2001年中国科学院广州地球化学研究所博士毕业，现为广州地球化学研究所研究员。从攻读博士学位以来一直从事生物-有机地球化学研究。2005.10-2007.10在澳大利亚University of Wollongong 进行访问研究。已经主持国家自然科学基金面上项目6项、中科院知识创新工程重大项目子课题1项、国家战略先导科技专项课题1项、973计划子课题1项，目前承担国家自然科学基重大项目子课题2项、国家重点研发计划课题1项。近期致力于重大地质事件发生的气候/环境定量重建和近海碳埋藏的定量重建。发表SCI论文90余篇。现为《中国科学：地球科学》、《Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology》期刊编委。

　　（1）区域气候/环境重建；（2）人类世的气候环境；（3）海洋碳埋藏

Zhao B Y, Hu J F*, Shu J W, Huang X Y*. Early onset of summer monsoon during the Mystery Interval (17.5–14.5 ka BP) in the East Asian Summer Monsoon area: evidence from leaf alkane ²H. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022, 294: 10775.

Zhao B Y, Huang X Y*, Hu J F*, Shu J W, Wang W M, Peng P A. Hydroclimate variation during the Mystery Interval in the East Asian Summer Monsoon area. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021, 266: 107075.

Liao W S, Hu J F*, Zhou H D, Peng P A, 2020. Climatic and human impact on the environment: Insight from the tetraether lipid temperature reconstruction in the Beibu Gulf, China. Quaternary International, 536, 75–84.

Tong X N, Hu J F*, Xi D P, Zhu M B, Song J Z, Peng P A, 2018. Depositional environment of the Late Santonian lacustrine source rocks in the Songliao Basin (NE China): Implications from organic geochemical analyses. Organic Geochemistry, 124, 215–227.

Liao W S, Hu J F*, Peng P A, 2018. Burial of organic carbon in the Taiwan Strait. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/.

Liao W S, Hu J F*, Zhou H D, Hu JH, Peng PA, Deng WF, 2018. Sources and distribution of sedimentary organic matter in the Beibu Gulf, China: Application of multiple proxies. Marine Chemistry, 206, 74–83.

Hu J F, Zhou H D, Peng P A, Spiro B, 2016. Seasonal variability in concentrations and fluxes of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in Huguangyan Maar Lake, SE China: Implications for the applicability of the MBT–CBT paleotemperature proxy in lacustrine settings. Chemical Geology, 420, 200–212.

Cao H R, Hu J F*, Peng P A, Xi D P, Tang Y J, Lei Y, Shilling A, 2016. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late Santonian Songliao Paleo-lake. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 457, 290–303.

Hu J F, Zhou H D, Peng P A, Yang X Q, Spiro B, Jia G D, Wei G J, Ouyang T P, 2015. Reconstruction of a paleotemperature record from 0.3–3.7 ka for subtropical South China using lacustrine branched GDGTs from Huguangyan Maar. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 435, 167–176.

Hu J F, Peng P A*, Liu M Y, Xi D P, Song J Z, Wan X Q, Wang C S, 2015. Seawater Incursion Events in a Cretaceous Paleo-lake Revealed by Specific Marine Biological Markers. Scientific Reports, 5: DOI: 10.1038/srep09508.