Jule Xiao (Xiao, Jule)
Research Professor of Quaternary Geology
Division of Cenozoic Geology and Environment

Education
1981.09–1985.07 Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology,Xi'an College of Geology (B.E.)
1991.04–1994.03 Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University (Ph.D.) Professional Positions
1985.07–1991.03 Research Assistant, Xi’an Laboratoty of Loess and Quaternary Geology, CAS
1991.04–1995.03 Adjunct Researcher, Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science,Osaka City University
1995.04–1997.03 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Geology, CAS
1997.04–1999.05 Research Professor, Institute of Geology, CAS
1999.06–present Research Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS

Public Services
Secretary–General of Chinese Association for Quaternary Research

• Lake sediments and environment;
• East Asian monsoon variation and global change;
• Environmental changes and human activities

• 1997, 1st Young Scientist Award of Quaternary Research of the Chinese Association for Quaternary Research
• 1998, 6th Young Geological Science and Technology Award of the Geological Society of China
• 2001, Young Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. 973 project: Environmental changes over the monsoon/arid transition and the interaction between high- and low-latitude climatic processes. 2010-2014
2. NSFC project: Desertification in the Hulun Lake margin and its relation to climatic changes and human activities. 2010-2012

1. Xiao, J.L., Fan, J.W., Zhou, L., Zhai, D.Y., Wen, R.L., Qin, X.G., 2013. A model for linking grain-size component to lake level status of a modern clastic lake. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 69, 149–158.
2. Xiao, J.L., Chang, Z.G., Fan, J.W., Zhou, L., Zhai, D.Y., Wen, R.L., Qin, X.G., 2012. The link between grain-size components and depositional processes in a modern clastic lake. Sedimentology 59, 1050–1062.
3. Zhai, D.Y., Xiao, J.L., Zhou, L., Wen, R.L., Chang, Z.G., Wang, X., Jin, X.D., Pang, Q.Q., Itoh, S., 2011. Holocene East Asian monsoon variation inferred from species assemblage and shell chemistry of the ostracodes from Hulun Lake, Inner Mongolia. Quaternary Research 75, 512–522. 
4. Chang, Z.G., Xiao, J.L., Lü, L.Q., Yao, H.T., 2010. Abrupt shifts in the Indian monsoon during the Pliocene marked by high-resolution terrestrial records from the Yuanmou Basin in southwest China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 37, 166-175.
5. Wen, R.L., Xiao, J.L., Chang, Z.G., Zhai, D.Y., Xu, Q.H., Li, Y.C., Itoh, S., Lomtatidze, Z., 2010. Holocene climate changes in the mid-high latitude monsoon margin reflected by the pollen record from Hulun Lake, northeastern Inner Mongolia. Quaternary Research 73, 293–303.
6. Wen, R.L., Xiao, J.L., Chang, Z.G., Zhai, D.Y., Xu, Q.H., Li, Y.C., Itoh, S., 2010. Holocene precipitation and temperature variations in the East Asian monsoonal margin from pollen data from Hulun Lake in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Boreas 39, 262–272.
7. Xiao, J.L., Chang, Z.G., Wen, R.L., Zhai, D.Y., Itoh, S., Lomtatidze, Z., 2009. Holocene weak monsoon intervals indicated by low lake levels at Hulun Lake in the monsoonal margin region of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. The Holocene 19, 899-908.
8. Xiao, J.L., Chang, Z.G., Si, B., Qin, X.G., Itoh, S., Lomtatidze, Z., 2009. Partitioning of the grain-size components of Dali Lake core sediments: evidence for lake-level changes during the Holocene. Journal of Paleolimnology 42, 249-260.
9. Xiao, J.L., Si, B., Zhai, D.Y., Itoh, S., Lomtatidze, Z., 2008. Hydrology of Dali Lake in central-eastern Inner Mongolia and Holocene East Asian monsoon variability. Journal of Paleolimnology 40, 519–528.
10. Xiao, J.L., Wu, J.T., Si, B., Liang, W.D., Nakamura, T., Liu, B.L., Inouchi, Y., 2006. Holocene climate changes in the monsoon/arid transition reflected by carbon concentration in Daihai Lake of Inner Mongolia. The Holocene 16, 551–560.
11. Peng, Y.J., Xiao, J.L., Nakamura, T., Liu, B.L., Inouchi, Y., 2005. Holocene East Asian monsoonal precipitation pattern revealed by grain-size distribution of core sediments of Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia of north-central China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 233, 467–479.
12. Xiao, J.L., Xu, Q.H., Nakamura, T., Yang, X.L., Liang, W.D., Inouchi, Y., 2004. Holocene vegetation variation in the Daihai Lake region of north-central China: a direct indication of the Asian monsoon climatic history. Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 1669–1679.
13. Xiao, J.L., Inouchi, Y., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., Kondo, Y., Takahashi, K., 2004. Precipitation history of the Lake Biwa area in central Japan over the last 145 ka. Boreas 33, 74–81.
14. Xiao, J.L., Jin, C.Z., Zhu, Y.Z., 2002. Age of the fossil Dali Man in north-central China deduced from chronostratigraphy of the loess–paleosol sequence. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 2191–2198.
15. Xiao, J.L., Nakamura, T., Lu, H.Y., Zhang, G.Y., 2002. Holocene climate changes over the desert/loess transition of north-central China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 197, 11–18.
16. Xiao, J.L., An, Z.S., 1999. Three large shifts in East Asian monsoon circulation indicated by loess–paleosol sequences in China and late Cenozoic deposits in Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 154, 179–189.
17. Xiao, J.L., An, Z.S., Liu, T.S., Inouchi, Y., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., Kondo, Y., 1999. East Asian monsoon variation during the last 130,000 years: Evidence from the Loess Plateau of central China and Lake Biwa of Japan. Quaternary Science Reviews 18, 147–157.
18. Xiao, J.L., Liu, T.S., An, Z.S., 1997. Large shifts in late Cenozoic East Asian monsoon circulation deduced from loess–paleosol sequences in China and sediments in Japan. Proceedings of the 30th IGC 2&3, 333–346.
19. Xiao, J.L., Inouchi, Y., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., Kondo, Y., Liu, T.S., An, Z.S., 1997. Fluvial quartz flux to Lake Biwa of central Japan over the past 145,000 years. The Quaternary Research 36, 17–27.
20. Xiao, J.L., Inouchi, Y., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., Kondo, Y., Liu, T.S., An, Z.S., 1997. Eolian quartz flux to Lake Biwa, central Japan, over the past 145,000 years. Quaternary Research 48, 48–57.
21. Xiao, J.L., Inouchi, Y., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., Kondo, Y., Liu, T.S., An, Z.S., 1997. Biogenic silica record in Lake Biwa of central Japan over the past 145,000 years. Quaternary Research 47, 277–283.
22. Xiao, J.L., Porter, S.C., An, Z.S., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., 1995. Grain size of quartz as an indicator of winter monsoon strength on the Loess Plateau of central China during the last 130,000 yr. Quaternary Research 43, 22–29.
23. Xiao, J.L., Zhu, Y.Z., Kumai, H., Sakai, J., 1993. Age of the fossil Dali Man: Inference from magnetic susceptibility of the loess–paleosol sequence. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 47, 485–491.
24. Xiao, J.L., Kumai, H., Yoshikawa, S., Masuda, H., An, Z.S., 1993. Quartz from selected horizons of loess–paleosol sequence on the Chinese Loess Plateau and the Osaka Group of central Japan. The Quaternary Research 32, 209–217.
25. Xiao, J.L., Zheng, H.B., Zhao, H., 1992. Variation of winter monsoon intensity on the Loess Plateau, central China during the last 130,000 years: Evidence from grain size distribution. The Quaternary Research 31, 13–19.
26. An, Z.S., Xiao, J.L., 1990. Study of the eolian dust flux over the Loess Plateau: an example. Chinese Science Bulletin 35, 1627–1631.