Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor.
Personal Description
Engaged in scientific research and teaching in environmental geosciences (environmental soil science, environmental geochemistry) and environmental ecological restoration and management. Mainly focuses on research in regional environmental restoration and ecological management, environmental evolution and sustainable development, land resource utilization and management, and soil and water conservation technology and theory. Selected into the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Program, currently serves as an academic and technical leader in Sichuan Province, and a member of the Sichuan Province Expert Review (Examination) Committee (3rd session).
Education and Work Experience
1. 1999.10-resent, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor;
2. 2008.11-2009.11, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, USA, Visiting Scholar;
3. 2000.11-2003.5, Chengdu University of Technology, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Postdoctoral Fellow;
4. 1992.7-1997.2, Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Trainee, Assistant Researcher;
5. 1996.9-1999.9, Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. degree;
6. 1989.9-1992.6, Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master's degree;
7. 1985.9-1989.7, Department of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Bachelor's degree.
Main Research Fields
1. Environmental Soil Science
2. Environmental Geochemistry
3. Land Resource Utilization and Management
4. Environmental Ecology and Landscape Ecological Change
Main Courses Taught
Environmental Geology, undergraduate
Soil Science, Master's Student
Environmental Geology II, PhD student
"Global Environmental Change", PhD student
Main Research Projects Undertaken or Participated in
1. National Key Basic Research Development Program Special Topic. Late Mesozoic Paleosols and Paleoatmospheric CO2 Changes (2012CB822003-3) (Principal Investigator)
2. National Science and Technology Support Program Special Topic. Adaptability Assessment and Key Technology Selection of Small Watershed Ecological Conservation Technology in the Lower Jinsha River Reservoir Area (2012BAC06B02-02) (Principal Investigator)
3. National Natural Science Foundation Project. Pedogenic Characteristics and Quantitative Reconstruction of Paleoclimate of Mesozoic Paleosols in Sichuan Basin (41371225) (Principal Investigator)
Representative Publications
1.Zhou Y., Retallack G.J., Huang, Changming*. Early Eocene paleosol developed from basalt in southeastern Australia: implications for paleoclimate. Arab. J. Geosci., 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s13146-013-0184-z.
2.Li, Shuguang, Hu, Xuexu, Tang, Yao, Huang, Changming*, Xiao, Wenyi. Response of lacustrine sediment to anthropogenic activities over 240 years in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, Southwest China. Quat. Int., 2014, 349: 367-375.
3.Wen, Xiaoyu, Tang, Yao, Huang, Changming*, Gongbo, Shilin, Wang, Zhiwei. Rare earth elements: A potential proxy for identifying the lacustrine sediment source and soil erosion intensity in karst areas. J. Soil. Sediment., 2014, 14:1693-1702.
4.Wang, Yadong, Huang, Changming, Sun, Baina, Quan, Chao*, Wu, Jiayu, Lin, Zhichao. Palaeo-CO2 variation trends and the Cretaceous greenhouse climate. Earth-Sci Rev., 2014, 129: 136-147.
5.Liang, Kunkun, Hu, Xuexu, Li, Shuguang, Huang, Changming*, Tang, Yao*. Anthropogenic effect on deposition dynamics of lake sediments based on 137Cs and 210Pbex Techniques in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China. Chin. Geogra. Sci., 2014, 24: 180-190.
6.Zhao, Yang, Huang, Changming*, Zhang, Hongjiang. Ecological risk assessment on provincial land-use overall planning in China. Hum. Ecol. Risk. Assess., 2014, 20: 1491-1506.
7.Pan, Yanyan, Huang, Changming*. Quantitative reconstruction of early cretaceous paleoclimate using paleosol carbonates in China. Carbonate. Evaporite., 2014, 29: 327-335.
8.Huang, Changming, Retallack, Gregory J., Wang, Chengshan, Huang, Qinghua. Paleoatmospheric pCO2 fluctuations across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary recorded from paleosol carbonates in NE China. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 2013, 385: 95-105.
9.Wen, Xiaoyu, Bai, Shu, Zeng, Ni, Wang, Chengshan, Huang, Changming*, Zhang, Qi. Interruptions of the ancient Shu Civilization: triggered by climate change or natural disaster? Int. J. Earth Sci., 2013, 102: 933-947.
10.Huang, Changming, Retallack, Gregory J., Wang, Chengshan. Early Cretaceous atmospheric pCO2 levels recorded from pedogenic carbonates in China. Cretaceous Res., 2012, 33: 42-49.
11.Yu, Bo, Huang, Changming*, Liu, Zhenghong, Wang, Haipeng, Wang, Linlin. A chaotic analysis on air pollution index change over past 10 Years in Lanzhou, northwest China. Stoch. Env. Res. Risk. A., 2011, 25: 643-653.
12.Retallack, Gregory J., Huang, Changming. Ecology and evolution of Devonian trees in New York, USA. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 2011, 299: 110-128.
13.Wen, Xiaoyu, Wang, Chengshan, Huang, Changming*, Bai, Shu, Zhang, Qi. A novel method to assess the effect of diagenesis on fossil teeth: Rare earth element signatures. J. Rare Earth., 2011, 29: 710-715.
14.Retallack, Gregory J., Huang, Changming. Depth to gypsic horizon as a proxy for paleoprecipitation in paleosols of sedimentary environments. Geology, 2010, 38: 403-406.
15.Bai, Shu, Tang, Yao, Wang, Chengshan, Huang, Changming*. A late Quaternary climate record based on multi-proxies analysis from the Jiaochang Loess Section in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Acta Geol. Sin., 2007, 81: 1087-1096.
16.Zhang, Ganlin, Pan, Jianhua, Huang, Changming, Gong, Zitong. Geochemical features of a soil chronosequence developed on basalt in Hainan Island, China. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Geol., 2007, 24: 261-269.
17.Wu, Jinlu, Huang, Changming, Zeng, Hong'an, Schleser, Gerhard H., Battarbee, Richard. Sedimentary evidence for recent eutrophication in the Northern Basin of Lake Taihu, China: Human impacts on a large shallow lake. J. Paleolimn., 2007, 38: 13-23.
18.Huang, Changming, Wang, Chengshan, Tang, Yao. Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of pedogenic carbonates in Ustic Vertosols: Implication for paleoenvironmental change. Pedosphere, 2005, 15: 539-544.
19.Huang, Changming, Wang, Chengshan. Geochemical characteristics and behaviors of rare earth elements in process of vertisol development. J. Rare Earth., 2004, 22: 552-557.
20.Huang, Changming, Gong, Zitong. Geochemical implication of rare earth elements in process of soil development. J. Rare Earth., 2001, 19: 57-62.
Academic Positions
Member of the Soil Genesis, Classification and Soil Geography Professional Committee of the Soil Science Society of China;
Reviewer for more than 20 journals including Geology, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., Quat. Int., Acta Geol. Sin., J. Mountain Sci., Acta Pedologica Sinica, Geographical Science, Journal of Mountain Research, etc.
Awards
1. Second Prize of Sichuan Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 1994;
2. Second Prize of the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award in 2013;
3. First Prize of Sichuan Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2014.
Patents
5 invention patents have been obtained.