Research Interests
Landscape Ecology and Macro-Scale Resource and Environmental Science
Landscape and Regional Ecological Risk Assessment
Urban and Regional Ecological Planning and Ecological Restoration Technologies
Education and Professional Experience Professional Experience
September 2009 – Present: Professor, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Professor, Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
August 2005 – September 2009: Professor, School of Environment and Urban Studies, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Professor, Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
March 2003 – May 2003: Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, USA.
June 2002 – August 2005: Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
July 1996 – June 2002: Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
July 1991 – June 1996: Lecturer, Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
August 1989 – July 1991: Teaching Assistant, Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
Education
Ph.D. (1995–1999): Physical Geography, Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
M.S. (1986–1989): Environmental Geoscience, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University.
B.S. (1982–1986): Physical Geography, Department of Geography, Peking University.
Courses Taught
Landscape Ecology
Scientific Paper Writing
Key Research Activities Research Projects
National Key R&D Program of China: Mechanisms of Human Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems and Integrated Regulation (Principal Investigator, July 2017 – December 2020).
National 973 Program: Impacts of Global Change on Ecological Processes and Environmental Effects in China’s Typical Grasslands (Key Participant, September 2012 – September 2017).
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Innovative Research Group): Spatiotemporal Patterns and Ecological Functions of Terrestrial Vegetation in China (Key Participant, March 2011 – March 2016).
Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan: Multimedia Behavior of Organic Pollutants in the Maozhou River Basin (Principal Investigator, January 2013 – December 2014).
Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan: Key Scientific Issues and Comprehensive Utilization of Residues in Two-Stage Biomass Gasification Technology (Principal Investigator, August 2012 – July 2014).
Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan: Ecological Technology System Planning for Shenzhen (Principal Investigator, October 2009 – April 2010).
Ecological Planning and Restoration Projects:
Resource Management and Ecological Restoration Plan for the Volcanic Basalt Platform in Southern Haikou (Principal Investigator, March 2017 – May 2018).
Ecological Restoration Plan for Nanshan Island, Zhanjiang (Principal Investigator, January 2017 – December 2018).
Environmental Site Assessment: Environmental Investigation and Assessment of the Former Haijing Chemical Plant Site, Qingdao (Principal Investigator, May 2016 – December 2018).
Selected Publications
1. Songbai Hong，Shilong Piao†，Anping Chen†，Yongwen Liu，Lingli Liu，Shushi Peng，Jordi Sardans，Yan Sun，Josep Peñuelas，Hui Zeng†. Afforestation neutralizes soil pH. Nature Communications，2018，9(1)，520-523
2. Xiaodong Yao, Naili Zhang, Hui Zeng†, Wang Wei†. Effects of soil depth and plant-soil interaction on microbial community in temperate grasslands of northern China. Science of the Total Environment，2018，630，96–102
3. Di Zhang，Jun-Jian Wang，Hong-Gang Ni，Hui Zeng†. Spatial-temporal and Multi-media Variations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Highly Urbanized River System from South China. Science of the Total Environment，2017，581-582：621-628
4. Zhang Di, Wang Junjian, Zeng Hui†. Soil Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons across Urban Density Zones in Shenzhen, China: Occurrences, Source Apportionments, and Spatial Risk Assessment. Pedosphere，2016，26（5）：676-686
5. Xiran Li, Zaichun Zhu, Hui Zeng†, Shilong Piao. Estimation of gross primary productivity in China (1982 - 2010) with multiple ecosystem models. Ecological Modelling，2016, 324:33-44
6. Wang Jun, Ling Zhiwei, Wang Yang, Zeng Hui†. Improving Spatial Representation of Soil Moisture by Integration of Microwave Observations and the Temperature-Vegetation-Drought Index Derived from MODIS Products. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing，113（2016）：144-154
7. Le Li, M. Luke McCormack, Chengen Ma, Deliang Kong, Qian Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Hui Zeng†, Ülo Niinemets & Dali Guo†. Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species-rich tropical-subtropical forests. Ecology Letter，2015，18:899-906
8. Zheng-Xia Chen, Ni Honggang, Jing Xin, Wen-Jing Chang, Jian-Lin Sun, and Hui Zeng†. Plant uptake, translocation, and return of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via fine root branch orders in a subtropical forest ecosystem. Chemosphere, 2015，131：192-200
9. Xiong Yanmei, Zeng Hui†, Xia Hanping, Guo Dali. Interactions between leaf litter and soil organic matter on carbon and nitrogen mineralization in six forest litter-soil systems. Plant and Soil，2014，379：217-229
10. Ying-Ying Guo, Jun-Jian Wang, De-Liang Kong, Dali Guo, Wang Yanbing， Xie Qinglong, Yang-Sheng Liu, Hui Zeng†. Fine root branch orders contribute differentially to uptake, allocation and return of potentially toxic metals. Environmental Science & Technology，2013, 47, 11465-11472.
11. Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao†, Philippe Ciais, Ranga B Myneni, Anping Chen, Frederic Chevallier, Albertus J. Dolman, Ivan A. Janssens, Josep Peñuelas, Gengxin Zhang, Sara Vicca, Shiqiang Wan, Shiping Wang, and Hui Zeng†. Asymmetric effects of day and night-time warming on Northern Hemispheric vegetation. Nature，2013，501 (7465)：88~92
Awards and Honors
First Prize, National Outstanding Urban and Rural Planning and Design Award (2015, Ranking 4/15).
First Prize, Guangdong Provincial Outstanding Urban and Rural Planning and Design Award (2015, Ranking 4/15).
First Prize, National Outstanding Urban and Rural Planning and Design Award (2013, Ranking 5/14).
First Prize, Guangdong Provincial Outstanding Urban and Rural Planning and Design Award (2013, Ranking 5/14).
First Prize, National Outstanding Urban and Rural Planning and Design Award (2011, Ranking 4/15).
