2005年和2007年在中国地质大学（武汉）获得地质学学士学位和海洋化学硕士学位，2010年在中国科学院海洋研究所获得海洋地质博士学位。2014年6月至9月在美国拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测中心（LDEO）访问交流。2018年3月参加国际大洋发现计划（IODP）374航次。2018年10月至2019年10月，在德国亥姆霍兹基尔海洋研究中心（GEOMAR）访问研究。
从事古海洋学和生物地球化学研究，以“海洋碳循环”为主线，紧紧围绕“大气pCO2冰期旋回的驱动机制”这一重大科知识题开展工作。主持国家自然科学基金项目3项，其它项目9项；参研国家自然科学基金重点项目等10余项。发表论文51篇（包括29篇SCI论文，4篇EI论文），出版专著1部；其中第一（7篇）和通讯（3篇）编辑SCI论文10篇，第一编辑EI论文2篇。第一和通讯编辑论文发表在QSR、CG、P、GPC、JGR、PPP和JAES等国际知名地学期刊上。被邀请为EPSL、GR、CG、P、GPC、GGG、PPP、DSR I、MPG、DSR II、GM、AOS等十余种期刊的审稿人。
1. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Chang, F., Algeo, T., Clift, P., Bretschneider, L., Lu, Z., Zhu, X., Frank, M., Sauer, P., Jiang, F., Wan, S., Zhang, X., Chen, S., Huang, J., 2018. Rapid precipitation changes in tropical West Pacific linked to North Atlantic climate forcing during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 197, 288-306.
2. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Algeo, T., Doering, K., Frank, M., Brzezinski, M.A., Chang, F., Opfergelt, S., Crosta, X., Jiang, F., Wan, S., Zhai, B., 2015. The silicon isotope composition of Ethmodiscus rex laminated diatom mats from the tropical West Pacific: Implications for silicate cycling during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography 30, doi:10.1002/2015PA002793.
3. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Crosta, X., Algeo, T., Chang, F., Zhai, B., 2013. Potential role of giant marine diatoms in sequestration of atmospheric CO2 during the Last Glacial Maximum: δ13C evidence from laminated Ethmodiscus rex mats in tropical West Pacific. Global and Planetary Change 108, 1-14.
4. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Algeo, T., Chang, F., Yin, X., Xu, Z., 2012a. Rare earth element geochemistry of laminated diatom mats from tropical West Pacific: Evidence for more reducing bottomwaters and higher primary productivity during the Last Glacial Maximum. Chemical Geology 296-297, 103-118.
5. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Algeo, T., Nan, Q., Zhai, B., Lu, B., 2012b. Paleoproductivity and paleoredox conditions during late Pleistocene accumulation of laminated diatom mats in the tropical West Pacific. Chemical Geology 334, 77-91.
6. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Jiang, F., Chang, F., Chen, S., 2019. Millennial-scale evolution of elemental ratios in bulk sediments from the western Philippine Sea and implications for chemical weathering in Luzon since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 179, 127-137.
7. Xiong, Z., Li, T., Crosta, X., 2012c. Cleaning of marine sediment samples for large diatom stable isotope analysis. Journal of Earth Science 23, 161-172.
8. Qin, B., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Algeo, T., Jia, Q., 2018. Deep-water Carbonate Ion Concentrations in the Western Tropical Pacific Since the Mid-Pleistocene: A Major Perturbation during the Mid-Brunhes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123, 6876-6892. (Corresponding author)
9. Jia, Q., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Steinke, S., Jiang, F., Chang, F., Qin, B., 2018. Hydrological variability in the western tropical Pacific over the past 700 kyr and its linkage to Northern Hemisphere climatic change. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 493, 44-54. (Corresponding author)
10. Guo, J., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Qiu, X., Chang, F., 2019. Revisiting the dependence of thermocline-dwelling foraminiferal B/Ca on temperature and [CO32–], and its application in reconstruction of the subsurface carbonate system in the tropical western Pacific since 24 ka. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 38, 71-86. (Corresponding author)
11. Jia, Q., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Jiang, F., Chang, F., Qin, B., 2020. Variations of thermocline conditions in the northwestern tropical Pacific Ocean over the past 700 kyr. Quaternary Science Reviews 244, 106465.
12. Dang, H., Wu, J., Xiong, Z., Qiao, P., Li, T., Jian, Z., 2020. Orbital and sea-level changes regulate the iron-associated sediment supplies from Papua New Guinea to the equatorial Pacific. Quaternary Science Reviews 239, 106361.
13. Qin, B., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Algeo, T., Jia, Q., 2020. Calcification of planktonic foraminifer Pulleniatina obliquiloculata controlled by seawater temperature variability rather than ocean acidification. Global and Planetary Change 193, 103256.
14. Jiang, F., Xiong, Z., Frank, M., Yin, X., Li, A., 2019. The evolution and control of detrital sediments provenance in the middle and northern Okinawa Trough since the last deglaciation: evidence from Sr and Nd isotopes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 522, 1-11.
15. Qin, B., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Algeo, T., Chang, F., 2017. Deep-water carbonate ion concentrations in the western tropical Pacific since 250 ka: Evidence for oceanic carbon storage and global climate control. Paleoceanography 32, doi: 10.1002/2016PA003039.
16. Qin, B., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Algeo, T., Chang, F., 2016. An improved protocol for cleaning of planktonic foraminifera for shell weight measurement. Journal of Sedimentary Research 86, 431-437.
17. Chang, F., Li, T., Xiong, Z., Xu, Z., 2015. Evidence for sea level and monsoonally driven variations in terrigenous input to the northern East China Sea during the last 24.3 ka. Paleoceanography 30, doi:10.1002/2014PA002733.
18. Huang, J., Wan, S., Xiong, Z., Zhao, D., Liu, X., Li, A., Li, T., 2015. Geochemical records of Taiwan-sourced sediments in the South China Sea linked to Holocene climate changes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441, 871-881.
获奖与荣誉
以第二编辑合著的专著《低纬度西太平洋硅藻席沉积与碳循环》，获2016年度海洋优秀科技图书奖和第六届中华优秀图书提名奖。
主持项目
1. 2019.1-2021.12 国家自然科学基金重大研究计划培育项目：上新世以来热带西太平洋深部呼吸碳库的演化及其与大气pCO2冰期旋回的关联（91858106）。主持。
2. 2016.1-2019.12 国家自然科学基金面上项目：末次盛冰期热带西太平洋大型硅藻勃发所需营养物的来源及利用状况（41576051）。主持。
3. 2012.1-2014.12 国家自然科学基金青年项目：LGM以来热带西太平洋次表层水对南大洋流通状况的地球化学响应（41106042）。主持。
4. 2020.1-2021.12 亚印太交汇区专项项目子课题：古气候演变评估及影响分析（ZY0720014）。主持。
5. 2020.1-2020.12 南极专项项目子课题：阿蒙森海底质环境评价（JD0120006）。主持。
6. 2019.1-2021.12 中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项：束星北青年学者（2019S04）。主持。
7. 2019.1-2023.12 国家自然科学基金重点项目：晚中新世以来印度洋-太平洋暖池水体交换过程及其气候效应（41830539）。参与。
8. 2017.10-2022.10 中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项：人才引进-熊志方（2017Y07）。主持。
9. 2017.4-2020.8 青岛海洋科学与技术试点国家实验室开放基金：MIS 10期以来西太平洋暖池pH 和[CO32-]变化的ENSO式过程及对大气pCO2 的调控（QNLM2016ORP0205）。主持。
10. 2013.1-2017.12 国家自然科学基金重点项目：80万年来热带西太平洋上层水体pH和pCO2演变及影响机理（41230959）。参与。
