1986: Bachelor's Degree from Chengdu Meteorological College
1989: Master's Degree from Lanzhou Institute of Plateau Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1999: PhD from Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Published over 150 papers, including more than 80 SCI-indexed articles
2009-2020: Director of the Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012-2016: Chief Scientist for the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)
2016-2021: Chief Scientist for the National Key R&D Program on Global Change and Response
2004: Advanced Individual in the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)
2012, 2016, 2017: Received three provincial and ministerial level awards
Research
Global and regional aridification detection and formation mechanisms Climate and hydrological process interactions Regional climate analysis and modeling Development and application of regional models Impact of urbanization on climate change
The U.K.–China Climate Science to Service Partnership, Adam A. Scaife, Elizabeth Good, Ying Sun, Zhongwei Yan, Nick Dunstone, Hong-Li Ren, Chaofan Li, Riyu Lu, Peili Wu, Zongjian Ke, Zhuguo Ma, Kalli Furtado, Tongwen Wu, Tianjun Zhou, Tyrone Dunbar, Chris Hewitt, Nicola Golding, Peiqun Zhang, Rob Allan, Kirstine Dale, Fraser C. Lott, Peter A. Stott, Sean Milton, Lianchun Song, and Stephen Belcher, 2021
Has the stilling of the surface wind speed ended in China?, Yang Qing, Li M., Zu Z., Ma Z., 2021
The impact of land use and land cover change on regional climate over East Asia during 1980–2010 using a coupled mode, Cao Fuqiang Cao, Dan L., Ma Z., Gao T., 2021
Early warning of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation phase transition using complex network analysis, Lu, Z., Yuan, N., Yang, Q., Ma, Z., & Kurths, J., 2021
A hydrological perspective on drought risk-assessment in the Yellow River Basin under future anthropogenic activities, Omer Abubaker, Ma Zhuguo, Xing Yuan, Ziyan Zheng, Farhan Saleem, 2021
South–north heterogeneity of the effect of volcanic eruptions on dryness/wetness in Central and Eastern China, Zheng Y, Duan J, Ma Z., 2021
Expansion of drylands in China with an additional half a degree warming, Yang Q, Chen L,Duan Y, Jian D, Ma Z., 2021
Potential shifts in climate zones under a future global warming scenario using soil moisture classification, Li Mingxing，Peili Wu，David M. H. Sexton，Zhuguo Ma, 2021
Assessment of surface exchange coefficients in the Noah-MP land surface model for different land-cover types in China, Zhang X, Chen L, Ma Z,Gao Y., 2021
Understanding the Soil Temperature Variability at Different Depths: Effects of Surface Air Temperature, Snow Cover, and the Soil Memory, Zhang Haoxin, Naiming Yuan, Zhuguo Ma, and Yu Huang, 2021
Attributing terrestrial water storage variations across China to changes in groundwater and human water use, Lv Meixia, Zhuguo Ma, Naiming Yuan, 2021
Evaluation of the WRF physics ensemble using a multivariable integrated evaluation approach over the Haihe river basin in northern China, Dai Danqiong, Chen Liang，Ma Zhuguo, Xu Zhongfeng, 2021
Changes in soil moisture persistence in China over the past 40 years under a warming climate, Li Mingxing Peili Wu, Zhuguo Ma, Meixia Lv, Qing Yang, 2020
Water scarcity in the Yellow River Basin under future climate change and human activities, Omer, N.A. Elagib, Ma Zhuguo, et al., 2020
Causes and Changes of Drought in China: Research Progress and Prospects, Zhang Qiang, Yao Yubi, Li Yaohui LI, Huang Jianping, Ma Zhuguo, Wang Zhilan, Wang Suping, Wang Yingand Zhang Yu., 2020
Effects of 1.5℃and 2℃ of warming on regional reference evapotranspiration and drying: A case study of the Yellow River Basin, China, Jian Dongnan, Zhuguo Ma, Liang Chen, Jianping Duan, Daniel Mitchell, Ziyan Zheng, Meixia Lv, Haoxin Zhang, 2020
A comprehensive evaluation of soil moisture and soil temperature from third-generation atmospheric and land reanalysis data sets, Li Mingxing Peili Wu, Zhuguo Ma, 2020
Natural and anthropogenic influences on the recent droughts in Yellow River Basin, China, Omer, N. A., Ma Zhuguo, Ziyan Zheng, Farhan Saleem, 2020
Unprecedented recent late-summer warm extremes recorded in tree-ring density on the Tibetan Plateau, Duan J., Peili Wu, Zhuguo Ma, Yawen Duan, 2020
Assessing the regional climate impact on terrestrial ecosystem over East Asia using coupled models with land use and land cover forcing during 1980-2010., Cao Fuqiang, Dan Li, Ma Zhuguo, Gao Tao, 2020
Impact of Climate Factors and Human Activities on Water Resources in the Aral Sea Basin, Timur T Berdimbetov, Zhu-Guo Ma, Chen Liang，and Sana Ilyas, 2020
黄河流域气候与水文变化的现状及思考, 马柱国, 符淙斌, 周天军, 等., 2020
黄河源区气候水文和植被覆盖变化及面临问题的对策建议, 郑子彦, 吕美霞, 马柱国., 2020
Quantitative analysis of terrestrial water storage changes under the Grain for Green program in the Yellow River basin, Lv, M., Ma, Z., Li, M., & Zheng, Z., 2019
August‐September temperature variability on the Tibetan Plateau: Past, present, and future, Duan, J., Ma, Z., Li, L., & Zheng, Z., 2019
Post-industrial late summer warming recorded in tree-ring density in the eastern Tibetan Plateau, Duan J., Lun Li, Zhuguo Ma, Liang Chen, 2019
Reconciling the discrepancy of post-volcanic cooling estimated from tree-ring reconstructions and model simulations over theTibetan Plateau, Duan J., Peili Wu, Zhguguo Ma, 2019
Interdecadal seesaw of precipitation variability between North China and the Southwest United States, Yang Q., Ma, Z., Wu, P., N. P. Klingaman and Zhang L., 2019
Homogenization of monthly ground surface temperature in China during 1961–2016 and performances of GLDAS reanalysis products, Xu, W., Sun Chenghu, Zuo Jingqing, Ma Zhuguo, Li Weijing, And Yang Song, 2019
Evapotranspiration reconstruction based on land surface models and observed water budget components while considering irrigation, Lv Meixia, Ma Zhguo, Chen Liang, and Peng Shaoming., 2019
Responses of terrestrial water cycle components to afforestation within and around the Yellow River basin, Lv Meixia, Zhuguo MA & Shaoming PENG, 2019
Energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Tibet and its cities in 2014, Shan, Y. L., H. R. Zheng, D. B. Guan, C. M. Li, Z. F. Mi, J. Meng, H. Schroeder, J. B. Ma, and Z. G. Ma, 2019
Detection of human influences on temperature seasonality from the nineteenth century, Duan Jianping, Zhuguo Ma, Peili Wu, Elena Xoplaki, Gabriele Hegerl, Lun Li, Andrew Schurer, Dabo Guan, Liang Chen, Yawen Duan and Jürg Luterbacher., 2019
A quantitative study of moisture transport variation on the interdecadal variation of the summer precipitation in South China from 1979 to 2015, Zhong Linhao, Lijuan Hua, Ma Zhuguo, Yao Yao., 2019
Synoptic-scale atmospheric circulation anomalies associated with summertime daily precipitation extremes in the middle-lower reaches of the Yangt
