Liu Zhao

Professional:Associate professor

Department:Petrology & Mineralogy Teaching and Research Office

Direction:Metamorphic petrology; Anatexis and genesis of granite

Email:gavin_zliu@nwu.edu.cn

1、 Personal Introduction: Liu Zhao, born in April 1989 Recent research interests include: 1) ultra-high temperature metamorphism and its tectonic background in the southern margin of the Altai orogenic belt in China; 2) Multi stage metamorphic events in the Prize tectonic zone of the East Antarctica and their significance for the aggregation of Rodinia and Gondwana continents; 3) The study of the structure and composition of melt and fluid inclusions in granulite transformed minerals precisely limits the deep melting process of crustal rocks under high-temperature to ultra-high temperature metamorphic conditions, and provides strict constraints on the genesis of granitic melts Participated in China's 33rd and 39th Antarctic Scientific Expeditions (November 2016-2017.04; October 2022.10-2023.04)

Learning and Work Experience:

October 2023: University of Padua, Visiting Scholar (Collaborator: Professor Omar Bartoli, Dr. Bruna B. Carvalho)< Br/>  July 2023: Associate Professor, Northwestern University July 2020 to July 2023: Northwest University, faculty postdoctoral lecturer October 2018 to October 2019: University of Padua, joint doctoral program (foreign supervisor: Professor Omar Bartoli)

July 2015, July 2020.07: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with master's degree and doctor's degree (supervisors: researcher Tong Laixi, researcher Huang Xiaolong)


2. Research Situation

1. Academic Papers

23 papers have been published, including 8 SCI/EI papers as the first author.

    2. Scientific Research Projects

    Led by:
    [4] Science and Technology Activities Special Project of the Earth Science Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: (Science Popularization Project),January 2024 to December 2024, under research

    [3]  Special Research Program Project of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, June 2023- December 2024, under research [2] National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund Project: Research on "Nanogranite" in Ultra High Temperature Granulite from the Mather Peninsula in Southeast Antarctica: Constraints on Metamorphic Deep Melting History and Initial Melt Composition, January 2022 to December 2024, under study

    [1] Supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the composition characteristics and geological significance of melt inclusions in high-temperature argillaceous granulites in the Altai orogenic belt in China have been concluded

    Participated in project:

    [4] Leading Special Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Class B) Topic: Research on Thermal Metamorphic History of Typical Large Igneous Provinces, completed

    [3] National 973 Project Topic: Geological Structure Background of Large scale Magmatism in the Permian, Completed

    [2] National Natural Science Foundation General Project: Metamorphic P-T trajectories and tectonic background of mafic granulites in the Rasman Hills of Southeast Antarctica, completed

    [1] Key project of the National Fund (sub project): Construction of P-T trajectories for high-temperature to ultra-high temperature metamorphic rocks in the Emory region of Southeast Antarctica, completed


    3. Academic monographs



      4. Academic conferences and academic exchanges


      5. Scientific research awards

      Awards in recent five years:

      2020.09: President Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences< Br/>2020.06: "Excellent Graduates" of Chinese Academy of Sciences and "Excellent Graduates" of Beijing< January 2021:  The State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry won the "Excellent Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Thesis Award"