研究方向：行星表面地质过程，重点关注天体撞击的物理化学过程、内太阳系撞击历史和地球撞击坑探寻。

当前经费：基金委、中科院等部门的基础科研和应用服务课题。

荣誉奖项：中国科协青年人才托举工程、国家重大人才计划、广东省五四青年奖提名、NASA MESSENGER GROUP ACHIEVEMENT、AOGS Distinguished Young Researcher Lecture。

学术兼职：JGR-Planets副编辑，《Journal of Earth Science》和《地球科学》两刊编委，中国科学院比较行星卓越创新中心高级研究员，国家重点研发计划重点项目专家组成员，等。

学术成果：发表中英文学术论文120余篇（含多篇Nature, Science主要作者论文），第一作者和通讯作者SCI论文60余篇（含多篇Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Nature Astronomy），引文2100余次。

 

团队成员（欢迎垂询合作）：

  • 吴蕴华 特聘副研究员，月壤和陨石，2019年-至今；
  • 曹炜 博士后，地形粗糙度，2021年-至今；
  • 马佩 博士后，行星光学遥感，2024年至今；
  • 邓青云 博士后，行星重力场，2024年至今；
  • 王一尘 博士生，撞击导致孔隙压实效应，2020年至今 ｜ 2022 - 2023，派至德国Museum für Naturkunde学习；
  • 肖宙轩 博士生，月面短时变化，2020年至今｜ 2022 - 2023，派至意大利University of Trento学习；
  • 潘卿 博士生，AASF tektites磁学研究，2021年至今｜ 2023 - 2024，派至英国University of Liverpool学习；
  • 许睿 博士生，撞击溅射过程，2021年至今｜ 2023 - 2024，派至德国Museum für Naturkunde学习；
  • 闫盼 博士生，撞击玻璃，2021年至今｜ 2023 - 2024，派至意大利Università di Pisa学习；
  • 马毅臻 博士生，撞击溅射物的物性观测，2022年至今；
  • 骆方露 硕博连读，撞击通量，2021年至今｜ 2024 - 2025，拟派至澳大利亚Curtin University学习；
  • 曹治 博士生，AASF母坑，2024年至今；
  • 张靖佩 硕士生，AASF母坑，2022年至今；
  • 欧阳含幸 硕士生，火星和月球简单坑，2023年至今；
  • 王森淼 硕士生，溅射物着陆过程，2024年至今。

 

过往成员：

  • 谢明刚，澳门科技大学联培博士后，2017-2019（许敖敖 教授），现为：桂林理工大学副教授；
  • 丁春雨，中山大学专职副研究员，2019-2021（崔峻 教授），现为：深圳大学助理教授；
  • 蔡玉珍，中山大学联培博士后，2019-2020（崔峻 教授），现为：长沙理工大学讲师；
  • 常伊人，澳门科技大学硕士和博士，2017-2021，现为：上海师范大学讲师；
  • 蒲江，中国地质大学（武汉）硕士，2016-2019；
  • 王一尘，中国地质大学（武汉）硕士，2017-2020；
  • 闫盼，中国地质大学（武汉）硕士，2018-2021；
  • 许睿，澳门科技大学硕士，2019-2021；
  • 马毅臻，中国地质大学（武汉）硕士，2019-2022；
  • 许茹，中山大学，2020-2023。

 

部分论文（#指导学生为第一作者，†指导博士后为第一作者）

  1. R. Xu#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wang, J. Cui (2024). Less than one weight percent of graphite on the surface of Mercury. Nature Astronomy. 8, 280–289 doi: 10.1038/s41550-023-02169-5.
  2. R. Xu#, Z. Xiao*, F. Luo, Y. Wang, J. Cui (2023). Untrackable distal ejecta on planetary bodies. Nature Communications. 14, 1173. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36771-y.
  3. Z. Xiao* (2022). Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history. Nature Geoscience, 15(7), 512–513, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-00985-4.
  4. M. Xie†*, Z. Xiao*, X. Lu, W. Fa, and A. Xu (2021). Change in the Earth-Moon impactor population at about 3.5 billion years ago. Nature Astronomy, 5(2), 128–133. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01241-8.
  5. Y. Wang#, Z. Xiao*, R. Xu, Z. Xiao, J. Cui (2022). Dark spots on Mercury show no signs of weathering during 30 Earth months. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 299, doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00634-z.
  6. Z. Xiao*, P. Yan, B. Wu, C. Ding, Y. Li, Y. Chang, R. Xu, Y. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. Ma, J. Cui (2022). Translucent glass globules on the Moon. Science Bulletin, 67(4), 355–358, doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.11.004.
  7. Yan, P.#, Xiao, Z.*, Wu, Y., Pan, Q., & Wu, Y. (2024). Iron-rich grain-decorated depressions on surfaces of lunar impact glasses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2024JE008284. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008284.
  8. W. Cao†, Z. Xiao*, F. Luo, Y. Ma, H. Ouyang, R. Xu (2024). Emplacement mechanism of ponded light plains on the Moon: Insight from topography roughness. Icarus, 415, 116071, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116071.
  9. Y. Wang#, Z. Xiao*, P. Ma, H. Ouyang, and W. Cao (2024). Geological context of the SLIM landing site. Journal of Earth Science, 35(2): 708–711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-024-1986-8.
  10. 潘卿#, 肖智勇* (2024) 华南地区澳大利亚–亚洲远撞击溅射玻璃的磁学性质研究. 地球科学, doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2024.023.
  11. P. Yan#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wu, Y. Wu, Q. Pan, F. Luo, R. Xu (2024) Submicroscopic iron-rich grains throughout impact glasses in Chang'E-5 regolith. Icarus, 410, 115920, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115920
  12. J. Zhao#, X. Zhang, L. Xiao, A. J. Cavosie, N. E. Timms, A. Nemchin, Z. Xiao, W. Hu, Y. Chang, J. Shu, Q. He, S. Zhao, J. Wang, J. Zhao, IODP 364 Scientist Party (2023). Nanoscale constraints on the nucleation and evolution of granular zircon from reidite in impactites at the Chicxulub impact structure. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626, 118507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118507.
  13. Prieur N. C., Amaro B., Gonzalez E., Kerner H., Medvedev S., Rubanenko L., Werner S., Z. Xiao, D. Zastrozhnov, and M. Lapotre (2023). Automatic characterization of boulders on planetary surfaces from high-resolution satellite images. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2023JE008013, doi: 10.1029/2023JE008013.
  14. Y. Wu†, S. Liao, P. Yan, Z. Xiao, Z. Yin, W. Yang, H. Wang, H. Tian, H. Hui, L. Pan, H. Ma, S. Wu, W. Hsu (2023). Impact-related chemical modifications of the Chang’E-5 lunar regolith. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 363, 94–113, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.10.031.
  15. Q. Pan#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wu, P. Yan (2023). Magnetite in Muong Nong-type Australasian tektites from South China. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi: 10.1029/2023GC011103.
  16. Y. Wu†, W. Hsu, S. Liao, Z. Xiao, X. Che, L. Pan, Y. Li, and S. Li (2023). Petrology and Mineralogy of the Martian Olivine Gabbroic Shergottite Northwest Africa 13581: Insights into the Enriched Martian Mantle Source. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 358, 108 – 125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.08.003.
  17. 肖龙，黄俊，肖智勇，綦超，钱煜奇. 2023, 太阳系天体火山地质作用. 中国科学:地球科学. 11, 2457 – 2581.
  18. L. Xiao, J. Huang, Z. Xiao, C. Qi, and Y. Qian (2023). Volcanism in the Solar System. Science China-Earth Sciences, 1 – 22, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-022-1085-y.
  19. 肖智勇*，岳宗玉，谢明刚，丁春雨，杨晶，邸凯昌，胡森，林杨挺．月球的撞击历史及其对月表物质的改造．矿物岩石地球化学通报. 42，https://doi.org/10.19658/j.issn.1007-2802.2023.42.051
  20. Y. Ma#, Z. Xiao*, F. Luo, W. Cao, R. Xu (2023). SHARAD observations for layered ejecta deposits formed by late-Amazonian-aged impact craters at low latitudes of Mars. Icarus, 115689, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115689.
  21. H. Tian, C. Zhang, W. Yang, J. Du, Y. Chen, Z. Xiao, R. Mitchell, H. Hui, H. Changela, X. Tang, T. Zhang, D. Zhang, Y. Lin, X.-H. Li, F.-Y. Wu (2023). Surges in volcanic activity on the Moon about two billion years ago. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3734. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39418-0.
  22. Q. Deng, Z. Xiao, Z. Zhong, M. Ye, F. Li, J. Yan, and J.-P. Barriot (2023). Lithospheric elastic thickness beneath the Caloris basin: Implications for the thermal structure of Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2023JE007796. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007796
  23. W. Cao†, Z. Xiao*, F. Luo, Y. Ma, R. Xu (2023). Comparison of topographic roughness of layered deposits on Mars. Remote Sensing, 15(9), 2272; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15092272.
  24. Q. Pan#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wu, T. Shi, Z. Yin, P. Yan, Y. Li (2023). Magnetic properties of Australasian tektites from South China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB025269, doi: 10.1029/2022JB025269.
  25. M. Xie*, Z. Xiao* (2023). A new chronology from debiased crater densities: Implications for the origin and evolution of lunar impactors. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 602, 117963, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117963.
  26. 邸凯昌*, 肖智勇*, 林杨挺, 岳宗玉 (2022). 月球南极—艾特肯盆地的形成与早期撞击历史. 36(6), 880–887, doi: 10.16262/j.cnki.1000-8217.2022.06.002.
  27. P. Yan#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wu, W. Yang, J.-H. Li, L. Gu, S.-Y. Liao, Z. Yin, H. Wang, H. C. Tian, C. Zhang, S. Wu, H.-X. Ma, X. Tang, S. Wu, H. Hui, Y. Xu, W. Hsu, Q. L. Li, F. Luo, Y. Liu, X. H. Li. (2022) Intricate regolith reworking processes revealed by microstructures on lunar impact glasses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2022JE007260. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007260.
  28. B. Wu, Wang, Y., Werner, S. C., Prieur, N. C., & Xiao, Z. (2022). A global analysis of crater depth/diameter ratios on the Moon. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100886. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100886
  29. T. Tang, Z. Meng, Y. Lian, Z. Xiao, Y. Zhang, J. Ping, Z. Cai, X. Zhang, X. Dong (2022). New Insights into Surface Deposits in the Balmer-Kapteyn Cryptomare Region Provided by Chang'E-2 Microwave Radiometer Data. Remote Sensing, 14, 4556. https://doi.org/10.3390/ rs14184556.
  30. W. Yang, Y. Chen, H. Wang, H. Tian, H. Hui, Z. Xiao, S. Wu, D. Zhang, Q. Zhou, H. Ma, C. Zhang, S. Hu, Q. Li, Y. Lin, X.-H. Li, F.-W. Wu (2022). Geochemistry of impact glasses in the Chang’e-5 regolith: constraints on impact melting and the petrogenesis of local basalt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 335, 183–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.08.030.
  31. R. Xu#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wang, R. Xu (2022). Pitted-ground volcanoes on Mercury. Remote Sensing. 2022, 14(17), 4164. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14174164.
  32. D. Qiu, M. Ye, J. Yan, C. Zheng, Z. Xiao, Q. Zhang, W. Gao, L. Liu, F. Li (2022). New view of the lunar silicic volcanism in the Mons Hansteen: Formation and origins. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2022JE007289. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022JE007289.
  33. W. Cao†, Z. Xiao*, R. Xu, Y. Wang (2022). Extracting background secondary craters based on fusion of multi-scale and multi-facies crater topography information. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1–16, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3195201.
  34. X. Wu, Y. Liu, Y. Yang, S. Li, D. Guo, J. Du, H. Lin, X. Fu, Z. Xiao, R. Xu, Z. He, F. Zhang, Y. Lin, Y. Zou (2022) Mineralogy and Regolith Maturity at the Chang'E-5 Landing Site Inferred from the Lunar Mineralogical Spectrometer. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 594, 117747, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117747.
  35. Y. Wang#, Z. Xiao*, R. Xu (2022). Multiple mantle sources of high-magnesium terranes on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2022JE007218, doi: 10.1029/2022JE007218.
  36. T. Ruj, G. Komatsu, K. Kawai, H. Okuda, Z. Xiao, and D. Dhingra (2022). Recent boulder falls within the Finsen crater on the lunar far side: An assessment of the possible triggering rationale. Icarus, 377, 114904, 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114904.
  37. Y. Su, R. Wang, X. Deng, Z. Zhang, J. Zhou, Z. Xiao, C. Ding, Y. Li, S. Dai, X. Ren, X. Zeng, X. Gao, J. Liu, D. Liu, B. Liu, B. Zhou, G. Fang, and C. Li (2022). Hyperfine structure of regolith unveiled by Chang'E-5 Lunar Penetrating Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60, 1–14, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3148200.
  38. P. Yan#, Z. Xiao*, G. Xiao, Q. Pan, H. Hui, Y. Wu, and Y. Ma (2022). Undetection of Australasian microtektites in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 585, 110721, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110721.
  39. 常伊人#，肖智勇*(2021). 月球的自二次坑研究. 南京大学学报(自然科学版). 57 (6): 916–933, doi: 10.13232/j.cnki.jnju.2021.06.001.
  40. 王一尘#，肖智勇* (2021). 水星的火山活动历史. 南京大学学报(自然科学版). 57(6), 981–999, doi: 10.13232/j.cnki.jnju.2021.06.007.
  41. 吴蕴华†, 肖智勇*, 徐伟彪 (2021). 火星陨石的岩石矿物学及源区特征. 地质学报. 9, 2769–2790, doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5717.2021.09.010.
  42. 肖智勇* (2021). 撞击过程和内太阳系撞击历史. 地质学报. 9, 2641-2661, doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5717.2021.09.002.
  43. Y. Wang#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Chang, R. Xu, and J. Cui (2021). Short-term and global-wide effusive volcanism on Mercury around 3.7 Ga. Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL094503, doi:10.1029/2021GL094503.
  44. Q. Li and Q. Zhou, Y. Liu, Z. Xiao, Y. Lin, J. Li, H. Ma, G. Tang, S. Guo, X. Tang, J. Yuan, J. Li, F. Wu, Z. Ouyang, C. Li*, and X. Li* (2021). Two billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang’E-5 basalts. Nature, 600 (7887), 54–58, doi: 10.1038/ s41586-021-04100-2.
  45. Z. Meng, J. Lei, Z. Xiao, Cao W., Cai Z., Cheng W., Feng X., Ping J. (2021). Re-evaluating influence of rocks on microwave thermal emission of lunar regolith using CE-2 MRM data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1–12, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3112673.
  46. C. Ding† and Z. Xiao*, B. Wu, Z. Li, Y. Su, B. Zhou, K. Liu*, J. Cui (2021). Rock fragments in shallow lunar regolith: Constraints by the lunar penetrating radar onboard the Chang’E-4 mission. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126 (9), e2021JE006917, doi: 10.1029/2021JE006917.
  47. Z. Xiao*, Xu, R., Wang, Y., Chang, Y., Xu, R., & Cui, J. (2021). Recent dark pyroclastic deposits on Mercury. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092532, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092532.
  48. M. Fu, H. Gu, J. Cui*, Z. Xiao, F. He, Y. Wei, and Z. Ren (2021). On the structure of the Enceladus plume. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504 (4), 6216–6222, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab1265.
  49. J. Zhao#, L. Xiao*, Z. Xiao, J. V. Morgan, G. R. Osinski, C. R. Neal, S. P. S. Gulick, U. Riller, P. Claeys, S. Zhao, N. C. Prieur, A. Nemchin, S. Yu, and IODP 364 Science Party (2021). Shock-deformed zircon from the Chicxulub impact crater and implications for cratering process. Geology, 49 (7), 755–760, https://doi.org/10.1130/G48278.1.
  50. Y. Chang#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Liu, J. Cui (2021). Self-secondaries formed by cold spot craters on the Moon. Remote Sensing 13, 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13061087.
  51. C. Ding†, Z. Xiao*, Y. Su (2021). A potential subsurface cavity in the continuous ejecta deposits of the Ziwei crater discovered by the Chang’E-3 mission. Earth, Planets, and Space, 73: 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01359-7.
  52. Z. Xiao*, C. Ding, M. Xie, Y. Cai, J. Cui, K. Zhang, J. Wang (2021). Ejecta from the Orientale basin at the Chang'E-4 landing site. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(3), e2020GL090935, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090935.
  53. C. Ding†, Z. Xiao*, Y. Su, J. Cui (2021). Hyperbolic reflectors determined from peak echoes of ground-penetrating radar. Icarus. 358, 114280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114280.
  54. X. Zhang*, M. Xie, Z. Xiao (2021). Thickness of orthopyroxene-rich materials of ejecta deposits from the South Pole-Aitken basin. Icarus. 358, 114214, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114214.
  55. Y. Chang#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Wang, C. Ding, J, Cui, Y. Cai (2021). An updated constraint on the local stratigraphy at the Chang’E-4 landing site. Earth and Planetary Physics, 5(1), 19–31, doi: 10.26464/epp2021007.
  56. XIAO Zhiyong*, XU Zhiqin. 2021. Planetary tectonics: indicators to Earth’s evolution. Acta Geologica Sinica, 95(1): 259-275.
  57. 肖智勇*，许志琴 (2021). 行星构造：寻求地球演化的踪迹. 地质学报. 95(1):259–275.
  58. Q. Deng, F. Li, J. Yan, Z. Xiao, M. Ye, C. Xiao, & J. P. Barriot (2020). The thermal evolution of Mercury over the past ~ 4.2 Ga as revealed by relaxation states of mantle plugs beneath impact basins. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(20), e2020GL089051. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089051.
  59. C. Ding†, C. Li *, Z. Xiao, S. Xing, Y. Wang, J. Feng, S. Dai, Y. Xiao, M. Yao (2020). Layering structures in the porous material beneath the Chang’e-3 landing site. Earth and Space Science. 7 (10), e2019EA000862, doi:10.1029/2019ea000862.
  60. Y. Wang#, Z. Xiao*, Y. Chang, J. Cui (2020). Lost volatiles during the formation of hollows on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125 (9), e2020JE006559, doi: 10.1029/2020JE006559.
  61. J. Huang*, Z. Xiao*, L. Xiao*, B. Horgan, X. Hu, P. Lucey, X. Xiao, et al. (2020). Diverse rock types detected in the lunar South Pole–Aitken Basin by the Chang’E-4 lunar mission. Geology, 48 (9), 944–944, doi: 10.1130/G47280.1.
  62. C. Ding†, Z. Xiao*, Y. Su, J. Zhao, J. Cui (2020). Compositional variations along the route of Chang'e-3 Yutu rover revealed by the lunar penetrating radar. Progress in Earth, Planets and Space. 7 (1), 1–11, doi: 10.1186/s40645-020-00340-4.
  63. M. Xie†, Z. Xiao*, X. Zhang, and A. Xu (2020). The provenance of regolith at the Chang'e‐5 candidate landing region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125(5), e2019JE006112. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006112.
  64. Y. Cai†, Z. Xiao*, C. Ding, J. Cui (2020). Fine debris flows formed by the Orientale Basin. Earth and Planetary Physics, 4(3), 212–222, doi: 10.26464/epp2020027.
  65. Y. Wang#, M. Xie, Z. Xiao*, J. Cui (2020). The minimum confidence limit for diameters in crater counts. Icarus, 341, 113645, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113645.
  66. C. Ding†, Z. Xiao*, B. Wu, Y. Li, N. C. Prieur, Y. Cai, Y. Su, and J. Cui (2020). Fragments delivered by secondary craters at the Chang'e‐4 landing site. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(7), e2020GL087361, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087361.
  67. J. Pu#, Xiao Z.*, Huang C., Xiao L. (2020). Non-impact origin of the Baisha structure in Hainan Province, China. Journal of Earth Science, 31(2), 385–392, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-018-0887-0.
  68. X. Meng, Y. Xu, L. Xiao, and Z. Xiao (2020), Permittivity estimation of subsurface deposits in the Elysium–Utopia region on Mars with MRO Shallow Radar Sounder data. The Astronomical Journal, 159:156, 10 pp. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab774c.
  69. C. Ding†, Y. Cai, Z. Xiao*, and Y. Su (2020). A rocky hill on the continuous ejecta of Ziwei crater revealed by the Chang’e-3 mission. Earth and Planetary Physics, 4(2), 105–110. http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2020016
  70. Z. Zhong, J. Yan, Z. Xiao (2020). Lunar regolith temperature variation in the Rümker region based on the real-time illumination. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12, 731; doi:10.3390/rs12040731.
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