Wei Lijie (scientist)
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Stratigraphy
Wei Lijie | |
|---|---|
 Wei in 2010 | |
| Born | June 2, 1974 |
| Alma mater | Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology Stratigraphy |
| Institutions | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences |
Wei Lijie (Chinese: 韦利杰; born 2 June 1974) is a Chinese Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the paleontology and stratigraphy of Tibet and the Antarctic.[1][2]
Wei is from China and was born in Longyao, Hebei on June 2, 1974. She received her master's degree in paleontology and stratigraphy at Lanzhou University in 2006[3] and got her doctor degree in structural geology at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011.[4]
Career and impact
Wei has been an Associate Professor in the Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences since 2013.[5] Her main research interests are paleontology and stratigraphy, in particular, study of the Cenozoic palynology of Tibet and Antarctica.[1][2] She leads a research project on the Neogene palynology from the eastern and western margins of the Lambert Glacier of East Antarctica.[6]
Wei participated in the 26th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition (October 2009-April 2010) and carried out geological investigation in the Grove Mountains area of East Antarctica.[7] She was the first woman researcher from China to carry out geological research in the Antarctic inland.[7][8]
Wei served as visiting scholar in the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science, New Zealand from August to October 2011.[9] From 2011-2013 she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[10]