1999-07--2002-07 PhD in Science: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1995-07--1998-08 Master's in Botany: Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009-12~Present - Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Director of Key Laboratory, Assistant Director
2003-04~Present - Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher, Director of Research Office
2002-03~2003-03 - Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
1998-09~Present - Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
2014: Wang Kuancheng Western Scholar Outstanding Contribution Award, Ministry Level
2013: Tianshan Heritage Application, First Prize, Provincial Level
2013: Leading Talent in Science and Technology Innovation for Young and Middle-aged, National Level
2011: Research on Junggar Biodiversity and Its Interaction with Environment, Third Prize, Provincial Level
2009: Study on the Response and Adaptation of Native Vegetation in Typical Temperate Desert Areas to Environmental Changes, First Prize, Provincial Level
2006: Study on the Formation Mechanism and Ecological Function of Desert Surface Biological Crust, Third Prize, Provincial Level
Research
Arid Zone Desert Plant Ecology Biological Soil Crusts
Nitrogen pools in soil covered by biological soil crusts of different successional stages in a temperate desert in Central Asia, Zhou, Xiaobing, Tao, Ye, Yin, Benfeng, Tucker, Colin, Zhang, Yuanming, 2020
The influence of biocrusts on the spatial pattern of soil bacterial communities: A case study at landscape and slope scales, Su, Yangui, Chen, YingWu, Padilla, Francisco M, Zhang, Yuanming, Huang, Gang, 2020
Ecophysiological responses of the biocrust moss Syntrichia caninervis to experimental snow cover manipulations in a temperate desert of central Asia, Zhang, Jing, Zhang, Yuanming, 2020
Shrub modulates the stoichiometry of moss and soil in desert ecosystems, China, Li Yonggang, Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, 2019
Moss patch size and microhabitats influence stoichiometry of moss crusts in a temperate desert, Central Asia, Li YongGang, Zhou XiaoBing, Zhang YuanMing, 李永刚, 2019
Chronic nitrogen addition induces a cascade of plant community responses with both seasonal and progressive dynamics, Zhou, Xiaobing, Bowker, Matthew A, Tao, Ye, Wu, Lin, Zhang, Yuanming, 2018
Precipitation and soil particle size co-determine spatial distribution of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, Wu, Lin, Zhang, Yuanming, 2018
Successional changes of fungal communities along the biocrust development stages, Zhang, Bingchang, Zhang, Yongqing, Li, Xiangzhen, Zhang, Yuanming, 2018
Dune-scale distribution pattern of herbaceous plants and their relationship with environmental factors in a saline-alkali desert in Central Asia, Tao, Ye, Wu, GanLin, Zhang, YuanMing, 2017
Physiological regulation of Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. in different microhabitats during periods of snow in the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwestern China, Yin Benfeng, Zhang Yuanming, 2016
Sensitivity of the xerophytic moss Syntrichia caninervis to chronic simulated nitrogen deposition, Yuanming Zhang, 2016
No synergistic effects of water and nitrogen addition on soil microbial communities and soil respiration in a temperate desert, Su, Yan Gui, Huang, Gang, Lin, Ya Jun, Zhang, Yuan Ming, 2016
Growth responses of five desert plants as influenced by biological soil crusts from a temperate desert, China, Zhang, Yuanming, Belnap, Jayne, 2015
Diurnal variations of chlorophyll fluorescence and CO2 exchange of biological soil crusts in different successional stages in the Gurbantunggut Desert of northwestern China, Zhang, Jing, Zhang, YuanMing, 2014
Sensitivity of growth and biomass allocation patterns to increasing nitrogen: a comparison between ephemerals and annuals in the Gurbantunggut Desert, north-western China, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhang, Yuanming, Niklas, Karl J., 2014
Rapid adjustment of leaf angle explains how the desert moss, Syntrichia caninervis, copes with multiple resource limitations during rehydration, Wu, Nan, Zhang, Yuanming, Downing, Alison, Aanderud, Zachary T, Tao, Ye, Williams, Steven, 2014
Carbon flux in deserts depends on soil cover type: A case study in the Gurbantunggute desert, North China, Y.G. Su, L. Wu, Z.B. Zhou, Y.B. Liu, Y.M. Zhang, 2013
Effects of leaf hair points of a desert moss on water retention and dew formation: implications for desiccation tolerance, Tao, Ye, Zhang, Yuan Ming, 2012
Non-linear response of microbial activity across a gradient of nitrogen addition to a soil from the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwestern China, Xiaobing Zhou, Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing, 2012
Characteristics of carbon flux in two biologically crusted soils in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China, Su Yangui, Wu Lin, Zhang Yuanming, 2012
Distribution and Composition of Cyanobacteria and Microalgae Associated with Biological Soil Crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, Zhang, Bingchang, Zhang, Yuanming, Downing, Alison, Niu, Yulu, 2011
Nonlinear response of microbial activity across a gradient of nitrogen addition to a soil of the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwestern China, Yuanming Zhang, 2011
Photosynthetic and cytological recovery on remoistening Syntrichia caninervis Mitt., a desiccation-tolerant moss from Northwestern China, Zhang, J, Zhang, Y M, Downing, A, Wu, N, Zhang, B C, 2011
生物土壤结皮对准噶尔盆地5种荒漠植物幼苗生长与元素吸收的影响, 张元明, 聂华丽, 2011
Combined effects of nitrogen deposition and water stress on growth and physiological responses of two annual desert plants in northwestern China, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhang, Yuanming, Ji, Xuehua, Downing, Alison, Serpe, Marcelo, 2011
Species composition, distribution patterns and ecological functions of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Zhang, YuanMing, Wu, Nan, Zhang, BingChang, Zhang, Jing, 2010
The Role of Nonphotosynthetic Microbes in the Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China, Wu, N, Zhang, Y M, Pan, H X, Zhang, J, 2010
荒漠地表生物土壤结皮形成与演替特征概述, 张元明, 王雪芹, 2010
The influence of biological soil crusts on dew deposition in Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China, Zhang, Jing, Zhang Yuanming, Downing, Alison, Cheng Junhui, Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Bingchang, 2009
Comparative study of nitrogenase activity in different types of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China, Wu, N, Zhang, Y M, Downing, A, 2009
Microalgal species variation at different successional stages in biological soil crusts of the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China, Zhang, Bingchang, Zhang, Yuanming, Zhao, Jiancheng, Wu, Nan, Chen, Rongyi, Zhang, Jing, 2009
The variation of morphological features and mineralogical components of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert of Northwestern China, Chen, Rongyi, Zhang, Yuanming, Li, Yuan, Wei, Wenshou, Zhang,
