Areas of Focus
- Crop Modeling
- Climate Change Impact on Agriculture and Adaptation
- Agricultural Resource Utilization
Work Experience
- 2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow - China Agricultural University
- 2023-Present Associate Professor - Northwest A&F University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2015 Bachelor of Agronomy: Nanjing Agricultural University
- 2015-2017 Master of Agronomy: China Agricultural University
- 2017-2021 PhD in Agronomy: China Agricultural University
- 2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology: China Agricultural University
Publications
- Maize/soybean strip intercropping enhances crop yield in rain-fed agriculture under the warming climate: a modelling approach, Zhang Y, Sun Z, Wang E, Du G, Feng C, Zhang W, Xu H, Li S, Li Q, Zhang L, Li L, 2022
- Root plasticity and interspecific complementarity improve yields and water use efficiency of maize/soybean intercropping in a water-limited condition, Zhang Y, Sun Z, Su Z, Du G, Bai W, Wang Q, Wang R, Nie J, Sun T, Feng C, Zhang Z, Yang N, Zhang X, Evers J, van der werf W, Zhang L, 2022
- Optimized sowing time windows mitigate climate risks for oats production under cool semi-arid growing conditions, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Yang N, Huth N, Wang E, van der Werf W, Evers J B, Wang Q, Zhang D, Wang R, Gao H, Anten N P R, 2019
- A lack of complementarity for water acquisition limits yield advantage of oats/vetch intercropping in a semi-arid condition, Zhang Y, Duan Y, Nie J, Yang J, Ren J, van der Werf W, Evers J B, Zhang J, Su Z, Zhang L, 2019
