招收硕士、博士研究生及博士后，欢迎具有海洋/地质/环境/数学等专业背景的同学联系沟通，一起开展多学科交叉的海洋研究！
海洋生物地球化学团队PI，获国家海外高层次青年人才项目资助，主要从事海洋生物地球化学循环方面的研究，利用稳定同位素，并结合海洋化学、海洋地质分析方法及数值模型，聚焦（1) 从边缘海到深海关键元素生物地球化学循环和吸碳效应，及其对全球气候变化和人类活动的响应；（2) 海洋沉积物有机碳驱动的（生物）地球化学过程（特别是硅酸盐和碳酸盐蚀变过程）及其碳汇效应；（3) 沉积物-水界面物质交换和主控过程，及其对海水化学过程的反馈。在相关领域发表国际SCI论文40+篇，包括Nature Geoscience, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta等。主持国家青年人才项目、国家重点研发专项课题等项目，现任Frontiers in Earth Sciences和Solid Earth Science杂志副主编。
个人简介：
2025-07 ~ 今，中山大学海洋科学学院，教授，博导
2021-08 ~ 2025-07，中国科学院海洋研究所，研究员
2015-01 ~ 2021-07, 斯德哥尔摩大学（瑞典）, 研究科学家 (Research Scientist)
2013-02 ~ 2014-12, 剑桥大学（英国）, 博士后
2008-05 ~ 2012-10 瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学 博士
2006-08 ~ 2008-04 瑞典皇家理工学院 硕士
2002-09 ~ 2006-07 北京航空航天大学 学士
代表性论文：
Quanchao Cui, Min Luo, Wei-Li Hong, Tzu-Hao Huang, Weidong Sun, Sun, Xiaole*. Constraining marine silicate alteration in volcanic material-rich continental margin sediments since the last Glacier Maximum evidenced by stable Si isotopes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2026) doi:10.1016/j.gca.2026.06.031.
Die Li,Quanchao Cui,Haiyang Liu,Tzu-Hao Huang,Wei-li Hong,Bangqi Hu,Jing Huang,Min Luo,Weidong Sun, Sun, Xiaole*. Silicon isotope-based assessments of biogenic and dissolved silica content determination in marine sediments. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY 123251 (2026).
Sun, Xiaole*, Carl-Magnus Mörth,Don Porcelli,Christoph Humborg,Liselott Kutscher,Catherine Hirst,Melissa J. Murphy,Trofim Maximov,Roman E. Petrov,Per S. AnderssonSun, X. Increase of chemical weathering in the Lena River Catchment under a warmer climate. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY 662, 122248 (2024).
Sun, Xiaole*, Anderson, Leif G., Dessirier, Benoit, Geibel, Marc, Mörth, Carl-Magnus, Humborg, Christoph, Large‐Scale Summertime Variability of Carbonate Chemistry Across the East Siberian Sea: Primary Production Versus Ikaite Dissolution. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: OCEANS 129, (2024).
Cui, Quanchao, Liu, Xiaowen, Want, Zhenyan, Sun, Weidong, Xiao, Yuanuan, Sun, Xiaole*. Atypical Seasonality of the Silicon Cycle in the Yellow River Estuary and Bohai Sea Revealed by Stable Silicon Isotopes. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES 38, (2024).
Huang, Tzu-hao, Sun, Xiaole, Somelar Peeter , Kirsimae Kalle , Pickering Rebecca A. ,Kim, Ji-Hoon , Kielman-Schmitt Melanie, Hong, Wei-Li. Separating Si phases from diagenetically-modified sediments through sequential leaching. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY 637, 121681 (2023).
Roth, Florian, Broman, Elias, Sun, Xiaole, Bonaglia, Stefano, Nascimento, Francisco, Prytherch, John, Brüchert, Volker Zara, Maysoon Lundevall, Brunberg, Märta, Geibel, Marc C.,Humborg, Christoph, Norkko, Alf. Methane emissions offset atmospheric carbon dioxide uptake in coastal macroalgae, mixed vegetation and sediment ecosystems. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 14, 42 (2023).
Sun, Xiaole, Humborg, Christoph, Mörth, Carl-Magnus, Bruchert, Volker. The importance of benthic nutrient fluxes in supporting primary production in the Laptev and East Siberian Shelf Sea. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES (2021)
Zhang, Zhouling, Sun, Xiaole, Dai, Minhan, Cao, Zhimian, Fontorbe, Guillaume, Conley, Daniel J. Impact of human disturbance on the biogeochemical silicon cycle in a coastal sea revealed by silicon isotopes. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 65(3): 515-528. (2019)
Sun, Xiaole*, Morth, Carl-Magnus, Porcelli, Don, Kutscher, Liselott, Hirst, Catherine, Murphy, Melissa J, Maximov, Trofim, Petrov, Roman E, Humborg, Christoph, Schmitt, Melanie, Andersson, Per S. Stable silicon isotopic compositions of the Lena River and its tributaries: Implications for silicon delivery to the Arctic Ocean. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. 241: 120-133. (2018)
Sun, Xiaole*, Morth, Carl-Magnus, Humborg, Christoph, Gustafsson, Bo. Temporal and spatial variations of rock weathering and CO2 consumption in the Baltic Sea catchment. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY. 2017, 466: 57-69. (2017)
Sun, Xiaole*, Higgins, John, Turchyn, Alexandra V. Diffusive cation fluxes in deep-sea sediments and insight into the global geochemical cycles of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. MARINE GEOLOGY. 2016, 373: 64-77. (2016)
Sun, Xiaole*, Turchyn, Alexandra V. Significant contribution of authigenic carbonate to marine carbon burial. NATURE GEOSCIENCE. 7(3): 201-204. (2014)
Sun, Xiaole*, Olofsson, Martin, Per Andersson, Fry, Brian, Legrand, Catherine, Mörth, Carl-Magnus. Effect of diatom growth and dissolution on silicon isotope fractionation in an estuarine system. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. 130, 156-166 (2014)
