Associate professor: Jia Jia            

Affiliation: College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University

Address: 688 Yingbin Road, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, 321004 China

E-mail: jiaj@zjnu.edu.cn

Web: http://mypage.zjnu.edu.cn/20184434/zh_CN/index.htm

Professional experience:

2013-2018: Lecture, Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (MOE), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University

2018-present: Associate Professor, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University

Education background:

2011-2012: Visiting Ph.D student, Physical geography, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

2007-2013: Ph.D, Physical geography, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

2003-2007: M.Sc, Geography science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China

Teaching and Supervision:

1.    Teaching the Environmental Magnetism for the graduate in Lanzhou University

2.    Teaching the Global Climate Change for the graduate in Lanzhou University

3.    Teaching the Geomorphology for the undergraduate in Zhejiang Normal University

4.    Directed 2 research training programs for undergraduates

5.    Trained 3 Ph.Ds and 2 M.Scs in Lanzhou University

6.    Training 1 graduates in Zhejiang Normal University

Research Interests:

My major research interests are in Aeolian Science and Climate Change for understanding the characteristics and processes of how regional environments respond to global change, ultimately providing scientific and technological support for adapting to climate change.

We are currently seeking scholars with research experience in climate and adaptation in Central Asia and Africa to join our research team as postdoctoral researchers, especially scholars with research experience in areas such as efficient water use and the prevention and mitigation of compound climate hazards like drought.

Selected Publication:

1.    Fan, Y.J., Jia, J.*, Yang, J.H., Zhao, L., Li, J.Y., Tang, J.M., Gao, F.Y., Xia, D.S., 2024. Increased late Holocene dust activity revealed by loess accumulation rates in Central Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 236, 104416.

2.    Fan, Y.J., Jia, J.*, Xia, D.S., et al., 2023. Southward shift of the Westerlies during Heinrich Event 2: Evidence from loess deposits in Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 630, 111815

Jia, J.*, Wang, Y.J., Xia, D.S., et al., Accepted. Dust sources of Last Glacial Chinese loess based on the iron mineralogy of fractionated source samples. Geophysical Research Letters.

3.    Jia, J., Wang, N.N., Wang, Z.Y., et al., 2022. Weakened dust activity in southern Central Asia during Heinrich events. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 587, 110808.

Jia, J.*, Wang, B., Lu, C.C., et al., Accepted. New insights into the magnetic characteristics of high mountain loess in Central Asia and its paleoclimatic implications. Quaternary International.

4.    Jia, J., Chen, J.H.*, Wang, Z.Y., et al., 2021. No evidence for an anti-phased Holocene moisture regime in mountains and basins in Central Asian: Records from Ili loess, Xinjiang. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 572, 110407.

5.    Gao, F.Y., Jia, J.*, Xia, D.S., et al., Accepted. Assessment of the dominant climatic factor affecting pedogenic development in eolian sequences during the Holocene in arid central Asia. Quaternary International.

6.    Jia, J.*, Lu, H., Wang, Y.J., et al., 2018. Variations in the iron mineralogy of a loess section in Tajikistan during the Mid-Pleistocene and Late Pleistocene: implications for the climatic evolution in central Asia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 1244-1258.

7.    Jia, J.*, Gao, F.Y., Xia, D.S., et al., 2018. Moisture variations in arid central Asia and its out-of-phase relationship with the Asian Monsoon during MIS 5: evidence from loess records. Journal of Quaternary Science, 33, 435-443.

8.    Jia, J.*, Liu, H., Gao, F.Y., et al., 2018. Variations in the westerlies in Central Asia since 16 ka recorded by a loess section from the Tien Shan Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 504, 156-161.

9.    Chen, F.H.*, Jia, J.*, Chen, J.H., et al., 2016. A persistent Holocene wetting trend in arid central Asia, with wettest conditions in the late Holocene, revealed by multi-proxy analyses of loess-paleosol sequences in Xinjiang, China. Quat. Res. 146, 134-146.

10.   Jia, J.*, Xia, D.S., Wang, B., et al., 2013. The investigation of magnetic susceptibility variation mechanism of Tien Mountain modern loess: pedogenic or wind intensity model? Quaternary International, 296, 141-148.

Current research project:

NSFC: The westerly evolution history during the past 800 ka recorded by Tajikistan loess

The National key R&D Plan: Threshold identification and risk assessment of rainstorm-triggered geological disasters in mountainous areas of Tajikistan