Haibo Zou, PhD

Haibo Zou, PhD

  • Associate Chair
  • Professor
  • Geosciences
    • hzz0006@auburn.edu
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    Haibo Zou obtained his PhD in geology in 1999 from Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. He did his postdoctoral research at UCLA supported by an NSF Postdoc Research Fellowship and then worked as Research Scientist at the National Ion Microprobe Facility at UCLA. He moved to Auburn University in 2008 as Assistant Professor of Geology, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2012 and to Full Professor in 2017. He has been an Associate Chair since 2023. He is a Fellow of Geological Society of America since 2011 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS Fellow) since 2025. He has served as an associate editor of Geological Society of America Bulletin since 2016 and as treasurer and a member of Board of Directors for TheGeochemical Society since 2020.

    Education

    • PhD Florida State University 1999

    • Master of Science Nanjing University 1989

    • Bachelor of Science Nanjing University 1986

    Professional Experience

    2023–Present, Associate Chair, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University

    2017–Present, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University

    2012–2017, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University

    2008–2012, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University

    Spring 2008, Lecturer, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA

    2002–2008, Research Scientist and Principal Investigator, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA

    1999–2002, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA

    Innovation

    Nd-Sr-Pb-Hf and U-series isotopes as geochronometers and tracers

    Zircon geochronology and geochemistry

    Petrogenesis of basalts from mid-ocean ridges and continents

    Timescales of felsic magmas from the Tibetan Plateau, Mount Changbai/Baitoushan and Valles Caldera, New Mexico

    Petrogenesis of granitoids from southern Appalachians, Arkansas Alkaline Province, and East Asia

    Highly evolved granites and critical minerals

    Magmatism and tectonics

    Sandstone provenance from detrital zircons

    Trace element partitioning and fractionation

    Awards

    Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2025

    Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2011

    National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1998