Bachelor degree in coal geology and exploration from Wuhan College of Geology in 1985; 

Master degree in petroleum geology and exploration from Chinese University of Geosciences in 1988;

Doctor degree in Basin research from Chinese University of Geosciences in 1991.

Post Doctor-Research, 1992-1994, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Associate Professor/Associate Research Fellow, 1994-1999, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Professor/Research Fellow, 1999-Now, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Professor, 2006-2013, Postgraduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Professor, 2014-Now, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Publications in recent five years (*corresponding author): 

Jingbo Yu, Zhong Li*, Liu Yang. Fault system impact on paleokarst distribution in the Ordovician Yingshan Formation in the central Tarim basin, northwest China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2016, 71: 105-118.

Shunli Dong, Zhong Li*, Lei Jiang. The early Paleozoic sedimentary–tectonic evolution of the circum-Mangar areas, Tarim block, NW China: Constraints from integrated detrital records, Tectonophysics, 2016, 682: 17-34

Shunli Dong, Zhong Li*, Lei Jiang. The Ordovician–Silurian tectonic evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tarim block, NW China: Constraints from detrital zircon geochronological records. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2016, 122: 1-19

Jianqiang Xu, Zhong Li*. Middle–Late Mesozoic sedimentary provenances of the Luxi and Jiaolai areas: Implications for tectonic evolution of the North China Block. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2015, 111: 284–301. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.07.008

DONG Shunli, LI Zhong*, XU Jianqiang, GAO Jian, GUO chuntao. Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic compositions of Middle–Upper Ordovician sandstones from the Quruqtagh area, eastern Tarim Basin: implications for sedimentary provenance and tectonic evolution. Chin Sci Bull, 2014, 59(10), 1002-1012.

Jianqiang Xu, Zhong Li*, Yonghong Shi. Jurassic detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic geochronology of Luxi Uplift, eastern North China, and its provenance implications for tectonic–paleogeographic reconstruction. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013, 78: 184–197.

Liu JQ, Li Z*, Huang JC, Yang L. Distinct sedimentary environments and their influences on carbonate reservoir evolution of the Lianglitag Formation in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Sci China Earth Sci, 2012, 55(10): 1641-1655.

Han Denglin, Li Zhong*, Shou Jianfeng, Li Weifeng. Reservoir Heterogeneities between structural positions in the anticline: A case study from Kela-2 gas field in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin, NW China. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2011, 38(3): 282-286.

Zhong Li, Shoutao Peng. Detrital zircon geochronology and depositional responses to basin-range interactions of Jurassic-Neogene in north margin of Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Basin Research, 2010, 22(1): 126-138.

Zhong Li, Yang Li, Jianping Zheng, Denglin Han. Late Mesozoic tectonic inversion of the eastern North China craton: Evidences from basin-fill records. Geological Society, London, 2007, Special publication 280: 239-265.

Zhong Li. A brief review on some developments of sedimentology in China. IAS Newsletter, 2006, (205): 9~10.

Peng S, Li Z*, Huang B, et al.. Magnetostratigraphic division of Cretaceous depositional sequences in the north Kuqa subbasin, northwest China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2006,51(1): 97-107.

LI Zhong, GUO Hong, WANG Daoxuan, LIN Wei. Mesozoic-Cenozoic Tectonic Transition in Kuqa Depression-Tianshan, Northwest China: Evidence from Sandstone Detrital and Geochemical Records. Science In China (Series D), 2005, 48(9): 1387-1402.

Zhong Li, Wenjie Song, Shoutao Peng, Daoxuan Wang, Zhongpei Zhang. Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic relationships between the Kuqa subbasin and Tian Shan, northwest China: constraints from depositional records. Sedimentary Geology, 2004, 172(3-4): 223~249.

Li Z, Li R W, Sun S, Wang Q. Jurassic depositional records and sandstones provenances in Hefei basin, Central China: Implication for Dabie orogenesis. The Island Arc, 2004, 13(2): 346~358.

LI Zhong, LIU Shaofeng, ZHANG Jinfan & WANG Qingchen. Typical basin-fill sequences and basin migration in Yanshan, North China: response to Mesozoic tectonic transition. Science In China (Series D), 2004, 47(2): 181~192.

Li Z, Li R W,Sun S, Zhang W H. Mesozoic basin-fill records in south foot of Dabie Mountains: Implication for Dabie Orogenic attributes. Science In China (Series D), 2003, 46(3): 217～230.

Li Z, Li R W, Sun S, Zhang W H. Rb-Sr chronology Characteristics of Jurassic granitoid gravels in Hefei Basin central China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2001,46(13): 1126-1129.

Li Zhong, Sun Shu, Li Renwei, Jiang Maosheng. Mesozoic fill-sequences in Hefei Basin:Implication for Dabie Orogenesis, Central China. Science In China (Series D), 2001, V44, No.1: 52-63.

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