Dr. Skye Yunshu Tian

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Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPalaeontology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
KeywordsLatitudinal diversity gradient, Species distribution model, Marine Ostracode, Climate change, Biogeographic range changes

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityHong Kong
InstitutionUniversity of Hong Kong
InstituteSchool of Biological Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin LangerInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Trubin, Y. S., Winkler, A., Kogan, I., Brosig, A., Zhang, J., Yasuhara, M., Tian, S. Y., Marinov, V. A., & Langer, M. R. New insights into the middle Eocene environmental conditions and biogeographic setting of the Fergana Basin (Central Asia): Micropaleontological approaches.. In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2025,
2024Tian, S. Y., Yasuhara, M., Condamine, F. L., Huang, H.-H. M., Fernando, A. G. S., Aguilar, Y. M., Pandita, H., Irizuki, T., Iwatani, H., Shin, C. P., Renema, W., & Kase, T: Cenozoic history of the tropical marine biodiversity hotspot. In: Nature, 632, 2024, 343–349
2024Langer, M. R., Trubin, Y., Tian, S. Y., & Goldstein, S. T. Heterogeneity among juvenile megalospheres in Peneroplis pertusus (Forskål) from the Line Islands (Pacific Ocean): Size range, morphotypes, and test deformations. In: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 54(3), 2024, 264-270
2024Tian, S. Y., Langer, M., Yasuhara, M., & Wei, C. L. Reefal ostracod assemblages from the Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania). In: Biogeosciences, 21, 2024, 3523–3536
2024Zhang, J., Yasuhara, M., Wei, C. L., Tian, S. Y., Aye, K. K.T., Gemery, L., Cronin, T.M., Frenzel, P., & Horne, D. J. Sight and blindness: The relationship between ostracod eyes, water depth, and light availability in the Arctic Ocean. In: Limnology and Oceanography, 69(6), 2024, 1418-1428
2022Yasuhara, M., Huang, H. H. M., Reuter, M., Tian, S. Y., Cybulski, J. D., O’dea, A., Mamo, B.L., Cotton, L.J., Di Martino. E., Feng, R., Tabor, C.R., Reygondeau, G., Zhao, Q., Warne, M.T., Aye, K.K.T., Zhang, J., Chao, A., Wei, C.L., Condamine, F.L., Kocsis, A.T., Kiessling, W., Costello, M.J., Tittensor, D.P., Chaudhary, C., Rillo, M.C., Doi, H., Dong, Y.W., Cronin, T.M., Saupe, E.E., Lotze, H.K., Johnson, K.G., Renema, W., Pandolfi, J.M., Harzhauser, M., Jackson, J.B.C., & Hong, Y.: Hotspots of Cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity. In: Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 60, 2022, 243-300
2022Tian, S. Y., Yasuhara, M., Robinson, M. M., & Huang, H. H. M. Ostracod eye size: A taxonomy-free indicator of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum sea level. In: Marine Micropaleontology, 174, 2022, 101994
2022Zhang, P., Huang, H. H. M., Hong, Y., Tian, S. Y., Liu, J., Lee, Y. I., Chen, J., Liang, J., Wang, H., & Yasuhara, M. Southward Migration of Arctic Ocean Species During the Last Glacial Period. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 49(23), 2022, e2022GL100818
2021Tian, S. Y., Yasuhara, M., Huang, H. H. M., Condamine, F. L., & Robinson, M. M.: Shallow marine ecosystem collapse and recovery during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. In: Global and Planetary Change, 207, 2021,
2020Tian, S. Y., Yasuhara, M., Hong, Y., Huang, H. H. M., Iwatani, H., Chiu, W. T. R., Mamo, B., Okahashi, H., & Rasmussen, T. L. Deglacial–Holocene Svalbard paleoceanography and evidence of meltwater pulse 1B. In: Quaternary Science Reviews, 233, 2020, 106237
2020Yasuhara, M., Hong, Y., Tian, S. Y., Chong, W. K., Chu, R. W. C., Okahashi, H., ... & Harzhauser, M.: Early Miocene marine ostracodes from southwestern India: implications for their biogeography and the closure of the Tethyan Seaway.. In: Journal of Paleontology, 94(S80), 2020, 1-36
2019Yasuhara, M., Hong, Y., Tian, S. Y., Chong, W. K., Okahashi, H., Littler, K., & Cotton, L.: Eocene shallow-marine ostracods from Madagascar: southern end of the Tethys? . In: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17(9), 2019, 705-757