地理学、地质学、孢粉学、生态演变和人类活动与气候变化模拟等

立志从事生态环境变化与应对研究、具备努力勤奋特质和团队合作精神的博士后、博士生和硕士生

070501-自然地理学
070905-第四纪地质学
0705Z1-自然资源学

孢粉学与环境变化
荒漠与荒漠化
第四纪地质学

2001-09--2007-07   兰州大学资源环境学院   理学博士
1997-09--2001-07   兰州大学资源环境学院   理学学士

理学研究生学历

理学博士学位

2007.07~2010.06, 中国科学院青藏高原研究所, 博士后

2010.07~2010.12, 中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所, 助理研究员

2011.01~2017.12, 中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所, 副研究员

2018.01~            ,  中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院（原寒旱所）, 研究员

1. Miao Y*, Fang X, Sun J, et al. A new biologic paleoaltimetry indicating Late Miocene rapid uplift of northern Tibet Plateau. Science, 2022, 378 (6624): 1074-1079

2. Sun Y, Miao Y*, Zou Y & Jing X. (2026). Urban Green Spaces Under Dual Pressures of Human Activity and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review. Sustainability, 18(5), 2365.

3. Jing X, Zhu R & Miao Y* (2026). Explainable deep learning for predicting lake expansion in the Siling Co Endorheic basin: Unraveling driver shifts and hydro-climatic tipping points. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 66, 103719.

4. Zou Y, Zhang T, Zhang Z, Miao Y*, Gao Y & Sun Y (2026). Microtopography-driven water redistribution shapes vegetation patterns: A case plot in Gobi Desert. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 66, 103578.

5. Wang H, Miao Y*, Zhao Y, Lei Y, Wu F & Ahmad S (2026). A five-year monitoring record of airborne pollen in the Qaidam Basin, and its relationship with climate. Journal of Arid Environments, 236, 105654.

6. Ma L, Zhang S., Sun Y, Wang H, Xu Q, Li D, ... & Miao Y*. (2026). Relative pollen productivity estimates for major plant taxa in the Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 105581.

7. Zhang Z, Wang Z, Miao Y*, Zou Y, Zhao Y, Niu G & Warny S (2026). AI-driven microcharcoal recognition: Advancing intelligent automation for paleofire reconstruction. Global and Planetary Change, 105356.

8. Niu G, Miao Y*, Wang X, Li X, Zhang Z, Zou Y & Ahmad S (2025). Late Cenozoic wildfire evolution in East-Central Asia: A microcharcoal record from the Junggar Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 113488.

9. Yang Y, Miao Y*, Wang X, et al. How “wet islands” form–A case study of the Qilian Mountains on the arid northern Tibetan Plateau during the Middle Miocene[J]. Earth-Science Reviews, 2025,105041 (JCR 1区).

10. Zou Y, Miao Y*, Li Y, et al. A new method of automatic microcharcoal identification and its demonstration in revealing the spatial heterogeneity of fire over the past 40,000 years in China. Quaternary International, 2025, 725: 109743.

11. Yang Y, Miao Y*, Wang X, et al. High-elevation Qilian Mountains and its inspiration for tectonics and biodiversity during the late Middle Miocene. Global and Planetary Change, 2024, 243: 104632.

12. Wang X, Miao Y*, Ji Y, et al. New Discovery of Calamitaceae from the Cisuralian in Northwest China: Morphological Evolution of Strobilus. Biology, 2024, 13(5): 347.

13. 苗运法*, 雷艳, 赵永涛, 等. 亚洲内陆干旱区空气孢粉研究现状及展望. 第四纪研究, 2024, 44(3): 688-703.

14. 王梓莎, 苗运法*, 赵永涛, 等. 我国中西部表层沉积物中微炭屑记录的火活动信息. 第四纪研究, 2024, 44(1): 201-213.

15. Wang Z, Miao Y*, Zou Y, et al. Microcharcoals Reveal More Grass Than Trees During the Mid‐Holocene Optimum on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50(17): e2023GL103637.

16. Miao Y, Zhang T, Huang K, et al. Pollen assemblages reflect a Mid-Miocene precipitation gradient in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2023, 617: 111514.

17. Lei Y, Miao Y*, Zhao Y, et al. The effects of meteorological conditions on allergenic airborne pollen in arid Northwest China. Atmospheric Environment, 2023, 299: 119647.

18. Miao YF*, Xiang M, Zhang T, et al. Comment on “An equable subtropical climate throughout China in the Miocene based on palaeofloral evidence” by Qing Wang, Yan Li David K. Ferguson, Wen-Bo Mo, and Nan Yang, Earth-Science Reviews, [Earth-Science Reviews 218 (2021) 103649]. Earth-Science Reviews, 2022: 104020.

19. Miao YF*, Warny S*, Liu C, et al. Palynomorph assemblages evidence for river reorganization 8.5 million years ago in Southeast Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 2022, 212: 103808.

20. Zhao Y, Miao YF*, Huang X, et al. Holocene hydroclimate changes revealed by multiple proxies from an alpine lake in the central Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022: 111004.

21. Zhao Y, Miao YF*, Li Y, et al. Non-linear response of mid-latitude Asian dryland vegetation to Holocene climate fluctuations. CATENA, 2022, 213: 106212.

22. Miao YF, Chang H*, Li L, et al. Early Oligocene—Late Miocene Wildfire History in the Northern Tibetan Plateau and Links to Temperature-Driven Precipitation Changes. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022, 10: 850809.

23. Zhao YT, Miao YF*, Fang YM, Li Y, Lei Y, Chen X, ... & An, C. Investigation of factors affecting surface pollen assemblages in the Balikun Basin, central Asia: Implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Ecological Indicators, 2021, 123, 107332.

24. Zou YG, Miao YF*, Yang SL, Zhao YT, Wang ZS, Tang GQ, Yang, SL. A new automatic statistical microcharcoal analysis method based on image processing, demonstrated in the Weiyuan Section, northwest China. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021, 9, 17.

25. Miao YF*, Song YG*, Li Y, Yang SL, Li Y, Zhao YT, Zeng MX, Late Pleistocene fire in the Ili Basin, Central Asia, and its potential links to paleoclimate change and human activities, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 547, 2020,109700.

26. Miao YF*, Wu FL*, Warny S, Fang X, Lu HJ, Fu BH, Song CH, Yan XL, Escarguel G, Yang YB, Meng QQ, Shi PL. Miocene fire intensification linked to continuous aridification on the Tibetan Plateau. Geology, 2019, 47 (4), 303-307.

27. Miao YF, Warny S, Clift PD, Gregory M, Liu C. Climatic or tectonic control on organic matter deposition in the South China Sea? A lesson learned from a comprehensive Neogene palynological study of IODP Site U1433. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2018, 190,166-177.

28. Miao YF, Warny S, Clift PD, Liu C, & Gregory M (2017). Evidence of continuous Asian summer monsoon weakening as a response to global cooling over the last 8 Ma. Gondwana Research. 52, 48-58

29. Miao YF, Warny S, Liu C., Clift PD, & Gregory M (2017). Neogene fungal record from IODP Site U1433, South China Sea: Implications for paleoenvironmental change and the onset of the Mekong River. Marine Geology 394，69–81

30. Miao YF, Zhang D, Cai X, Li F, Jin H, Wang Y, & Liu B. (2017). Holocene fire on the northeast Tibetan Plateau in relation to climate change and human activity. Quaternary International, 1-8.

31. Miao YF, Fang X, Song C, et al. Late Cenozoic fire enhancement response to aridification in mid-latitude Asia: Evidence from microcharcoal records. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016, 139: 53-66.

32. Miao YF, Fang X, Liu Y S C, et al. Late Cenozoic pollen concentration in the western Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, and its significance for paleoclimate and tectonics. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2016, 231: 14-22.

33. Miao YF, Jin H, & Cui, J. 2016. Human activity accelerating the rapid desertification of the Mu Us Sandy Lands, North China. Scientific reports, 6.

34. Miao YF, Jin HL, Liu B, Herrmann M, et al., 2015. Holocene climate change on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from mountain-slope pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 221, 22-31.

35. Miao YF, Song CH, Fang XM Meng QQ, Zhang P, Wu FL, Yan XL. Late Cenozoic genus Fupingopollenites development and its implications for the Asian summer monsoon evolution, Gondwana Research, 2016, 29(1), 320-333

36. Miao YF, Wu FL, Chang H, Fang X, Deng T, Sun JM, Jin CS. A Late-Eocene palynological record fromthe Hoh Xil Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, and its implications for stratigraphic age, paleoclimate and paleoelevation, Gondwana Research, 2016, 31: 241-252

37. Miao YF, Jin HL, Liu B, Herrmann M, Sun Z, Wang YP. Holocene climate change on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from mountain-slope pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2015, 221, 22-31

38. Miao YF, Zhang P, Lu S, et al. Late Quaternary pollen records from the Yangtze River Delta, East China, and its implications for the Asian monsoon evolution. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015, 1-10

39. Yan XL, Miao YF*, Zan JB, Zhang WL, Wu S, 2014. Late Cenozoic fluvial-lacustrine susceptibility increases in the Linxia Basin and their implications for Tibetan Plateau uplift. Quaternary International, 334-335, 132-140

40. Miao YF*, Jin HL, Liu B., Wang YP, 2014. Natural ecosystem response and recovery after the 8.2 ka cold event: Evidence from slope sediments on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Arid Environments, 104, 17-22

41. Miao YF, Fang XM, Song CH, Yan XL, Xu L, Chen CF, 2013. Pollen and fossil wood’s linkage with Mi-1 Glaciation in northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Palaeoworld, 22, 101–108

42. Miao YF, Wu FL, Herrmann M, Yan XL, Meng QQ, 2013. Late early Oligocene East Asian summer monsoon in the NE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from a palynological record from the Lanzhou Basin, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 75, 46–57

43. Miao YF, Fang XM, Wu FL, Cai MT, Song CH, Meng QQ, Xu L, 2013. Late Cenozoic continuous aridification in the western Qaidam Basin: evidence from sporopollen records. Clim. Past, 9, 1863–1877

44. Zhang P, Miao YF*, Zhang ZY, Lu SM, Zhang YJ, Chen HG, Li XQ, Miao QY, Feng WL, Ou J, Gong XL, Jiang B, Li W, 2013. Late Cenozoic sporopollen records in the Yangtze River Delta, East China and implications for East Asian summer monsoon evolution. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 388, 153–165

45. Miao YF, Herrmann M, Wu FL, Yan XL, Yang SL, 2012. What controlled Mid-Late Miocene long-term aridification in Central Asia? –Global cooling or Tibetan Plateau uplift: A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 112, 155–172

46. Miao YF, Fang XM, Herrmann M, Wu FL, Zhang YZ, Liu DL, 2011. Miocene pollen record of KC–1 core in the Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau and implications for evolution of the East Asian monsoon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 299, 30–38

47. Miao YF, Meng, Q.Q., Fang XM, Yan XL, Wu FL, Song CH, 2011. Origin and development of Artemisia (Asteraceae) in Asia and its implications for the uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau: a review. Quaternary International, 236, 3–12

48. Miao YF, Fang XM, Song ZC, Wu FL, Han WX, 2008. Late Eocene pollen records and palaeoenvironmental changes in northern Tibetan Plateau. Sci. China, Ser. D: Earth Sci., 51(8), 1089–1098

49. 王梓莎, 赵永涛, 苗运法*, 邹亚国, 唐国乾. 以孢粉学方法为例浅论黄土沉积物中微体炭屑的统计问题. 干旱区地理, 2020, 43 (3), 661-670.

50. 王梓莎, 苗运法*, 赵永涛, 李芳, 雷艳, 向明星,邹亚国. 柴达木盆地北缘湖泊表层沉积物炭屑特征及其环境意义. 中国沙漠, 2020, 40(4), 10-17.

51. 苗运法, 方小敏, 宋之琛, 吴福莉, 韩文霞, 2008. 青藏高原北部始新世孢粉记录与古环境变化.中国科学, D辑, 38(2), 187–196 (in Chinese with English abstract).

52. 苗运法, 方小敏, 戴霜, 刘维明, 杨美临, 陈传飞, 2007. 依据孢粉记录初探青海湟水流域二级阶地的成因. 地质通报, 26(12): 1697–1702 (in Chinese with English abstract).

53. 蔡晓敏, 苗运法, 靳鹤龄, 等. 全新世中期毛乌素沙地炭屑记录与火灾历史. 中国沙漠, 2015 (5): 1156-1162 (in Chinese with English abstract).

54. 吴晓英, 张倩雯, 张志高, 滕晓华, 苗运法, 卓世新, & 严永耀. (2015). 藏北库木库里盆地 KM 剖面晚更新世沉积物粒度特征及其环境意义. 兰州大学学报 (自然科学版), 51(4), 478-488 (in Chinese with English abstract).

55. 严永耀，安聪荣，苗运法*，等.新疆青海地区现代地表沉积物颜色指标与气候参数关系．干旱区地理，2017，40(2)，355-364 (in Chinese with English abstract).

56. 苗运法, 杨胜利, 卓世新, 孙爱军, 2013. 我国西北干旱区现代地表沉积物颜色指标与降水关系. 海洋地质与第四纪地质, 33 (4), 77-85 (in Chinese with English abstract).

57. 苗运法, 吴福莉, 方小敏, & 王梓莎. (2018). 青藏高原北部柴达木盆地中新世菌孢子变化及其意义初探. 第四纪研究, 38(1), 67-75 (in Chinese with English abstract).

58. Miao YF, Yan XL, Shao, Y.J., Yang, B., 2011. Cenozoic Ephedraceae adaptation to global cooling in Northwestern China. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 3(5), 0375–0380.