I am Qingqing Jiang, a PhD student at University of Münster. My primary research interests include
geology, paleoclimatology, and astronomical chronology, with a focus on the orbital forcing on the early
Eocene climate-carbon cycle. My master project most focused on the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
(PETM). And the method I used is most time series analysis to build the astronomical time scale, and
finding the mechanisms of PETM. My PhD project is most about exploring Earth system models to understand
the orbital forcing on climate systems.
Education
2025.09- University of Münster
PhD student
Supervisor: Professor David De Vleeschouwer
2022-2025 Peking University
M.S., Geology
Supervisor: Professor Mingsong Li
2018-2022 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
B.E., Resource Exploration Engineering
Research
My research focuses on the early Eocene climate, investigating its climatic and sedimentological impacts
using XRF analysis and astronomical chronology. And also orbital forcing on the early Eocene
climate-carbon cycles.
Sedimentation rates and orbital forcing during the PETM.
Earth system modeling using cGENIE to simulate climate impacts.
Publications
Qingqing Jiang, Mingsong Li, Weiqi Yao, Ren Wei, Kaixuan Ji, Haotian Zhang, Zhijun Jin.
2025. Astrochronology of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on the East Tasman Plateau. Global
and Planetary Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104882
Yilin Liu, Brandon B Bell, Elizabeth M Griffith, Mingsong Li, Yi Ge Zhang, Qingqing
Jiang, Weiqi Yao. 2026. Decoupling of biological pump strength and efficiency in the
eastern equatorial Pacific during the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum. Earth and planetary
Science Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120256
Conferences
Qingqing Jiang, Mingsong Li, Nina M Papadomanolaki, David De Vleeschouwer. Turning the
North Pacific Over: Earth System Model Experiments Reveal Precession-Driven Deep-Water Formation
in the Early Eocene, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-3324,
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-3324, 2026.
Mingsong Li, Qingqing Jiang, Yujing Wu. A modern-like rate of climate change observed in
the latest Paleocene, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-6048,
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-6048, 2026.
Trainings
Urbino Summer School in paleoclimatology, USSP 2026
Hobbies
I am passionate about dragon boating, fitness, travel, and reading.
