12, general project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Publications

·    Xu, Q., Xiao, W., Wang, R., Süfke, F., Lippold, J., & Not, C. (2021). Driving mechanisms of sedimentary 230Th and 231Pa variability in the western Arctic Ocean through the last glacial cycle. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36, e2020PA004039. https://doi. org/10.1029/2020PA004039

·    Zhang, T., Wang*, R., Xiao, W., Polyak, L., Astakhov, A., Dong, L., Wang, C., Liu, Y., Shi, X., 2021. Characteristics of terrigenous components of Amerasian Arctic Ocean surface sediments: implications for reconstructing provenance and transport modes. Marine Geology 437 (2021) 106497.

·    Sun, Y., Xiao*, W., Wang, R., Wu, L., Wu, Y., 2021. Changes in sediment provenance and ocean circulation on the northern slope of the Bering Sea since the last deglaciation. Marine Geology 436 (2021) 106492.

·    Wu, L., Wilson, D.L., Wang*, R., Passchier, S., Krijgsman, W., Yu, X., Wen, T., Xiao, W., Liu, Z., 2021. Late Quaternary dynamics of the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 252, 106738.

·    Zhou, B., Wang*, R., Xiao, W., Wang, Y., 2021. Late Quaternary paleoceanographic history based on ostracode records from the Chukchi Plateau, western Arctic Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology, 165 (2021) 101987. 

·    Rodriguez, M., Doherty, J. M., Man, H. L. H., Wang, R., Xiao, W., Zhou, B., et al. (2021). Intra-valve elemental distributions in Arctic marine ostracodes: Implications for Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca paleothermometry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009379. https://doi. org/10.1029/2020GC009379. 

·    Wenshen Xiao, Leonid Polyak, Rujian Wang, Ludvig Lowemark, Jing Mei, Defang You, Weiguo Wang, Li Wu, Xiaobo Jin, 2020. Middle to Late Pleistocene Arctic paleoceanographic changes based on sedimentary records from Mendeleev Ridge and Makarov Basin. Quaternary Science Reviews 228: 106105.

·  Taoliang Zhang, Rujian Wang, Leonid Polyak, Wenshen Xiao, 2019. Enhanced deposition of coal fragments at the Chukchi margin, western Arctic Ocean: implications for deglacial drainage history from the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 218: 281-292.

·   Li Wu, Rujian Wang, Wout Krijgsman, Jiawang Wu, Wenshen Xiao, Zhihua Chen, Shulan Ge. Deciphering color reflectance data of a 532-kyr marine sediment core in the Southern Ocean: method applications and paleoenvironmental implications. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2019. 

·    Jian Liu, Rujian Wang, Yue Zhao, Yi Yang, 2019. A 40,000-year record of aridity and dust activity at Lop Nur, Tarim Basin, northwestern China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 211: 208-221. 

·    Li Wu, Rujian Wang, Wenshen Xiao, Wout Krijgsman, Qianyu Li, Shulan Ge, Tong Ma. Late Quaternary deep stratification-climate coupling in the Southern Ocean: Implications for changes in abyssal carbon storage. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2018, 19. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007250. 

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

·    Wu L., Wang R., Xiao W., Krijgsman W., Li Q., Ge S., Ma T. Late Quaternary deep stratification-climate coupling in the Southern Ocean: Implications for changes in abyssal carbon storage. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2018, 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). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 485 (2017) 260-270.

·    Zhang H., Wang R., Xiao W. 2017. Paleoenvironmental implications of Holocene long-chain n-alkanes on the northern Bering Sea Slope. Acta Oceanol. Sin., 2017, Vol. 36, No. 8, P. 137–145. 

·  Zhang L., Wang R., Chen M., Liu J., Zeng L., Xiang R., Zhang Q. 2015. Biogenic silica in surface sediments of the South China Sea: controlling factors and paleoenvironmental implications. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 122 (2015) : 142-152. 

·  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 MIS 3. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34 (3): 68-75. 

·    Ding X, Wang R, Zhang H, Tao Z. Distribution, ecology, and oxygen and carbon isotope characteristics of modern planktonic foraminifera in the Makarov Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2014, 59 (7): 674–687. 

·    Xiao W, Wang R, Polyak L, Astakhov A, Cheng X. 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, 2014, 352: 397–408.

·    Astakhov, A.S., Markevich, V.S., Kolesnik, A.N., Wang, R., Kononov, V.V., Obrezkova, M.S., Bosin, A.A. Possible Conditions and the Formation Time of the Chukchi Plateau Pockmarks. Oceanology, 2014, 54, (5): 624-636.

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

·    Astakhov A, Wang R, Crane K, Ivanova M, Gao A. Lithochemical Classification of the Arctic Depositional Environments (Chukchi Sea) by Methods of Multivariate Statistic. Geochemistry International, 2013, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 269–289.

·    Wang R., Xiao W., Chen J., Gao A. Paleoceanographic records in the Chukchi Basin, western Arctic Ocean during the Late Quaternary. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2012, 31 (1): 83-94.

·  Xiao W., Wang R., Cheng X. Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes of planktonic foraminifera Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sin.) from the western Arctic surface sediments: implications for water mass distribution. Advances in Polar Science, 2011, 22 (4): 205-214.

·    Liu W., Wang R., Chen J., Cheng Z., Chen Z., Sun Y. Late Quaternary terrigenous sedimentation in the western Arctic Ocean as exemplified by a sedimentary record from the Alpha Ridge. Advances in Polar Science, 2011, 22 (4): 215-222.

·    Wang R., Xiao W. Biogenic sediments and their paleoceanographic implication in the West Pacific Warm Pool during the Pleistocene. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(1):  42–54. 

·    Wang R., Xiao W., Li W., Sun Y. Late Quaternary ice-rafted detritus events in the Chukchi Basin, western Arctic Ocean. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55 (4-5): 432-440. 

·  Gorbarenko S A, Wang P, Wang R, Cheng X. Orbital and suborbital environmental changes in the southern Bering Sea during the last 50 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 286 (2010): 97–106.

·    Li W., Wang R., Xiang F., Ding X., Zhao M. Sea surface temperature and subtropical front movement in the South Tasman Sea during the last 800 ka. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55 (29): 3338–3344. 

·    Wan S., Jian Z., Cheng X., Qiao P., Wang R. Seasonal variations in planktonic foraminiferal flux and the chemical properties of their shells in the southern South China Sea. Science China Earth Sciences. 

·    Wang R., Xiao W. Biogenic sediments and their paleoceanographic implication in the West Pacific Warm Pool during the Pleistocene. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(1):  42–54.

·    Wang R., Xiao W., Li W., Sun Y. Late Quaternary ice-rafted detritus events in the Chukchi Basin, western Arctic Ocean. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55 (4-5): 432-440.

·  Gorbarenko S A, Wang P, Wang R, Cheng X. Orbital and suborbital environmental changes in the southern Bering Sea during the last 50 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 286 (2010): 97–106.

·    Li W., Wang R., Xiang F., Ding X., Zhao M. Sea surface temperature and subtropical front movement in the South Tasman Sea during the last 800 ka. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55 (29): 3338–3344. 

·  Wang R. Opal in Chapter 4 Sedimentology, The South China Sea—Paleoceanography and Sedimentology, ed., by P. Wang and Q. Li. Springer Publications, 2009, 217-229.

·    Wang R., Jian Z., Xiao W., Tian J., Li J., Chen R., Zheng Y., Chen J., Quaternary biogenic opal records in the South China Sea: linkages to East Asian monsoon, global ice volume and orbital forcing. Science in China Series D: Earth Science. 2007, 50 (5): 710-724.

·    Wang R., Xiao W., Li Q., Chen R., Polycystine radiolarians in surface sediments from the Bering Sea Green Belt area and their ecological implication for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Marine Micropaleontology, 2006, 59: 135-152。

·    Wang R., Chen R., Cycladophora davisiana (Radiolarian) in the Bering Sea during the late Quaternary: A stratigraphic tool and proxy of the glacial Subarctic Pacific Intermediate Water. Science in China (Series D), 2005, 48 (10): 1698-1707.

·    Wang R., Li X., Xiao W., Xia P., Chen R., Paleoceanographic records and sea ice extension history on the slope of the northern Bering Sea over the last 100 ka B.P. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2005, 24 (6): 117-126.

·    Tian J., Wang P., Cheng X., Wang R., Sun X. Forcing mechanism of the Pleistocene east Asian monsoon variations in a phase perspective. Science in China (Ser. D Earth Sciences), 2005, 48 (10): 1708-1717.

·    Wang, R., Li, J., and Li, B., Data report: Late Miocene–Quaternary biogenic opal accumulation at ODP Site 1143, southern South China Sea. In Prell, W.L., Wang, P., Blum, P., Rea, D.K., and Clemens, S.C. (Eds.), Proc.ODP, Sci. Results, 2004, 184, 1–12 [Online].

·    Wang R., Li J., Quaternary high-resolution opal record and its paleoproductivity implication at ODP Site 1143, southern South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003, 48（4）⛸：363-367

·    Wang R., Clemens S., Huang B., Chen M., Late Quaternary paleoceanographic changes in the northern South China Sea (ODP Site 1146): radiolarian evidence. Journal of Quaternary Science, 2003, 18 (8): 745-756

·    Chen M., Wang R., Yang L., Han J., Lu J., Development of East Asian summer monsoon environments in the late Miocene: radiolarian evidence from Site 1143 of ODP Leg 184. Marine Geology, 2003, 201: 169-177.

·    Li J., Wang R., Li B. Variations of opal accumulation rates and paleoproductivity over the past 12 Ma at ODP Site 1143, southern South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2002, 47 (7): 596-598.

·    Yang L., Chen M., Wang R., Zhen F., Radiolarian record to paleoecological environment change events over the past 1.2 MaBP in the southern South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2002, 47(17): 1478-1483

·    Wang R., Abelmann A., Radiolarian responses to paleoceanographic events of the southern South China Sea. Marine Micropaleontology, 2002, 46: 25-44.

·    Wang R., Fang D., Shao L., et al., Oligocene biogenic siliceous deposits on the slope of the northern South China Sea.  Science in China (Ser. D), 2001. 44(10): 912-918.

·    Wang J., Zhao Q., Cheng X., Wang R., Wang P., Age estimation of the mid-Pleistocene microtektite event in the South China Sea: A case showing the complexity of the sea-land correlation. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2000, 45 (24): 2277-2280📔。

·    Wang R., Abelmann A., Li B., Zhao Q., Abrupt variations of the radiolarian fauna at the mid-Pleistocene climate transition in South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2000, 45 (10): 952-955.

·    Wang R., Lin J., Zheng L., Chen R., Chen J., Siliceous Microplankton fluxes and seasonal variations in the central South China Sea during 1993-1995: monsoon climate and El Niño responses. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2000, 45 (23): 2168-2172. 

·  Wang R., Abelmann A., Abrupt changes of radiolarian fauna at 600 and 120 ka and their paleoceanographic implications. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2000, 19 (3): 131-138.

·    2021.01-: 《Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica》, vice-editor.

·    2019.01-2024.08: Member of council, Chinese Paleontological Society.

·    2010.01-: 《Chinese Journal of Polar Research》, editorial board member.

·    2017, Honorary titled Advanced individual for Chinese National Polar Expeditions , awarded by MHRSS and State Oceanic Administration.

·    2013, Marine science and technology award-first prize (Chinese National Third Arctic Expedition and Research), awarded by State Oceanic Administration.

·    2009, Honorary titled Advanced individual for Field Science and Technology Survey, awarded by MOST.

·    2008, Honorary titled Prominent teacher in teacher's moral, annual 2006-2008, awarded by Tongji University.

·    2007, Honorary titled Award in cultivate people of ability, awarded by Shanghai Government.

·    2002, Honorary titled Excellent backbone teacher of national institutions of higher learning , awarded by Ministry of Education.

·    2001, Honorary titled National excellent doctoral dissertation of colleges and universities, awarded by Ministry of Education.