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Mingkai Jiang
Life Science
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Chinese
Climate Change
Ecosystem
Co2
Photosynthesis
Soil Nutrients
Forestry
Sustainability
Environmental Science
Biogeochemistry
Conservation
Areas of Focus
- Global Change Ecology
- Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
- Plant-Soil Interactions
- Data-Model Integration
- Carbon Neutrality
Work Experience
- 2022-Present Researcher, Zhejiang University, School of Life Sciences
- 2021-2022 Lecturer, Western Sydney University
- 2016-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Western Sydney University
- 2011-2012 Research Assistant, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012-2016 PhD, Lehigh University, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 2010-2011 Master's, University of York, Ecology and Environmental Management
- 2006-2010 Bachelor's, University of York, Environmental Science
- Recipient of national talent programs and numerous academic awards
Publications
- The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment, M. Jiang, B.E. Medlyn, J.E. Drake, R.A. Duursma, I.C. Anderson, C.V.M. Barton, M.M. Boer, Y. Carrillo, L. Castañeda-Gómez, L. Collins, K.Y. Crous, M.G. De Kauwe, B.M. dos Santos, K.M. Emmerson, S.L. Facey, A.N. Gherlenda, T.E. Gimeno, S. Hasegawa, S.N. Johnson, A. Kännaste, C.A. Macdonald, K. Mahmud, B.D. Moore, L. Nazaries, E.H.J. Neilson, U.N. Nielsen, Ü. Niinemets, N.J. Noh, R. Ochoa-Hueso, V.S. Pathare, E. Pendall, J. Pihlblad, J. Pineiro, J.R. Powell, S.A. Power, P.B. Reich, A.A. Renchon, M. Riegler, R. Rinnan, P. Rymer, R.L. Salomón, B.K. Singh, B. Smith, M.G. Tjoelker, J.K.M. Walker, A. Wujeska-Klause, J. Yang, S. Zaehle, and D.S. Ellsworth, 2020
- Low sensitivity of gross primary production to elevated CO2 in a mature Eucalypt woodland, J. Yang, B.E. Medlyn, M.G. De Kauwe, R.A. Duursma, M. Jiang, D. Kumarathunge, K.Y. Crous, T.E. Gimeno, A. Wujeska-Klause, and D.S. Ellsworth, 2020
Awards
- National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
- Science and Innovation Award, Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Research Council
- Elizabeth V. Stout Doctoral Dissertation Award, Lehigh University
