Areas of Focus
- Magmatic processes and structural evolution in South China
- Granite genesis and crust-mantle interaction
- Volcanic-intrusive complex genesis and magmatic differentiation
- Volatile components and magmatic evolution
Work Experience
- 10/2020-Present: Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
- 12/2019-09/2020: Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
- 10/2018-11/2019: Associate Researcher, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
- 10/2015-09/2018: Assistant Researcher, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
- 01/2015-02/2015: Research Assistant II, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-2015: PhD in Mineralogy, Petrology, and Ore Deposits, Nanjing University
- 2006-2010: Bachelor of Engineering in Resource Exploration Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
- Multiple awards including Zilan Award for Teaching, Outstanding Reviewer for Lithos 2018, and Excellent Doctoral Dissertation at Nanjing University
Publications
- Timescale of magma recharge for a crystal-rich mush: Perspectives from the compositional zoned quartz in Xiangshan caldera, SE China, Sidi Zhao, Yan Xia*, Xisheng Xu, Kai Zhao, 2023
- Crystal-melt separation of the Cretaceous volcanic-plutonic complex in SE China: High Sr/Y rocks generated by plagioclase accumulation, Hongyang Shi, Yan Xia*, Xisheng Xu, Junyue Zhu, Jianqiang He, 2022
- The epilogue of Paleo-Tethyan tectonics in the South China Block: insights from the Triassic aluminous A-type granitic and bimodal magmatism, Yan Xia*, Xisheng Xu, 2020
- A fragment of Columbia supercontinent: Insight for Cathaysia block basement from tectono-magmatic evolution and mantle heterogeneity, Yan Xia*, Xisheng Xu, 2019
- Neoproterozoic amalgamation between Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks: The magmatism in various tectonic settings and continent-arc-continent collision, Yan Xia, Xisheng Xu*, Yaoling Niu, Lei Liu, 2018
- Transition from adakitic to bimodal magmatism induced by the paleo-Pacific plate subduction and slab rollback beneath SE China: Evidence from petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the dike swarms, Yan Xia, Xisheng Xu*, Guochun Zhao, Lei Liu, 2016
- Neoproterozoic active continental margin of the Cathaysia block: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd–Hf isotopes of igneous complexes, Yan Xia, Xisheng Xu*, Lei Liu, 2015
- Early Paleozoic crust–mantle interaction and lithosphere delamination in South China Block: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of granites, Yan Xia, Xisheng Xu*, Haibo Zou, Lei Liu, 2014
- Paleoproterozoic S- and A-type granites in southwestern Zhejiang: Magmatism, metamorphism and implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia basement, Yan Xia, Xi-Sheng Xu*, Kong-Yang Zhu, 2012
Awards
- Zilan Award for Teaching
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Lithos 2018
- Excellent Doctoral Dissertation at Nanjing University
- Doctoral National Scholarship
- Hubei Province Excellent Bachelor's Degree Thesis
