1992, B.S. in Structure Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, China;
1997, Ph.D. in Glaciology, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1997-2009, assistant professor (1997), associate professor (2000), and professor (2003) successively in the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
2009-2020, Distinguished Professor in the School of Geographic and Oceanic Sciences, Nanjing University;
2020- Distinguished Professor in the School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

>30 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Andes and Alaska.

Ice cores.

PI of 10 fundings from the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (including one of the most recognized fundings: the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2008).

Selected publications (* standing for corresponding author):

1) S. Hou. On the chronology of Tibetan ice cores. Science Bulletin, doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.10.009, 2022.
2) Z. Zhan, H. Pang*, S. Wu, Z. Liu, W. Zhang, T. Xu, H. Cheng, S. Hou*. Determining key upstream convection and rainout zones affecting δ18O in water vapor and precipitation based on 10-year continuous observations in the East Asian Monsoon region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117912, 2022.
3) H. Hu, Q. Li, W. Zhang, S. Wu, J. Song, K. Liu, X. Zou, H. Pang, M. Yan, S. Hou*. δ18O of O2 in a Tibetan ice core constrains its chronology to the Holocene. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2022GL098368, 2022.
4) W. Zhang, H. Pang*, S. Wu, J. Song, X. Zou, S. Hou*. Decadal temperature variations over the northwestern Tibetan Plateau deduced from a 489-year ice core stable isotopic record. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2021JD036087, 2022.
5) H. Pang*, P. Zhang, S. Wu, J. Jouzel, H. C. Steen-Larsen, K. Liu, W. Zhang, J. Yu, C. An, D. Chen, S. Hou*. The dominant role of Brewer–Dobson circulation on 17O-excess variations in snow pits at Dome A, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2022JD036559, 2022.
6) W. Zhang, S. Hou*, S. Wu, H. Pang, S. B. Sneed, E. V. Korotkikh, P. A. Mayewski, T. M. Jenk, M. Schwikowski. A quantitative method of resolving annual precipitation for the past millennia from Tibetan ice cores. The Cryosphere, 16, 1997-2008, doi: 10.5194/tc-16-1997-2022, 2022.
7) S. Hou*, W. Zhang, L. Fang, T. M. Jenk, S. Wu, H. Pang, M. Schwikowski. New evidence further constraining Tibetan ice core chronologies to the Holocene. The Cryosphere, 15, 2109-2114, doi: 10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021, 2021.
8) C. An*, S. Hou*, S. Jiang, Y. Li, T. Ma, M. A. J. Curran, H. Pang, Z. Zhang, W. Zhang, J. Yu, K. Liu, G. Shi, H. Ma, B. Sun. The long-term cooling trend in East Antarctic Plateau over the past 2000 years is only robust between 550 and 1550 CE. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL092923, 2021.
9) H. Pang*, S. Hou*, W. Zhang, S. Wu, T. M. Jenk, M. Schwikowski, J. Jouzel. Temperature trends in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau constrained by ice core water isotopes over the past 7,000 years. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2020JD032560, 2020.
10) Y. Li, W. An, H. Pang*, S. Wu, Y. Tang, W. Zhang, S. Hou*. Variations of stable isotopic composition in atmospheric water vapor and their controlling factors – a six-year continuous sampling study in Nanjing, Eastern China. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2019JD031697, 2020.
11) S. Hou*, W. Zhang, H. Pang, S. Wu, T. Jenk, M. Schwikowski, Y. Wang. Apparent discrepancy of Tibetan ice core δ18O records may be attributed to misinterpretation of chronology. The Cryosphere, 13, 1743-1752. doi: 10.5194/tc-13-1743-2019, 2019.
12) H. Pang, S. Hou*, A. Landais, V. Masson-Delmotte, J. Jouzel, H. Steen-Larsen, C. Risi, W. Zhang, S. Wu, Y. Li, C. An, Y. Wang, F. Prie, B. Minster, S. Falourd, B. Stenni, C. Scarchilli, K. Fujita, and P. Grigioni. Influence of summer sublimation on δD, δ18O and δ17O in precipitation, East Antarctica, and implications for climate reconstruction from ice cores. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2018JD030218, 2019.
13) S. Hou*, T. Jenk, W. Zhang, C. Wang, S. Wu, Y. Wang, H. Pang, M. Schwikowski. Age ranges of the Tibetan ice cores with emphasis on the Chongce ice cores, western Kunlun Mountains. The Cryosphere, 12, 2341–2348, doi: 10.5194/tc-12-2341-2018, 2018.
14) Z. Zhang, S. Hou*, S. Yi. The first luminescence dating of Tibetan glacier basal sediment. The Cryosphere, 12, 163–168, doi:10.5194/tc-12-1-2018, 2018.
15) W. An, S. Hou*, Q. Zhang, W. Zhang, S. Wu, H. Xu, H. Pang, Y. Wang, Y. Liu. Enhanced recent local moisture recycling on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau deduced from ice core deuterium excess records. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, 122, 12,541–12,556，doi: 10.1002/2017JD027235, 2017.
16) W. Zhang, S. Hou*, Y. Liu, S. Wu, W. An, H. Pang and C. Wang. A high-resolution atmospheric dust record for 1810-2004 AD derived from an ice core, the eastern Tien Shan, Central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmospheres, 122, 1-14, doi:10.1002/2017JD026699, 2017.
17) S. Wu*, S. Hou*. Impact of Icebergs on Net Primary Productivity in the Southern Ocean. The Cryosphere, 11, 1–16, doi: 10.5194/tc-11-1-2017, 2017.
18) H. Pang, S. Hou*, A. Landais, V. Masson-Delmotte, F. Prie, H. Steen-Larsen, C. Risi, Y. Li, J. Jouzel, Y. Wang, J. He, B. Minster, S. Falourd. Spatial distribution of 17O-excess in surface snow along a traverse from Zhongshan station to Dome A, East Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 414, 126-133, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.014, 2015.
19) H. Pang, S. Hou*, S. Kaspari, and P. A. Mayewski. Influence of regional precipitation patterns on stable isotopes in ice cores from the central Himalayas. The Cryosphere, 8, 289–301, doi:10.5194/tc-8-289-2014, 2014.
20) Y. Liu, S. Hou*, S. Hong, S. D. Hur, K. Lee, Y. Wang. High resolution trace element records of an ice core from the eastern Tien Shan, Central Asia, since 1953AD. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116, D12307, doi:10.1029/2010JD015191, 2011.
21) Y. Wang, S. Hou*, V. Masson-Delmotte, J. Jouzel. A new spatial distribution map of δ18O in Antarctic surface snow. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L06501, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036939, 2009.
22) J. Xu, S. Hou*, D. Qin, S. Kang, J. Ren, J. Ming. Dust storm activity over the Tibetan Plateau recorded by a shallow ice core from the north slope of Mt. Qomolangma (Everest), Tibet–Himal region. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L17504, doi: 10.1029/2007GL030853, 2007.