Outstanding PhD Student Award, 2008, College of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institutes and State University

Commendation Award for Outstanding Dissertation, 2008, Graduate School, Virginia Polytechnic Institutes and State University

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Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

Paleontological Society

Geochemical Society

Excellent Young Scientist Foundation of NSFC: Ediacaran Geobiology (41322021), PI. 2014-2016, ~$160k (1,000,000 RMB)

• NSFC program: Ediacaran Fossils Preserved in the Dengying Limestone, South China (41272017), PI. 2013-2016, ~$140k (850,000 RMB)

• The Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts Foundation, PI. 2012-2014, Ministry of Finance, PRC. ~$320k (2,000,000 RMB)

1. Huang, K.-J., B. Shen*, et al., 2015. Magnesium isotopic compositions of the Mesoproterozoic dolostones: Implications for Mg isotopic systematics of marine carbonate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.002.

2. Dong, L., B. Shen*, et al., 2015. Germanium/silicon of the Ediacaran-Cambrian Laobao cherts: Implications for the bedded chert formation and paleoenvironment interpretations. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005595.

3. Xiao, S., B. Shen, et al. 2014.Biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic constraints on the age of early Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in North China. Precambrian Research 246: 208-225.

4. Shen, B.*, Wimpenny, J., Lee, C-T., Tollstrop, D., Yin, Q-Z.,2013. Magnesium isotope systematics of endoskarns: implications for wallrock reaction in magma chambers. Chemical Geology, 356: 209-214

5. Lee, C.-T. A., Shen, B., Slotnick, B., Liao, K., Yokoyama, Y., Lenardic, A., Dasgupta, R., Jellinek, M., Lackey, J. S., Tice, M., Schneider, T., Dickens, G., 2012. Continent-island arc fluctuations, growth of crustal carbonates and long-term climate change, Geosphere，9: 21-36.

6. Shen, B.*, Xiao, S., Bao, H., Kaufman, A. J., Yuan, X. and Zhou C., 2011. Carbon and sulfur isotope evidence for a strong depth gradient and oceanic oxidation after the Ediacaran Hankalchough glaciation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75: 1357-1373..

7. Shen, B.*, Lee, C-T., Xiao, S. 2011. Germanium/silica ratios in diagenetic chert nodules from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation, South China. Chemical Geology, 280: 223-235.

8. Xiao, S., Kowalewski, M., Shen, B., Dong, L., and Laflamme, M. 2010. The rise of bilaterians: a few closing comments. Historical Biology, 22: 433-436.

9. Shen, B.*, Xiao, S., Zhou, C. and Kaufman, A. J., 2010. Carbon and sulfur isotope chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Quanji Group of the Chaidam Basin, NW China: basin stratification in the aftermath of an Ediacaran glaciation postdating the Shuram event?. Precambrian Research. 177: 241-252.

10. Shen, B.*, Jacobsen, B., Lee, C-T., Yin, Q., and Morton, D., 2009. The Mg isotopic systematics of granitoids in continental arcs and implications for the role of chemical weathering in crust formation. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United State of America. 106: 20652-20657.

11. Xiao, S., Kowalewski M., Shen, B., Dong, L. and Laflamme M., 2009. The Rise of bilaterians: A reply. Historical Biology. 21: 239-246.

12. Shen, B.*, Xiao, S., Zhou, C. and Yuan, X., 2009, Yangtzifrondes zhangi, new genus and species, a frondose fossil from the Ediacaran Dengying Formation in South China. Journal of Paleontology. 83: 575-587.

13. Dong, L., Xiao, S., Shen, B., Zhou, C., Li, G. and Yao, J., 2009. Basal Cambrian microfossils from the Yangtze Gorges area (South China) and the Aksu area (Tarim Block, northwestern China). Journal of Paleontology. 83: 30-44.

14. Shen, B., Dong, L., Xiao, S. and Kowalewski, M., 2008. The Avalon explosion: Expansion and saturation of Ediacara morphospace. Science. 319: 81-84.

15. Shen, B., Xiao, S., Bao, H., Kaufman, A. J. and Zhou, C., 2008. Stratification and mixing of the post-glacial Neoproterozoic ocean: Evidence from carbon and sulfur isotopes in a cap dolostone from northwest China. Earth and Planetary Science Letter. 265: 209-228.

16. Dong, L., Xiao, S., Shen, B., Yuan, X., Yan, X. and Peng, Y., 2008. Restudy of the worm-like carbonaceous compression fossils Protoarenicola, Pararenicola, and Sinosabellidites from early Neoproterozoic successions in North China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 258: 138-161.

17. Dong, L., Xiao, S., Shen, B. and Zhou, C., 2008. Silicified Horodyskia and Palaeopascichnus from upper Ediacaran cherts in South China: tentative phylogenetic interpretation and implications for evolutionary stasis. Journal of the Geological Society, London. 165: 367-378.

18. Shen, B., Xiao, S., Dong, L., Zhou, C. and Liu, J., 2007. Problematic macrofossils from Ediacaran successions in the North China and Chaidam blocks: implications for their evolutionary root and biostratigraphic significance. Journal of Paleontology, 81: 1406-1421.

19. Schiffbauer, J.D., Yin, L., Bodnar, R.J., Kaufman, A.J., Meng, F., Hu, J., Shen, B., Yuan, X., Bao, H. and Xiao, S., 2007. Ultrastructural and geochemical characterization of Archean-Paleoproterozoic graphite particles: Implications for recognizing traces of life in highly metamorphosed rocks. Astrobiology, 7: 684-704.

20. Xiao, S., Shen, B., Zhou, C., Xie, G. and Yuan, X., 2005. A uniquely preserved Ediacaran fossil with direct evidence for a quilted bodyplan. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United State of America, 102: 10227-10232.

21. Shen, B., Wen, Y. and Bai, Z., 2001. Using paleontological clock to explore the extraterrestrial impact. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 37: 508-514.