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Professor - Department of Landscape Architecture, Gold Mantis School of Architecture
Director - Research Center of Cultural Landscape Protection and Ecological Restoration, The Sino-Portugal Joint Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Supported by the Belt and Road Initiative, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
Adjunct Research Professor- The University of Hong Kong - Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation, LinAn, Zhejiang, 311305, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Stream and Riparian Ecology, Urban Ecology, Green Environment and Human Health, Ecological Restoration-Cultural Landscape-Sustainable Development
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Postdoc (2000 – 2003): University of British Columbia, Canada, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Postdoc (1999 – 2000): University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
Ph.D. 1998, Ecology, Department of Animal Ecology, Umeå University, Sweden
B.S. 1983, Biology, Department of Biology, Nanjing Normal University, China
POSITIONS
Director (2019.09 – ), Research Center of Cultural Landscape Protection and Ecological Restoration, School of Architecture, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Professor (2019.09 – ), Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Senior Associate Professor (AP2) (2013 – 2019), Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China.
Directors, XJTLU Suzhou Urban and Environment Research Institute (2015 – 2019); XJTLU Huai’an Research Institute of New-Type Urbanization (2014 – 2019.05).
Assistant Professor (2006 – 2013), Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA.
Research Assistant Professor (2004 – 2006), Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Associate (2003 – 2004), Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Soochow University (2019 – ):
2022 – Landscape Ecology (Undergraduate Course in bilingual）
2021 – Aquatic and Urban Ecology (Graduate Course in English)
2019 – SCI Research Paper Writing Skill (Graduate Course in English)
Xi’an Jiaotong University (2020 – 2022, in English): Non-point Source Pollution (International Graduate Course)
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (2013 – 2019, in English): Fluvial Systems: From Headwaters to the Coasts; Aquatic Field Skills;Aquatic and Urban Ecology; Global Environmental Issues
Texas State Universityat San Marcos (2006 – 2013): Aquatic Biology; General Entomology; Stream Ecology; Freshwater Conservation
University of Hong Kong, Research Assistant Professor (2004 – 2006): Freshwater Ecology
Umeå University, Sweden, Teaching Assistant, (1994 – 1998): Zoology, Aquatic Ecology
Postdoc supervising:
Soochow University (2022.1 – 2023.12)
Supervisor of a Postdoc Researcher:
Dr.Zhou,Bo (PhD 2019, Tongji University, China);
(Postdoc 2019-2021, University of Georgia, US)
Postdoc Research Topic at Soochow University: Antibiotic resistance in waters: Environmental health risk assessment and control strategies
Graduate students supervised:
Eight Ph.D. students and 8 Masters Students supervised.
REPRESENTIVE PUBLICATIONS (Underlined authors are my students,*Corresponding author)
1. Liu, Y. B., Zhang, B. Y., Zhang, Y.X., Shen, Y. P., Cheng, C., Yuan, W. L., Guo, P.* 2022. Organic Matter Decomposition in River Ecosystems: the Role of Microbial Interactions Regulated by Environmental Factors. Microbial Ecology, 2022-05-02, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02013-9
2. Costello, D. M.*, Tiegs, S. D, et al. Zhang, Y.X. 2022. Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36: e2021GB007163. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007163.
3. Choo, S.W.*, et al. Zhang, Y.X. 2022. A collective statement in support of saving pangolins. Science of the Total Environment, 824, 153666.
4. Xiang, H.Y., Zhang, Y.X.*, Atkinson, D., Sekar, R.2022. Anthropogenic carrion subsidy and herbicide glyphosate depressed leaf-litter decomposition in streams. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 806340. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.806340/full
5. Lin, Q. Y., Zhang, Y.X.*, Marrs, R., Sekar, R., Luo, X., Wu, N.C. 2022. The effect of habitat restoration on macroinvertebrate communities in Shaoxi rivers, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29: 677–689.
6. Zhang, X.D.,Zhang, Y.X. *, Zhai, J., Wu, Y.F., Mao, A.Y. 2021. Waterscapes for promoting mental health in the general population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18: 11792. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211792.
7. Zhang, X.D.,Zhang, Y.X. *, Zhai, J. 2021. Home Garden With Eco-healing Functions Benefiting Mental Health and Biodiversity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Public Health, 9: 740187. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.740187.
8. Zhai, J., Ren, J., Maio, X., Tang. X.N., Zhang, Y.X.* 2021. Multiscale watershed landscape infrastructure: Integrated system design for sponge city development. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 60(5): 127060 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127060
9. Zhang, Y.X.*, Zhao, W.H., Chen, X., Jun, C.H., Hao, J.L., Tang, X.N., Zhai, J. 2021. Assessment on the effectiveness of urban stormwater management,Water, 13(1): 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13010004
10. Juvigny-Khenafou, N.P.D., Piggott, J.J., Atkinson, D., Zhang, Y.X.*, Wu, N.C., Matthaei, C.D. 2021. Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on stream macroinvertebrate community composition and functional diversity. Ecology and Evolution, 11: 133-152.
11. Juvigny-Khenafou, N.P.D., Piggott, J.J., Atkinson, D., Zhang, Y.X.*, Wu, N.C., Matthaei, C.D. 2021. Fine sediment and flow velocity impact bacterial community and functional profile more than nutrient enrichment. Ecological Applications, 31(1): e02212,
12. Lin, Q.Y., Zhang, Y.X.*, Marrs, R., Sekar, R., Luo, X., Wu, N.C. 2020. Evaluating ecosystem functioning following river restoration: the role of hydromorphology, bacteria, and macroinvertebrates. Science of the Total Environment, 743: 1405.
13. Yuan, T. M., Zhang, H.H., Feng, Q.L., Zhang, Y.X., McCarthy, A.J., Sekar, R. 2020. Impact of temperature, nutrients and heavy metals on bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning studied by freshwater microcosms and high throughput DNA sequencing. Current Microbiology, 77: 3512–3525, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-02138-5.
14. Yuan, T.M., Zhang, H.H., Feng, Q.L., Wu, X.Y., Zhang, Y.X., McCarthy, A.J., Sekar, R. 2020. Changes in fungal community structure in freshwater canals across a gradient of urbanization. Water, 12(7): 1917, https://doi.org/10.3390/w12071917.
15. Xiang, H.Y., Zhang, Y.X.*, Atkinson, D., Sekar, R. 2020. Effects of anthropogenic subsidy and glyphosate on macroinvertebrates in streams. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27: 21939-21952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08505-w
16. Huang, Q., Lin, Y.Y., Zhong, Q.Y., Ma, F., Zhang, Y.X.* 2020. Impacts of microplastic particles on predator-prey population dynamics: The implication of Lotka-Volterra model. Scientific Reports, 10: 4500; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61414-3
17. Juvigny-Khenafou, N.P.D., Zhang, Y.X.*, Piggott, J. J., Atkinson, D., Matthaei, C. D., Van Bael, S. A., Wu, N. C. 2020. Anthropogenic stressors affect fungal more than bacterial communities in decaying leaf litter: a stream mesocosm experiment. Science of the Total Environment, 716(10): 135053 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135053
18. Xiang, H. Y., Zhang, Y. X.*, Atkinson, D., Sekar, R. 2019. Combined effects of climate warming and ecological factors on leaf litter decomposition in urban streams, PeerJB 7:e7580
19. Lin, Q. Y., Sekar, R., Marrs, R., Zhang, Y. X.* 2019. Effect of river ecological restoration on biofilm microbial community composition. Water, 11(6), 1244.
20. Wu, Z. J. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2019. Water bodies’ cooling effects of on urban land daytime surface temperature: Ecosystem service reducing heat island effect. Sustainability, 11(3), 787.
21. Tiegs, S., et al., Zhang, Y. X. 2019. Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones, Science Advances 5, no1, eaav0486.
22. Zhang, Y. X.*, Juvigny-Khenafou, N., Xiang, H. Y., Lin, Q. Y. & Wu, Zhijie. 2019. Multiple stressors in China’s freshwater ecoregions, In Multiple stress in river ecosystems. Status, impacts and prospects for the future. Editors: Sabater, S., Elosegi, A., Ludwig, R. Academic Press (Elsevier), pages: 193-204.
23. Wu, W. T. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2018. Effects of particulate matter (PM2.5) and associated acidity on ecosystem functioning: response of leaf litter breakdown, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25: 30720-30727.
24. Wu, Z. J. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2018. Spatial variations of urban thermal environment and its relations to green space patterns: Implication to sustainable landscape planning. Sustainability, 10, 2249; doi:10.3390/su10072249.
25.Hartono, D., Lioe, B., Zhang, Y. X.*, Li, B. L., & Yu, J. Z. 2017. Impacts of particulate matter (PM2.5) on the behavior of freshwater snail Parafossarulus striatulus. Scientific Reports 7. Article number: 644
26.Zhang, Y. X.* & Xiang, H. Y. 2017. Impacts of cross-habitat resource subsidies on ecosystems: A review. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 28: 699-711 (In Chinese, National Core Journal).
27.Iskali, G. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2015. Guano subsidy and the invertebrate community in Bracken Cave: the world’s largest colony of bats. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 77: 28–36.
28.Nobles, T. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2015. Survival, growth and condition of freshwater mussels: Effects of municipal wastewater effluent. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128488.
29.LeBoeuf, C. M., Pray, C. L., Zhang, Y. X. & Nowlin, W. H. 2015. Nutrient enrichment scarcely affects ecosystem impacts of a non-native herbivore in a spring-fed river. Freshwater Biology 60: 551-562.
30.Becker, J. C., Rodibaugh, K. J., Labay, B. J., Bonner, T. H., Zhang, Y. X. and Nowlin, W. H. 2014. Physiographic gradients determine nutrient concentrations more than land use in a Gulf Slope (USA) river system. Freshwater Sciences 33: 731–744.
31.Henn, M.,Nichols, H., Zhang, Y. X. &Bonner, T. H. 2014.Effect of artificial light on the drift of aquatic insects in urban central Texas streams. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 29: 307-318.
32.Taylor, A. A., Aron, G. M., Beall, G. W., Dharmasiri, N., Zhang, Y. X. & McLean, R. J. C. 2014. Carbon and clay nanoparticles induce minimal stress responses in gram negative bacteria and eukaryotic fish cells. Environmental Toxicology29: 961–968.
33.Lindsay, M. K., Zhang, Y. X.*, Forstner, M. R. J. & Hahn, D. 2013. Effects of the freshwater turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, on ecosystem functioning: an approach in experimental ponds. Amphibia-Reptilia, 34: 75-84.
34.Scott, S. E., Pray, C. L., Nowlin, W. H. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2012. Effects of native and introduced species on stream ecosystem function. Aquatic Sciences 74: 793–808.
35.Scott, S. E. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2012. Contrasting effects of sand burial and exposure on invertebrate colonization of leaves. American Midland Naturalist167: 68–78.
36.Sullivan, M. L., Zhang, Y. X.*, & Bonner, T. H. 2012. Terrestrial subsidies in the diets of stream fishes of USA: Comparisons among taxa and morphology. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 409–414.
37.Zhang,Y. X., He, C. Z., Dudgeon, D. Zhang, Z. Y. & Wang, G. M. 2011. Mountain ridge and sea: Geographic barrier effects on genetic diversity and differentiation of the Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis)revealed by AFLP. Annales Zoologici Fennici48: 119–127.
38.Zhang, Y. X. & Richardson, J. S. 2011. Contrasting effects of cross-ecosystem subsidies and predation on benthic invertebrates in two Pacific coastal streams. Aquatic Sciences 73: 53–62.
39.Nobles, T. & Zhang, Y. X.* 2011. Biodiversity Loss in Freshwater Mussels: Importance, Threats, and Solutions. Biodiversity Loss in a Changing Planet (ISBN 979-953-307-252-3). Eds. Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora. InTech - Open Access Publisher, pp. 137-162.
40.Zhang, Y. X., Dudgeon, D., Cheng, D. S., Thoe, W., Fok, L., Wang, Z. Y. & Lee, J. H. W. 2010. Impacts of land use and water quality on macroinvertebrate communities in the Pearl River drainage basin, China. Hydrobiologia 652: 71–88.
41.Richardson, J. S., Zhang, Y. X.& Marczak, L. B. 2010. Resource subsidies across the land-water interface and responses in recipient populations. River Research and Applications 26: 55–66.
42.Zhang, Y. X., Richardson, J. S. & Pinto, X. 2009. Catchment-scale effects of forestry practices on benthic invertebrate communities in Pacific coastal stream ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 1292–1303.
43.Zhang, Y. X. & Dudgeon, D. 2009. Impacts of deforestation and hydrological change on river ecosystems in Southeast Asia. - Critical States: Environmental Challenges to Development in Monsoon Southeast Asia (Eds. L. Lebel, A. Snidvongs, C.-T. A. Chen and R. Daniel) SIRD/Gerakbudaya, pp. 268–280.
44.Chan, E. K. W., Zhang, Y. X. & Dudgeon, D. 2009. Substrate availability may be more important than aquatic insect abundance in the distribution of riparian orb-web spiders in the tropics. Biotropica 41: 196–201.
45.Chan, E. K. W., Zhang, Y. X. & Dudgeon, D. 2008. Arthropod ‘rain’ into tropical streams: the importance of intact riparian forest and influences on fish diets. Marine and Freshwater Research 59: 653–660.
46.Chan, E. K. W., Yu, Y. T., Zhang, Y. X.& Dudgeon, D.2008. Distribution patterns of birds and insect prey in a tropical riparian forest. Biotropica 40: 623–629.
47.Chan, E. K. W., Zhang, Y. X.& Dudgeon, D. 2007. Contribution of adult aquatic insect subsidy to terrestrial prey resources in the riparian zones of tropical forest streams. Marine and Freshwater Research 58: 725–732.
48.Zhang, Y. X. & Richardson, J. S. 2007. Unidirectional prey-predator facilitation: apparent prey enhance predators’ foraging success on cryptic prey. Biology Letters 3: 348–351.
49.Zhang, Y. X. 2006. Balancing food availability and hydrodynamic constraint: phenotypic plasticity and growth in an aquatic insect. Oecologia 147: 39–46.
50.Zhang, Y. X., Richardson, J. S. & Negishi, J. N. 2004. Detritus processing, ecosystem engineering, and benthic diversity: a test of predator-omnivore interference. Journal of Animal Ecology73: 756–766.
51.Zhang, Y. X., Negishi, J., Richardson, J. S. & Kolodziejczyk, R. I. 2003. Impacts of marine-derived nutrients on stream ecosystem functioning. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 270: 2117–2123.
52.Malmqvist, B., Wotton, R. S. & Zhang, Y. X. 2001. Suspension feeders transform massive amounts of seston in large northern rivers. Oikos 92: 35–43.
53.Zhang, Y. X. 2000. Effects of fan morphology and habitat on feeding performance of blackfly larvae. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 149: 365–386.
54.Malmqvist, B., Zhang, Y. X.& Adler, P. H. 1999. Diversity, distribution, and larval habitats of North Swedish blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Freshwater Biology 42: 301–314.
55.Adler, P., Malmqvist, B. & Zhang, Y. X. 1998. Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Northern Sweden, with notes on their cytotaxonomy and bionomics. Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 361–382.
56.Zhang, Y. X., Malmqvist, B. & Englund, G. 1998. Ecological processes affecting community structure of blackfly larvae in regulated and unregulated rivers: a regional study. Journal of Applied Ecology 35: 673–686.
57.Englund, G., Maimqvist, B. & Zhang, Y. X. 1997. Using predictive models to estimate effects of flow regulation on net-spinning caddis larvae in North Swedish rivers. Freshwater Biology 37: 687–697.
58.Zhang, Y. X. & Malmqvist, B. 1997. Phenotypic plasticity in a suspension-feeding insect, Simulium lundstromi (Diptera: Simuliidae), in response to current velocity. Oikos 78: 503–510.
59.Zhang, Y. X. & Malmqvist, B. 1996. Relationships between labral fan morphology, body size and habitat in North Swedish blackfly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 261–280.
REVIEWERS FOR 47 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Director of Expert Committee, Professional Board for Ecological Human Habitat and Health Preservation, Architecture and Culture Society of China
Member of Landscape Architecture Committee, China Society for Urban Studies
Member of Watershed Ecology Committee, Ecological Society of China
Member of Sustainable Ecology Committee, Ecological Society of China
Members of Ecological Society of America, Member of Society for Freshwater Science
EDITORIAL AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Member of Editorial Board: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Vice Director of Committee for Ecological Human Habitat and Health Preservation (Architecture and Culture Society of China)
GRANT PROPOSAL REFEREE
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, Forest Science Program, British Columbia, Canada, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China, New Researchers Start-up Program of Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies (FQRNT), Québec, Canada
ORGANIZING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
· Co-organized Russell Group China Workshop: Sustainable Cities (June 3-5, 2015, Suzhou), jointly organized by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and the University of Liverpool (UoL).
· Co-organized the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures & the 2nd Low Carbon Construction Industrialization Forum (Oct 30-31, 2015, XJTLU, Suzhou).
· Organized and hosted the Symposium of Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration and Ecosystem Services in The 12th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL 2017), Beijing, China (August 21-25, 2017, Beijing).
· Organized and hosted the 1st International Conference on Water Ecological Civilization and Green Livable Characteristic Town Development (Oct 27-19, 2017, Wujiang, Suzhou).
· Organized and hosted the 2nd International Conference on Water Ecological Civilization and Green & Integrated Urban-rural Development (Oct 26-28, 2018, XJTLU, Suzhou)
· Organized the Workshop of Ecological Human Habitat and Health Preservation in Yangtze River Delta Region (Dec 14, 2019, Soochow University, Suzhou)
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH OUTREACH
· Attend the UN Global Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment organized (UN-SPBF) by UN Environment and partners at Nairobi, 2-3 December 2017, through the invitation the High-Level Plenary and Concurrent Roundtables of the Science-Policy-Business Forum, which is a framework designed to strengthen this interface and accelerate positive change towards a circular economy and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
· Attend the Special Session of the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment: Laying the Foundations for a Global Open Platform for Planetary Data Powered by Frontier Technologies, Paris, 18-19 October 2018. This session of UN-SPBF was in cooperation with the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and the French Alliance for Environmental Research (AllEnvi).
· Attend the United Nations Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment (UN-SPBF) forthe Second High-Level Working Group on Big Data and Frontier Technologies, organized byUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Canberra, Australia, 6-8 November 2019.