Xu Zhang
Xu Zhang is a senior scientist at the British Antarctic Survey, UK. His research focuses on the mechanisms driving past climate changes across millennial to orbital timescales, using a hierarchy of numerical models. He investigates these processes through numerical experiments informed by paleoclimate reconstructions and observations. He has authored/ co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as an associate editor for Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. He is also actively involved in several PAGES working groups.
He joined BAS in 2024, having previously been a tenured full professor in China since 2018, following a postdoctoral position at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany. He obtained a PhD in Environmental Physics from the University of Bremen in 2014, after completing his MSc (2010) and BSc (2007) studies at Ocean University of China.
