长期从事地幔岩石学与地球化学研究，研究对象为产出于不同构造环境下的地幔橄榄岩，包括深海橄榄岩、蛇绿岩与地幔包体。主要的研究成果包括：（1）通过对北极Gakkel洋中脊深海橄榄岩开展强亲铁元素和Re-Os同位素研究，发现部分方辉橄榄岩具有高达20亿年的Os同位素模式年龄，提出软流圈具有高度不均一的组成，残存有古老难熔的地幔组份。（2）对青藏高原腹地赛利普中新世超钾质火山岩所携带的橄榄岩包体开展详细的矿物岩石与地球化学研究，结果揭示中新世时期藏南岩石圈地幔曾经遭受了含水熔体的交代作用，并具有较热的地温梯度和较薄的厚度。提出加厚的亚洲岩石圈地幔在中新生时期发生了显著的对流减薄，并引发了青藏高原在中新世时间发生显著的隆升。（3）对西藏雅江带东段的罗布莎与泽当蛇绿岩以及缅甸境内的吉灵庙和密支那蛇绿岩开展高精度锆石U-Pb年代学研究，提出整个雅江带蛇绿岩均形成于早白垩世，并向东与缅甸西部蛇绿岩相连，而缅甸东部的蛇绿岩形成于中侏罗世，代表了青藏高原班公湖-怒江蛇绿岩向东的延伸。（4）通过对西藏普兰蛇绿岩的橄榄岩以及辉长苏长岩脉体开展详细的岩石学与地球化学研究，提出普兰蛇绿岩可能代表了通过拆离断层形成的大洋核杂岩。（5）以新喀里多尼亚蛇绿岩为对象，系统性研究了弧前地幔强亲铁元素的特征以及俯冲板片在弧前脱水过程中Os元素的活动性。

目前研究主要聚焦于以下三个方面：

1. 中国科学院优秀博士论文（2008年）
2. 全国优秀博士论文（2009年）
3. 中国科学院卢嘉锡青年科技奖（2010年）
4. 中国矿物岩石地球化学学会“侯德封奖”（2014年）
5. 中国地质学“银锤奖”（2014年）
6. 青藏高原青年科技奖（2015年）
7. “孙贤鉥”奖（2019年）

主持项目：

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（西藏拉昂错蛇绿岩中古老地幔的识别及其地球化学特征，2009/01-2012/12）
2. 国家自然科学基金优秀青年项目（地幔交代作用，2013/01-2015/12）
3. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（克拉通地区岩石圈-软流圈边界层的年龄与水含量研究，2012/01-2016/12）
4. 国家自然科学基金中俄合作项目（西伯利亚金伯岩和下地壳的U-Pb同位素年代学研究，2014/01-2015/12）
5. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（西南印度洋U1473A钻孔大洋斜长花岗岩的成因：副矿物Sr-Nd-Hf-O同位素制约，2017/01-2020/12）
6. 国家杰出青年科学基金项目（岩石学，2021/01-2025/12）

参与项目：

1. 国家自然科学基金重点项目（青藏高原南部淡色花岗岩成因与深部地壳流动，2012/01-2016/12）
2. 国家自然科学基金创新研究群体项目（地球早期演化的微区同位素制约，2013/01-2015/12）
3. 国家自然科学基金创新研究群体项目（地球早期演化的微区同位素制约，2016/01-2018/12）

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