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Tian Gan
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Contact Info
- Name
- Tian Gan
- Preferred Pronouns
- she/her
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Website
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall, Room 3417
Affiliations
Departments
- Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences Department (Research Faculty)
Research Areas
- Geology
Education
PhD, Geochemistry and Paleontology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, (2021)
M.Sc., Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Ore Deposits, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, (2017)
About
I am a postdoctoral researcher working with Geoffrey Gilleaudeau at George Mason and Alan J. Kaufman at The University of Maryland with a focus on conducting research and publication.
Current Research
Using lithium (Li), strontium (Sr), uranium (U), carbon (C), and oxygen (O) isotopes, as well as trace elements of carbonate rocks, to understand the connection between continental weathering processes, oceanic redox conditions, organic carbon burial, and the biological innovation in the Neoproterozoic era.
Selected Publications
Gan, T., Tian, M., Wang, X.K., Wang, S., Liu, X.M., Jiang, G., Gill, B., Nolan, M., Kaufman, A., Luo T., and Xiao S. (2024). Lithium isotope constraints on the Plumeworld Hypothesis for the Marinoan Snowball Earth. PNAS, 121 (46) e2407419121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407419121
Gan, T., Luo, T., Pang, K., Zhou, C., Zhou, G., Wan, B., Li, G., Yi, Q., Czaja, A., and Xiao, S. (2021). Cryptic terrestrial fungus-like fossils of the early Ediacaran Period. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20975-1
Gan, T., Zhou, G., Luo, T., Pang, K., Zhou, M., Luo W., Wang, S and Xiao, S. (2022). Earliest Ediacaran speleothems and their implications for terrestrial life after the Marinoan snowball Earth, Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106685
Remirez, M., Gilleaudeau, G., Gan, T., Kipp, M., Tissot, F., Kaufman, A., Parente, M. (2024). Carbonate uranium isotopes record global expansion of marine anoxia during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. PNAS, 121(27), e2406032121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406032121
Awards
Robert H. Giles, Jr Visiting Scholar Funding (2022)
China National Scholarship (2021)
Dean’s Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2021)
Pacemaker to Merit Student of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) (2021)
First-Class Scholarship of the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS) (2021)
Contact Info
- Name
- Tian Gan
- Preferred Pronouns
- she/her
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Website
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall, Room 3417