Biographies:

Shuhai XIAO, Viginia Tech, USA

Shuhai Xiao is a paleontologist and professor of geobiology at Virginia Tech. Prof. Xiao studies the interactions between the biosphere and its environments at critical transitions in Earth history, particularly during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition. He integrates paleobiological, sedimentological, and geochemical data to shed light on important evolutionary events (such as the origin and diversification of eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, and animals), their environmental contexts, and their geobiological consequences. In 2023, Prof. Xiao was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.