中国地质大学（武汉）资源学院教授，博士生导师。本科、硕士和博士分别毕业于中国石油大学（华东）、中国地质大学（武汉）和中科院地质与地球物理研究所。主要从事沉积学、沉积地球化学、盆地分析及非常规油气勘探等方面的教学和科研工作。主持国家自然科学基金项目4项（含重大项目课题1项），国家油气重大专项2项，国家重点研发计划课题1项，教育部“111计划”1项，七部委“长江教育创新带”合作体项目1项，湖北省自然科学基金创新群体1项及中石油、中石化“揭榜挂帅”项目各1项，参与国家自然科学基金重大/重点项目3项。发表论文187篇（SCI论文119篇，中文论文68篇），出版专著5部（含英文专著1部），教材5部，申请专利8项，参编国家标准2项。担任Journal of Earth Science、地球科学、地质科技通报、石油学报和天然气地球科学等期刊科学编辑或编委。获评2021年自然资源部科技领军人才，获教育部高校科技进步二等奖和2024年湖北省自然科学二等奖。研究成果推动了非常规油气理论发展，指导四川、准噶尔、三塘湖等盆地页岩气和煤层气勘探，取得显著经济社会效益。

部分科研项目：

国家科技重大专项：准噶尔、三塘湖盆地中低煤阶煤层气富集规律及主控因素研究(2016-2018)，负责人。

国家自然科学基金重大项目：富有机质页岩类型及其沉积-成岩控制因素(2017-2022)，负责人。

国家重点研发计划：基于特征同位素及指示组分的资源类矿产品产地识别关键技术研究(2018-2021)，负责人。

横向课题：内蒙古自治区河套盆地浅层生物气资源调查评价(2022-2023)，负责人。

横向课题：涠西南凹陷古湖泊、古环境及沉积体系演化(2022-2023)，负责人。

横向课题：准噶尔盆地主要不整合面形成演化与有利储层分布研究(2022-2025)，负责人。

学术网站链接：Researchgate 

第一作者或通讯作者论文：

2025年

1. Liu E, Yan D*, Zhao J, et al. Spatial U-Pb age distribution in botryoidal dolomite in the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation, South China: Constraints on "dolomite seas" and formation process. Precambrian Research, 2025, 417: 107636.

2. Li T, Yan D*, Liu E, et al. Patterns of shelf margin clinoform: control of the development of deep-water sedimentary systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2025, 12: 1519179.

3. Liu Z, Yan D*, Wei X, et al. Tectonic and climatic interplay controls organic matter enrichment in Eocene low-latitude rift lakes: Insights from the Asian continental margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2025, 180: 107486.

4. Mangi H, Ma L, Finkelman R, Yan D*, et al. The enrichment of hazardous elements, rare earth elements and other inorganic constituents in a thick coal seam of the Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 2025, 12.

5. Wang Y, Yan D*, Liu B, et al. Organic petrology and geochemistry of the Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian Renheqiao Formation shales of the Baoshan Block, western Yunnan, China. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 2025, 12.

6. Yang X, Yan D*, Wilson D J, et al. Lithium isotope and mercury evidence for enhanced continental weathering and intense volcanism during the Ordovician-Silurian transition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025, 391: 49–68.

7. Yu Z, Yan D*, Adenutsi C. Geologically Constrained Deep Learning for Lithofacies Identification of Mixed Terrestrial Shale Reservoirs: Permian Fengcheng Formation, Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, Western China. SPE Journal, 2025, 30: 2653–2672.

8. Zhang J, Yan D*, Pei J, et al. Shallow gas accumulation mechanism in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2025, 177: 107389.

9. Zhang J, Yan D*, Zhao D, et al. Upwelling controls organic matter enrichment and organic carbon cycle in the shelf area of the Doushantuo Formation. Sedimentary Geology, 2025, 481: 106873.

10. Zhang J, Yan D*, Pei J, et al. Sedimentary, geochemical and reservoir characteristics of the Quaternary submarine fan in the Qiongdongnan basin. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2025, 215: 104429.

11. Zhang M, Yan D*, Douglas P, et al. Lacustrine shallow biogenic gas production linked to climatically forced increase in organic matter burial following the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2025, 363: 109446.

    2024年

12. Zhang B, Yan D*, Tang Y, et al. Identification of the subaerial unconformity, genesis, and distribution in Lower Triassic Baikouquan Formation, Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, Western China. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2024, 237: 212838.

13. Zhang M, Yan D*, Li T. Combined diagnostic ratio of trace elements and biomarkers with multivariate statistical analysis for the differentiation of crude oil origin. Microchemical Journal, 2024, 200: 110491.

14. Wei X*, Yan D*, Wang D, et al. Astronomically forced paleoclimate and sea-level changes recorded in the continental margin of the South China Sea over the past ∼23 m.y. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2024, 136: 3553–3568.

15. Yang X, Yan D*, Liu M, et al. Zinc isotopic evidence for enhanced continental weathering and organic carbon burial in the Early Silurian. Chemical Geology, 2024, 662: 122209.

16. Yu Z, Yan D*, Zhao G, et al. Applying seismic sedimentology to characterize the architecture of a fan delta complex: Triassic Baikouquan formation, Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, western China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024, 167: 106933.

17. Yuan D, Wang X, Yan D*, et al. An original set of nanometer-scale mineralogical analyses of cookeite and the implications for Li enrichment: No. 21 coal, Mengjin Mine, western Henan. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2024, 283: 104445.

18. Fu H*, Yang K, Li Y, Yan D*, et al. Geochemical and biological evidence for the presence of secondary microbial gas in anthracite: A case study in the Songta block, northern Qinshui Basin, China. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2024, 291: 104564.

    2023年

19. Liu E, Yan D*, Pei J, et al. Sedimentary architecture and evolution of a Quaternary sand-rich submarine fan in the South China Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023, 10: 1280763.

20. Liu Z, Yan D*, Niu X. Pyrite Concretions in the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, South China: Response to Hydrothermal Activity. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34: 1053–1067.

21. Wei X, Deng Y, Yan D*, et al. Organic matter enrichment in Asia's palaeolake controlled by the early and middle Eocene global warming and astronomically driven precessional climate. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023, 154: 106342.

22. Yang X, Yan D*, Zhang B, et al. Anomalous weathering trends during the Early Silurian warming: Implications for the biotic crisis and recovery. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2023, 632: 111859.

23. Zhang L, Yan D*, Yang S, et al. Evolution of the Middle Jurassic paleoclimate: Sedimentary evidence from coal-bearing strata in the Santanghu Basin, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2023, 242: 105495.

    2022年

24. Liu Z, Yan D*, Yuan D, et al. Multiple controls on the organic matter accumulation in early Cambrian marine black shales, middle Yangtze Block, South China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022, 100: 104454.

25. Mangi H N, Chi R, Yan D*, et al. The ungrind and grinded effects on the pore geometry and adsorption mechanism of the coal particles. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022, 100: 104463.

26. Zhou S*, Deng Y, Wang H, Yan D*, et al. Connectivity and permeability of Zhuhai tight sandstone heterogeneous reservoirs from western Pearl River Mouth Basin (China) by nuclear magnetic resonance. Applied Geochemistry, 2022, 143: 105381.

27. Zhang J, Yan D*, Wang H, et al. Prediction of Diagenetic Facies via Well Logs and Petrophysical Properties in Tight Sandstone from Zhu-III Sag: Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea. Journal of Energy Engineering, 2022, 148.

    2021年

28. Liu Z, Yan D*, Du X, et al. Organic matter accumulation of the early Cambrian black shales on the flank of Micangshan-Hannan Uplift, northern upper Yangtze Block, South China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021, 200: 108378.

29. Niu X, Yan D*, Hu M, et al. Controls of Distinct Mineral Compositions on Pore Structure in Over-Mature Shales: A Case Study of Lower Cambrian Niutitang Shales in South China. Minerals, 2021, 11.

30. Yan D*, Li S, Fu H, et al. Mineralogy and geochemistry of Lower Silurian black shales from the Yangtze platform, South China. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2021, 237: 103706.

31. Yang X, Yan D*, Chen D, et al. Spatiotemporal variations of sedimentary carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions in the Yangtze Shelf Sea across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 567: 110257.

32. Yang X, Yan D*, Zhang B, et al. The impact of volcanic activity on the deposition of organic-rich shales: Evidence from carbon isotope and geochemical compositions. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021, 128: 105010.

33. Zhou S*, Liu D, Cai Y, Yan D* et al. Mineral Characteristics of Low-Rank Coal and the Effects on the Micro- and Nanoscale Pore-Fractures: A Case Study from the Zhundong Coalfield, Northwest China. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2021, 21: 460–471.

    2020年

34. Zhou S, Yan D*, Tang J, et al. Abrupt change of pore system in lacustrine shales at oil- and gas-maturity during catagenesis. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2020, 228: 103557.

35. Zhang L, Yan D*, Yang S, et al. Effects of sequence stratigraphy on coal characteristics and CH4 adsorption capacity of the low-rank coal in Santanghu Basin, China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2020, 81: 103467.

36. Zhang Z, Yan D*, Yang S, et al. Experimental studies on the movable-water saturations of different-scale pores and relative permeability of low-medium rank coals from the Southern Junggar Basin. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2020, 83: 103585.

37. Yang X, Yan D*, Chen D, et al. Spatial variation of carbon isotopic compositions of carbonate and organic matter from the Late Ordovician sedimentary succession in the Yangtze Platform, South China: Implications for sea-Level eustacy and shoaling of marine chemocline. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2020, 202: 104540.

38. Yang X, Yan D*, Li T, et al. Oceanic environment changes caused the Late Ordovician extinction: evidence from geochemical and Nd isotopic composition in the Yangtze area, South China. Geological Magazine, 2020, 157: 651–665.

39. Yang X, Yan D*, Zhang B, et al. The depositional mechanism of organic-rich siliceous shales in Upper Yangtze area: Response to the Kwangsian Orogeny in South China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020, 192: 107310.

40. Mangi H N, Yan D*, Hameed N, et al. Pore structure characteristics and fractal dimension analysis of low rank coal in the Lower Indus Basin, SE Pakistan. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2020, 77: 103231.

41. Zhang B, Yan D*, Drawarh H J, et al. Formation Mechanism and Numerical Model of Quartz in Fine-Grained Organic-Rich Shales: A Case Study of Wufeng and Longmaxi Formations in Western Hubei Province, South China. Journal of Earth Science, 2020, 31: 354–367.

42. Li S*, Li Y, He Z, Yan D*, et al. Differential deformation on two sides of Qiyueshan Fault along the eastern margin of Sichuan Basin, China, and its influence on shale gas preservation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020, 121: 104602.

43. Liu Z, Yan D*, Niu X. Insights into Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation Shale on the Yangtze Platform, South China. Journal of Earth Science, 2020, 31: 169–180.

44. Wei X, Yan D*, Luo P, et al. Astronomically forced climate cooling across the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020, 558.

    2019年

45. Yan D*, Chen D Z, Wang Z Z, et al. Climatic and oceanic controlled deposition of Late Ordovician–Early Silurian black shales on the North Yangtze platform, South China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2019, 110: 112–121.

    2018年

46. Yang X, Yan D*, Wei X, et al. Different formation mechanism of quartz in siliceous and argillaceous shales: A case study of Lungmachi Formation in South China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2018, 94: 80–94.

47. Niu X, Yan D*, Zhuang X G, et al. Origin of quartz in the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation in south Hubei Province, upper Yangtze platform. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2018, 96: 271–287.

48. Gao P*, He Z, Li S, Yan D*, et al. Volcanic and hydrothermal activities recorded in phosphate nodules from the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation black shales in South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018, 505: 381–397.

49. Gao P*, Liu G, Lash G, Yan D*, et al. Occurrences and origin of reservoir solid bitumen in Sinian Dengying Formation dolomites of the Sichuan Basin, SW China. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2018, 200: 135–152.

    2006-2015年

50. Yan D*, Wang H, Fu Q, et al. Organic matter accumulation of Late Ordovician sediments in North Guizhou Province, China: Sulfur isotope and trace element evidences. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015, 59: 348–358.

51. Yan D*, Wang H, Fu Q, et al. Geochemical characteristics in the Longmaxi Formation (Early Silurian) of South China: Implications for organic matter accumulation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015, 65: 290–301.

52. Yan D*, Zhou L, Qin Z. Carbon and sulfur isotopic fluctuations associated with the end-Guadalupian mass extinction in South China. Gondwana Research, 2013, 24: 1276–1282.

53. Yan D, Chen D*, Wang Q, et al. Predominance of stratified anoxic Yangtze Sea interrupted by short-term oxygenation during the Ordo-Silurian transition. Chemical Geology, 2012, 291: 69–78.

54. Yan D, Chen D*, Wang Q, et al. Large-scale climatic fluctuations in the latest Ordovician on the Yangtze block, South China. Geology, 2010, 38: 599–602.

55. Yan D, Chen D*, Wang Q, et al. Carbon and sulfur isotopic anomalies across the Ordovician–Silurian boundary on the Yangtze Platform, South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2009, 274: 32–39.

56. Yan D*, Zhou L, Li S. Ce anomalies of the Yangtze Region, South China, through the Ordovician and Silurian Transition. Journal of Earth Science, 2009, 20: 941–948.

57. Yan D*, Chen D, Wang Q, et al. Geochemical changes across the Ordovician–Silurian transition on the Yangtze Platform, South China. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 2009, 52: 38–54.

58. Yan D*, Chen D, Wang Q, et al. Environmental redox changes of the ancient sea in the Yangtze area during the Ordo–Silurian transition. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 2008, 82: 679–689.

59. Yan D*, Wang H, Wang J, et al. Sedimentary characteristics and reservoir prediction of paleogene in the east part of Kuqa Foreland Basin. Journal of China University of Geosciences, 2006, 17: 138.