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Name   Xiangke Xu Home Page     
Highest Education      Ph.D. Office      Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Phone      Zip Code      100101
Fax      Email      xkxu@itpcas.ac.cn

Education and Appointments：
Education
Ph.D. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007-2010
Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 2008-2009
M. S. School of Water Resources and Environment, 2003-2006
B. S. School of Earth Science, Northeast Petroleum University, 1997-2001
Appointments
Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-Now
Associate Professor, Center of Glaciology, Aberystwyth University, UK, 2014
Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-2020
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010-2012

Research Interest：
Research Interests: Glacial geomorphology, Quaternary glaciation, Glacier-climate modeling
Research Fields: Glacial geomorphology, Quaternary glaciation, Glacier-climate modeling
Public Services：
Reviewers for international Quaternary journals of QSR, GPC, QR, JQS, Boreas, Palaeo 3 etc.,
Supervisors for Ph.D and M.S. candidates in ITPCAS,
Contribution to the construction of the Lasa Super Observational Station,
Glacier broadcast in associate media.

Honors：
2011, Wangkuancheng Post-Doctorial Award, CAS
2010, Zhuliyuehua Excellent Doctorial Award
Selected Publications：

1.Xu, X.*, Yao, T., Xu, B., Yi, C., Sun, Y., Zeng, X., Dong, G., Pan, B., 2020. Glacial events during the last glacial termination in the Pagele valley, Qiongmu Gangri peak, southern Tibetan Plateau, and their links to oceanic and atmospheric circulation. Quaternary Research 95, 129-141. 

2.Xu, X.*, Yao, T., Xu, B., Zhang, L., Sun, Y., Pan, B., 2020. Last Glacial Maximum glacier modelling in the QuemuquValley, southern Tibetan Plateau, and its climatic implications. Boreas 49, 286-295. 

3.Sun, Y., Xu, X.*, Zhang, L., Liu, J., Zhang, X., Li, J., Pan, B., 2020. Numerical reconstruction of three Holocene glacial events in Qiangyong valley, southern Tibetan Plateau and their implication for Holocene climate changes. Water 12, 3205. 

4.Xu, X.*, Pan, B., Dong, G., Yi, C., Glasser, N.F., 2017. Last Glacial climate reconstruction by exploring glacier sensitivity to climate on the southeastern slope of the western Nyaiqentanglha Shan, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology 63, 361-371 

5.Xu, X.*, Yi, C., 2017. Timing and configuration of the Gongga II glaciation in the Hailuogou valley, eastern Tibetan Plateau: A glacier-climate modeling method. Quaternary International 444, 151-156 

6.Xu, X.*, Dong, G., Pan, B., Hu, G., Bi, W., Liu, J., Yi, C., 2017. Late Glacial glacier-climate modeling in two valleys on the eastern slope of Samdainkangsang Peak, Nyaiqentanggulha Mountains. Science China Earth Science 60, 135-142 

7.Dong, G.*, Xu, X.*, Zhou, W., Fu, Y., Zhang, L., Li, M., 2017. Cosmogenic 10Be surface exposure dating and glacier reconstruction for the Last Glacial Maximum in the Quemuqu Valley, western Nyainqentanglha Mountains, South Tibet. Journal of Quaternary Science 32, 639-652 

8.Xu, X.*, Muhammad, A.Q., Pan, B., 2016. Late-Holocene glacier advances and related climate conditions in the Hailuogou catchment, Gongga Shan, eastern Tibetan Plateau. The Holocene 26, 1897-1903 

9.Xu, X.*, Glasser, N.F., 2015. Glacier sensitivity to equilibrium line altitude and reconstruction for the Last Glacial cycle: glacier modeling in the Payuwang Valley, western Nyaiqentanggulha Shan, Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440, 614-620 

10.Xu, X.*, Dong, G., Pan, B., 2014. Modelling glacier advances and related climate conditions during the last glaciation cycle in the KuzigunValley, Tashkurgan catchment, on the north-west Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Quaternary Sciences 29, 279-288. 

11.Xu，X.*，2014. Climates during Late Quaternary glacier advances: glacier-climate modeling in the Yingpu Valley, eastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews 101, 18-27. 

12.Xu, X.*, Yi, C., 2014. Little Ice Age on the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering mountains: Evidence from moraine chronologies. Global and Planetary Change 116, 41-53 

13.Xu, X.*, Hu, G., Qiao. B., 2013. Last glacial maximum climate based on cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages and glacier modeling for the head of TashkurganValley, northwest Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews 80, 91-101. 

14.Xu, X.*, Pan, B., Hu, E., Li, Y., Liang, Y., 2011. Responses of two branches of Glacier No. 1 to climate change from 1993 to 2005, Tianshan, China. Quaternary International 236, 143-150 

15.Xu, X.*, Wang, L., Yang, J., 2010. Last Glacial Maximum climate inferences from integrated reconstruction of glacier equilibrium-line altitude for the head of the Urumqi River, Tianshan Mountains. Quaternary International 218, 3-12 

16.Xu, X.*, Kleidon, A., Miller, L., Wang, S., Wang, L., Dong, G., 2010. Late Quaternary glaciation in the Tianshan and implications for palaeoclimatic change: a review. Boreas 39, 215-232 

17.Xu, X., Yang, J.*, Dong, G., Wang, L., Miller, L., 2009. OSL dating of glacier extent during the Last Glacial and the Kanas Lake basin formation in Kanas River valley, Altai Mountains, China. Geomorphology 112, 306–317 

* Corresponding author 

Supported Projects：
1. 2021-2024 (Ongoing), Study on chronology for Holocene glacier events in the Kuoqiong Gangri area, Tibet and glacier-climate modeling, grant no 42071002, NSFC General Program, PI.
2. 2021 (Ongoing), Training on the Quaternary glacier-climate model for the Tibetan Plateau, grant no 42042002, NSFC General Program, PI.  
3. 2018-2021 (Ongoing), Quantitative reconstruction of glacier and climate since the Last Glacial in the Qiongmugangri Peak region, Tibet, grant no 41771019, NSFC General Program, PI.
4. 2015-2018, Reconstruction of paleoclimate based on glacial landform and its chronologies - a case study for the Nyainqentanglha range glaciers since the last glaciation, grant no 41471006, NSFC General Program, PI.
5. 2012-2014, Quaternary glaciation in the head of the Tashikuergan River (Karakoram Mountains) and implications for paleoclimatic change, grant no 41101004, NSFC General Program, PI.