• Sep 2012 – Jun 2016: BSc in Geology, Chengdu University of Technology
• Sep 2016 – Jun 2022: PhD in Structural Geology, School of Earth andPlanetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Mar 2021 – Jun 2022: Visiting PhD Project, University of Bern,Switzerland
• Sep 2022 – Dec 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Geologyand Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Feb 2025 – Mar 2025: Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth and PlanetarySciences, The University of Hong Kong
• Dec 2025 – Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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First/co-first author papers (*represents corresponding author):

1. Zhang, Q.W.L., Chen, Y.*, Su, B., Liu, J.-H., Li, Q.-L. and Li, X.-H., 2025. Long-term radiogenic heating by abortively erupted basalts triggers 120ma lunar volcanism. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(14): e2024GL114438.

2. Zhang, Q.W.L., Su, B., Lanari, P., Liu, J.-H., Hao, J.-L., Liu, Y., Chen, L.-Y., Zhang, D., Yuan, J.-Y., Wang, J., Li, X.-H. and Li, Q.-L.*, 2025. Compositional complexity of heterogeneous impact glasses in lunar soils: significance and pitfalls. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 180(4): 29.

3. Zhang, Q.W.L., Yang, M.H., Li, Q.L.*, Liu, Y., Yue, Z.Y., Zhou, Q., Chen, L.Y., Ma, H.X., Yang, S.H., Tang, X., Zhang, G.L., Ren, X. and Li, X.H., 2025. Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang'e-6 basalts. Nature, 643(8071): 356–360.

4. Wang, B.-W.†(共同一作), Zhang, Q.W.L.†(共同一作), Chen, Y., Zhao, W., Liu, Y., Tang, G.-Q., Ma, H.-X., Su, B., Hui, H., Delano, J.W., Wu, F.-Y., Li, X.-H., He, Y.* and Li, Q.-L.*, 2024. Returned samples indicate volcanism on the Moon 120 million years ago. Science, 385(6713): 1077–1080.

5. Zhang, Q.W.L., Chen, L.-Y., Sun, J.-X., Tu, J.R., Cui, Z., Yu, H.-M., Xu, J.-J., Zhang, D., Liu, Y., Tang, G.-Q. and Li, Q.-L.*, 2024. A synthetic glass reference material (LMG-4) analogous to Chang’e-5 soil compositions for SIMS U-Pb and Si-O isotopic analyses. Atomic Spectroscopy, 45(5): 358–364.

6. 张谦, 杨慕涵, 李秋立* and 李献华, 2024. 嫦娥六号玄武岩揭秘月背岩浆活动. 科学通报, 69(35): 5076–5078 (科普文章).

7. Zhang, Q.W.L., Chen, Y.C.*, Li, Z.M.G., Liu, J.H., Zhang, Q. and Wu, C.M., 2022. Identification of continental fragments in orogen: an example from Dunhuang Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Science Bulletin, 67(15): 1549–1552.

8. Zhang, Q.W.L., Chen, Y.C.*, Shi, M.Y., Li, Z.M.G., Liu, J.H. and Wu, C.M., 2022. Permian-Triassic magmatic and thermal events in the Dunhuang orogenic belt: implications for subduction records of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. International Geology Review, 64(16): 2306–2329.

9. Zhang, Q.W.L., Li, Z.M.G., Shi, M.Y., Chen, Y.C., Liu, J.H. and Wu, C.M.*, 2021. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of hornblende and U-Pb dating of zircon in the Aketashitage orogen, NW China: Constraints on exhumation and cooling in the Paleoproterozoic. Precambrian Research, 352: 106018.

10. Zhang, Q.W.L., Liu, J.H., Li, Z.M.G., Shi, M.Y., Chen, Y.C. and Wu, C.M.*, 2021. Juxtaposition of diverse, subduction-related tectonic blocks with contrasting metamorphic features and ages in the Paleoproterozoic Aketashitage orogen, NW China: Implications for Precambrian orogeny. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 133(7–8): 1483–1504.

11. Zhang, Q.W.L., Wang, H.Y.C., Liu, J.H., Shi, M.Y., Chen, Y.C., Li, Z.M.G. and Wu, C.M.*, 2020. Diverse subduction and exhumation of tectono-metamorphic slices in the Kalatashitage area, western Paleozoic Dunhuang Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Lithos, 360–361.

12. Zhang, Q.W.L., Liu, J.H., Wang, H.Y.C., Shi, M.Y., Chen, Y.C., Li, Z.M.G., Zhang, H.C.G., Pham, V.T. and Wu, C.M.*, 2019. Amphibolite facies metamorphism and geochronology of the Paleoproterozoic Aketashitage Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Precambrian Research, 328: 146–160.