Sun Chenyang, male, born in January 1994. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mineralogy, Petrology, and Metallogeny from the College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University in June 2021. From July 2019 to November 2020, he conducted joint PhD learning at Monash University in Australia with funding from the China Association for Science and Technology and the China Scholarship Council. He conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Geology at Northwest University from July 2021 to March 2025 and stayed on as a lecture in March 2025.

In recent years, his research has focused on understanding igneous rock petrogenesis and magmatic evolution from single-mineral perspectives to further reveal crustal growth and evolution processes, achieving multiple innovative results: 1. Based on spatiotemporal variations in Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic compositions of single minerals, he proposed a new episodic growth model for the crust of microcontinental blocks in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and new insights into the relationship between crustal growth and supercontinent amalgamation, suggesting that Phanerozoic crustal growth needs reassessment. 2. He discovered the oldest ~2.6 Ga crystalline basement and continuous ~1.8 Ga magmatic records in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, clarifying the early crustal evolution of this region. 3. Through apatite geochemistry, he revealed multiple controlling factors for REE abundances in apatite from granites, established the significance of early plagioclase crystallization and apatite Sr content for understanding whole-rock composition, clarified the significance of apatite geochemisty for later metamorphic modification processes, and innovatively proposed discriminant indicators for adakites using apatite geochemisty.

He has undertaken projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Funding and Young Scientists Funding, the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Funding and General Funding. He was selected for the 2024 Postdoctoral International Academic Exchange Program. He has also participated in multiple projects, including the Ministry of Science and Technology's National Key R&D Program, NSFC General Fundings, and the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Basic Research Program. He has published 6 first/corresponding-author SCI papers in internationally authoritative journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Lithos, and 16 co-authored SCI papers, with cumulative citations exceeding 500. He serves as a reviewer for several journals including Lithos, Precambrian Research, Mineralogy and Petrology, and Acta Geologica Sinica. He is currently a member of Academician Zhao Guochun's Supercontinent Research Team at Northwest University.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0252-7220

Web of Science Researcher ID: AAE-9699-2019

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chenyang-Sun

1. Background

2012.09-2016.07, Jilin University, Geology, Bachelor's degree

2016.09-2021.06, Jilin University, Mineralogy, Petrology & Metallogeny, PhD (Supervisor: Professor Xu Wenliang)

2019.07-2020.11,Monash University, PhD joint training (Collaborating supervisor: Academician Peter Cawood )

2021.07-2025.03, Northwest University, Geology Postdoctoral Research Station, Postdoctor (Collaborative supervisor: Academician Zhao Guochun)

2025.03-, Northwest University, Lecturer

2. Research Status

Academic Papers

Sun, C.Y., Xu, W.L. *, Zhao, G.C., Zhang, X.M., Li, Y. Tang, J. 2024. Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic magic in the Longjiang area, NE China: Implications for the recycling history of supracrustal components in the Eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 136: 4705-4726.

Li Y, Sun, C.Y.*, Xu, W.L., Zhang, X.M. 2024. In situ geochemistry of apatite: Petrogenetic and tectonic interpretations of Jurassic felsic magmatism in the Yanbian area, NE China. Lithos, 486-487: 107764.

Sun, C.Y., Cawood, P.A., Xu, W.L.*, Zhang, X.M., Tang, J., Li, Y., Sun, Z.X., Xu, T. 2022. In situ geochemical composition of apatite in granitoids from the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: A window into petrogenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 317: 552-573.

Sun, C.Y., Xu, W.L.*, Cawood, P.A., Tang, J., Zhao, S., Li, Y., Zhang, X.M. 2019. Crustal growth and reworking: A case study from the Erguna Massif, eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Scientific Reports, 9: 17671.

Sun, C.Y., Long, X.Y., Xu, W.L.*, Wang, F., Ge, W.C., Guo, P., Liu, X.Y. 2018. Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions of the Heilongjiang Complex from Jiayin, Heilongjiang Province and Kundur, Russian Far East and their geological implications. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 34(10): 2901-2916.

Sun, C.Y., Tang, J.*, Xu, W.L., Li, Y., Zhao, S. 2017. Crustal accretion and reworking processes of micro-continental massifs within orogenic belt: A case study of the Erguna Massif, NE China. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 60(7): 1256-1267.

Long, X.Y., Tang, J., Xu, W.L.*, Sun, C.Y., Luan, J.P., Xiong, S., Zhang,  X.M. 2023. Trace element and Nd isotope analyses of apatite in granitoids and metamorphosed granitoids from the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications for petrogenesis and post-magmatic alteration. Geoscience Frontiers, 14(2): 101517.

Long, X.Y., Tang, J., Xu, W.L.*, Sun, C.Y., Luan, J.P., Guo, P. 2022. A crustal growth model for the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints from granitoids in the Songnen Massif and Duobaoshan terrane. Gondwana Research, 107: 325-338.

Zhang, X.M., Sun, C.Y., Xu, W.L.*, Yang, D.B., Tang, J. 2021. Geochemistry of apatites from Mesozoic granitoids in the northeastern North China Craton and their petrogenetic implications. Lithos, 402-403: 106198.

Long, X.Y., Xu, W.L.*, Guo, P., Sun, C.Y., Luan, J.P. 2020. Opening and closure history of the Mudanjiang Ocean in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Geochronological and geochemical constraints from early Mesozoic intrusive rocks. Gondwana Research, 84: 111-130.

Long, X.Y., Xu, W.L.*, Guo, P., Sun, C.Y., Luan, J.P. 2020. Was Permian magmatism in the eastern Songnen and western Jiamusi massifs, NE China, related to the subduction of the Mudanjiang oceanic plate? Geological Journal, 55(3): 1781-1807.

Xu Wenliang, Sun Chenyang, Tang Jie, Luan Jinpeng, Wang Feng. 2019. The basement properties and tectonic evolution process of the Xingmeng orogenic belt. Earth Science, 44(5): 1620-1646.

Wang, F. *, Xu, W.L., Xing, K.C., Wang, Y.N., Zhang, H.H., Wu, W., Sun, C.Y., Ge, W.C. 2019. Final Closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean and Onset of Subsection of the Paleo Pacific Ocean: Constraints from Early Mesospheric Magnetism in Central Southern Jilin Province, NE China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(3):  2601-2622.

Zhang, X.M., Xu, W.L.*, Sun, C.Y., Xu, T., Wang, F. 2018. Crustal Accretion and Reworking within the Khanka Massif: Evidence from Hf Isotopes of Zircons in Phanerozoic Granitoids. Journal of Earth Science, 29(2): 255-264.

Research Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Funding), 42572051, 2026.01-2029.12, ¥520,000

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Funding), 42202050, 2023.01-2025.12, ¥300,000

Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Special Funding), 2022T150526, 2022.07-2025.03, ¥180,000

Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Funding), 2021M702646, 2021.11-2025.03, ¥80,000

Postdoctoral International Academic Exchange Program, XSJL2024062, 2024.11, ¥20,000