2009.09 – 2013.07，昆明理工大学，国土资源工程学院，资源勘查工程专业，学士

2014.09 – 2021.12，昆明理工大学，国土资源工程学院，地质工程专业，博士

2022.04 – 今，昆明理工大学，国土资源工程学院，讲师

国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，滇东南地区古近纪晚期地层年代与孢粉组合特征研究，在研，主持；

云南省“兴滇英才支持计划”——青年人才专项，在研，主持；

国家自然科学基金云南联合基金项目，若干植物类群的演化、灭绝及其对亚洲季风气候的响应，结题，参与；

国家自然科学基金中英合作重点项目，古近纪及新近纪早期植被和生物多样性演变，结题，参与；

科技部“第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究”专项，专题：生物与高原隆升协同演化（子专题 4），结题，参与；

云南省区域地质志之“古近纪-第四纪地层”专题、“第四纪地质与地貌”专题，结题，参与。

1. Yimin Tian, Robert A. Spicer, Jian Huang, Zhekun Zhou, Tao Su, Mike Widdowson, Linbo Jia, Shihu Li, Wenjian Wu, Li Xue, Penghui Luo, Shitao Zhang, 2021. New early Oligocene zircon U-Pb dates for the ‘Miocene’ Wenshan Basin, Yunnan, China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565, 116929.

2. Yimin Tian, Jian Huang, Tao Su, Shitao Zhang, 2020. Early Oligocene Itea (Iteaceae) leaves from East Asia and their biogeographic implications. Plant Diversity, 43, 2: 142-151.

3. Shihu Li; Tao Su; Robert A. Spicer; Congli Xu; Sarah Sherlock; Alison Halton; Gregory Hoke; Yimin Tian; Shitao Zhang; Zhekun Zhou; Chenglong Deng; Rixiang Zhu. Oligocene Deformation of the Chuandian Terrane in the SE Margin of the Tibetan Plateau Related to the Extrusion of Indochina, Oligocene Deformation of the Chuandian Terrane in the SE Margin of the Tibetan Plateau Related to the Extrusion of Indochina. Tectonics, 2020, 39(1): 1-17

4. Mengxiao Wu; Jian Huang; Robert A. Spicer; Shufeng Li; Jiagang Zhao; Weiyudong Deng; Wenna Ding; He Tang; Yaowu Xing; Yimin Tian; Zhekun Zhou; Tao Su. The early Oligocene establishment of modern topography and plant diversity on the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change, 2022, 214: 1-14

5. Weiyudong Deng; Dario De Franceschi; Xiaoting Xu; Cédric Del Rio; Shook Ling Low; Zhekun Zhou; Robert A. Spicer; Lili Ren; Raoqiong Yang; Yimin Tian; Mengxiao Wu; Jiucheng Yang; Shuiqing Liang; Torsten Wappler; Tao Su; Plant -insect and -fungal interactions in Taxodium-like wood fossils from the Oligocene of southwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2022, 302: 1-15