Educational background
1993 Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
1987 M.S., Shandong College of Oceanography, China
1984 B.S., Shandong College of Oceanography, China

Professional Experience
2017.8- Present, Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
2014.3-2017.7, Professor, Ocean University of China
1996 – 2014.3, Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey
1994 – 1995, Postdoc, Louisiana State University

Papers and patents
Talling, P.J., J. Allin, D.A. Armitage, R.W. Arnott, M.J. Cartigny, M.A. Clare, F.Felletti, J.A. Covault, S. Girardclos, E. Hansen, P.R. Hill, R.N. Hiscott, A.J. Hogg,J.H. Clarke, Z.R. Jobe, G. Malgesini, A. Mozzato, H. Naruse, S. Parkinson, F.J.Peel, D.J.W. Piper, E. Pope, G. Postma, P. Rowley, A. Sguazzini, C.J. Stevenson,E.J. Sumner, Z. Sylvester, C. Watts, and J.P. Xu (2015). Key Future Directions For Research On Turbidity Currents and Their Deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(2), 153-169, doi: 10.2110/jsr.2015.03 （注：除第一作者外，其他作者按姓氏笔画排序）
Yulong Zhao, Zhifei Liu, Yanwei Zhang, Jianru Li, Meng Wang, Wenguang Wang, Jingping Xu (2015) In situ observation of contour currents in the northern South China Sea: Applications for deepwater sediment transport, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 430 477-485, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.008
Xu, J. P., Sequeiros, O. E., & Noble, M. A. (2014). Sediment concentrations, flow conditions, and downstream evolution of two turbidity currents. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 89(C), 11–34. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.001
Zhang, Y., Z. Liu, Y. Zhao, W. Wang, J. Li, J.P. Xu (2014) Mesoscale eddies transport deep-sea sediments, Scientific Reports, 4, 5937,
doi:10.1038/srep05937
Xu, J. P., Barry, J. P., & Paull, C. K. (2013). Small-scale turbidity currents in a big submarine canyon. Geology, 41(2), 143–146. doi:10.1130/G33727.1
徐景平 (2014) 海底浊流研究百年回顾. 中国海洋大学学报 (自然科学版), 10, 014.
徐景平（2013）科学与技术并进－近 20 年来海底峡谷浊流观测的成就和挑战. 地球科学进展, 28(5):52-58.
李建如, 徐景平, 刘志飞（2013）底基三脚架在深海观测中的应用. 地球科学进展,28(5):59-565
Xu, J. P. (2011). Measuring currents in submarine canyons: Technological and scientific progress in the past 30 years. Geosphere, 7(4), 868–876.
Xu, J. P. (2010). Normalized velocity profiles of field-measured turbidity currents. Geology, 38(6), 563–566. doi:10.1130/G30582.1
Xu, J.P., E. Elias, and N. Kinsman (2011) Does littoral sand bypass the head of Mugu submarine canyon? – a modeling study. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, vol. 3, 2075-2087. doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0156
Xu, J.P. (2010) Normalized velocity profiles of field-measured turbidity currents, Geology, 38(6): 563-566, DOI:10.1130/G30582.1
Xu, J.P., P.W. Swarzenski, M.A. Noble, and A. Li (2010), Event-driven sediment transport in Hueneme and Mugu submarine canyons. Marine Geology, 269:74-88 doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.12.007
Paull, C.K., W. Ussler III, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, J.A. Covault, K.L. Maier, J.P. Xu and S. Augenstein (2010) Origins of large crescent-shaped bedforms within the axial channel of Monterey Canyon, offshore California, Geosphere, 6(6): 755-774, DOI: 10.1130/GES00527.1
Xu, J. P., and M. A. Noble (2009), Currents in Monterey Submarine Canyon, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C03004, doi:10.1029/2008JC004992
Xu, J.P., M.A. Noble (2009) Variability of the southern California wave climate and associated implications for sediment transport, in Lee, H.J., and Normark, W.R., eds., Earth Science in the Urban Ocean: The Southern California Continental Borderland: Geological Society of America Special Paper 454, p.169-191. doi: 10.1130/2009.2454(3.2)
Huh, C-A, J.T. Liu, H-L Lin, J.P. Xu (2009) Tidal and flood signatures of settling particles in the Gaoping submarine canyon (SW Taiwan) revealed from radionuclide and flow measurements, Marine Geology, 267: 8-17, DOI:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.09.001
Lee, I.-H., Y.-H. Wang, J.T. Liu, W.-S. Chuang, and J.P. Xu (2009) Internal tidal currents in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. Journal of Marine System, 76:397-404. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.12.011
Noble, M., K. Rosenberger, P. Hamilton and J.P. Xu (2009) Coastal ocean transport patterns in the central Southern California Bight, in Lee, H.J., and Normark, W.R., eds., Earth Science in the Urban Ocean: The Southern California Continental Borderland: Geological Society of America Special Paper 454, p. 193-226. doi: 10.1130/2009.2454(3.3)
Noble, M., B. Jones, P. Hamilton, J.P. Xu, G. Robertson, L. Rosenfeld, and J. Largier (2009) Cross-shelf transport into nearshore waters due to shoaling internal tides in San Pedro Bay, CA. Continental Shelf Research, 27:1768-1785.doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.04.008
Xu, J.P., F.L. Wong, R. Kvitek, D.P. Smith, C.K. Paull (2008) Sandwave migration in Monterey Submarine Canyon, Central California. Marine Geology, 248/3-4,p. 93-212. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.005
Warrick, J.A., J.P. Xu, M.A. Noble, and H.J. Lee (2008) Rapid formation of hyperpycnal gravity currents offshore of a semi-arid California river. Continental Shelf research, 28(8), 991-1009. doi:
doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.11.002
Noble, M.A. J.P. Xu, G.L. Robertson, and L.K. Rosenfeld (2006), Distribution and sources of surf zone bacteria at Huntington Beach before and after disinfection on an outfall – a frequency domain analysis. Marine Environmental Research, 61, p. 494-510, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.02
Xu. J.P. (2005) Observations of plan-view sand ripple behavior and spectral wave climate on the inner shelf of San Pedro Bay, California. Continental Shelf Research, 25(3), p. 373-396, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2004.10.004
Xu, J.P., M.A. Noble and L.K. Rosenfeld (2004) In-situ measurements of current structures within turbidity currents, Geophysical Research Letter, 31, L09311, doi:10.1029/2004GL019718
Noble, M.A. and J.P. Xu (2003) Observations of large-amplitude cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA. Marine Environmental Research, 56, p. 127-149
Stone, G.W., D.A. Pepper, J.P. Xu, and X. Zhang (2004) Ship Shoal as a prospective borrow site for barrier island restoration, coastal South-Central Louisiana, USA: Numerical wave modeling and field measurements of hydrodynamics and sediment transport. Journal of Coastal Research, 20(1), p. 70-88
Xu, J.P., M.A. Noble, and S.L. Eittreim (2002) Suspended sediment transport on the continental shelf near Davenport, California. Marine Geology, 181(1-3), p.171-193.
Xu, J.P., M.A. Noble, S.L. Eittreim, L.K. Rosenfeld, F.B. Schwing, and C.H. Pilskaln (2002) Distribution and transport of suspended particulate matter in Monterey Canyon, California. Marine Geology, 181(1-3), p. 215-234.
Eittreim, S.L., J.P. Xu, M.A. Noble, and B.D. Edwards (2002) Towards a sediment budget for the Santa Cruz continental shelf. Marine Geology, 181(1-3) p. 235-248.
Xu, J.P. (1999) Local wave climate and long-term bed shear stress characteristics in Monterey Bay, California. Marine Geology, 159, p. 341-353
Xu, J.P.(1998) Wave-current bottom shear stresses and sediment resuspension in Cleveland Bay, Australia, by Lou and Ridd: comments. Coastal Engineering,33, p. 61-64.
Xu, J.P. and L.D. Wright (1998) Observations of wind-generated shoreface currents off Duck, North Carolina. Journal of Coastal Research, 14, p. 610-619.
Xu, J.P. (1997) Converting near-bottom OBS measurements into suspended sediment concentration. Geo-Marine Letters, 17, p. 154-161.
Xu, J.P., L.D. Wright (1995) Tests of bed roughness models using field data. Continental Shelf Research, 15, p. 1409-1434.
Stone, G.W., J.P. Xu, and X.P. Zhang (1995) Estimation of the wave field during Hurricane Andrew and morphological change along the Louisiana coast. Journal of Coastal Research, 18, p. 234-153.
Xu, J.P., L.D. Wright, and J.D. Boon (1994) Estimation of bottom stress and roughness in lower Chesapeake Bay by the inertial dissipation method. Journal of Coastal Research, 10, p. 329-338.
Wright, L.D., O.S. Madsen, T.A. Chisholm, and J.P. Xu (1994) Inner continental shelf transport processes: the Middle Atlantic Bight. Proceedings, Coastal Dynamics, 94, p. 867-878.
Wright, L.D, J.P. Xu, and O.S. Madsen (1994) Across-shelf benthic transports on the inner shelf of the middle Atlantic Bight during the "Halloween storm" of 1991. Marine Geology, 118, p. 61-77.
Wright, L.D., J.D Boon, J.P. Xu, and S.C. Kim (1992) The bottom boundary layer of the bay stem plains environment of lower Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 35, p. 17-36.
Maa, J.P-Y, J.P. Xu, and M. Victor (1992) Notes on the performance of an optical backscatter sensor for cohesive sediment. Marine Geology, 104, p.215-218.
Yang, Z.S.， Guo, Z.G.， Wang, Z.X.， Xu, J.P., Gao, W.B. (1992) Basic pattern of transport of suspended matter from the Yellow Sea and East China Sea to the eastern deep seas, Acta Oceanologica Sinica , 14, 81-90