2008年9月–2012年6月 南京工业大学，工学学士学位；

2012年9月–2015年6月 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，工程硕士学位；

2015年6月–2015年7月 美国国家自然历史博物馆，交流学习；

2015年9月–2018年6月 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，理学博士学位；

2018年7月–至今 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，助理研究员

主要从事早古生代头足类系统古生物学、古生态学、生物多样性和古生物地理学研究

Fang, X.*, Kr？ger, B., Zhang, Y.D., Zhang, Y.B., Chen, T.E., 2019. Palaeogeographic distribution and diversity of cephalopods during the Cambrian–Ordovician transition. Palaeoworld, 28(1–2): 51–57.

Fang, X.*, Burrett, C., Li, W.J., Zhang, Y.B., Zhang, Y.D., Chen, T.E., Wu, X.J. 2019. Dynamic variation of Middle to Late Ordovician cephalopod provincialism in the northeastern peri-Gondwana region and its implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 521: 127–137.

Fang, X.*, Li, W.J., Zhang, Y.D., Zhang, Y.B., Chen, T.E., 2019. Replacements of Major Cephalopod Faunas in Late Cambrian and Ordovician in South China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 93(z1): 102–105.

Zhang, Y.D.*, Zhan, R.B., Zhen, Y.Y., Wang, Z.H., Yuan, W.W., Fang, X., Ma, X., Zhang, J.P., 2019. Ordovician integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China. Science China Earth Science, 62(1): 61–88.

Li, W.J., Fang, X., Zhang, Y.D.*, 2019. Geographical Distribution and Diversity History of Late Cambrian and Ordovician Gastropods in China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 93(z1): 119–122.

Zhang, Y.D., Zhang, J.P., Yan, K., Fang, X., Li, W.J., Ma, X., Wu, X.J., 2019. Early Evolution of Marine Planktonic and Nektonic Ecosystems: Questions and Chinese Approaches. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 93(z1): 169–172.

Fang, X., Ma, X., Li, W.J., Zhang, Y.D.*, Zhou, Z.Q., Chen, T.E., Lü, Y., Yu, S.Y., Fan, J.X., 2018. Biostratigraphic constraint of the disconformity within the Upper Ordovician in the Baoshan and Mangshi regions, western Yunnan Province, China. Lethaia, 51(2): 312–323.

Fang, X., Chen, T.E., Burrett, C., Wang, Y.S., Qu, Y.G., Zheng, C.Z., Zhang, Y.B., Zhang, Y.D.*, Li, W.J., 2018. Middle Ordovician actinocerid nautiloids (Cephalopoda) from Xainza County, Tibet, western China and their paleogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology, 92(3): 398–411.

Fang, X., Chen, T.E., Zhang, Y.B., Zhang, Y.D., Li, W.J., 2018. Cephalopod palaeobiogeography on the northeastern peri-Gondwana during the Middle–Late Ordovician. In: Zhang YD, Zhan RB, Fan JX, Muir LA (Eds.). Filling the gap between the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) ——Proceedings of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 653 Annual Meeting, October 8th–12th, 2017, Yichang China. Hangzhou, Zhejiang University Press. 29–32.

Fang, X., Chen, T.E., Zhang, Y.B., Zhang, Y.D., Li, W.J., 2018. Early evolution of the nautiloid faunas through the Cambrian and Ordovician transition: a general overview. In: Zhang YD, Zhan RB, Fan JX, Muir LA (Eds.). Filling the gap between the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) ——Proceedings of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 653 Annual Meeting, October 8th–12th, 2017, Yichang China. Hangzhou, Zhejiang University Press. 33–37.

Zhang, Y.D., Chen, Q., Fan, J.X., Wang, X.F., Li, Q.J., Zhang, L.N., Fang, X., 2018. Guide for the Mid-Conference Field Trip of the IGCP Project 653 - Annual Meeting 2017. In: Zhang YD, Zhan RB, Fan JX, Muir LA (Eds.). Filling the gap between the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) ——Proceedings of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 653 Annual Meeting, October 8th–12th, 2017, Yichang China. Hangzhou, Zhejiang University Press. 253–276.

宋妍妍, 张元动, 王志浩, 方翔, 马譞, 刘鹏举, 2018. 中扬子区奥陶系庙坡组底界穿时的生物地层学证据. 地层学杂志, 42(2): 128–144.

Fang, X.*, Zhang, Y.B., Chen, T.E., Zhang, Y.D., 2017. A quantitative study of the Ordovician cephalopod species Sinoceras chinense (Foord) and its palaeobiogeographic implications. Alcheringa, 41(3): 321–334.

Botting, J.P., Muir, L.A., Zhang, Y.D.*, Ma, X., Ma, J.Y., Wang, L.W., Zhang, J.F., Song, Y.Y., Fang, X., 2017. Flourishing Sponge-Based Ecosystems after the End-Ordovician Mass Extinction. Current Biology, 27(4): 556–562.