Education 

• 2001/09-2005/07 Shandong University of Science and Technology, Geological engineering, B.E.
• 2005/09-2007/09 East China Institute of Technology, Mineral Resource Prospecting and Exploration, M.E.
• 2007/09-2010/06 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Geochemisty, Ph.D.

Professional experience 

• 2010/06-2014/01 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Precambrian Research, Post-doctor
• 2014/01-present  Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate professor

• Evolution of Orogen
• Precambrian geology

1. Zhu, X.Y., Chen, F.K., Liu, B.X., Zhang, H., Zhai, M.G., 2015. Geochemistry and zircon ages of mafic dikes in South Qinling, central China: evidence for late Neoproterozoic continental rifting in northern Yangtze block. International Journal of Earth Science, 104: 27-44. 
2. Zhu, X.Y., Chen, F.K., Nie, H., Siebel, W., Yang, Y.Z., Zhai, M.G., 2014. Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South Qinling, China: evidence from zircon ages and geochemistry of the Yaolinghe volcanic rocks. Precambrian Research, 245: 115-130.
3. Zhu, X.Y., Zhai,M.G., Lyu, B., Wang, W., Peng, P., Hu, B. 2013. ~2.7 Ga crustal growth in the North China Craton: Evidence from zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Sushui Complex in the Zhongtiao terrane. The Journal of Geology 121, 239-254.
4. Zhu, X.Y., Chen F.K., Liu, B.X., Siebel, W., 2013. Zircon U-Pb and K-feldspar megacryst Rb-Sr isotopic ages and Sr-Hf isotopic composition of the Mesozoic Heyu granite, eastern Qingling orogen, China. Lithos 156-159, 31-40.
5. Zhu, X.Y., Chen, F.K., Li, S.Q., Yang, Y.Z., Nie, H., Siebel, W., Zhai, M.G., 2011. Crustal evolution of the North Qinling terrain of the Qinling Orogen, China: Evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic composition. Gondwana Research 20, 194-204.