Professor ZhongPing Lai obtained his BSc in Geography from East China Normal University in Shanghai in 1992; MSc from the State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in Xi’an in 1997; and PhD from Oxford University in 2005. He had been a middle school teacher (geography) for two years (92-94); and stayed in Physical Research Lab in India (hosted by Prof. Ashok Singhvi) for one year (98/3-99/3), supported by a South-south Exchange Scholarship of the Third World Academy of Sciences. His PhD was fully supported by a prestigious Clarendon Scholarship awarded by Oxford University, and Graduate Scholarships awarded by Jesus College of Oxford University. As a scholar in Oxford University, he was entitled to dine at the high table in the college. He was also awarded a title of “Outstanding Over-sea Student” by the Ministry of Education of China in 2004 when he was in Oxford University. Upon finishing his PhD, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and spent nearly two years in Marburg and Bayreuth Universities in Germany. He is a member of the editorial board of Geochronometria, the founding director of the CAS Key Lab of Salt Lake Resource and Chemistry.

His research interests: Environmental change in arid and semi-arid areas (the Tibetan Plateau, the Chinese Loess Plateau, deserts and salt lakes in north-western China, etc); Chronology of human migration; Luminescence dating in both application and technique development.

Dr. Lai enjoys his hobbies (reading and sporting, etc.). Together with his team, he won the “University Cuppers” in table tennis twice in a row when he was in Oxford.

(Updated in May 2009)

PhD students under supervision: Qishun Fan（Email：fanqishun100@163.com）, Hao Long（Email：lzugeolh@sina.com）, Xiangjun Liu（Email：xiangjunliu@126.com）, Lupeng Yu（Email：yulupeng319@126.com）.

Master students under supervision: Kai Liu（Email：liukai840922@sina.com）, and Yuwei Ma（Email：mayuwei2007@163.com）.

Academic assistant: Yongjuan Sun（Email：sunyongjuan@hotmail.com）

Visiting graduate students: Zhong He, Xianjiao Ou, Yongbo Wang, Xi Chen, Linhai Yang, Baohua Wei, Jingran Zhang, and Jingxiong Zheng.

List of publications in international journals (*Corresponding author):

1. Xu, L.B., Ou, X.J., Lai, Z.P., Zhou, S.Z., Wang, J., Fu, Y.C., 2009. Timing and style of Late Pleistocene glaciation in the Queer Shan, northern Hengduan Mountains in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Quaternary Science, submitted.（SCI）
2. Lai, Z.P., 2009. Chronology and the upper dating limit for loess samples from Luochuan section in Chinese Loess Plateau using quartz OSL SAR protocol. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, revised.（SCI）
3. Lai, Z.P., Kaiser, K, Brückner, H., 2009. Luminescence dated aeolian deposits of late Quaternary age in the southern Tibetan Plateau and their implications for landscape history. Quaternary Research, revised.（SCI）
4. Lai, Z.P., Zhang, W.G., Chen, X., Jia, Y.L., Liu, X.J., Fan, Q.S., Long, H., 2009. OSL chronology of loess deposits in East China and its implications for East Asian monsoon history. Quaternary Geochronology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.006.（SCI）
5. Kaiser, K., Lai, Z.P., Schneider, B., Junge, F.W., 2009. Late Pleistocene genesis of the middle Yarlung Zhangbo Valley, southern Tibet (China), as deduced by sedimentological and luminescence data. Quaternary Geochronology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.01.005. （SCI）
6. Kaiser, K., Lai, Z.P., Schneider, B., Schoch, W.H., Shen, X.H., Miehe, G., Brückner, H. 2009. Sediment sequences and paleosols in the Kyichu Valley, southern Tibet (China), indicating Late Quaternary environmental changes. Island Arc, in press. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.2008.00629.x.（SCI）
7. Liu, X.J., Lai, Z.P., Long, H., Fan, Q.S., Sun, Y.J., 2009. Timing of high lake levels of Qinghai Lake in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since Last Interglaciation based on quartz OSL dating. Quaternary Geochronology, in press.（SCI, *）
8. Long, H., Lai, Z.P., Fan, Q.S., Sun, Y.J., Liu, X.J., 2009. Applicability of a quartz OSL standardised growth curve for De determination up to 400 Gy for lacustrine sediments from the Qaidam Basin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology, in press.（SCI,*）
9. Sun, Y.J., Lai, Z.P., Long, H., Liu, X.J., Fan, Q.S., 2009. Quartz OSL dating of archaeological sites in Xiao Qaidam Lake of the NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its implication for palaeoenvironmental changes. Quaternary Geochronology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.013.（SCI, *）
10. Fan, Q.S., Lai, Z.P., Long, H., Sun, Y.J., Liu, X.J., 2009. OSL chronology for lacustrine sediments recording high stands of Gahai Lake in Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.012.（SCI, *）
11. He, Z., Zhou, J., Lai, Z.P., Yang, L.H., Liang, J.M., Long, H., Ou, X.J., 2009. Quartz OSL dating of sand dunes of Late Pleistocene in the Mu Us Desert in northern China. Quaternary Geochronology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.011.（SCI, *）
12. Ou, X.J., Xu, L.B., Lai, Z.P., Long, H., He, Z., Fan, Q.S., Zhou, S.Z., 2009. Potential of quartz OSL dating on moraine deposits from eastern Tibetan Plateau using SAR protocol. Quaternary Geochronology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.004.（SCI, *）
13. Kaiser, K., Lai, Z.P., Schneider, B., Reudenbach, C., Miehe, G., Brückner, H. 2009. Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental implications of Pleistocene and Holocene aeolian deposits in the Lhasa area, southern Tibet (China). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 271, 329-342.（SCI）
14. Lai, Z.P., Brückner, H., Z？ller, L., Fülling, A. 2008. Effects of thermal treatment on the growth curve shape for OSL of quartz extracted from Chinese loess. Radiation Measurements 43, 763-766.（SCI）
15. Lai, Z.P., Z？ller, L., Fuchs, M., Brückner, H., 2008. Alpha efficiency determination for OSL of quartz extracted from Chinese loess. Radiation Measurements 43, 767-770.（SCI）
16. Lai, Z.P., Brückner, H., 2008. Effects of feldspar contamination on equivalent dose and the shape of growth curve for OSL of silt-sized quartz extracted from Chinese loess. Geochronometria 30, 49-53.（SCI）
17. Lai, Z.P., Brückner, H., Z？ller, L., Fülling, A., 2007. Existence of a common growth curve for silt-sized quartz OSL of loess from different continents. Radiation Measurements 42, 1432-1440.（SCI）
18. Lai, Z.P., Wintle, A.G., Thomas, D.S.G., 2007. Rates of dust deposition between 50 ka and 20 ka revealed by OSL dating at Yuanbao on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 248, 431-439.（SCI）
19. Lai, Z.P., Wintle, A.G., 2006. Locating the boundary between the Pleistocene and the Holocene in Chinese loess using luminescence. The Holocene 16, 893-899.（SCI）
20. Lai, Z.P., 2006. Testing the use of an OSL standardised growth curve (SGC) for De determination on quartz from the Chinese Loess Plateau. Radiation Measurements 41, 9-16. （SCI）
21. Lai, Z.P., Murray, A., Bailey, R., Huot, S., B？tter-Jensen, L., 2006. Quartz red TL SAR equivalent dose overestimation for Chinese loess. Radiation Measurements 41, 114-119. （SCI）
22. Lai, Z.P., Murray, A.S., 2006. Red TL of quartz extracted from Chinese loess: bleachability and saturation dose. Radiation Measurements 41, 836-840.（SCI）
23. Lai, Z.P., Stokes, S., Bailey, R., Fattahi, M., Arnold, L., 2003. IR stimulated red luminescence from Chinese loess: basic observations. Quaternary Science Reviews 22, 961-966.（SCI）
24. Lai, Z.P., Arnold, L., Stokes, S., Bailey, R., Fattahi, M., 2002. Detection of Far-Red IRSL from Loess. Ancient TL 20(2), 41-46.
25. Porter, S.C., Singhvi, A., Zhisheng, A., Lai, Z.P., 2001. Luminescence age and palaeoenvironmental implications of a late Pleistocene ground wedge on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 12(2), 203-210.（SCI）
26. Lai, Z.P., Singhvi, A. K., Chen, H.Z., Zhou, W.J., 1999. Luminescence chronology of Holocene sediments from Taipingchuan in loess/desert transitional zone, China and its implication. Man and Environment 14(1), 91-97.

(Updated in May 2009)