·   2010.09-2014.06：Hubei University🛹，geographical science major，B.Sc

·   2014.09-2019.06：Lanzhou University⛹🏿‍♂️，physical geography major🧛🏽，Ph.D

·   2019.06- : Tongji University, post-doc

Research Interests

·   Organic geochemistry and paleoclimatic research

·   Source and distribution of molecular biomarkers and its responding to climate and environment

Publications

·   Cao Jiantao, Rao Zhiguo, Jia Guodong, Xu Qinghai, Chen Fahu, 2017. A 15 ka pH record from an alpine lake in north China derived from the cyclization ratio index of aquatic brGDGTs and its paleoclimatic significance. Organic Geochemistry 109: 31-46. (SCI-2)

·   Rao Zhiguo, Guo Wenkang, Cao Jiantao, Shi Fuxi, Jiang Hong, Li Chaozhu, 2017. Relationship between the stable carbon isotopic composition of modern plants and surface soils and climate: A global review. Earth-Science Reviews, 2017, 165: 110-119. (SCI-1) 

·   Li Yunxia, Rao Zhiguo, Cao Jiantao, Guo Wenkang, Gao Yongli, 2017. Highly negative oxygen isotopes in precipitation in southwest China and their significance in paleoclimatic studies. Quaternary International 440: 64-71. (SCI-3)

·   Shi Fuxi, Rao Zhiguo, Cao Jiantao, Huang Chao, Wu Dandan, Yang Wen, Sun Weizhen, 2019. Meltwater is the dominant water source controlling α-cellulose δ18O in a vascular-plant-dominated alpine peatland in the Altai Mountains, Central Asia. Journal of Hydrology 572: 192-205. (SCI-2, top journal)

·   Rao Zhiguo, Huang Chao, Xie Luhua, Shi Fuxi, Zhao Yan, Cao Jiantao, Gou Xiaohua, Chen Jianhui, Chen Fahu, 2019. Long-term summer warming trend during the Holocene in central Asia indicated by alpine peat a-cellulose δ13C record. Quaternary Science Reviews 203: 56-67. (SCI-1)

·  Rao Zhiguo, Wu Dandan, Shi Fuxi, Guo Haichun, Cao Jiantao, Chen Fahu, 2019. Reconciling the ‘westerlies’ and ‘monsoon’ model: A new hypothesis for the Holocene moisture evolution of the Xinjiang region, NW China. Earth-Science Reviews 191: 263-272. (SCI-1)