孟兴民，男，1963年9月出生，1984年毕业于西安地质学院地质系，获得理学学士，1998年毕业于英国伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院地理系，获得理学博士学位。2010年4月被任命为兰州大学西部环境与气候变化研究院院长，现为兰州大学资源环境学院党委书记。

孟兴民于1984年毕业于西安地质学院地质系，获得理学学士学位。1998年，他在英国伦敦大学伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院学院地理系完成了学业，获得了理学博士学位。

孟兴民的职业生涯始于1984年至1985年间，担任西安地质学院地质系的助教。随后，他在甘肃省科学院地质自然灾害防治研究所担任研究助理和助理研究员，专注于滑坡的研究与防治工作。1991年至1992年，他在英国莱斯特大学地理系继续开展相关研究。1992年至1997年，他在英国伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院地理系担任研究员，期间主要研究中国的黄土滑坡、湿陷、气候变迁以及风尘环境等问题。自1997年起，孟兴民在该校地理系担任地理信息系统主管，负责教学和科研工作。2008年，孟兴民被聘为兰州大学萃英特聘教授，开始在中国内地的工作。

孟兴民的研究领域涵盖环境地质灾害的防治与研究，以及气候、环境变迁及风沙尘暴等领域。他在这些领域的研究成果受到了国际同行的高度评价。他的著作《中国西北黄土区滑坡》（英文版）在国际滑坡地质灾害界广泛引用。此外，他还为全球最大百科全书Encyclopedia Britannica撰写了有关滑坡的定义文章，显示了他在国际上的研究水平和地位。在气候和环境变迁方面，孟兴民提出了第五地球磁化率生物源理论，并在Quaternary Science Reviews上发表了相关的高引用论文。他对中国西部风沙尘暴新起源的提出也得到了后继研究者的验证。

孟兴民主持或参与了多个国内外科研项目，包括欧洲航天局国际合作项目、英国自然环境委员会资助的合作项目、中央高校基本科研业务费重点项目、国家基金委地球科学部学部主任基金项目、兰州大学应急专项项目、地方滑坡治理项目、国家自然科学基金创新群体三期项目、国家科技支撑计划项目子课题、国家自然科学基金面上项目等。

1. Rene Wackrow, R., Dijkstra, T., Meng, X.M., 2011. Mechanism of Zhouqu debris flow, Gansu, China. Geomorphometry.

2. Wasowski, J., Bovenga, f., Nitti, D.N., Nutricato, R., Dijkstra, T. and Meng, X.M., 2011. Detecting very slow ground movements using PS interferometry in the Lanzhouloess 面积 of Gansu Province, China. Geophysical Research, Vol. 13.

3. Yang, L., Chen, F., Meng, X.M., 2010. SRTM DEM and its application advances (2010): International Journal of Remote Sensing. SCI

4. Meng, X.M.,Derbyshire, E. and Zhang S., 2007. Application of GIS to slope instability assessment in loess terrain as a means of documentation, analysis and forecasting. Landslide, Incidence, Impact and Mitigati on in Developing Countries, Geological Society Publishing House .

5. Derbyshire, E. and Meng, X.M., 2005. Loess. In: Fookes, P.G., Lee, e.m. and Milligan, G. (eds.) Handbook of Engineering G eomorphology. Whittles Publishing, 688-728.

6. Kemp, R.A, Derbyshire, E\u0026 Meng, X.M. 2001. A high-resolution micromorphological record of changing landscapes and climates on the Western Loess Plateau of China during 氧 Isotope Stage 5. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 170, 157-169.

7. Meng, X.M.,Derbyshire, E. and Thompson, D. and Page, N., 2000. Slope instability modelling using GIS in the thick loess terrain of North China. Nature Hazards Special Publication (No. L00.105), 104-107. Meng, X.M., Dijkstra, T.A. and Derbyshire, E. (2000). Loess slope instability. In: Derbyshire, Meng and Dijkstra (eds) (2000) op cit 173-203.

8. Meng, X.M., Derbyshire, E. and Yi, D. 1999. Landslide hazards in the eastern part of Gansu Province, China. In: Mulder, E.F.J. de (ed.) Geohazards in Cities,

9. Meng, X.M.,Derbyshire, E. and Dijkstra, T.A. (2000). Landslide amelioration and mitigation. In: Derbyshire, Meng and Dijkstra (eds) (2000) op cit 243-262.

10. Dijkstra T.A., Van Asch, T.W.J., Rappange, F.E. and Meng, X.M., 2000. Loess slope stability modelling . In: Derbyshire, Meng and Dijkstra (eds) (2000) op cit 203-219.

11. Derbyshire, E. Wang, J.T. and Meng, X. (2000) A treacherous terrain: background to natural hazards in northern China, with special reference to the history of landslides in Gansu Province. In: Derbyshire, Meng and Dijkstra (eds. 2000) op cit, 1-20.

12. Derbyshire, E. Meng, X.M. Billard, A., Muxart, T. and Dijkstra, T.A. (2000). The environment: Geology, Geomorphology, Climate and Land Use. In: Derbyshire, Meng and Dijkstra (eds) (2000) op cit 21-46.

13. Derbyshire, E. and Meng, X.M. (2000) Loess as a geological material. In: Derbyshire, Meng and Dijkstra (eds) (2000) op cit 47-90.

14. Rose, J. and Meng, X.M. 1999. River activity in small catchments over the last 140 ka, northeast Mallorca, Spain. In: Brown, A.G. and Quine, T.A. (eds.) Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester. 91-102.

15. Kemp, R.A., Derbyshire, E. and Meng, X.M. 1999 Comparison of proxy records of Late Pleistocene climate change from a high-resolution loess-palaeosol sequence in north-central China. Journal of Quaternary Science14: 91-96.

16. Meng, X.M., Derbyshire, E. and Kemp, 类风湿性关节炎 1999. QSR Correspondence Reply to Comments on “Origin of the magnetic susceptibility signal in Chinese loess”. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18, 871-875.

17. Rose, J., Meng, X.M. and Watson, C. 1999. Palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironmental responses in the western Mediterranean over the last 140 ka: evidence from Mallorca, Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, 156: 435-448.

18. Meng, X.M. and Derbyshire, E. 1998. Landslides and their control in the Chinese Loess Plateau: models and case studies from Gansu Province, China. In: Maund, J.D. and Eddleston, M. (eds.) Geohazards in Engineering Geology. Geological Society, London , Engineering Geology Special Publications15: 141-153.

19. Derbyshire, E. Meng, X.M. and Kemp, R.A. 1998. Provenance, transport and characteristics of modern aeolian dust in western Gansu Province, China, and interpretation of the Quaternary loess record. Journal of Arid Environments, 39: 497-516.

20. Derbyshire, E., Meng, X.M. and Kemp, 类风湿性关节炎 1998. Characteristics of some recent wind-lain dust in north-western China, and interpretation of the loess record. In: Busacca, A. (ed.) Dust Aerosols, Loess Soils and Global Change. Washington State University, Publication No. MISC0190, 15-18.

21. Meng, X.M., Derbyshire, E. and Kemp, R.A. 1997. Origin of the magnetic susceptibility signal in Chinese loess. Quaternary Science Reviews16:833-839.

22. Kemp, 类风湿性关节炎, Derbyshire, E. and Meng, X.M. 1997. Micromorphological variation of the S1 pedocomplex across north-west China. Catena31: 77-90.

23. Derbyshire, E., Kemp, R.A. and Meng, X.M. 1997. Climate change, loess and palaeosols: proxy measures and resolution in North China. Journal of the Geological Society154: 793-805.

24. Derbyshire, E. Meng, X.M. and Dijkstra, T.A. 1997. Landslides in the Lanzhou region, Gansu Province, China, In: Sassa, K. (ed.) International Symposium on Landslide Hazard Assessment, 41-55.

25. Kyoto University, Japan, ISBN 4-9900618-0-2.Zhang, S., Wang, N. and Meng, X., 1996. Landslide control in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China. Journal of Gansu Sciences, 8, 55-60.

26. Derbyshire, E., Keen, D.H., Kemp, R.A., Rolph, T.A., Shaw, J. and Meng, X.M. 1995. Loess-palaeosol sequences as recorders of palaeoclimatic variations during the Last Glacial-Interglacial cycle: some problems of correlation in north-central China. In: Derbyshire, E. (ed.) Wind Blown Sediments in the Quaternary Record. Quaternary Proceedings, 4: 7-18,