Research Interests

·   Pollen morphology of tropical plants in Southeast Asia; Phytolith proxy of tropical vegetation

·   Pollen transportation and sedimentation in the coast and deep sea

·   Quaternary paleomonsoon evolution and tropical forcing of climate change in the west Pacific

Projects

·   Research of paleoclimatic evolution in the southern South China Sea since the last glacial period, based on the marine palynological and phytolith evidence (No. 41776063), 2018.01-2021.12，832,000.00 RMB🟩🫷🏽，Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Leader.

·   Climate and vegetation variation since the MIS3 in and near the northern South China Sea: a reconstruction based on high resolution marine palynological record (41306039), 2014.01-2016.12🙌🏿，260,000.00 RMB⛹️🦶🏽，Young Scholars Fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Leader.

·   Climate of the northern South China Sea during the last glacial Maximum period: a reconstruction based on Quercus pollen evidence (No. 163105) 2016.05-2018.05🏔，100,000.00 RMB，Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS), Leader.

·   Topsoil phytolith analysis and research of its paleoenvironmental implication in Southeast Asia at the large spatial scale. (No. MGK202101) 2021.01-2022.12，70,000.00 RMB🔲，Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Leader.

·   Quaternary pollen analysis and paleoclimatic reconstruction of angtze River Delta region🧏🏽‍♀️，2016.12-2018.12🚣🏼，758, 500.00 RMB，Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey，Leader.

·   Pollen analysis in Ningde of Fujian province during 2018 and 2019，2018.12-2020.01🪢，264,000.00 RMB，Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey✍🏽♌️，Leader.

·   Paleomagnetic and pollen analysis in Ningde region of Fujian Province，2020.10-2021.01, 100,000.00 RMB，Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey🧖🏽，Leader.

·   Survey of pollen transport and sediment in the coasts of Zhejiang Province（No. ZX2016000318），2016.03-2021.3, 100,000.00 RMB📽，Talent project of Ningbo University, Leader.

Publications

·   Dai, L., Bai,Y., Foong. S.Y., 2022. Implication of modern phytolith assemblages as a proxy for tropical forest reconstruction on Jerai Hill, Malaysia. Plant Systematics and Evolution, Under review.

·   Dai, L., Li, S. L., Yu, J.J., et al., 2021. Palynological evidence indicates the paleoclimate evolution in southeast China since late Marine Isotope Stage 5. Quaternary Science Reviews 266, 106964.

·    Dai, L., Hao, Q.H., Xue, J.B., Mao, L.M., 2019. Last Glacial Maximum, early Holocene and modern environments of the northern South China Sea region: Insight from SEM analysis of Oak (Quercus) pollen. Science of the Total Environment 691, 1065-1071.

·   Dai, L., Hao, Q.H., Mao, L.M., 2018. Morphological diversity of Quercus fossil pollen in the northern South China Sea during the last glacial maximum and its paleoclimatic implication. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205246.

·   Dai, L., Weng, C.Y., 2015. Marine palynological record for tropical climate variations since the late Last Glacial Maximum in the northern South China Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 122, 153-162.

·    Dai, L., Weng, C.Y., Mao, L.M., 2015. Patterns of vegetation and climate change in the northern South China Sea during the last glaciation inferred from marine palynological records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440, 249-258.

·   Dai, L., Weng, C.Y., Lu, J., Mao, L.M., 2014. Pollen quantitative distribution in marine and fluvial surface sediments from the northern South China Sea: New insights into pollen transportation and deposition mechanisms. Quaternary International 325, 136-149.

·   Dai, L., Weng, C.Y., 2011. A survey on pollen dispersal in the western Pacific Ocean and its paleoclimatological significance as a proxy for variation of the Asian winter monsoon. Science China Earth Sciences 54, 249-258.