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Cheng Xin, male, Han nationality,born in November 1982,People from Shanyang, Shaanxi. Professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Geology at Northwestern University. Mainly engaged inPaleomagnetismPetroleum Geology, focusing on the evolution of Tethys and the effects of oil and gas resources in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and adjacent areas, has achieved a series of achievements in basic theoretical innovation and application technology expansion. Published in academic journals such as" Earth and Planetary Science Letters "," Geophysical Research Letters "," Geodetic Society of America Bulletin "," Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth "," Tectonics "," Chinese Science: Earth Science ", etc. at home and abroad.

He has successively presided over three National Natural Science Foundation projectsand five scientific research projects of various provincial and ministerial levels and key laboratories; presided over and completed more than 20 scientific research projects related to oilfield services; participated in the innovation research group project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the key support project of the major research plan of the National Natural Science Foundation" Tethys Earth Dynamic System ", the special key project of" Qiangtang Basin Evolution and Energy Effects ", the strategic leading science and technology project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and other major national scientific research tasks.Shaanxi University Youth Innovation TeamCore member of the" Basin Evolution and Energy Mineral Innovation Team "

I have guided 20 master's students and 9 doctoral students, of which 12 master's students and 3 doctoral students have successfully obtained their degrees, and 3 master's students are pursuing their master's and doctoral degrees. Since 2021, the guided graduate students have won 5 national scholarships and more than 20 academic scholarships, 1 person has been awarded the" Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Cultivation Project "by Northwest University, 2 people have been awarded the" CSC National Public Scholarship ", and 1 person has been awarded the highest honor for recent graduates of Northwest University, the" Wisteria Award ". In 2024, awarded the title of Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor at Northwestern University; Awarded the title of "Outstanding Teacher" for the 2023-2024 teaching year at Northwest University; In 2024, won the Excellent Guidance Teacher Award in the 7th National College Student Geological Skills Competition; Excellent Guidance Teacher Award at the 6th National College Student Geological Skills Competition in 2022; 2025SelectedLeading talents in science and technology innovation among young and middle-aged people in Shaanxi Province.

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Main representative works:

Evolution direction of Tethys on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau:

Xing·Longyun; Cheng·Xin*; Domeier·Mathew; Wei·Bitian; Dallanave Edoardo; Shen Zhongshan; Jiang Nan; Zhong Mengting; Zhang Jiahui; Lan Shuqi; Zhang Dongmeng; Chen Qinglong; Zhou Yanan; Deng Chenglong; Wu Hanning. (2026). Paleomagnetism and geochronology of Upper Triassic volcanic rocks of the Lhasa Bblock: Implications for the extent of the Neo-Tethys, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2026.681: 119951.

Wei, Bitian; Cheng, Xin*; Domeier, Mathew; Yang, Peng; Li, Shihu; Xing, Longyun; Jiang, Nan; Zhang, Weijie; Zhang, Jiahui; Shen, Zhongshan; Chen, Qinglong; Zhang, Dongmeng; Zhang, Min; Zhou, Yanan; Deng, Chenglong*; Wu, Hanning. (2025). A Cimmerian keystone: Middle-late Triassic paleomagnetic and calcite geochronologic constraints on the South Qiangtang Block, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 664: 119442.

Xing·Longyun; Cheng·Xin*; Domeier·Mathew; Wei·Bitian; Shen·Zhongshan; Jiang·Nan; Zhang·Jiahui; Chen·Qinglong; Lan·Shuqi; Zhang·Dongmeng; Zhou·Yanan; Deng·Chenglong; Wu·Hanning. (2025). Was the Lhasa Block at Low Latitudes in the Middle Permian? Insights From New Paleomagnetic and Geochronological Data, Geophysical Research Letters,52 (7):e2024GL114347.

Mengting Zhong,Vadim A. Kravchinsky*, Rui Zhang*, Xin Cheng*. (2025). Paleomagnetic evidence for 50 m.y. of tectonic rotations in the Junggar block driven by far-field effects of the India-Eurasia collision. GSA Bulletin. 137 (9-10): 3843–3859.

Wang Teng; Zhou Yanan*; van Hinsbergen Douwe J. J.; Sun Jiaopeng; Cheng Xin; Chai Ruiyang; Xu 

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