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Principal Research Interests:

        My research focuses on the interactions among atmosphere, biosphere, and human dimension in the context of climate change, chemical element cycles, and policy-making. To study these interactions, I use a systems approach that integrates the basic principles of biology, physics, and chemistry. My primary research is to integrate the knowledge derived from field and laboratory experiments with theoretical and computational techniques to advance ecosystem sciences.

        One of my major research activities is on carbon exchanges between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere.  I began studies in this area during my dissertation in University of Alaska.  While the growing body of evidence indicates there are profound changes of climate in northern high latitudes, I was struck by the dramatic changes of permafrost and soil thermal regime and their influences on carbon dynamics in the region. Consequently, I spent several years investigating how changes of soil thermal regime, including permafrost melting, affect the carbon assimilation and decomposition in the region.  I was also intrigued by the increase of wildfires in northern ecosystems and their consequences with respect to carbon and nitrogen cycling.  To explore the fire questions, I used modeling as a tool to examine the interactions between fire disturbances and their effects on soil thermal dynamics, hydrological dynamics, and carbon and nitrogen cycles in boreal forests.

        My second major research activity is on modeling trace gas emissions from ecosystems and their effects on climate and society. I’ve modeled methane exchanges between ecosystems and the atmosphere by considering the effects of permafrost dynamics, hydrological and vegetation dynamics on methane cycling. The model of methane dynamics I developed has been tested and validated by using observations from a variety of ecosystems at different geographical regions.  As a case study, the model has been applied to Alaska to examine the responses of methane emissions to the climate change.  The model has also been applied for the past and 21st century to study methane cycling in Northern Hemisphere.  Now I am collaborating with a number of colleagues in the US and Canada to model the methane dynamics in temperate and tropical regions. In addition, I have been also actively modeling nitrogen gas (e.g. N2O) emissions from terrestrial ecosystems.

        Recently, my research interests were expanded to analyzing consequences of ozone damage and other pollutants for ecosystem services and the economy.  For example, I’ve been involved in several studies using a biogeochemistry model, Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) and MIT’s Integrated Global System Model to investigate the ozone effects on net primary productivity and carbon sequestration for the continental US and the globe. The research concluded that the effects of ozone should be factored into future calculations of the US carbon budget.  At the global scale, tropospheric ozone effects on ecosystem dynamics and the interaction with climate policy produce a large feedback to estimating climate policy costs. This feedback had not been quantified before.

Professional Memberships:

Ø  Ecological Society of America

Ø  American Geophysical Union

Ø  American Association for the Advancement of Science

Journal Publications (underlines indicate students or post-docs):

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melack, S. Zimov, K. M. Walter, C. L. Butenhoff, and M. A. K. Khalil, (2009), Global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes,  Eos, 90(5), 37-38. (PDF)

 

Ø  Tang, J., and Q. Zhuang (2008), Equifinality in parameterization of process-based biogeochemistry models: A significant uncertainty source to the estimation of regional carbon dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G04010, doi:10.1029/2008JG000757. (PDF)

 

Ø  Xiao, J., Zhuang, Q., D.D. Baldocchi, B.E. Law, A.D. Richardson, J. Chen, R. Oren, G. Starr, A. Noormets, S.Ma, S.B. Verma, S. Wharton, S.C. Wofsy, P.V. Bolstad, S.P. Burns, D.R. Cook, P.S. Curtis, B.G. Drake, M. Falk, M.L. Fischer, D.R. Foster, L. Gu, J.L. Hadley, D.Y. Hollinger, G.G. Katul, M. Litvak, T.A. Martin, R. Matamala, S. McNulty, T.P. Meyers, R.K. Monson, J.W. Munger, W.C. Oechel, K.T. Paw U, H.P. Schmid, R.L. Scott, G. Sun, A.E. Suyker, M.S. Torn, 2008. Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148 (11), 1827-1847. (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q. , T. Zhang, J. Xiao, and T. Luo, Quantification of Net Primary Production of Chinese Forest Ecosystems with Spatial Statistical Approaches, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, DOI 10.1007/s11027-008-9152-7, 2008.(PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., and W. S. Reeburgh, Introduction to special section on Synthesis of Recent Terrestrial Methane Emission Studies, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G00A02, doi:10.1029/2008JG000749, 2008. (PDF)

 

Ø  Xiao, J., and Q. Zhuang, Drought effects on large fire activity in Canadian and Alaskan forests, Environ. Res. Lett. 2 044003 (6pp)   doi:10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/044003, 2007. (PDF)

 

Ø  Balshi M.S., A.D.McGuire, Q. Zhuang, J.M.Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, E.Kasischke, C. Wirth, M. Flannigan, J.Harden, J.S.Clein, T.J. Burnside, J.McAllister, W.A.Kurz, M.Apps, and A. Shvidenko, The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. J. Geophys. Res, 112, G02029, 2007. (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q.,  J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu,  Net emissions of CH4 and CO2 in Alaska: implications for the region's greenhouse gas budget ,  Ecological Applications: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 203–212,  2007. (PDF)

 

Ø  Sitch, S.,   A.D. McGuire,  J. Kimball,  N. Gedney,  J. Gamon,  R. Rengstrom, A. Wolf,   Q. Zhuang,  J. Clein,   and  K. C. McDonald,  Assessing the carbon balance of circumpolar arctic tundra using remote sensing and process modeling, Ecological Applications, 17 (1), 2007, 213-234, 2007. (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, M. C. Sarofim, D W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer, A. Sokolov, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, and S. Hu, CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in northern high latitudes over the 21st century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17403, doi:10.1029/2006GL026972, 2006. (PDF).

 

Ø  Euskirchen, E.S.­­, A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald,  J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, N.V. Smith,  Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 12, 731-750, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01113.x, 2006. (PDF)

 

Ø  Felzer B., J. Reilly, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim, Q. Zhuang, Past and future effects of ozone on net primary production and carbon sequestration using a global biogeochemical model, Climatic Change 73:345-373, doi:10.1007/S10584-005-6776-4, 2005. (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, D. A. McGuire, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB3010, doi:10.1029/2004GB002239, 2004. (PDF)

 

Ø  Felzer B., D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang, and R. Prinn, Ozone effects on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a Biogeochemistry Model. Tellus 56B, 230-248, 2004 (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, J. S. Clein, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, R. B. Myneni, J. Dong, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Harden, and J. E. Hobbie, Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th Century: A modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics, Tellus, 55B, 751-776, 2003. (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, K. P. O'Neill, J. W. Harden, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Yarie. Modeling the soil thermal and carbon dynamics of a fire chronosequence in Interior Alaska, J. Geophy. Res., 107, 8147, doi:10.1029/2001JD001244, 2002. [Printed 108(D1), 2003]. (PDF)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky, A. D. McGuire, Incorporation of a permafrost model into a large-scale ecosystem model: Evaluation of temporal and spatial scaling issues in simulating soil thermal dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 106, D24, 33,649-33,670, 2001. (PDF)

 

Ø  Jiang, Y.,  Q. Zhuang, J. Little, and M. Flannigan, Characterization of Wildfire Regimes in Canadian Boreal Terrestrial Ecosystems, in press at International Journal of Wildland Fire.

 

Ø  Tang, J. and Q. Zhuang, A Global Sensitivity and Bayesian Inference Framework to Improve the Parameter Estimation and Prediction of Process-Based Terrestrial Ecosystem Models, in press at JGR-Atmosphere.

 

Ø  Xiao, J., Zhuang, Q., Liang, E., McGuire, A. D., Kicklighter, D. W., Moody, A., and Melillo, J. M., Droughts and their impacts on carbon cycling of terrestrial ecosystems in China during the 20th century; in revision at Earth Interactions.

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. He, Y. Hu, J. Xiao, and T. Luo, Carbon Dynamics of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Tibetan Plateau during the 20th Century: An Analysis with a Process-Based Biogeochemistry Model, in revision at Global Ecology and Biogeography

 

Ø  Xiao, J., Zhuang, Q., D. D. Baldocchi, B. E. Law, A. D. Richardson, J. Chen, R. Oren, G. Starr, A. Noormets, S. Ma, S. B. Verma, S. Wharton, S. C. Wofsy, P V. Bolstad, S. P. Burns, D. R. Cook, P. S. Curtis, B. G. Drake, M. Falk, M. L. Fischer, D. R. Foster, L. Gu, J. L. Hadley, D. Y. Hollinger, G. G. Katul, M. Litvak, T. A. Martin, R. Matamala, S. McNulty, T. P. Meyers, R. K. Monson, J. W. Munger, W. C. Oechel, K. T. Paw U, H. P. Schmid, R. L. Scott, G. Sun, A. E. Suyker, M. S. Torn, 2008. A Continuous Measure of Gross Primary Productivity for the Conterminous U.S. Derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux Data, in revision at Remote Sensing of Environment.  

 

Ø  Xiong, X., C. Barnet, Q. Zhuang, X. Liu, Satellite Observed Increase of Tropospheric Summer Methane Concentration:  Is it due to Wetland Emission over the High Northern Hemisphere? In review at Geophy. Res. Lett.

 

Ø  He, J., Q. Zhuang, and T. Luo, Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics along a Permafrost-dominated North-south Transect in the Tibetan Plateau, in review at Ecological Research.

 

Ø  Ping X., G. Zhou, Q. Zhuang, Y. Wang, W. Zuo, G. Shi, X. Lin, Y. Wang, Large Measurement Errors of Belowground Biomass Due to Various Sampling Methods: A Case Study on Stipa krylovii Steppe In Inner Mongolia, In review at Plant and Soil.

 

Ø  Zheng, Y., G. Zhou, Q. Zhuang,  Z. Xie, S. Drake, Shrub-invaded Grassland Could Be Naturally Restored: A Long-term Experiment on Mongolia Plateau, In review at PNAS.

 

Ø  Xiao, J., Zhuang, Q., D. D. Baldocchi, B. E. Law, A. D. Richardson, J. Chen, R. Oren, G. Starr, A. Noormets, S. Ma, S. B. Verma, S. Wharton, S. C. Wofsy, P V. Bolstad, S. P. Burns, D. R. Cook, P. S. Curtis, B. G. Drake, M. Falk, M. L. Fischer, D. R. Foster, L. Gu, J. L. Hadley, D. Y. Hollinger, G. G. Katul, M. Litvak, T. A. Martin, R. Matamala, S. McNulty, T. P. Meyers, R. K. Monson, J. W. Munger, W. C. Oechel, K. T. Paw U, H. P. Schmid, R. L. Scott, G. Sun, A. E. Suyker, M. S. Torn, An Alternative Constraint to the U.S. Carbon Sink Based on MODIS and AmeriFlux Data, in review at Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

 

Ø  Tang, J., and Q. Zhuang, Modeling Soil Thermal and Hydrological Dynamics and Changes of Growing Season in Alaskan Terrestrial Ecosystems, in review at Climatic Change.

 

Ø  Xu, K., Q. Zhuang, and C. Kong, Modeling methane emissions from natural wetlands in China from 1995 to 2005, Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, in review.

 

Ø  Sui, X., Q. Zhuang, G. Zhou, Estimating spatiotemporal carbon dynamics of temperate grasslands of China from 1951 to 2007, Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, in review.

 

Ø  Kong, C., K. Xu, Y. Zhang, H. Deng, G. Liu, C. Wu, and  Q. Zhuang, Changes of urban wetlands in Wuhan, China from 1987 to 2005, Landscape Ecology, in review.

 

Book Chapters:

Ø  Melillo, J.M., S. Hassol, D. Archer, T. Callaghan, F.S. Chapin III, T. Christensen, A.D. McGuire, K. Walter, and Q. Zhuang. Methane from the Arctic: Global warming wildcard. Chapter in United Nations Environmental Programme Yearbook, 2008. (PDF).

 

Ø  McGuire, A.D., M. Apps, F.S. Chapin III, R. Dargaville, M.D. Flannigan, E.S. Kasischke, D. Kicklighter, J. Kimball, W. Kurz, D.J. McRae, K. McDonald, J. Melillo, R. Myneni, B.J. Stocks, D.L. Verbyla, and Q. Zhuang. Land cover disturbances and feedbacks to the climate system in Canada and Alaska. In: Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface (eds. Gutman G., Janetos A.C., Justice C.O, Moran E.F., Mustard J.F., Rindfuss R.R., Skole D., Turner II B.L., Cochrane, M.A.), pp. 139-161. Kluwer Adademic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2004.

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, and R. G. Prinn, Modeling of CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in the Arctic, Proceedings of the Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Regional Science Team Meeting devoted to the High Latitudes, 2-6 June, Helsinki, Finland, the iLEAPS Report Series No 1. (2009) (in press).

Thesis and Dissertation:

Ø  Zhuang Q., Modeling the influences of climate change, permafrost dynamics, and fire disturbance on carbon dynamics of high latitude ecosystems. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Ph.D. Dissertation. December 2001.

 

Ø  Zhuang Q., The study of the plant morphological information processing,. The Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. M.S. Thesis. 1991.

Reports:

Ø  Felzer, B., J. Reilly, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim & Q. Zhuang Past and Future Effects of Ozone on Net Primary Production and Carbon Sequestration Using a Global Biogeochemical Model. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 90. 2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (PDF ).

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, D. A. McGuire, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, A process-based modeling analysis of methane exchanges between Alaskan terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Report No. 104, 2003. ( PDF )

 

Ø  Felzer B. S., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang, and R. G. Prinn, Ozone Effects on Net Primary Production and Carbon Sequestration in the Conterminous United States Using a Biogeochemistry Model. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 90. 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 23 p. (PDF).

Conference Papers /Presentations:      

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. Tang, J. Melillo, M. Chen, Y. Jiang, X. Lu, D. Kicklighter, R. Prinn, and A. D. McGuire, Constraining Uncertainty of Carbon Dynamics in North America Using Eddy Flux Measurements and Satellite-Based Net Primary Production Data, 8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Jena, Germany, September 13-19, 2009.

Ø  McGuire D., Hayes D., Kicklighter D , Manizza M , Zhuang Q. , Chen M., Follows M. , Gurney K. , McClelland J. , Melillo J., Peterson B., Prinn R. An Analysis of the Carbon Balance of the Arctic Basin from 1997 to 2006, 8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Jena, Germany, September 13-19, 2009.

Ø  McGuire, A.D., J. Harden, S. Yi, D. Hayes, E.Euskirchen, D. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang,  K. Manies, and M. Turetsky, Meeting Challenges in Modeling Carbon-Climate Feedbacks of Northern High Latitude Terrestrial Ecosystems, The 2nd International Symposium, Peatlands in the Global Carbon Cycle, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-30 September, 2009 (Invited)

Ø  Zhuang, Q., F. Taheripour, W. Tyner and T. Hertel, Estimating Changes of Global Vegetation and Soil Carbon Storage due to Biofuel Production, GTAP Twelfth Annual Conference, "Trade Integration and Sustainable Development: Looking for an Inclusive World”, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean  Santiago, Chile, June 10-12, 2009.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. Tang, M. Chen, and Y. Jiang, Constrain the Uncertainty of Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Sink in North America with Eddy Flux Measurements, international scientific congress on climate change, "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions", 10-12 March 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. Tang, Y. Lu, K. Xu, X. Xiong, J. Melillo, R. Prinn, and A. D. McGuire, Evaluating Contributions of Wetland and Lake Emissions of Methane to Atmospheric Methane Concentrations with a Processed-Based Biogeochemistry Model and an Atmospheric Chemistry Transport Model and Satellite Retrieval Data in Northern High Latitudes, AGU Assembly, 24–27 May 2009, Toronto, Canada.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Wallace E. Tyner, Thomas W. Hertel, Kai Xu, Yanyu Lu, and Xiaoliang Lu, Global net primary production and bioenergy potentials and the environmental consequences: An analysis with a process-based terrestrial ecosystem model, GTL Contractor-Grantee Workshop VII USDA-DOE Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy Awardee, North Bethesda, MD, February 8-11, 2009.

Ø   Xiao, J.,  Q. Zhuang, Continuous Measures of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange and Gross Primary Productivity for the conterminous United States Derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux Data, 2nd NACP All-investigators meeting, February 17-20, 2009 San Diego, CA

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. Melillo, J. Reilly, A. McGuire, R. Prinn, A. Shvidenko, N. Tchebakova, A. Sirin, S. Maksyutov, A. Peregon, D. Kicklighter, E. Parfenova, and G. Zhou, Changes of Land Cover and Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Northern Eurasia, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0, 2009, EGU General Assembly 2009.

Ø  Gao .X, A. C. Schlosser, K. Walter, D. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, C. E. Forest, J. Melillo, and R. Prinn, Quantifying climate feedbacks from abrupt changes in high-latitude trace-gas emissions, Abrupt Climate Change Session, April 9, 2009, CCPP Meeting, April 7-10, 2009, Bethesda, Maryland

Ø  Tang, J., and Q. Zhuang, Evaluating hotspot tropospheric methane concentrations in Himalaya region with GEOS-Chem and AIRS satellite retrievals, The 4th GEOS–Chem Scientific and Users' Meeting, April 7-10, 2009, Harvard University

 

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling CO2 and CH4 emissions in the Arctic, Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Science Team meeting, June 2-6, 2008, Helsinki, Finland. (Invited)

Ø  Xiao, J., Zhuang, Q., & AmeriFlux collaborators, 2008. Estimation of ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data. AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, Oct 15-17, 2008  (Invited).

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Quantifying Carbon Budget in the Conterminous United States Using In Situ Measurement and Satellite Data, the first Sino-Eco Symposium in University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee  on August 3, 2008 (Invited).

Ø  Chen M., Zhuang Q., Quantifying Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Budget in the Conterminous US Using a Terrestrial Ecosystem Model and MODIS and AmeriFlux Data , Purdue Green Week, Student Poster Symposium, Purdue University, IN, Sept. 18, 2008.

Ø  Jiang, Y., Q. Zhuang, Modeling Fire Occurrence and Burned Area Probability Distribution in Canadian and Alaskan Boreal Forests, Purdue Green Week, Student Poster Symposium, Purdue University, IN, Sept. 18, 2008

Ø  Lu, X., Q. Zhuang, Evaluating Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics in the Midwest Unite States with a Process-Based Ecosystem Model and Data of Agricultural Statistics, forestry Inventory, and Satellite-Based Net Primary Production, Purdue Green Week, Student Poster Symposium, Purdue University, IN, Sept. 18, 2008

Ø  Tang, J., Q. Zhuang, Quantifying the Uncertainty in Estimating the Regional Carbon Dynamics due to the Parameterization Equifinality in Process-based Biogeochemistry Models, Purdue Green Week, Student Poster Symposium, Purdue University, IN, Sept. 18, 2008

Ø  He, J., Q. Zhuang, and T. Luo, Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics along a Permafrost-dominated North-south Transect in the Tibetan Plateau, 9th international conference on permafrost, Permafrost on a warming planet: Impacts on ecosystems, infrastructure and climate, University of Alaska Fairbanks, June 29-July 3, 2008.

Ø  Zhuang, Q.;  Xu, K.; Tang, J., Responses of global soil methane consumption to changes of climate, land-use and land-cover, and atmospheric chemistry deposition during the 20th century, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13 – 18 April 2008

Ø  Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, Estimation of Continental-Scale Gross Primary Productivity by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data, AAG Meeting, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008

Ø  Tang, J., Q. Zhuang, Changes of Growing Season Length and Soil Thermal Regimes in Alaskan Boreal Forests, 93rd ESA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 3-8, 2008

Ø  Zhuang, Q., K, Xu, and J. Tang, Evaluating effects of changes of climate, land-use and land-cover, and atmospheric nitrogen deposition and methane concentrations on global soil methane consumption, 93rd ESA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 3-8, 2008

Ø  Zhuang, Q., and K. Xu, Global NPP supply and bioenergy potentials: An analysis with a process-based terrestrial ecosystem model, the Eleventh Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis. Helsinki, Finland, June 12-14, 2008

Ø  Wallace E. Tyner , Thomas W. Hertel,  Q. Zhuang, Farzad Taheripour, and Dileep K. Birur, Global Economic Impacts of a Substantial Increase in Biofuels,  Genomics: GTL Annual Contractor-Grantee Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, February 10th-13th, 2008.

 

 

Ø  Tang, J., Q. Zhuang, Quantifying the Uncertainty of Carbon Dynamics in Boreal Forests with High-performance Computing, Computing Research Institute poster session, Purdue University, IN. October 25, 2007.

Ø  Tang, J., Q. Zhuang, A Global Sensitivity Analysis and Bayesian Inference Framework to Improve the Parameter Estimation and Prediction of Process-Based Terrestrial Ecosystem Models, Purdue Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium, Purdue University, IN. November 9, 2007.

Ø  Lu, X., Q. Zhuang, Y. Hu, and J. Tang,  Modeling Responses of Net Primary Productivity to Climatic Changes in Indiana During the 20th Century, Purdue Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium, Purdue University, IN. November 9, 2007.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling impact of permafrost dynamics on carbon dioxide and methane cycling in northern high latitudes, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10–14 December 2007. (Invited)

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Current issues on methane modeling, Workshop of “Towards a process-based description of trace gas emissions in land surface models”, 16 -19 October 2007, Marina Plaza, Helsingborg, Sweden (Invited Keynote Speaker)

Ø  Xiao, J. and Q. Zhuang, Prediction of Continental-Scale Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10–14 December 2007.

Ø  McGuire, A.D., F.S. Chapin III, J. Walsh, C.Wirth, Q. Zhuang, and E. Euskirchen.  Arctic feedbacks to the carbon-climate system. AAAS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Invited, 2007.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling Dynamics of Water, Carbon, and Peatlands in Northern High Latitudes, Conference of Carbon in Peatlands: State-of-the-Art and  Future Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 15-18 April, 2007.

 

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q.,  A. Mialon, M. Fily, A. Royer, The Influence of the Changes of Wetland Area Extent on Carbon Dioxide and Methane Dynamics over the Pan-Arctic from 1988 to 2000, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11–15 December 2006.

Ø  Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, The Effects of Severe Droughts on Net Primary Productivity and Carbon Sequestration of Terrestrial Ecosystems in China over the 20th Century, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11–15 December 2006.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Quantifying Net Land-Atmosphere Exchanges of CH4 and CO2 in Alaskan Boreal Ecosystems, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing China, 24-27 July 2006.  

Ø  Zhuang, Q.,  A. Mialon, M. Fily, A. Royer, Quantifying Net Methane Exchanges Between the Terrestrial Biosphere and the Atmosphere in Northern High Latitudes With a Biogeochemistry Model and Microwave Satellite Wetland Data, Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) Global Environmental Change, Open Science Conference, Beijing, China, 9-12 November, 2006.

Ø  McGuire, A. David, E. Euskirchen, F.S. Chapin III, M. Balshi, Q. Zhuang, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, J. Walsh, and C. Wirth, Integrated Regional Changes in Boreal Forests: Implications for the Global Climate System, Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA), Umea, Sweden, August 28-30, 2006.  

Ø  Zhuang, Q., and A. Mialon, Modeling Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Net Methane Emissions in Northern North America, 2006 Joint Assembly, Baltimore MD, 23 - 26 May, 2006.  

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, B. Felzer, D. McGuire, R. Prinn, A Modelling Analysis of Impact of Fire Disturbances on Net Carbon Exchanges in Boreal Terrestrial Ecosystems, ESA meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 2006.

Ø  Kicklighter, D.W., J.M. Melillo, R.G. Prinn, A.D. McGuire, B.S. Felzer, And Q. Zhuang, Relative importance of multiple stresses on terrestrial carbon sequestration, 2006 Joint Assembly, Baltimore MD, 23 - 26 May, 2006.  

Ø  Kicklighter, D.W., J.M. Melillo, R.G. Prinn, A.D. McGuire, B.S. Felzer, and Q. Zhuang, Importance of DOC exports on estimates of terrestrial carbon sequestration, ESA meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 2006.

Ø  Felzer, B. S., M. Williams, J. M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, E. B. Rastetter, R. G. Prinn, The role of evapotranspiration on carbon dynamics and ozone uptake on temperate forests in the U.S., ESA meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 2006.

Ø  Felzer, B. S., M. Williams, J. M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, E. B. Rastetter, R. G. Prinn, The role of evapotranspiration on the relative influence of ozone on regional carbon dynamics, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006.

 

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q.,  J. M. Melillo, A. David McGuire, R. G. Prinn, B. S. Felzer, D. W. Kicklighter et al., Net methane exchanges between the atmosphere and land ecosystems in the northern high latitudes over the 21st century, Americal Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December, 2005.

Ø  Zhuang, Q.,  J. M. Melillo, B. S. Felzer, D. W. Kicklighter, A. David McGuire, R. G. Prinn, Modelling CH4 and CO2 fluxes in northern high latitudes under contemporary climate conditions, 90th ESA Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, August 7 - 12,  2005. (Invited).

Ø  Kicklighter, D.W., J.M. Melillo, R.G. Prinn, A.D. McGuire, B.S. Felzer, and Q. Zhuang, Relative importance of multiple stresses on terrestrial carbon sequestration, 90th ESA Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, August 7 - 12,  2005.

Ø  Euskirchen, E. S., Q. Zhuang, A. David McGuire, J. Harden, M. Mack, C. C.Thompson, Simulating vegetation, soil thermal, and carbon dynamics within a fire chronosequence of interior Alaska, The Chronosequence Approach for Studying Boreal Carbon Dynamics, University of California Irvine, March 2005

Ø  Zhuang Q., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, Methane emissions and the greenhouse gas budget in Alaska for the past and 21st centuries, San Francisco, CA, 13 - 17 December 2004.

Ø  Felzer B., Q. Zhuang, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, R. Prinn, The Effect of Ozone on Ecosystem Processes Using Improved Hydrological Cycling Within a Biogeochemical Model, San Francisco, CA, 13 - 17 December 2004.

Ø  Euskirchen S.E., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, K.C. McDonald, N.V. Smith, J.S. Kimball, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, Recent shifts in the dynamics governing growing season length and productivity in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems. San Francisco, CA, 13 - 17 December 2004.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J.M. Melillo, B.S. Felzer, D.W. Kicklighter, A.D. McGuire, A. Sokolov, R.G. Prinn, P. Steudler, and S. Hu, The global warming potential budget of net methane and carbon dioxide exchanges in northern high latitudes, The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 1- 6, 2004.

Ø  Harden J.W. , M. R. Turetsky, J. Carrasco, H. Veldhuis, S. Wofsy, and Q. Zhuang, Organic Soils of the North: a Mismatch for our Current Climate? 2004 Joint Assembly: AGU, the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), Montreal, Canada, 17-21 May 2004.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, B.S. Felzer, A. Sokolov, R.G. Prinn, A.D. McGuire, P. Steudler, and S. Hu, The relationship of global warming potentials to methane and carbon dioxide exchanges in northern high latitudes estimated with a process-based biogeochemistry model, International science conference on "Climate Disturbance Interactions in Boreal Forest Ecosystems", Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A., May 3-7, 2004.(Invited)

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, D. A. McGuire, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, Methane emissions from the terrestrial ecosystems at northern high latitudes during the 20th Century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model, San Francisco, CA, 8 - 12 December 2003.

Ø  Felzer B., J. Reilly, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim, Q. Zhuang, Implication of ozone on carbon sequestration and climate policy in the U.S. using the MIT Integrated Global Systems Model, San Francisco, CA, 8 - 12 December 2003.

Ø  McGuire A. D. , J. Clein, Q. Zhuang, Modeling Modes of Variability in Carbon Exchange Between High Latitude Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Atmosphere: A Synthesis of Progress and Identification of Challenges, First SEARCH Open Science Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 27-30 October 2003.

Ø  Global Change Forum XXI, Climate Understanding, Long-Term Goals, and Current Mitigation Effort, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 8-10, 2003. (Invited)

Ø  Harden J. , M. Turetsky, J. Carrasco, K. Manies, D. McGuire, J. Neff, M. Pavich, N. Rosenbloom, S.E. Trumbore, Q. Zhuang, Toward understanding long-term terrestrial carbon: mechanisms, modern tools, and modeling of soil systems, The INQUA Congress, Reno Hilton Resort & Conference Center, Reno, Nevada USA, July 23 - 30, 2003.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, D. A. McGuire, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, Modeling methane consumption and emission between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere, The Ecological Society of America, ESA/ISEM annual meeting, Savannah, Georgia, August 3-5, 2003.

 

Ø  Janetos, J. et al., (including Q. Zhuang), SCOPE Workshop: Forest conservation and management in an information age, Swope Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 15-18 December 2002.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Jerry M. Melillo, David A. McGuire, Roger J. Dargaville, David. W. Kicklighter, Joy S. Clein, Ranga B. Myneni, Jiarui Dong, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Jennifer Harden, and John E. Hobbie. Effects of soil thermal dynamics on carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere. AGU 2002 Fall Meeting, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. December 6-10, 2002.

Ø  Felzer B., D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang, R. Prinn, Ozone effects on global vegetation productivity and carbon sequestration using a biogeochemistry model, AGU 2002 Fall Meeting, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. December 6-10, 2002.

Ø  Zhuang,Q., A.D. McGuire, J.M. Melillo, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville, R.B. Myneni, J. Dong, V.E. Romanovsky, J. Harden, and J.E. Hobbie, Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th Century: A modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics. NASA LCLUC science team meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. November 20-22, 2002.

Ø  Felzer B. S., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang, and R. Prinn, Ozone Effects on Global Net Primary Production and Carbon Sequestration Using a Biogeochemistry Model. EOS Investigator Working (IWG) meeting, the Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center in Ellicott City, MD. November 18-20, 2002.

Ø  Harden J.W., A.D. McGuire, J. Neff, K.P. O'Neill, B.J. Stocks, Zhuang, Q., Soil carbon of Northern latitudes and their potential for CO2 exchange, Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Raleigh, NC. November 19-21, 2002.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J.S. Clein, A.D. McGuire, R.J. Dargaville, V.E. Romanovsky, J. Harden, D.W. Kicklighter, J.M. Melillo, J.E. Hobbie, and E.B. Rastetter. Modeling the effects of soil thermal dynamics on the seasonality of carbon fluxes across northern temperate and high latitude regions. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, Arizona. August 4-9, 2002.

Ø  Felzer, B., J. M. Melillo, and Q. Zhuang, Surface Ozone Effects on Productivity Using a Biogeochemistry Model, 2002 Spring Meeting, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. May 28-31, 2002.

Ø  Clein, J.S., A.D. McGuire, Q. Zhuang. TEM circumpolar model results with output data for tower sites. Workshop for development of a research agenda to determine the current circumpolar carbon budget. Fairbanks, Alaska. 2002.

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., J.S. Clein, A.D. McGuire, R.J. Dargaville, D.W. Kicklighter, J.M. Melillo, J.E. Hobbie, and E.B. Rastetter. Modeling the effects of soil thermal dynamics on the seasonality of carbon fluxes across northern temperate and high latitude regions. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. Dec, 2001.

Ø  Jennifer W. Harden, Michelle Mack, Hugo Veldhuis, Kenji Yoshikawa, Q. Zhuang, Fire Dynamics and Implications for Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Boreal Forests, Fall Meeting, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, J. S. Clein, et al., Modeling the effects of soil thermal dynamics on the seasonality of CO2 of monitoring stations at global scale, LAII-ATLAS, all scientist meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. November, 2001.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire et al., Workshop for ARCSS project "A Retrospective Analysis of Alaska as a Regional System", University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. August 21-22, 2001.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. David McGuire, Jennifer Harden, Katherine P. O'Neill, Vladimir E. Romonanvsky, John Yarie, Modeling the Carbon Dynamics of a Fire Chronosequence in Interior Alaska, The 86th ESA Annual Meeting, the Monona Terrace Convention Center and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. August 5-9, 2001.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky, A. D. McGuire, Modeling soil thermal and carbon dynamics of a fire chronosequence in Interior Alaska, LTER site review, Fairbanks, AK. 2001.

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. David McGuire, Jennifer Harden, Katherine P. O'Neill, John Yarie. Modeling the Carbon Dynamics of a Fire Chronosequence in Interior Alaska, San rancisco. AGU annual meeting. December 5-9, 2000.

Ø  McGuire A. D., R.A. Meier, Q. Zhuang, M. Macander, T. S. Rupp, E. Kasischke, D. Verbyla, D. W. Kicklighter, and J. M. Melillo. The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric CO2 in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995: The importance of fire history, San Francisco. AGU annual meeting. December 5-9, 2000.

Ø  Meier R. , Jennifer Harden, Cherie Silapaswan, Dave Swanson, Q. Zhuang, Dave McGuire, Characterization of Soil Drainage Classes for the Study of Soil Carbon Storage in Alaska. San Francisco. AGU annual meeting. December 5-9, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. David McGuire, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Joy S. Clein, Xinxian Zhang, David W. Kicklighter, Jerry M Melillo, Steve Wofsy, Incorporation of a permafrost model into a large-scale ecosystem model: Evaluation of temporal and spatial scaling issues in simulating carbon dynamics, LTER symposium, Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest LTER 2000 Symposium, Fairbanks, AK. Oct. 19-20, 2000.

Ø  Jennifer W. Harden1 and A. David McGuire With contributions from W. Cannon and K. Manies1 (USGS), R. Mier and Q. Zhuang (UAF), J. Neff (CSU), K. O'Neill (Duke), R. Ottmar and D. Sandberg (USFS), J. Randerson (CalTech), B. Stocks (Forestry Canada), The Biogeochemistry of Fire: modeling and measuring the impact of fire on carbon, nutrients, and atmospheric emissions, USGS workshop. Sept, 2000.

Ø  McGuire, A., Meier, R., Zhuang, Q., Macander, M., Rupp, T., Kasischke, E., Verbyla, D., Kicklighter, D., Melillo, J., The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric CO2 in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995, ESA's 85th Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah, August 6-10, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., V.E. Romanovsky, J.S. Clein, A.D. McGuire, J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, and S. Wofsy. Modeling permafrost and carbon dynamics in an old black spruce ecosystem. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah. 2000.

Ø  McGuire A.D., R.A. Meier, Q. Zhuang, M. Macander, T.S. Rupp, E. Kasischke, D. Verbyla, D.W. Kicklighte, and J.M. Melillo, The Role of Fire Disturbance, Climate, and Atmospheric CO2 in the Response of Historical Carbon Dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995: A Process-based Analysis with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model, International Science Conference. The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget. Edmonton, Alberta Canada. May 8-12, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, V. E. Romanovsky, People and the forest: what's happening in our back yard. Fairbanks, AK. May 13, 2000.

Ø  McGuire, A. D., Q. Zhuang, et al, The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric CO2 in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995: A process-based Analysis with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model. International Boreal Forest Research association Conference: The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget. May, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, V. E. Romanovsky, Modeling Soil Temperature of Alaskan Black Spruce Forests, Frostfire Synthesis Meeting , Fairbanks, AK. March 21-23, 2000.

Ø  McGuire, A. D.; Meier, Rose A.; Zhuang, Q.; Macander, Matthew; Rupp, T. Scott; Kasischke, Eric; Verbyla, David; Kicklighter, David W.; and Melillo, Jerry M., The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric CO2 in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from1950 to 1995: A process-based analysis with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model. Frostfire Synthesis Meeting. March 21-23, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., V.E. Romanovsky, J. S. Clein-Curley, A.D. McGuire, JM Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, S. Wofsy, Modeling Permafrost and Carbon Dynamics in an Old Black Spruce Ecosystem. Frostfire Synthesis Meeting. March 21-23, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A coupled model of soil thermal and biogecochemical dynamics. US Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fairbanks, AK. March 10, 2000.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, V. E. Romanovsky, Modeling the soil thermal regime of Tussock tundra. Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions, the 2000 LAII workshop, Seattle. February 23-26, 2000.

Ø  A. D. McGuire, R. Meier, and Q. Zhuang et al., 1950-1995 fire disturbance to carbon balance of Alaska, Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions, the 2000 LAII workshop, Seattle. February 23-26, 2000.

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, R. E. Romanovsky, A coupled model of soil thermal and biogecochemical dynamics for application to boreal forest ecosystems: Evaluation of spatial and temporal scaling performance. Denali National Park, AK, 50th AAAS meeting symposium. September 18-22, 1999.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, V. E. Romanovsky, Coupling a soil thermal model with a large-scale biogecochemical model: comparison of simulated and field-based monthly soil temperatures and carbon fluxes in an old black spruce stand, Record of the meeting for LAII science workshop, Seattle. March 11-13, 1999.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, and V. E. Romanovsky, Modeling monthly soil temperature of Alaska black spruce forests, Record of the meeting for LAII science workshop, Seattle. March 11-13,1999.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky , J.S. Clein-Curley, A.D. McGuire, J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, and S. Wofsy, Coupling a soil thermal model with a large-scale biogeochemical model: comparisons of simulated and field-based monthly soil temperatures and carbon fluxes in an old black spruce stand. BOREAS meeting, Tallahassee, FL. 1999.

 

Ø  Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky, A. D. McGuire, Modeling soil temperature of the Alaskan black spruce forests, Fairbanks, AK, AAAS meeting symposium. October, 1998.

Workshops and Forums:

Ø  MIT Global Change Forum, XXIX, The scientific, economic and policy background for COP-15, June 24-26, 2009, Rome, Italy

Ø  Methane Working Group: Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions from land ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, and modeling,  March 19-20, 2009, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA

Ø  MIT Global Change Forum, XXVIII, Reconciling short-term policy with long-term goals, October 29-31, 2008, Boston, MA

Ø  NASA Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) Workshop, July 23-25, 2008 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ø  Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Science Team meeting, June 2-6, 2008, Helsinki, Finland

Ø  Biofuels Symposium 2008, Purdue University, Discovery Park, Energy Center, May 19-20, 2008, West Lafayette, IN

Ø  Methane Working Group: Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions from land ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, and modeling,  March 13-14, 2008, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA

Ø  Workshop: The NEESPI focus research center for biogeochemical cycles, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, , March 17-19, 2008, Jena, Germany

Ø  Workshop: Towards a process-based description of trace gas emissions in land surface models, 16 -19 October 2007, Marina Plaza, Helsingborg, Sweden

Ø  NSF Arctic System Science - A Synthesis-Focused SASS Face-to-Face Workshop, October 2-4, 2007, Washington DC

Ø  MIT Global Change Forum, XXVI Coping with Climate Change, June 20-22, 2007, Boston, MA

Ø  Methane Working Group: Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions from land ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, and modeling,  March 15-16, 2007, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA

Ø  AMAP/CliC/IASC Carbon Workshop "A Scientific Synthesis and Assessment of the Arctic Carbon Cycle" from April 26th to March 1, 2007 in Seattle, WA

Ø  Lugar-Purdue Energy Summit, August 29, 2006, West Lafayette, Purdue University, IN

Ø  NSF Arctic Synthesis meeting in Seattle, WA on 26-27 March 2006 in  the Red Lion Hotel in Seattle, WA.

Ø  MIT Global Change Forum, XXV Opening up Climate Policy: Perspectives Beyond the Kyoto Protocol, Oct. 10-12, 2006, Vienna, Austria

Ø  Methane Working Group: Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions from land ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, and modeling,  March 13-14, 2006, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA

Ø  MIT Global Change Forum,  XI Climate Uncertainty, Long-Term Goals, and Current Mitigation Effort,  Oct. 8-10, 2003,  Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ø  SCOPE Workshop: Forest conservation and management in an information age, Swope Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 15-18 December 2002, Woods Hole, MA

Seminars:

Ø  Zhuang, Q., The modeling of terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics at high latitudes: the use of atmospheric CO2 measurements, atmospheric transport models and remote sensing, Boston University, Boston. March 1, 2002.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling the influences of climate change, soil thermal and hydrological dynamics, and fire disturbance on carbon dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems, MIT, Boston. MA. January 18, 2002.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling responses of terrestrial ecosystems to fire disturbance and climate change, the Ecosystems Center of Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. July, 2001

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems in northern high latitudes: Implications for the climate system, Rapid City, Institute of Atmospheric Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, April 21-23, 2004

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling emissions of multiple greenhouse gases from terrestrial ecosystems: Toward a full greenhouse gas accounting, NASA Ames Research Center, May 23-24, 2005.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Net Carbon Dioxide and Methane Exchanges between the Atmosphere and Ecosystems in the Pan-Arctic: Implications for the Climate system and Society, Purdue University, March 28-29, 2005.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Net methane and carbon dioxide exchanges between the atmosphere and ecosystems in northern high latitudes: implications for the climate system. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 28 July 2006.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Net Methane Emissions in Northern High Latitudes,  the Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA, Lanham, Maryland ,  July 3, 2006.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in northern high latitudes over the 21st century, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, January 8, 2007.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Modeling permafrost, hydrological, and biogeochemical dynamics in the Arctic, Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 9, 2008

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Carbon Cycling and Warming Arctic, Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana Univ. - Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis (IUPUI), October 16th, 2008

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Global biomass, bioenergy potentials, and environmental consequences, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November 17th, 2008

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Challenges and Opportunities in Quantifying Global Methane Emissions, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November 20th, 2008

Ø  Zhuang, Q., The role of ecosystem and biogeochemical modeling in global climate and environment change studies, Texas A&M University, College Station March 31, 2009.

Ø  Zhuang, Q., Investigating the impacts of climate change, wildfires, and permafrost degradation on carbon and water dynamics in northern high latitudes, International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, April 22nd, 2009

 

Professional Awards:

Ø  Award to attend International Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) All Scientist meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, 2000

Ø  Award of the Excellence (First Place) of Advances of Science and Technology of China for the project "The Scientific Database and Management Systems", Beijing, P. R. China, 1997.

Recent Grants:

Ø  04/2009-03/2012, NASA Land-Use and Land-cover Change Program - Changes of Land Cover and Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Northern Eurasia: Impacts on Human Adaptation and Quality of Life at Regional and Global Scales (Lead PI with J. M. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, J. Reilly, A. Shvidenko, N. Tchebakova, E. Parfenova, A. Peregon, A. Sirin, S. Maksyutov, and G. Zhou), $824,701

Ø  09/2008 -08/1013, Department of Energy / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions (IMPACTS) (In collaboration with Bill RIley, Mac Post, and Margaret Torn), $75,000

Ø  07/2008-07/2011, Department of Energy - Quantifying Climate Feedbacks From Abrupt Changes in High-Latitude Trace-Gas Emissions (PI in collaboration with A. Schlosser, J. Melillo, K. Walter), $89,999 out of $560,000

Ø  01/2008-05/2009, Office of the President of Purdue University, Visiting Indian and Chinese Scholars (VICS) grant, $10,000

Ø  09/2007-09/2010, Department of Energy - Analysis of global economic and environmental impacts of a substantial increase in bioenergy production (PI in collaboration with Wally Tyner and Tom Hertel), $209,900 out of $659,783.

Ø  09/2007-09/2010, NASA Earth System Science Fellowship: Improving a process-based biogeochemistry model using an atmospheric transport chemistry model and in-situ and remotely-sensed terrestrial and atmospheric data --- Mr. Jinyun Tang, $84,000

Ø  01/2007-12/2011, NSF - Collaborative Research: Impact of Permafrost Degradation on Carbon and Water in Boreal Ecosystems (Lead PI with Jennifer Harden, Robert Striegl, Yuri Shur, and Torre Jorgenson), $756,578 out of $1,693,883.

Ø  01/2007-12/2007, The Energy Center, Discovery Park, Purdue University - Global Biomass and Bioenergy Supply in a Coupled Natural and Human System (Lead PI with Wally Tyner), $50,000.

Ø  01/2007-12/2007, The Center for Environment, Purdue University - Quantifying Carbon Sequestrations across Indiana’s Forest Landscapes (PI in collaboration with Guofan Shao, Phillip Pope, Charles Michler, Melba Crawford), $30,000

Ø  01/2006-01/2008, NSF - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions form land ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, and modeling (Lead PI with Jerry Melillo, Ron Prinn, and Dave McGuire), $103,350.

Ø  08/2005-09/2008, NSF - Collaborative Research: synthesis of Artic system carbon cycle research through model-data fusion studies using atmospheric inversion and process-based approaches (PI in collaboration with Dave McGuire, Jerry Melillo, and Michael Follows). $245,883 out of $1,179,591.

Ø  05/2005-12/2005, NASA - EPSCoR Program and South Dakota Space Grant Consortium: Combining Remotely Sensed Data and Process-Based Biogeochemical Modeling to Quantify the Carbon Budget and Methane Emissions in the Northern Great Plains (PI). $4,474

Professional Services:

Ø  Co-Chair Climate Change, Energy and Environment at the Twelfth Annual Conference "Trade Integration and Sustainable Development: Looking for an Inclusive World" in Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile, June 10-12, 2009.

Ø  Panelist of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in the field of Ecology (2009).

Ø  Convener and Chair of Session of Biogeosciences: Methane: Toward accurate estimates of fluxes over regional scales, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, 15–19 December 2008, San Francisco, CA.

Ø  Chair a Land Use and Land Cover on Carbon Emission session of NASA Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) Workshop, July 23-25, 2008 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ø  Panelist of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in the field of Ecology (2007).

Ø  Panelist of NASA Carbon Cycle Science, 2007 

Ø  Convener and Chair of Session of Biogeosciences: Methane: Toward a Multiscale approach to Reducing Uncertainties in its Emissions, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, 11–15 December 2006, San Francisco, CA.

Ø  Panelist of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in the field of Ecology (2006).

Ø  Chair and organizer of a Working Group funded by National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS): Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions form land ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, and modeling. 01/2006 - 08/2009. Santa Barbara, CA

Ø  Convener and Chair of Session of Biogeosciences: Observation and Simulation in Understanding the Methane Exchanges between the Atmosphere and Ecosystems, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, 13–17 December 2004, San Francisco, CA.

Ø  Presider of Biogeochemistry session: Carbon Cycling, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 1 - 6, 2004, Portland Convention Center, Portland, OR.

Ø  Organizer and Co-host of the Ecosystems Center Seminars at Marine Biological Laboratory for Fall 2003 and Spring 2004

Ø  Judge for the Murray F. Buell Award for the outstanding oral presentation and the E. Lucy Braun Award in the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2002, 2003

Ø  Reviewer for international peer-review journals:

    Tree Physiolog

   Global Change Biolog

   Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres

   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

   Mathematical Medicine and Biology

  Journal of Environmental Management

  Ecological Modeling

  Global and Planetary Change

  Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

  Climatic Change

  Earth Interactions

  Environmental Management

  Environmental Research Letters

  Climate Dynamics

 Climate Research

 Global Biogeochemical Cycles

 Energy and Fuels

Ø  Proposal reviewer for:

U.S. Funding Agencies:

       NSF Ecosystem Studies Program, Hydrological Sciences Program, and Office of Polar Programs

       NASA Carbon Cycle Program

      NOAA Global Carbon Cycle Program

      DOE

     The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)

International Funding Agencies:

    Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS)

    Natural Environment Research Council of UK (NERC)

    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

    Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)- Earth and Life Sciences

   Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Ø  Review Editor for Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

University Services:

Ø   Search Committee for Climate Impacts faculty position in Biological Sciences and Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue (2007).

Ø   Search Committee for Ecohydrology faculty position in Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue (2006).

Ø   High-Performance Computing committee of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue (2005-present)

Ø   Seminar committee at Department of Agronomy at Purdue (2008-present)

Course Teaching:

Ø  Modeling of Biological Systems, Spring 2001 (Guest Lecturer) at University of Alaska Fairbanks

Ø  Earth System Modeling, Spring 2005, (Guest Lecturer) at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Ø  EAS 591E, GIS & Geoscience, Fall 2005, (Guest Lecturer) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591W&AGRY 598A, Modeling Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles (Spring, 2006) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591T/&AGRY598T, Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (Fall, 2006) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591W&AGRY 598A, Modeling Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles (Spring, 2007) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591T/&AGRY598T, Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (Fall, 2007) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591W&AGRY 598A, Modeling Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles (Spring, 2008) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS191 Freshman seminar in EAS (Spring, 2008) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS591A, Topics in Climate Change (Fall, 2008) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591T/&AGRY598T, Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (Fall, 2008) at Purdue University

Ø  EAS 591T/&AGRY598T, Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (Fall, 2009) at Purdue University

Students and Post-docs:

Ø  Current students:

 Jinyun Tang (PhD, Fall 2006 -)

 Xiaoliang Lu (PhD, Summer 2007 -)

 Min Chen (PhD, Spring 2008 -)

 Yueyang Jiang (PhD, Spring 2008 -)

 Xinhua Sui (PhD at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Spring 2009 -)

Zhiwei Zhang (PhD, Fall 2009-)

Qing Zhu (PhD, Fall 2009-)

Ø  Current post-docs:

Dr. Yanyu Lu (08/2008 - )

Ø  Former graduate students:

 Yueyang Jiang (M.S., 05/2009)

Ø  Former  post-docs

Dr. Kai Xu (05/2007 – 05/2009)

Jingfeng Xiao (06/2006-08/2008)

Jicheng He (01/2007-07/2007)

Yunfeng Hu (06/2007-12/2007)

Ø  Serve on committee:  Charlotte Kendra Castillo (PhD), Warren Eckels (PhD), Daniel Mendoza (PhD), Kelly Ross (MS), Ruben van Hooidonk (PhD), Chun-mei Chiu (PhD, Agronomy)

 

Position Openings:

Graduate Students

       The Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory (EBDL) at Purdue University is seeking one/two graduate students starting Spring, 2010, who are interested in (1) modeling feedbacks between the biosphere and atmospheric climate and chemistry and/or (2) modeling water, carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems including agricultural ecosystems. Students majored in ecosystem sciences, atmospheric sciences, agronomy and other related fields with proficient mathematical and computational skills and interests in pursuing PhD programs are preferred. The students will have the opportunity to interact with faculty members, scientists, and students in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and the Department of Agronomy as well as the Purdue Climate Change Research Center.  Interested students are welcomed to contact Prof. Qianlai Zhuang at qzhuang@purdue.edu

Post-Doctoral Scientist in Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Dynamics

       The Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory at Purdue University is seeking a Post-Doctoral Scientist. The responsibility of this position is to apply a range of skills in ecosystems sciences, remote-sensing and GIS techniques, programming, and mathematics to address large-scale questions of ecosystem and biogeochemical dynamics.  Proficient mathematical and computational skills and demonstrated works in the field of impacts of soil erosion on ecosystem dynamics are preferred. The initial funding for the position is for one year with potentially renewable for the second year depending on funding resources. The position will start in January, 2008.

      The post-doc scientist will have the opportunity to interact with faculty members and scientists in Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Agronomy as well as the Purdue Climate Change Research Center. Please send an application letter, CV, and names and email addresses of three references to Dr. Qianlai Zhuang at Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Agronomy of Purdue University (qzhuang@purdue.edu).  Applications will be received and evaluated until the position is filled.  Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.