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Academic Education & Work Career：  

1.Lecturer (2014 – present)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USTB, Beijing

2.Visiting Scholar (2016 – 2017)

School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney

3.Postdoc (2011 – 2014)

Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing

4.PhD in Metamorphic Geology (2005 – 2011) 

College of Earth Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

5.B.S. in Geology (2001 – 2005) 

School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Research Interests：

1.Recognizing metamorphic and deformational episodes of the metamorphic complex in the orogen, based on field geological investigation and petrographical observation

2.Recovering the protoliths of the metamorphic rocks and reconstructing tectonic environment, by analyzing major and trace elements of the whole rocks by XRF and ICP-MS, respectively

3.Determining metamorphic P–T paths, by applying accurate and precise geothermometers and geobarometers to the mineral assemblages of the different metamorphic stages

4.Dating the metamorphic process, by SHRIMP/SIMS/LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of metamorphic zircon/monazite as well as metamorphic rims of magmatic zircon/monazite developed during the metamorphic processes

Teaching Courses：

1.Physical Geology

2.Petrography

3.Geological field study of the Changping and Fangshan areas in Beijing

Research projects：

1.Records and response of ca. 2.7 Ga tectono-thermal events in the metamorphic complexes in the central segment of the Trans-North China Orogen. Funded by State Open Fund Project of the Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University (2018 - 2019)

2.Metamorphic evolution and geochronology of Jiehekou Group granulites in the Lüliang Metamorphic Complex, Trans-North China Orogen. Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (2016 - 2019)

3.Geochemical characteristics and its tectonic implications of Mt. Guandi metamorphic rocks, Shanxi. Supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2015 - 2016)

4.The primary rock property and geochemical characteristics of iron ore in the Zuoquan Metamorphic Complex. Supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014 - 2015)

5.Metamorphic evolution and geochronology during the metamorphic processes of the Precambrian Zuoquan Metamorphic Complex, North China Craton. Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (2012 - 2014)

6.Metamorphic evolution and its tectonic implications of Zuoquan amphibolites. Funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2012 - 2014)

7.Metamorphic P–T paths of the amphibolites and metapelitic gneisses: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen. Funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (2011 - 2013)

Recent publications：

1.Xiao L.L., Clarke G., Liu F.L., Lu J.S. 2019. Metamorphic records in the Lüliang metapelites: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton. Precambrian Research.

2.Xiao L.L., Liu F.L., Zhang J. 2019. Records and its geological implication of metamorphic ages of ca. 2.5 Ga and ca. 1.9 Ga from the Zuoquan metamorphic complex in the Trans-North China Orogen. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 35(4) (in Chinese with English abstract).

3.Xiao L.L., Liu F.L., Zhang J. 2019. Response to the early Neoarchean tectono-thermal events in the North China Craton: evidence of ca. 2.7 Ga TTG gneisses from the Zuoquan metamorphic complex. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 35(2): 325-348 (in Chinese with English abstract).

4.Xiao L.L., Clarke G., Liu F.L., Wu C.M. Discovery of mafic granulite in the Guandishan area of the Lüliang complex, North China Craton: Age and metamorphic evolution. Precambrian Research, 2017, 303: 604-625.

5.Xiao, L.L., Liu, F.L., 2015. Precambrian metamorphic history of the metamorphic complexes in the Trans-North China Orogen，North China Craton. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 31(10): 3012-3044 (in Chinese with English abstract).

6.Xiao, L.L., Liu, F.L., Chen, Y., 2014. Metamorphic P–T–t paths of the Zanhuang metamorphic complex: Implications for the Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Trans-NorthChina Orogen. Precambrian Research, 255: 216-235.

7.Xiao, L.L., Liu, F.L., Xie, Y.L., Wu, C.M., 2014. Precambrian metamorphic evolution and its tectonic implications of the Zuoquan metamorphic complex. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 30(10): 2925-2940 (in Chinese with English abstract).

8.Xiao, L.L., Wang, G.D., Wang, H., Jiang, Z.S., Diwu, C.R., Wu, C.M., 2013. Zircon U–Pb geochronology of the Zanhuang metamorphic complex: reappraisal of the Palaeoproterozoic amalgamation of the Trans-North China Orogen. Geological Magazine, 150(4): 756-764.

9.Xiao, L.L., Liu, F.L., Liu, J.H., Liu, P.H., Shi, J.R., Cai, J., 2013. Geochemistry and its tectonic implications of the Zuoquan – Zanhuang complex. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 29(2), 533–550 (in Chinese with English abstract).

10.Xiao, L.L., Lu, J.S., Wang, G.D., Cai, J., Wu, C.M., 2012. Geochemistry, metamorphic evolution and its tectonic implications of amphibolites in the southwest area of the Zanhuang complex. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 28(9), 2807–2818 (in Chinese with English abstract).

11.Xiao, L.L., Jiang, Z.S., Wan, G.D., Wan, Y.S., Wang, T., Wu, C.M., 2011. Metamorphic reactions and metamorphic P–T paths of the Precambrian metamorphic complex, Zanhuang, Hebei, north China. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 27(4), 980–1002 (in Chinese with English abstract).

12.Xiao, L.L., Wu, C.M., Zhao, G.C., Guo, J.H., Ren, L.D., 2011. Metamorphic P-T paths of the Zanhuang amphibolites and metapelites: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100(4), 717–739. 

13.Xiao, L.L., Wan, G.D., 2011. Zircon U-Pb dating of metabasic rocks in the Zanhuang metamorphic complex and its geological significance. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica, 30(5), 781-794 (in Chinese with English abstract).

14.Xiao, L.L., Jiang, Z.S., 2010. Geochemistry and tectonic environment of amphibolites of the Zanhuang metamorphic complex. Bulletin of Minerology, Petrology and Geochemistry, 29(4), 339-347 (in Chinese with English abstract).

15.Xiao, L.L., Wu, C.M., Zhao, G.C., Guo, J.H., 2008. Metamorphic P–T paths of the Zanhuang metamorphic complex. Bulletin of Minerology, Petrology and Geochemistry, 27(S1), 182 (in Chinese).