2007-09 to 2011-06, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Geology Base Class, Bachelor
2011-09 to 2017-06, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Geology major, PhD
2014-12 to 2015-05 & 2016-03 to 2016-09, academic exchange program at the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
2017-06 to 2023-06, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Post-doctoral program
2023-08 till now, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Assistant professor
Reconstruction of paleoweathering conditions and their interaction with paleoclimatic and biotic evolution through multi-proxy cross-examination (e.g., geochemistry, mineralogical characteristics, fossil assemblages, and unique sedimentary features) during major geological transitional intervals.
Fine-grained sedimentary petrology in both marine and terrestrial basins, especially in the context of unconventional shale oil/gas basin sedimentology.
NSFC Youth Program, High-precision chronological constraints on chemical weathering evolution during the Early Permian icehouse-greenhouse transition in Huainan, Anhui Province, Jan 2015 -Dec 2027, Principal Investigator
MOST National Key R&D Program, 2024YFF0808101, Major Carboniferous-Permian biotic-climatic events and resource effects in the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Feb 2025-Nov 2031, Participant
Nigpas Independent Research Program, 2024000002, Investigation of Late Paleozoic sedimentary bauxite deposits and associated rare earth resources, May 2024-Apr 2029, Participant
NSFC Major Program, 92055201, Mercury (Hg) and its isotopes constraints on volcanic activity and anomalous plant evolution in terrestrial P-Tr boundary strata of Gondwana, Jan 2021-Dec 2024, Participant
NSFC General Program, 42072037, Impacts of volcanic activity on marine-terrestrial primary producers and environments during the Paleozoic-Mesozoic transition in the Tethyan evolution, Jan 2021-Dec 2024, Participant
NSFC General Program, 42472032, Macroevolution of benthic and planktonic ostracods across the Devonian-Carboniferous Hangenberg Event, Jan 2025-Dec 2028, Participant
Xu G.Z., Shen J.*, Algeo T.J., Yu J.X., Feng Q.L., Frank T.D., Fielding C.R., Yan J.X., Deconinck J.F., Lei Y.. Limited change in silicate chemical weathering intensity during the Permian–Triassic transition indicates ineffective climate regulation by weathering feedbacks [J]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 118235.
Xu G.Z., Feng Q.L.*, Deconinck J.F., Shen J., Zhao T.Y., Young A.L., 2017. High-resolution clay mineral and major elemental characterization of a Permian-Triassic terrestrial succession in southwestern China: Diagenetic and paleoclimatic /paleoenvironmental significance [J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 481, 77-93.
Xu G.Z., Deconinck J.F., Feng Q.L.*, Baudin F., Pellenard P., Shen J., Bruneau L., 2017. Clay mineralogical characteristics at the Permian–Triassic Shangsi section and their paleoenvironmental and/or paleoclimatic significance [J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 474,152-163.
Yang B., Xu G.Z.*, Shen J., Hui G.J., Wei Y., Zhang X.Z., Yi J.J., 2024. Sedimentary expression of the early Jurassic Toarcian anoxic event in the lacustrine systems from the Yin'gen-Ejinaqi Basin, North China. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 98(5), 1359-1375.
Shen J., Yin R.S., Zhang S., Algeo T.J., Bottjer D.J., Yu J.X., Xu G.Z., Penman D.E., Wang Y.D., Li L.Q., Shi X., Planavsky N.J., Feng Q.L., Xie S.C., 2022. Intensified continental chemical weathering and carbon cycle perturbations linked to volcanism during the Triassic-Jurassic transition [J]. Nature Communications 13, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27965-x.
Shen J., Chen J.B., Algeo T.J., Feng Q.L., Yu J.X., Xu Y.G., Xu G.Z., Lei Y., Planavsky N.J., Xie S.C., 2020. Mercury fluxes record regional volcanism in the South China craton prior to the end-Permian mass extinction [J]. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G48501.1.
Shen J. *, Yu J.X. *, Chen J.B., Algeo T.J., Xu G.Z., Feng Q.L., Shi S., Planavsky N.J., Shu W.C., Xie S.C., 2019. Mercury evidence of intense volcanic effects on land during the Permian-Triassic transition [J]. Geology 47, 1117-1121.
Zhao T.Y., Algeo T.J., Feng Q.L.*, Zi J.W., Xu G.Z., 2019. Tracing the provenance of volcanic ash in Permian-Triassic boundary strata, South China: Constraints from inherited and syn-depositional magmatic zircons [J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 516, 190-202.
Shen J., Algeo T.J., Hu Q., Xu G.Z., Zhou L., Feng Q.L.*, 2013. Volcanism in South China during the Late Permian and its relationship to marine ecosystem and environmental changes [J]. Global and Planetary Change 105, 121-134.
Xu G.Z., Feng F.B., Lei Y., Shen J., Feng Q.L.*, 2012. Magnetic Susceptibility Variations and Their Paleoclimatic-Environmental Implications Across the Permian–Triassic Boundary Section at Xinmin, Anshun, Guizhou Province. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 30(5): 817-824.