Sep.2015-Aug.2016 Pal？eontologische Institut und Museum, Universit？t Zürich Postdoctoral Researcher
Aug.2013- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sep.2008-Jul.2013 Department of Geology, Peking University PhD
Oct.2010-Nov.2011 Department of Geology, University of California at Davis Visiting PhD student
Sep.2004-Jul.2008 Department of Geology, Peking University B.S.
Currently she is working on the Triassic ammonoid assemblage and biochronozones of South China and British Columbia, Canada. Right now she is investigating the Early Triassic ammonoid taxonomy and biochronozones of Anhui Province, aiming to construct a high-resolution biostratigraphic framework and precisely date the Early Triassic Chaohusaurus Fauna.
2015 Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
NSFC Young Scientists Fund: Taxonomy of biostratigraphy of ammonoids from the Olenekian (Lower Triassic) of Chaohu, Anhui Province
JI Cheng, A. Tintori, D. Jiang and R. Motani. New species of Thylacocephala (Arthropoda) from the Spathian (Lower Triassic) of Chaohu, Anhui Province of China. Pal？ontologische Zeitschrift, in press.
JI Cheng, D. Jiang, R. Motani, O. Rieppel, W. Hao and Z. Sun. 2016. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia incorporating the recent discoveries from South China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36: e1025956.
SUN Zuoyu, D. Jiang, C. Ji and W. Hao. 2016. Integrated biochronology for Triassic marine vertebrate faunas of Guizhou Province, South China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 118: 101-110.
LI Zhiguang, D. Jiang, O. Rieppel, R. Motani, A. Tintori, Z. Sun, and C. Ji. 2016. A new species of Xinpusaurus (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Xingyi, Guizhou, southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36: e1218340.
JIANG Dayong, R. Motani, J. Huang, A. Tintori, Y. Hu, O. Rieppel, N. Fraser, C. Ji, N. Kelley, W. Fu and R. Zhang. 2016. A large aberrant stem ichthyosauriform indicating early rise and demise of ichthyosauromorphs in the wake of the end-Permian extinction. Scientific Reports, 6: 26232.
JI Cheng, C. Zhang, D. Jiang, H. Bucher, R. Motani and A. Tintori. 2015. Ammonoid age control of the Early Triassic marine reptiles from Chaohu (South China). Palaeoworld, 24: 277-282.
MOTANI Ryosuke, D. Jiang, G. Chen, A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, C. Ji and J. Huang. 2015. A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China. Nature 517: 485-488.
JI Cheng, D. Jiang, O. Rieppel, R. Motani, and A. Tintori. 2014. Tintori. A new specimen of Nothosaurus youngi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34(2): 465-470.
JI Cheng, D. Jiang, R. Motani, W. Hao, Z. Sun and T. Cai. 2013. A new juvenile specimen of Guanlingsaurus (Ichthyosauria: Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33(2): 340-348.
MOTANI Ryosuke, C. Ji, T. Tomita, N. Kelley, E. Maxwell, D. Jiang and P. Sander. 2013. Absence of suction feeding ichthyosaurs and its implications for Triassic mesopelagic paleoecology. PLoS One, 8(12): e66075.
ZHOU Min, W. Fu, C. Zhang, P. Ni and C. Ji. 2015. Geological significance of the fish-bearing concretions near the Smithian-Spathian boundary, Olenekian, Early Triassic. Journal of Stratigraphy, 39(4): 395-402. [in Chinese with English abstract]
HAO Tianqi, C. Ji, Z. Sun, D. Jiang and A. Tintori. 2015. The Early Triassic conodonts in coprolites from Chaohu, Anhui. Journal of Stratigraphy, 39(2): 188-196. [in Chinese with English abstract]
YIN Chao, W. Hao, C. Ji, D. Jiang and Z. Sun. 2014. The Panxian and Luoping Faunas: implications for the Triassic recovery from end-Permian mass extinction. Journal of Stratigraphy, 38(3): 328-335. [in Chinese with English abstract]
JI Cheng. 2014. The stratigraphic and paleogeographic origin, migration and phylogeny of the Triassic sauropterygians. Journal of Stratigraphy, 38(2): 139-143. [in Chinese with English abstract]
MA Letian, C. Ji, P. Yang, X. Zou and Z. Sun. 2013. Biodiversity and stratigraphic distribution of the Triassic Xingyi marine reptile fauna, Guizhou province. Journal of Stratigraphy, 37(2): 178-185.
YANG Pengfei, C. Ji, D. Jiang, R. Motani, A. Tintori, Y. Sun and Z. Sun. 2013. A new species of Qianicthyosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Xing Fauna (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou. Acta Scientiarum Naturaliym Universitatis Pekinensis, 49(6): 1002-1008. [in Chinese with English abstract]
JI Cheng, D. Jiang, W. Hao, Y. Sun and Z. Sun. 2011.True tailbend occurred in the Late Triassic: evidence from ichthyosaur skeletons of South China. Acta Scientirum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 47(2): 309-314. [in Chinese with English abstract]