Prof. Shuhai Xiao Virginia Tech, USA

Shuhai Xiao is a paleobiologist and geobiologist who studies the interactions between the biosphere and its environments at critical transitions in Earth history, particularly during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition. He integrates paleobiological, sedimentological, and geochemical data to shed light on important evolutionary events (such as the origin and diversification of eukaryotes,... read moremulticellular organisms, and animals), their environmental contexts, and their geobiological consequences.