At the invitation of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, and the Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education, China, Prof. Shi Guitao from East China Normal University will visit our university for academic exchange and deliver a lecture on April 19, 2026. All faculty members and students are welcome to attend!
Title: Past Changes in Atmospheric Oxidative Capacity and Reactive Nitrogen Sources Revealed by Nitrate Isotope Records from Ice Cores
Reporter: Prof. Shi Guitao, East China Normal University
Time: 13:30-14:45, April 19, 2026 (Sunday)
Venue: Room 213, Qilian Hall, Chengguan Campus, Lanzhou University
Reporter Profile:
Shi Guitao is a professor at the School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University. His main research focuses on modern environmental processes in Antarctic snow and firn, and ice core climate records. He has organized or participated in four Antarctic scientific expeditions, served as the deputy station master of China's Antarctic Kunlun Station, and led the team that drilled the first deep ice core in Antarctica for China. He has made a series of significant achievements in the areas of modern environmental processes, changes, and mechanisms of polar snow and ice, as well as ice core climate records, laying a foundation for a deeper understanding of polar climate and environmental change. He has presided over (or completed) more than 10 projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key R&D Program. He has published over 100 papers and works in journals such as Nature Geoscience and Nature Communications. In 2019, he was funded by the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. In 2020, he was selected for the Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leaders Program. In 2021, he received the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award of the Shanghai Ocean Science and Technology Award. In 2022, he led his team to receive the Shanghai Youth May Fourth Medal (Collective). He currently serves as the Chinese national representative for the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS), Vice Director of the Marine Geography Committee of the Geographical Society of China, Council Member of the China Society of Cryospheric Science, Council Member of the China Association for Scientific Expedition, and a committee member of the Polar Quaternary Committee of the Chinese Association for Quaternary Research.
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education, China
April 17, 2026
