Areas of Focus
- Soil Biodiversity and Function
- Aboveground-Underground Multitrophic Interactions
- Soil Food Web Evolution and Ecosystem Response to Human Disturbance
- Soil Nematode Diversity and Biogeography
- Wetland Ecology
Work Experience
- 2001 - Present: Fudan University - Faculty Member
- 2008 - Present: Fudan University - Professor
- Vice Director of the Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education
- Former Vice Dean of Scientific Research, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
- Former Director of the Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1994 - Bachelor's Degree: Hangzhou Normal University
- 1999 - Ph.D.: Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001 - Postdoctoral Research: Fudan University
- 2008 - Appointed as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Fudan University
Publications
- Plant genotypic diversity effects on soil nematodes vary with trophic level, Yan J, Zhang YZ, Crawford KM, Chen XY, Yu S, Wu JH, 2021
- Biochar aging increased microbial carbon use efficiency but decreased biomass turnover time, Pei JM, Li JQ, Mia S, Singh B, Wu JH, Dijkstra FA, 2021
- Habitat dependent impacts of exotic plant invasions on benthic food webs in a coastal wetland, Wang SK, He Q, Zhang YZ, Sheng Q, Li B, Wu JH, 2021
- Biochar-induced reductions in the rhizosphere priming effect are weaker under elevated CO2, Pei JM, Dijkstra FA, Li JQ, Fang CM, Su JH, Zhao JY, Nie M, Wu JH, 2020
- Litter C transformations of invasive Spartina alterniflora affected by litter type and soil source, Zhang P, Scheu S, Li B, Lin GH, Zhao JY, Wu JH, 2020
- Contrasting latitudinal clines of nematode diversity in Spartina alterniflora saltmarshes between native and introduced ranges, Zhang YZ, Li B, Wu JH, Pennings SC, 2020
- Invasive plants differentially affect soil biota through litter and rhizosphere pathways: a meta-analysis, Zhang P, Li B, Hu SJ, Wu JH, 2019
- Biotic homogenization of wetland nematode communities by exotic Spartina alterniflora in China, Zhang YZ, Pennings SC, Li B, Wu JH, 2019
- The impacts of above- and belowground plant input on soil microbiota: invasive Spartina alterniflora versus native Phragmites australis, Zhang P, Neher DA, Li B, Wu JH, 2018
- The transfer and allocation of newly fixed C by invasive Spartina alterniflora and native Phragmites australis to soil microbiota, Zhang P, Nie M, Li B, Wu JH, 2017