1991年生，中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院副研究员，西部突出贡献人才。以第一/通讯作者在Quaternary Science Reviews、Geophysical Research Letters、Freshwater Biology、Catena等SCI期刊上发表SCI论文10余篇。研究方向为湖泊生态与环境变化。

1.Li, Y., Liu, X., Wang, W., Xiang L., Hu Y., Jeppesen E., Demberel O., Zolbayar J., Huang X., (2025). Lateglacial and Holocene hydroclimatic variability documented by Cladocera of Tolbo Lake in the Altai Mountains, western Mongolia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 351, 109186.

2.Wu, J., Li, Y.*, Liu, Y., Liu, X., Hou, Z., Zhang, R., & Chen, S. (2024). Outburst floods and their impact on Chinese Neolithic cultures during the 4.2 ka BP event: Evidence from Dayeze Lake in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112513.

3.Wang, W., Xiang, L., Li, Y.*, Suo, Q., Song, X., Zhang, Y., Huang, C., Muhammad, F., Wang, T., Ren, X. and Chen, S., Chen, G. & Huang, X*. (2024). Modern distribution of Cladocera in lakes of northern China and western Mongolia and its environmental implications. Fundamental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre

4.Li, Y., Zhao, H., Sun, M., Zhao, Y., & Jeppesen, E. (2023). Current anthropogenic warming threatens shallow Lake ecosystems on the Tibetan plateau: A palaeolimnological study covering the past 1,600 years in Genggahai Lake. Freshwater Biology, 68, 860-869.

5.Li, Y., Huang, X., Xiang, L., Zhang, J., Xu, Y., Tian, L., ... & Zhao, H. (2022). Holocene hydroclimatic change in the Altai Mountains and its impact on human migration. Catena, 219, 106617.

6.Li, Y., Huang, X., Xiang, L., Zhang, J., Xu, Y., & Jeppesen, E. (2022). Influence of Lateglacial meltwater influx from alpine glaciers on the aquatic ecosystem of Kanas Lake in the Altai Mountains, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 604, 111214.

7.Hu, L., Li, Y.*, Leppänen, J. J., Chen, G., Lang, W., Wang, X., & Qiang, M. (2022). Human impacts on the cladoceran community of Jili Lake, arid NW China, over the past century. Journal of Paleolimnology, 68(1), 59-70.

8.Li, Y., Qiang, M., Huang, X., Zhao, Y., Leppänen, J. J., Weckström, J., & Väliranta, M. (2021). Lateglacial and Holocene climate change in the NE Tibetan Plateau: Reconciling divergent proxies of Asian summer monsoon variability. Catena, 199, 105089.

9.Li, Y., Hu, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Huang, X., Chen, G., ... & Zhao, H. (2021). Meltwater‐driven water‐level fluctuations of Bosten Lake in arid China over the past 2,000 years. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(2), e2020GL090988.

10.Li, Y., & Zhao, H. (2020). Grain‐size Age Model in Reconstructing Orbital‐and Suborbital‐scale Climate Changes on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Since the Late Glacial. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition, 94(3), 698-706.

11.Li, Y., Zhao, H., Hu, L., & Leppänen, J. J. (2020). Cladoceran communities in soda lakes of the Badain Jaran desert, NW China. Journal of Arid Environments, 177, 104133. 

12.Li, Y., Qiang, M., Jin, Y., Liu, L., Zhou, A., & Zhang, J. (2018). Influence of aquatic plant photosynthesis on the reservoir effect of Genggahai Lake, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Radiocarbon, 60(2), 561-569.

13.Li, Y., Qiang, M., Zhang, J., Huang, X., Zhou, A., Chen, J., ... & Zhao, Y. (2017). Hydroclimatic changes over the past 900 years documented by the sediments of Tiewaike Lake, Altai Mountains, Northwestern China. Quaternary International, 452, 91-101.

 国家自然科学基金委员会,青年科学基金项目,41901103,青藏高原东北部更尕海近2000年湖泊生态系统演化与气候变化,2020-01至2022-12,26万元；中国科学院，青年人才成长基金，FEYS2019015，青藏高原更尕海近1000年湖泊生态系统演化对气候变化的响应，10万元。