Zhixiong Shen Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University Tel: +1 (843) Fax: +1 (843)

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1 Education Zhixiong Shen Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University Tel: +1 (843) Fax: +1 (843) Ph.D. University of Liverpool, 2007, Geography Thesis title: Improving the chronologies of British Holocene Lake sediments using a combined geomagnetic and optically-stimulated luminescence dating approach B.Sc. Peking University, Beijing, 2002, Geography major, Computer Science minor Thesis title: Particle size parameter analysis of Pliocene red clay from Duanjiapo Appointments Aug 2014 present: Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University Sep 2012 Jul 2014: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University Apr 2007 Aug 2012: McWilliams Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University Funded research 1. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana Applied Research Program: Quantifying Holocene sediment compaction and its spatial variability in the Mississippi Delta using a new method. Zhixiong Shen (PI), $60,656. Period: 5/01/2014 4/30/ NSF-EAR : Collaborative Research: Continuous vs. episodic fluviodeltaic sedimentation: Implications for carbon sequestration and coastal restoration. Zhixiong Shen (PI), Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Brad Rosenheim (Tulane University) and Wonsuck Kim (UT Austin), $380,913. Period: 06/01/ /31/2015. Publications In process: 1. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Chamberlain, E.L., Nijhuis, A.N., Sandoval, L., Episodic overbank deposition as a dominant mechanism of floodplain and delta-plain aggradation. In preparation for PNAS. 2. Hijma, M.P., Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E. and Mauz, B., New geological data for Louisiana s middle-late Holocene Chenier and Mississippi Delta Plain and their interlinked evolution. In preparation. 3. Shen, Z., Dawers, N.H., Törnqvist, Gasparini, N.M., T.E., Hijma, M.P. and Mauz, B., Fault slip rate variability linked to late Quaternary Mississippi River depocenter shift: Implications for subsidence along the US Gulf Coast. In preparation for Basin Research. 4. Shen, Z. and Lang, A., Quartz fast component optically-stimulated luminescence: towards routine extraction for dating applications. Radiation Measurements, Submitted. 5. Zhang, Y., Shen, Z., Ma, C., Shankar, N., Feng, C.X., Yang, P., Sun W., Wang, Q., Clustering of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) cases: spatio-temporal analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, In Revision. Published: 6. Wolstencroft, M., Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Milne, G.A., and Kulp, M., 2014, Understanding the components of basement subsidence in the Mississippi Delta: insights from geophysical modeling Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 119, 2013JB Oldfield, F., Chiverrell, R.C., Lyons, J.R., Williams, E., Shen, Z., Bristow, C., Bloemendal, J., Torrent, J., and Boyle, J.F., 2014, Discriminating dusts and dusts sources using magnetic properties and hematite:goethite ratios of surface materials and dust from North Africa, the Atlantic and Barbados. Aeolian Research, 13,

2 8. González, J.L., Shen, Z., and Mauz, B., 2014, New constrains on Holocene uplift rates for the Baudó mountain range, northwest Columbia. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 52, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Straub, K.M., and Mauz, B., 2013, Rapid and widespread response of the Lower Mississippi River to eustatic forcing during the last glacial-interglacial cycle: Reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 125, p. 1375, doi: /b Hernandez, M., Mauz, B., Mercier, N. and Shen, Z., 2012, Evaluating the efficiency of TT-OSL SAR protocols. Radiation Measurements, doi: /j.radmeas Shen, Z. and Mauz, B., 2012, Optical dating of young deltaic deposits on a decadal time scale. Quaternary Geochronology 10, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Mateo, Z.R.P., Straub, K.M. and Mauz, B., 2012, Rapid and widespread response of the Lower Mississippi River to eustatic forcing during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Geological Society of America Bulletin 124, Shen, Z., Mauz, B. and Lang, A., 2011, Identification and characterization source traps of thermally transferred OSL in quartz at medium temperatures. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 44, Shen, Z. and Mauz, B., 2011, Determining the equivalent dose of the late Pleistocene fine silt quartz in the Lower Mississippi Valley using a standardized growth curve. Radiation Measurements 46, Shen, Z. and Mauz, B., 2009, De determination of quartz samples showing falling De(t) plots. Radiation Measurements 44, Shen, Z., Bloemendal, J., Mauz, B., Chiverrell, R.C., Dearing, J.A., Lang, A. and Liu, Q.S., 2008, Holocene environmental reconstruction of sediment-source linkages at Crummock Water, English Lake District, based on magnetic measurements. The Holocene 18, Shen, Z., Mauz, B., Lang, A., Bloemendal, J. and Dearing, J.A., 2007, Optical dating of Holocene lake sediments: Elimination of the feldspar component in fine silt quartz samples. Quaternary Geochronology 2, Conference presentations with abstracts (* for student presentation) Chamberlain, E.L.*, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Quantifying progradation rate of a major delta lobe International Commission on Continental Erosion Symposium, New Orleans, USA. 2. Shen, Z., Rosenheim, B.E., Törnqvist, T.E, and Lang, A., Anthropogenic influence on the age spectrum of particulate organic carbon of the Lower Mississippi River International Commission on Continental Erosion Symposium, New Orleans, USA. 3. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Chamberlain, E.L., Esposito, C.R., Jankowski, K.L., Rosenheim, B.E., Marshak, J., Nijhuis, A.N., Sandoval, L., and Mauz, B., Using late Holocene stratigraphic record to guide Mississippi Delta restoration: 1. Overview State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA. 4. Esposito, C.R.*, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, and Marshak, J., Using late Holocene stratigraphic record to guide Mississippi Delta restoration: 2. Sediment budget of a relict natural levee diversion State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA. 5. Chamberlain, E.L. *, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., and Mauz, B., Using late Holocene stratigraphic record to guide Mississippi Delta restoration: 3. Constraining subdelta progradation rates State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA. 6. Jankowski, K.L.*, Shen, Z., Rosenheim, B.E., Törnqvist, T.E., Alepuz, C., and Mills, E., Using late Holocene stratigraphic record to guide Mississippi Delta restoration: 4. Rates of carbon sequestration State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Chamberlain E.L., Esposito, C.R., Marshak, J., Nijhuis, A.N., Sandoval, L. Sandoval, L., and Mauz, B., Dynamic sediment trapping and episodic sediment accretion in fluviodeltaic environments: Implications for coastal restoration American Geophysical Union 2

3 Annual meeting, San Francisco, USA. 8. Shen, Z., Dawers, N.H., Törnqvist, T.E., Gasparini, N.M., Milne, G.A., Wolstencroft, M., and Mauz, B., Geological records of tectonic subsidence in southern Louisiana. 2013, 1 st International Workshop on Coastal Subsidence, New Orleans, USA. 9. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Nijhuis, A.N., Marshak, J., Sandoval, L. and Mauz, B., Episodic fluviodeltaic sedimentation at centennial time scale in the Mississippi Delta: Implications for coastal restoration Joint Penrose/Chapman Conference, Galveston, USA. 10. Hijma, M.P., Yu, S., Törnqvist, T.E., Shen, Z., Evolution of Louisiana s Chenier Plain: implication for the mid/late-holocene highstand debate NW-Europe IGCP Conference, York, UK Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Dawers, N.H., Gasparini, N.M., Milne, G.A., Mauz, B., Tectonic components of subsidence in the Mississippi Delta State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA. 12. Hijma, M.P., Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Kuykendall, J.I., New chronological data for Mississippi River-mouth shifting and Chenier Plain development: do they match State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA. 13. Törnqvist, T.E., Shen, Z., Dawers, N.H., Gasparini, N.M., González, G.L., Hijma, M.P., Hu, P., Kulp, M.A., Mauz, B., Milne, G.A., Wolstencroft, M., Yu, S., Subsidence mechanisms and rates within and beyond coastal Louisiana: an overview of recent progresses State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, USA Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Dawers, N.H., Gasparini, N.M., Milne, G.A., Mauz, B., Quantifying late Pleistocene lithospheric flexure and fault movements in the Mississippi Delta. AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, USA. 15. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Mateo, Z.R.P., Straub, K.M., Mauz, B., Rapid and Widespread response of the Lower Mississippi River to eustatic forcing in the last glacial-interglacial cycle NW-Europe IGCP Conference, York, UK. 16. Shen, Z., Mauz, B., Törnqvist, T.E., Dating young deltaic deposits in the Mississippi Delta with a single aliquot method. 13 th International Conference on Luminescence and Electronic Spin Resonance Dating, Torun, Poland. 17. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Marshak, J., Nijhuis, A.N., Kuykendall, J.I., Sandoval, L., Mauz, B., Quantifying sediment trapping efficiency and accretion rates of recent crevasse splay in the Mississippi Delta: implications for coastal restoration South-Central GSA Meeting, New Orleans, USA. 18. Nijhuis, A.N.*, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Sediment accretion rates of crevasse-splay deposits in the Mississippi Delta determined by OSL dating: Implications for coastal restoration South-Central GSA Meeting, New Orleans, USA Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Quantifying wetland accretion and fault movement rates in the Mississippi Delta with optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating State of the Coast Conference, Baton Rouge, USA. 20. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Mauz, B., Relative sea level vs. climate forcing of the Lower Mississippi River during the last two glacial-interglacial cycles. AAPG 2010 Annual Convention&Exhibition, New Orleans, USA. 21. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Long-term (~80 kyr) crustal movements in the Mississippi Delta and Lower Mississippi Valley. AAPG 2010 Annual Convention&Exhibition, New Orleans, USA Shen, Z., Mauz, B., The source of charges for thermally transferred OSL signal in quartz at medium temperatures: a preliminary observation. Six New World Luminescence Dating and Dosimetry 3

4 Workshop, Seattle, USA. 23. Shen, Z., Sandoval, L., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Dating Holocene natural levee and crevasse-splay deposits in the Mississippi Delta with optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) from quartz. GSA2009, Portland, USA. 24. Sandoval, L.*, Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Quantifying rates of wetland accretion in the Mississippi Delta using optically-stimulated luminescence dating: some preliminary results. UK Luminescence and ESR Meeting 2009, Royal Holloway, University of London, London Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Optical chronology of late Pleistocene strata in the Lower Mississippi Valley: implications for fluvial response to relative sea-level change. GSA 2008, Houston, USA. 26. Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Mauz, B., Relative sea level at ~80 ka (MIS 5a): A preliminary assessment from optically dated late Pleistocene deposits in the Lower Mississippi Valley. AMQUA 2008, Penn State, USA Shen, Z., Mauz, B., Törnqvist, T.E., Packman, S., Determining the equivalent dose of 'old' fine silt quartz using a standardised growth curve. UK Luminescence and ERS Meeting 2007, Sheffield, UK Shen, Z., Mauz, B., Bloemendal, J., Dearing, J., Lang, A., Problems and prospects of optical dating of lake sediments in the Lake District of the British Isles. UK Luminescence and ERS Meeting 2006, Liverpool, UK. 29. Shen, Z., Mauz, B., Lang, A., Bloemendal, J., Dearing, J., Chiverrell, R., An optically stimulated luminescence chronology of Holocene lake sediments: an example from the British Isles. 10 th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Invited Presentations 1. University of Missouri, Sedimentary records of late Quaternary vertical crustal motions in the Mississippi Delta and their geodynamic implications. 2. University of New Orleans, Spatial and temporal pattern of tectonic subsidence in coastal Louisiana. 3. University of Texas Pan America, Quartz optically-stimulated luminescence dating and its application to fluvial deposits in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Mississippi Delta. 4. University of Louisiana Lafayette, Optical chronology of the Late Pleistocene strata in the Lower Mississippi Valley and their implications. 5. Peking University, Optical dating of lake sediments: an example from the British Isles. Awards 1. Outstanding Research Award (First Place in post-doctorate) in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University, Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS): 2003~ University of Liverpool International Scholarships: 2003~ University of Liverpool Graduate Association (Hong Kong) Scholarships: Dr. Joanna Kinsey Memorial Fund: 2004 Synergistic Activities 1. Convener of a session in the 2011 GSA South-Central Section Meeting. 2. Reviewer for Quaternary Geochronology, Geomorphology, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Journal of Asian Earth Science, Journal of Geology, Geochronometria, Journal of Mountain Science. 3. Reviewer for NSF-Division of Earth Sciences, Army Research Office Advisors Postdoctoral advisor: Torbjörn Törnqvist (Tulane University) 4

5 Graduate advisors: Barbara Mauz, Jan Bloemendal (University of Liverpool) Undergraduate advisor: Liping Zhou (Peking University) Advisees Undergraduate students: Jonathan Marshak, Austin Nijhuis, Laure Sandoval, Adam Laurie, Elise Mills 5