Dr Cheng Quan (全成博士) is a young palaeobotanist, who is currently working in the Research Center of  Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Jinlin University in Changchun city, northeastern China. He completed his undergraduate study at Changchun University of Science and Technology and got his B. S. degree in 1998. He obtained his Ph. D. degree from Jilin University in 2005.

Dr Quan’s research mainly focuses on the studies of Cenozoic plants as well as the quantitative reconstruction of the climate in the geological past. His recent publications are as follows:

Quan, C., Liu, Y.S., Utescher, T., 2012. Eocene monsoon prevalence over China: a paleobotanical perspective. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 365-366: 302–311

Quan, C., Liu, Y.S., Utescher, T., 2012. Paleogene temperature gradient, seasonal variation and climate evolution of northeast China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 313-314: 150–161

Zhou, Z.Y., Quan, C., Liu, Y.S., 2012. Tertiary Ginkgo ovulate organs with associated leaves from North Dakota, U.S.A., and their evolutionary significance. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 67–80

Wan, C.B., Wang, D.H., Zhu, Z.P., Quan, C., 2011. Trend of Santonian (Late Cretaceous) atmospheric CO₂ and global mean land surface temperature: Evidence from plant fossils. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences 54: 1338–1345.

万传彪, 王德海, 朱占平, 全成, 2011. 晚白垩世三冬期大气CO₂及全球陆表均温变化: 植物化石证据. 中国科学 地球科学 41(7): 1000–1008

Quan, C., Liu, Y.S., Utescher, T., 2011. Paleogene evolution of precipitation in northeast China supporting the middle Eocene intensification of the East Asian monsoon. Palaios 26: 743–753

Quan, C., Sun, G., Zhou, Z.Y., 2010. A new Tertiary Ginkgo (Ginkgoaceae) from the Wuyun Formation of Jiayin, Heilongjiang, northeastern China and its paleoenvironmental implications. American Journal of Botany 97: 446–457

全成, 周志炎, 2010. 黑龙江渐新世银杏大化石及其古气候和植物地理意义. 古生物学报 49(4): 439–442

Sun, Y., Liu, H., Wan, C., Quan, C., 2010. In situ spores of Asplenium and their implications for the evolution of the Aspleniaceae: a case study from the Lower Cretaceous Changcai Formation in eastern Jilin Province, China. Cretaceous Research 31: 424–432

Quan, C., Sun, C., Sun, Y., Sun, G., 2009. High resolution estimates of paleo-CO₂ levels through the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) based on Ginkgo cuticles. Cretaceous Research 30: 424–428

Quan, C., Sun, G., 2008. Late Cretaceous aquatic angiosperms from Jiayin of Heilongjiang, Northeast China. Acta Geologica Sinica–English Edition 82: 1133–1140

==============