ProfessorZHAO, Guochun

Professor: Chair of Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU

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Teaching areas

Global Tectonics and Earth Dynamics
Petrology
Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
Earth Resources

Research Interest

Precambrian geology
Metamorphic geology
Supercontinents in Earth’s history

Publications

Zhao, G.C., Cawood, P.A. Precambrian Geology of China. Precambrian Research 222-223, 13-54.[2012] DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.017
Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Wilde, S.A., Li, S.Z. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research, 136 177-202. [2005] DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.10.002
Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Wilde, S.A., Li, S.Z. A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: Assembly, growth and breakup. Earth-Science Reviews 67, 91-123. [2004] DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.02.003
Zhao, G.C., Cawood, P.A., Wilde, S.A., Sun, M., A review of the global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinian supercontinent. Earth-Science Reviews 59, 125-162. [2002] DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00073-9
Zhao, G.C., Wilde, S.A., Cawood, P.A., Sun M., Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 107, 45–73. [2001] DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00154-6

Awards and Honors

TWAS Prize in Earth, Astronomy and Space Sciences (2018)
Thousand Talents Plan - Innovative Talents Recruitment Program (Short Term) (2017)
Cheung Kong （Changjiang) Chair Professorship (2017)
29th Khwarizmi International Award (First Class) (2016)
Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong (2016)
Highly Cited Researcher Award, Thomson Reuters (2014-2021)
State Natural Science Award (2nd Class; First Awardee) (2014)
Fellow of Geological Society of America (2014)
The National Science Fund for Distinguished Oversea Young Scholars, NSFC (2004)
Outstanding Research Prize, Fok Ying Tung Foundation (1995)