研究兴趣：

1.     开发类脂物环境代用新指标，主要是3-羟基脂肪酸在土壤、湖泊、海洋、洞穴系统等环境中温度和pH等代用指标的构建及其机理研究

2.     脂类及其单体同位素在石笋、黄土、泥炭、湖泊沉积物、海洋沉积物等载体中的古气候应用

3.     陆地生态系统对气候变化的响应和反馈作用

研究生招生方向：

每年招收第四纪地质学方向研究生

科研项目：

（1） 国家自然科学基金面上项目，42272360，石笋脂类记录长江中游晚更新世以来土壤生态系统不同生物对古气候变化的响应特征，2023/01-2026/12，在研，主持。

（2）    国家自然科学基金青年项目，41807419，洞穴石笋生物标志物重建长江中游MIS11期古温度和古水文变化，2019/01-2021/12，结题，主持。

（3）    国家自然科学基金委员会，联合基金项目，U20A2094，鄂西典型关键带地质演变过程中的气候和生物作用，2021-01至2024-12，在研，参加。

（4）    国家自然科学基金水圈重点项目，91951208，岩溶地下水系统洞穴微生物驱动的甲烷循环及其生态效应，2020/01-2023/12，在研，参加。

（5）    国家自然科学基金重点项目，41830319，地质脂类记录的中国中东部晚中新世以来水热格局的时空演化，2019/01-2023/12，在研，参加。

（6）    国家自然科学基金重点项目，41330103，关键带微生物脂类对pH的响应及其对干旱化和酸化的指示意义，2014/01-2018/12，结题，参加。

（7）    国家自然科学基金重点项目，41130207，鄂西洞穴系统地质微生物功能群的时空分布及其古环境意义，2012/01-2016/12，结题，参加。

发表论文（标*为通讯作者）：

 （1）Canfa Wang, James A. Bendle, Huan Yang, Yi Yang, Alice Hardman, Afrifa Yamoah, Amy Thorpe, Ilya Mandel, Sarah E. Greene, Junhua Huang, Shucheng Xie*. Global calibration of novel 3-hydroxy fatty acid based temperature and pH proxies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021, 302: 101-119

（2）Yi Yang, Canfa Wang*, James A. Bendle, Zhongyuan Luo, Xinyue Dang, Jiantao Xue, Xing Xiang, Shucheng Xie. Appraisal of paleoclimate indices based on bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids in 20 Chinese alkaline lakes. Organic Geochemistry, 2021, 160: 104277

（3）Yi Yang, Canfa Wang*, James A. Bendle, Xiaoguo Yu, Chao Gao, Xiaoxia Lü, Xiaoyan Ruan, Ruicheng Wang, Shucheng Xie. A new sea surface temperature proxy based on bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Organic Geochemistry, 2020, 141: 103975

（4）Canfa Wang, James A. Bendle, Sarah E. Greene, Michael L. Griffiths, Junhua Huang, Heiko Moossen, Hongbin Zhang, Kate Ashley, Shucheng Xie*. Speleothem biomarker evidence for a negative terrestrial feedback on climate during Holocene warm periods. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019, 525: 115754

 （5）Canfa Wang, James Bendle, Hongbin Zhang, Yi Yang, Deng Liu, Junhua Huang, Jingwei Cui, Shucheng Xie*. Holocene temperature and hydrological changes reconstructed by bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids in a stalagmite from central China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018, 192: 97-105

（6）Canfa Wang, James Bendle, Yi Yang, Huan Yang, Huiling Sun, Junhua Huang, Shucheng Xie*. Impacts of pH and temperature on soil bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids: Development of novel terrestrial proxies. Organic Geochemistry, 2016, 94: 21-31

（7）Canfa Wang, Hongbin Zhang, Xianyu Huang, Junhua Huang, Shucheng Xie^*. Optimization of acid digestion conditions on the extraction of fatty acids from stalagmites, Frontiers of Earth Science, 2012, 6 (1): 109-114

（8） Zhengkun Dong, Yi Yang*, Canfa Wang, James A. Bendle, Xiaoyan Ruan, Xiaoxia Lü, Shucheng Xie. Development of a novel sea surface temperature proxy based on bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023, 9: 1050269

（9）Zhiguo Li, Xianyu Huang*, B. David A. Naafs, Canfa Wang, Shucheng Xie. Evaluation of the wider applications of the alkanol index BNA₁₅ as temperature proxy in a broad distribution of peat deposits. Organic Geochemistry, 2022, 173: 104486.

（10）Hongye Pei, Huan Yang, Yakov Kuzyakov, Xinyue Dang, Jingjie Zang, Shijin Zhao, Miao Huang, Canfa Wang, Shucheng Xie*. Archaeal lipids in soils and sediments: Water impact and consequences for microbial carbon sequestration. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022, 173: 108801

（11）Hongye Pei, Canfa Wang, Yongbo Wang, Huan Yang, Shucheng Xie. Distribution of microbial lipids at an acid mine drainage site in China: Insights into microbial adaptation to extremely low pH conditions. Organic Geochemistry, 2019,134, 77-91

（12）Yang Pu, Canfa Wang, Philip A. Meyers*. Origins of biomarker aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediments of alpine Lake Ximencuo, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2017, 475: 106-114

（13） Hongbin Zhang, Michael L. Griffiths, Junhua Huang^*, Yanjun Cai, Canfa Wang, Fan Zhang, Hai Cheng, Youfeng Ning, Chaoyong Hu, Shucheng Xie^*. Antarctic link with East Asian summer monsoon variability during the Heinrich Stadial-Bølling interstadial transition, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016, 453: 243-251

（14）Yi Yang, Canfa Wang, Hongbin Zhang, Junhua Huang, Shucheng Xie*. Influence of extraction methods on the distribution pattern and concentration of fatty acids and hydroxy fatty acids in soil samples: Acid digestion versus saponification,  Geochemical Journal, 2016, 50: 439-443

（15）Linfeng Gong, Hongmei Wang*, Xin Xiang, Xuan Qiu, Qiao Liu, Ruicheng Wang, Rui Zhao, Canfa Wang. pH Shaping the Composition of sqhC-Containing Bacterial Communities. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2014, 32: 433-444

（16）Xianyu Huang, Canfa Wang, Jinxiang Zhang, Guido L. Wiesenberg, Ze Zhang, Shucheng Xie*. Comparison of free lipid compositions between roots and leaves of plants in the Dajiuhu Peatland, central China. Geochemical Journal, 2011, 45: 365-373

（17）Xiuli Li, Canfa Wang, Junhua Huang, Chaoyong Hu, Shucheng Xie*. Seasonal variation of fatty acids from drip water in Heshang Cave, central China. Applied Geochemistry, 2011, 26: 341-347

（18）Xianyu Huang, Canfa Wang, Jiantao Xue, Philip A. Meyers, Ze Zhang, Kaijia Tan, Zhiqi Zhang, Shucheng Xie*. Occurrence of diploptene in moss species from the Dajiuhu Peatland in southern China. Organic Geochemistry, 2010, 41: 321-324