Research Interests

·   Organic geochemistry (lipid biomarkers and their isotopes)

·   Paleoclimatology, paleoecology and paleoceanography

Publications

·   Li, L., Li, Q., He, J., Wang, H., Ruan, Y., & Li, J. (2015). Biomarker-derived phytoplankton community for summer monsoon reconstruction in the western South China Sea over the past 450 ka. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 122, 118-130.

·   Ruan, Y., Mohtadi, M., van der Kaars, S., Dupont, L. M., Hebbeln, D., & Schefuß, E. (2019). Differential hydro-climatic evolution of East Javanese ecosystems over the past 22,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 218, 49-60.

·   Ruan, Y., Mohtadi, M., Dupont, L. M., Hebbeln, D., van der Kaars, S., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Hyer, E.J. & Schefuß, E. (2020). Interaction of fire, vegetation and climate in tropical ecosystems: a multi-proxy study over the past 22,000 years. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, e2020GB006677.