Biao Zhu (朱彪)  CV [PDF]

Ph.D. Candidate in Weixin Cheng's Soil Ecology Lab

Department of Environmental Studies

University of California at Santa Cruz

1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Email: bzhu@ucsc.edu

• 2005-2010, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Studies (Expected in June 2010), Department of Environmental Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz

• Dissertation committee: Weixin Cheng (Chair), Andy Fisher, Daniel Press, Carol Shennan

• Dissertation: Temperature control of rhizosphere effects on soil organic matter decomposition

• 2002-2005, M.S. in Ecology, Department of Ecology, Peking University, China

• Advisor: Dr. Jingyun Fang

• Thesis: Carbon stocks of main forest ecosystems in Northeast China

• 1998-2002, B.S. in Environmental Science, Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China

• Advisor: Dr. Jingyun Fang

• Thesis: Vegetation and biodiversity patterns in subtropical wet mountains - cases of Nanling, Taoyuandong Nature Reserve, and Xitianmushan

• 2006-2010, Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Environmental Studies, UCSC           

• 2002-2005, Graduate Research Assistant, Jingyun Fang Lab, Peking University

• 2001-2002, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Jingyun Fang Lab, Peking University

• 2010, Doctoral Student Sabbatical Fellowship (Spring 2010, $5,460 plus tuition and fees), UCSC  

• 2008, Departmental Travel Grant ($350), Dept of Environmental Studies, UCSC

• 2006-2009, Departmental Research Award ($3,260 totally), Dept of Environmental Studies, UCSC

• 2005-2006, Regents Fellowship ($8,290 plus tuition and fees, Fall 2005 and Winter 2006), UCSC

• 2005, Outstanding Graduate Award, Peking University

• 2003-2004, Guanghua Scholarship and Outstanding Student Award, Peking University

• 2000-2001, Xiyue Scholarship and Outstanding Student Award, Peking University

• 1999-2000, Outstanding Student Award, Peking University

Teaching Assistant - Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC

• ENVS 23: The Physical and Chemical Environment (Spring 2007/2008)

• ENVS 24: General Ecology (Fall 2006/2007/2009)

• ENVS 25: Introduction to Environmental Policy and Economics (Winter 2009)

• ENVS 80B: Ecological Forecast for Global Warming (Fall 2008)

Guest Lecturer - Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC

• ENVS 168: Biogeochemistry and the Global Environment (03/02/2007)

• Title: The Global Environmental Change II: Carbon Sequestration

Dissertation: Temperature control of rhizosphere effects on soil organic matter decomposition

The temperature sensitivity of soil CO₂ efflux underlies a potentially important feedback mechanism in the global carbon cycle, yet remains a subject of debate. Total soil CO₂ efflux originates from two main sources, rhizosphere respiration of root-derived carbon by roots and associated rhizosphere microbes and microbial respiration of soil organic carbon (SOC). The two sources also interact through a process known as the rhizosphere priming effect in which root-derived carbon stimulates microbial respiration of soil organic carbon. My major research questions are: (1) which component of soil CO₂ efflux is the most sensitive to warming, rhizosphere respiration, SOC decomposition, or rhizosphere-primed SOC decomposition? (2) How does temperature control rhizosphere effects on SOC decomposition and what are the mechanisms?

• Zhu B, Wang XP, Fang JY, Piao SL, Shen HH, Zhao SQ, Peng CH. 2010. Altitudinal changes in carbon storage of temperate forests in Mt. Changbai, Northeast China. Journal of Plant Research (accepted)

• Piao SL, Friedlingstein P, Ciais P, Peylin P, Zhu B, Reichstein M. 2009. The footprint of temperature changes in the temperate and boreal forest carbon balance. Geophysical Research Letters 36, L07404, doi:10.1029/2009GL037381.

• Peng CH, Zhou XL, Zhao SQ, Wang XP, Zhu B, Piao SL, Fang JY. 2009. Quantifying the response of forest carbon balance to future climate change in Northeastern China: Model validation and prediction. Global and Planetary Change 66:179-194.

• Zhang XP, Wang XP, Zhu B, Zong ZJ, Peng CH, Fang JY. 2008. Litter fall production in relation to environmental factors in Northeast China's forests. Journal of Plant Ecology (Chinese Version) 32:1031-1040.

• Wang XP, Fang JY, Zhu B. 2008. Forest biomass and root-shoot allocation in northeast China. Forest Ecology and Management 255:4007-4020.

• Yang YH, Fang JY, Tang YH, Ji CJ, Zheng CY, He JS, Zhu B. 2008. Storage, patterns, and controls of soil organic carbon in the Tibetan grasslands. Global Change Biology 14:1592-1599.

• Fang JY, Liu GH, Zhu B, Wang XK, Liu SH. 2007. Carbon budgets of three temperate forest ecosystems in Dongling Mt., Beijing, China. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 50:92-101.

• Wang XP, Fang JY, Tang ZY, Zhu B. 2006. Climatic control of primary forest structure and DBH-height allometry in Northeast China. Forest Ecology and Management 234:264-274.

• Piao SL, Fang JY, Zhou LM, Ciais P, Zhu B. 2006. Variations in satellite-derived phenology in China's temperate vegetation. Global Change Biology 12:672-685.

• Piao SL, Fang JY, Zhu B, Tan K. 2005. Forest biomass carbon stocks in China over the past 2 decades: estimation based on integrated inventory and satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 110, G01006, doi:10.1029/2005JG000014.

• Piao SL, Fang JY, Zhou LM, Zhu B, Tan K, Tao S. 2005. Changes in vegetation net primary productivity from 1982 to 1999 in China. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19, GB2027, doi:10.1029/2004GB002274.

• Piao SL, Fang JY, Liu HY, Zhu B. 2005. NDVI-indicated decline in desertification in China in the past two decades. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L06402, doi:10.1029/2004GL021764.

• Yang YH, Rao S, Hu HF, Chen AP, Ji CJ, Zhu B, Zuo WY, Li XR, Shen HH, Wang ZH, Tang YH, Fang JY. 2004. Plant species richness of alpine grasslands in relation to environmental factors and biomass on the Tibetan Plateau. Biodiversity Science 12:200-205.

• Wu XP, Zhu B, Zhao SQ, Piao SL, Fang JY. 2004. Comparison of community structure and species diversity of mixed forests of deciduous broad-leaved tree and Korean pine in Northeast China. Biodiversity Science 12:174-181.

• Zhao SQ, Fang JY, Zong ZJ, Zhu B, Shen HH. 2004. Composition, structure and species diversity of plant communities along an altitudinal gradient on the northern slope of Mt. Changbai, Northeast China. Biodiversity Science 12:164-173.

• Zhu B, Chen AP, Liu ZL, Fang JY. 2004. Plant community composition and tree species diversity on eastern and western Nanling Mountains, China. Biodiversity Science 12:53-62.

• Zhu B, Chen AP, Liu ZL, Li GZ, Fang JY. 2004. Changes in floristic composition, community structure, and tree species diversity of plant communities along altitudinal gradients on Mt. Mao'er, Guangxi, China. Biodiversity Science 12:44-52.

• Fang JY, Li YD, Zhu B, Liu GH, Zhou GY. 2004. Community structures and species richness in the montane rain forest of Jianfengling, Hainan Island, China. Biodiversity Science 12:29-43.

• Zhu B, Cheng WX. Rhizosphere priming effect of Helianthus annuus on soil organic carbon decomposition under short- and long-term soil warming. ESA 2009 Annual Meeting, Poster. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 08/04/2009.

• Zhu B, Gutknecht J, Keck DC, Cheng WX. Rhizosphere priming effects alter the temperature sensitivity of SOC decomposition. GSA-SSSA-ASA-CSSA-GCAGS-HGS 2008 Joint Meeting, Poster. Houston, Texas, 10/06/2008.

• Zhu B, Keck DC, Dijkstra FA, Cheng WX. Temperature control of rhizosphere effects of Helianthus annuus on soil C decomposition. ESA/SER 2007 Joint Meeting, Poster. San Jose, California, 08/06/2007.

• Zhu B, Wang XP, Fang JY, Peng CH, Zhao SQ, Piao SL, Cheng WX. Carbon stocks of forest ecosystems on Mt. Changbai, Northeast China. AGU 2006 Fall Meeting, Poster. San Francisco, California, 12/12/2006.

• 2008-  Soil Science Society of America

• 2007-  Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas

• 2006-  Ecological Society of America

• 2006-  American Geophysical Union

Last updated: 11/20/2009

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