Education:

2016.06-2016.11: NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey

2012.09-2017.07: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Geochemistry, PhD

2008.09-2012.06: Jilin University, Geology, B.S.

Professional appointments:

2022.02—          : Associate Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2018.05-2021.12: Post-doc researcher, British Geological Survey

2017.06-2018.05: Post-doc researcher, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

High precision geochronology, Isotope geochemistry

2022-2025: Pioneer Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2021-2022: Open Research Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy

2019-2021: Youth Program of the NSFC

2018-2019: First Class of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant

ResearchGate：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chuan-Yang-7

Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fNVS3HUAAAAJ&hl=en

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[25] Lu, K., Mitchell, R. N., Yang, C.*, Zhou, J., Wu, L., Wang, X., Li, X.-H.*, 2022. Widespread magmatic provinces at the onset of the Sturtian snowball Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 594, 117736.

[24] Ling, X.X., Li, Q.L., Yang, C., Chu, Z.Y., Feng, L.J., Huang, C., Huang, L.L., Zhang, H., Hou, Z.H., Xu, J.J. and Liu, Y., 2022. Zircon ZS-a Homogenous Natural Reference Material for U–Pb Age and O–Hf Isotope Microanalyses. Atomic Spectroscopy, 43(2), 134-144.

[23] Sun, L., Yang, C., Sun, Z., Sun, W., Miao, L., Pan, B., Chen, B., Yin, Z., Zhao, F., Li, G., Zhu, M., 2022. New insights into the geochronology of Precambrian strata in the western Central Qilian Block, detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of Shibandun iron mine, Subei area. Journal of Stratigraphy, in press (in Chinese with English abstract).

[22] Yang, C., Li, X., Zhu, M., 2022. Tectonic regime transition of the western South China Block in early Cambrian: Evidence from the Meishucun volcanic ash beds. Palaeoworld, in press.

[21] Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Q., Wu, L., Wang, H., Yang, C., Wei, G., Zhang, W., 2022. Progress and prospects of radiometric geochronology. Acta Geologica Sinica, 96(1), 104-122 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[20] Yang, C., Li, Y., Selby, D., Wan, B., Guan, C. G., Zhou, C. M., Li, X. H., 2022. Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G49734.1.

[19] Bowyer, F. T., Zhuravlev, A. Y., Wood, R., Shields, G. A., Zhou, Y., Curtis, A., Poulton, S. W., Condon, D. J., Yang, C., Zhu, M. Y, 2022. Calibrating the temporal and spatial dynamics of the Ediacaran-Cambrian radiation of animals. Earth-Science Reviews, 225, 103913.

[18] Yang, C., Rooney, A. D., Condon, D. J., Li, X. H., Grazhdankin, D. V., Bowyer, F. T., Hu, C., Macdonald, F. A., Zhu, M., 2021. The tempo of Ediacaran evolution. Science Advances, 7(45), eabi9643.

[17] Hu, Z., Li, X.H., Luo, T., Zhang, W., Crowley, J., Li, Q., Ling, X., Yang, C., Li, Y., Feng, L., Xia, X., 2021. Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 36(12), 2715-2734.

[16] Luo, T., Li, Q., Ling, X., Li, Y., Yang, C., Wang, H., Xia, X., Zhang, S., Xu, L., Liu, X., Deng, X., 2021. Jilin zircon–a new natural reference material for microbeam U-Pb geochronology and Hf-O isotopic analysis. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 36(10), 2216-2226.

[15] Huang, C., Wang, H., Yang, J. H., Yang, C., Li, Z. X., Yang, Y. H., Feng, L. J., Xie, L. W., Wu, S. T., 2021. Characterization of the potential reference material SA02 for micro-beam U-Pb geochronology and Hf-O isotopic composition analysis of zircon. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 36, 368-374.

[14] Matthews, J. J., Liu, A. G., Yang, C., Mcllroy, D., Levell, B., Condon, D. J., 2021. A Chronostratigraphic Framework for the Rise of the Ediacaran Macrobiota: New Constraints from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland. GSA Bulletin, 133(3-4), 612-624.

[13] Lu, K., Li, X., Zhou, J., Peng, S., Deng, H., Guo, S., Yang, C., Wu, L., 2020. Early Neoproterozoic assembly of the Yangtze Block decoded from metasedimentary rocks of the Miaowan Complex. Precambrian Research, 346, 105787.

[12] Yang, C., Li, X. H., Li, Z. X., Zhu, M., Lu, K., 2020. Provenance evolution of age-calibrated strata reveals when and how South China Block collided with Gondwana. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(19), e2020GL090282.

[11] Li, Q., Li, Y., Liu, C., Lu, K., Qin, J., Wang, F., Wang, T., Wang, Y., Wu, L., Yang, C., Yin, G., Li, X., 2020. Analyses of Current Main Geochronological Databases and Future Perspectives. Geological Journal of China Universities, 26(1), 44-63 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[10] Rooney, A. D., Yang, C., Condon, D. J., Zhu, M. Y., Macdonald, F. A., 2020. U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology tracks stratigraphic condensation in the Sturtian snowball Earth aftermath. Geology, 48(6), 625-629.

[9] Huang, C., Wang, H., Yang, J. H., Ramezani, J., Yang, C., Zhang, S. B., Yang, Y. H., Xia, X. P., Feng, L. J., Lin, J. and Wang, T. T., 2020. SA01 - A Proposed Zircon Reference Material for Microbeam U-Pb Age and Hf-O Isotopic Determination. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 44, 103-123.

[8] Yang, C., Li, X. H., Zhu, M. Y., Condon, D. J., Chen, J. Y., 2018. Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China. Journal of the Geological Society, 175, 659-666.

[7] Zhou, H., Pei, F. P., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Z. B., Xu, W. L., Wang, Z. W., Cao, H. H., Yang, C., 2018. Origin   and tectonic evolution of early Paleozoic arc terranes abutting the northern margin of North China Craton. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 107, 1911-1933.

[6] Yang, C., Zhu, M. Y., Condon, D. J., Li, X. H., 2017. Geochronological constraints on stratigraphic correlation and oceanic oxygenation in Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in South China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 140, 75-81.

[5] Yang, C., Li, X. H., Zhu, M. Y., Condon, D. J., 2017. SIMS U-Pb zircon geochronological constraints on upper Ediacaran stratigraphic correlations, South China. Geological Magazine, 154(6), 1202-1216.

[4] Li, X. H., Chen, Y., Li, J., Yang, C., Ling, X. X., Tchouankoue, J. P., 2016. New isotopic constraints on age and origin of Mesoarchean charnockite, trondhjemite and amphibolite in the Ntem Complex of NW Congo Craton, southern Cameroon. Precambrian Research, 276, 14-23.

[3] Pei, F. P., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z. W., Cao, H. H., Xu, W. L., Wang, Z. J., Wang, F., Yang, C., 2016. Early-Middle Paleozoic subduction-collision history of the south-eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Evidence from igneous and metasedimentary rocks of central Jilin Province, NE China. Lithos, 261, 164-180.

[2] Yang, C., Li, X. H., Wang, X. C., Lan, Z. W., 2015. Mid-Neoproterozoic angular unconformity in the Yangtze Block revisited: Insights from detrital zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotopes. Precambrian Research, 266, 165-178.

[1] Zhao, J., Peng, Y. J., Ding, M. G., Liu, D. Y., Zhang, N., Yang, C., 2012. Late Hercynian-early Indosinian magmatic cycles in Meihekou-Kaiyuan, between Jilin and Liaoning provinces: tectonic implication. Geology and Resources, 21, 371-375 (in Chinese with English abstract).