Education backgrounds

• 2011/09-2016/01, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.
• 2014/04-2015/07, Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology, French National Center for Scientific Research, visiting Ph.D. student
• 2008/09-2011/07, Chengdu University of Technology, Master
• 2004/09-2008/07, Chengdu University of Technology, Bachelor

Work experiences

• 2022/04-present, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor.
• 2020/03-2022/04, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences/ Macau University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Macao Young Scholars).

2016/03-2020/02, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor.

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program). Analysis of martian subsurface water ice environment based on the construction of a hectometer-level rampart crater database (Grant No.: 42678002). 2027/01-2030/12.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Project). Research on data processing and scientific applications of Tianwen-2 mission (Grant No.: 42638002). 2027/01-2031/12.
3. National Key Research and Development Program of China (Sub-project). Comparative study on the habitability evolution between Earth and Mars (Grant No.: 2024YFF0807700). 2024/12-2029/11.
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program). Evolution history of paleo-water environment in the Chryse Planitia, Mars (Grant No.: 42172265). 2022/01-2025/12.
5. National Key Research and Development Program of China (Sub-project). Research on habitable environments and biosignatures on Mars (Grant No.: 2021YFA0716100), 2022/01-2026/12.
6. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program). Hyperspectral retrieval and forming mechanism of aqueous minerals within representative drainage basins on Martian southern highlands (Grant No.: 41702354). 2018/01-2020/12.

1. Gou, S.*, Yue, Z., Xie, B., Cai, Z., Lin, H., Lin, Y., Di, K., 2026a. Quantitative assessment of factors affecting reflectance retrieval from spectroscopic radiance images. Advances in Space Research. 78 (5), 5489-5502.
2. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Lin, Y.*, Su, B., Cai, Z., Bugiolacchi, R., Di, K., Pinet, P.C., He, Y., Lin, H., Tian, H., Hu, S., Yang, W., 2026b. Insights from stratigraphic reconfiguration induced by the South Pole-Aitken massive impact. Icarus, 458, 117192. (Featured cover)
3. Yue, Z.^#, Gou, S.^#, Wang, Y., Li, H., Michael, G., Liu, J., Sun, S., Lin, Y.*, Di, K.*, Li, Q., Chen, Y., Yang, W., Xie, B., Hu, S., Li, S., Zheng, B., Mao, T., Li, X., Wu, F., 2026. Lunar chronology model with the Chang’e-6 farside samples and implications for the early impact history. Science Advances, 12 (6), eady9265.
4. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Lin, Y.*, Di, K., Pinet, P.C., Yang, W., He, Y., Chen, Y., Bugiolacchi, R., Tian, H., Lin, H., Hu, S., 2025a. Thin basaltic regolith at the Chang'e-6 landing site. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 655, 119266.
5. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Lin, Y.*, Di, K., He, Y., Tian, H., Pinet, P.C., Cai, Z., Bugiolacchi, R., Lin, H., Hu, S., Yang, W., 2025b. The KREEP-rich circum-Lalande region: A candidate landing area for future lunar crewed missions. Earth and Planetary Physics, 9 (6), 1135–1146.
6. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Bugiolacchi, R., Niu, S., Cai, Z., Liu, B., Jin, S., 2024a. Paleoenvironment implications of layered ejecta craters in the Chryse Planitia, Mars. Icarus, 410, 115918.
7. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Pinet, P.C., Bugiolacchi, R., Niu, S., Cai, Z., Jin, S., 2024b. Subsurface stratigraphy suggested by the layered ejecta craters in the Martian northern planitiae. Icarus, 416, 116100. (Featured cover)
8. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Lin, Y.*, Di, K., Pinet, P.C., Bugiolacchi, R., He, Y., Yang, W., Lin, H., Tian, H., Hu, S., 2024c. Complex basalt evolution in the Chang'e-6 landing area. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 648, 119091.
9. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Zhao, C., Bugiolacchi, R., Xiao, J., Cai, Z., and Jin, S., 2022. Transverse aeolian ridges in the landing area of the Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover on Utopia Planitia, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 595, 117764.
10. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Bugiolacchi, R., Wan, W., Yang, M., and Ye, L., Geologically old but freshly exposed rock fragments encountered by Yutu-2 rover. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2021. 126(3): e2020JE006565.
11. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Bugiolacchi, R., Zhu, M.-H., Pinet, P., and Cai, Z., Mare basalt flooding events surrounding Chang'e-4 landing site as revealed by Zhinyu crater ejecta. Icarus, 2021. 360: 114370.
12. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Cai, Z., Liu, Z., and Niu, S., Absolute model age of lunar Finsen crater and geologic implications. Icarus, 2021. 354: 114046.
13. Gou, S., Di, K., Yue, Z.*, Liu, Z., He, Z., Xu, R., Liu, B., Peng, M., Wan, W., Wang, Y., and Liu, J., Forsteritic olivine and magnesium-rich orthopyroxene materials measured by Chang'e-4 rover. Icarus, 2020. 345: 113776.
14. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Wan, W., Liu, Z., Liu, B., Peng, M., Wang, Y., He, Z., and Xu, R., In situ spectral measurements of space weathering by Chang'e-4 rover. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020. 535: 116117.
15. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Wang, J., Wan, W., Liu, Z., Liu, B., Peng, M., Wang, Y., He, Z., and Xu, R., Impact melt breccia and surrounding regolith measured by Chang'e-4 rover. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020. 544: 116378.
16. Gou, S., Di, K., Yue, Z.*, Liu, Z., He, Z., Xu, R., Lin, H., Liu, B., Peng, M., Wan, W., Wang, Y., and Liu, J., Lunar deep materials observed by Chang'e-4 rover. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019. 528: 115829.
17. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, and Xu, Y., Comparative study between rivers in Tarim Basin in northwest China and Evros Vallis on Mars. Icarus, 2019. 328: 127-140.
18. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K., and Liu, Z.*, A global catalogue of Ceres impact craters ≥ 1 km and preliminary analysis. Icarus, 2018. 302: 296-307.
19. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Wang, J., Mineral abundances and different levels of alteration around Mawrth Vallis, Mars. Geoscience Frontiers, 2015, 6: 741-758.
20. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Niu, S., 2025. Geological characteristics of the landing area of the Zhurong rover at Utopia Planitia (in Chinese with English abstract), Mars. National Remote Sensing Bulletin, 29 (2), 482-493.
21. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Niu, S., 2021. Rampart craters in the Isidis Planitia, Mars: Remote Sensing analysis and environment implications (in Chinese with English abstract). National Remote Sensing Bulletin, 25 (7), 1374-1384.
22. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Xu, Y., 2018. Quantitative comparison of morphometric and hydrological characteristics of valley networks between Evros Vallis on Mars and Kaidu River in Tarim Basin as terrestrial analog (in Chinese with English abstract). National Remote Sensing Bulletin, 22 (2), 313-323.
23. Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K.*, Zhang, X., 2017. Advances in aqueous minerals detection on Martian surface (in Chinese with English abstract). National Remote Sensing Bulletin, 21 (4), 531–548.
24. Yue, Z., Shi, K., Michael, G., Di, K., Gou, S.*, Liu, J., Niu, S., 2022. Chronology of the Basalt Units Surrounding Chang'e-4 Landing Area. Remote Sensing, 14 (1), 49.
25. Yue, Z., Yang, M., Jia, M., Michael, G., Di, K., Gou, S.*, Liu, J., 2020. Refined model age for Orientale Basin derived from zonal crater dating of its ejecta. Icarus, 346, 113804.