Jul. 2000 – Feb. 2002
Junior Researcher
Xinjiang Institute of Meteorological Science

Feb. 2002 – Sep. 2005
Junior Researcher
Urumqi Desert Meteorology Institute, China Meteorological Administration

Sep. 2005 – Nov. 2010
Research Associate
Urumqi Desert Meteorology Institute, China Meteorological Administration
(Early-career researcher with independent project capabilities)

Nov. 2010 – Dec. 2022
Associate Researcher
Urumqi Desert Meteorology Institute, China Meteorological Administration
(Mid-career research position equivalent to Associate Professor)

Dec. 2022 – Present
Researcher
Urumqi Desert Meteorology Institute, China Meteorological Administration
(Highest academic title in Chinese research institution system)

Dendroclimatic Research in Arid Regions:

Tree-ring density responses to climate variability

Non-stationarity in climate-growth relationships

Reconstruction of extreme climatic events

2021
First Prize, Outstanding Author Award
Desert and Oasis Meteorology (DOM)
Xinjiang Meteorological Society
(Top annual honor for journal contributions)

2014
Western Outstanding Young Talent Stipend
6th Talent Program Cohort
China Meteorological Administration
(Competitive funding for frontier-region scientists)

2011
First Prize, Science & Technology Award
Xinjiang Meteorological Bureau
(Ranked 3rd contributor among 9 team members)

Jan. 2024 – Dec. 2027 (Anticipated)

Principal Investigator (PI)

Threshold Altitude-dependency of Multi-parameter Tree-ring Climatic Responses in Tianshan Spruce Forests

National Natural Science Foundation General Program 

Apr. 2022 – Dec. 2022

Principal Investigator (PI)

Transnational Tree-ring Sample Analysis: Kyrgyzstan-China Collaboration

Industry Collaboration Project

Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2023

Principal Investigator (PI)

Altitudinal Divergence in Tree-ring Growth Dynamics and Climate Responses across Tianshan Gradients

Open Project, Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2018

Principal Investigator (PI)

Climate Reconstruction Using Tree-ring Density along Eastern Tianshan Slopes: Elevation Gradient Effects

Open Project, Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2015

Principal Investigator (PI)

Elevation Gradient Effects on Tree-ring Density-Climate Relationships in Western Tianshan

Basic Research Fund for Central Public Welfare Institutes

Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2015

Principal Investigator (PI)

Tree-ring Density Responses to Altitudinal Gradients on Northern Tianshan Slopes

National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars 

[1]    Yu Shulong, Yuan Yujiang, Wei Wenshou, et al. 2013, A 352-year record of summer temperature reconstruction in thewestern Tianshan Mountains, China, as deduced from tree-ring density, Quaternary Research, 80:158–166.

[2]    Shulong Yu,Tongwen Zhang,Shengxia Jiang, et al. 2020，Tree ring minimum density chronologies of Picea schrenkiana along elevation gradient in the Tien Shan Mountains, China,  Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography，doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2020.1786943.

[3]    Tongwen Zhang ,Ruibo Zhang,Shengxia Jiang,Maisupova Bagila,Utebekova Ainur,Shulong Yu*. 2019,On the ‘Divergence Problem’ in the Alatau Mountains, Central Asia: A Study of the Responses of Schrenk  Spruce Tree-Ring Width to Climate under the Recent Warming and Wetting Trend. Atmosphere，  10, 473：doi:10.3390/ atmos10080473.