Current Position: Deputy Dean, School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University

Title: Professor

Education and Employment:

· Sep 2001–Jan 2013: Completed a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Archaeology at the School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University

· Jul 2013–Present: Faculty, School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University

Research Interests:

Archaeology of Nomadic Cultures; Rock Art Research

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate: Introduction to Archaeology (II), Archaeology of the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, Archaeology of Ancient Nomadic Cultures

Academic Activities:

· 2005–2017: Participated in the survey and excavation of the Shirenzigou Site Complex in Barkol, Xinjiang

· 2008–2010: Served as an instructor for the cultural relics survey in the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture during the Third National Cultural Relics Census in Xinjiang’s Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Hami region

· 2011: Conducted archaeological surveys in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

· 2013: Engaged in the survey of nomadic cultural remains in the Yinshan region of Inner Mongolia

· 2014: Participated in archaeological surveys in the Western Tianshan region of Uzbekistan

· 2015: Involved in the archaeological excavation of the Sazagan Site in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

· Since 2010: Attended over ten domestic academic conferences, delivering presentations or publishing conference papers

Research Projects:

· Sub-project of the 2014 Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China, Survey and Research Report on the Rock Art of the Shirenzigou Site Complex.

· 2014 Special Humanities and Social Sciences Project of the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government, Theoretical, Methodological, and Technical Exploration and Practice in the Study of Ancient Nomadic Rock Art.

Research Achievements:

1. Survey of the Dongheigou Site in Barkol, Xinjiang, Archaeology and Cultural Relics, 2006(5).

2. 2006-2007 Excavation on the Dongheigou Site in Barkol County, Xinjiang, Archaeology, 2009(1).

3. Compilation of the Third National Cultural Relics Census Results in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture Volume, Editor, Science Press, 2011.

4. Analysis of Typical Turkic Period Rock Art in the Eastern and Central Tianshan Regions, Western Regions Studies, 2012(4).

5. Archaeological Methods in Rock Art Research, Cultural Relics, 2013(3).

6. Archaeological Survey in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: Chalcolithic to Hellenistic Periods, Cultural Relics, 2014(7).

7. Archaeological Survey in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: Pre-Kushan to Post-Kushan Periods, Cultural Relics, 2015(6).

8. Excavation Report on the Samarkand Sazagan Site in 2015, Western Archaeology, Vol. 12, Science Press, 2016, 1st Edition.