Dr. Pei Zhang ,Innovative Research Selected for the Young Researcher Award in Biology
College of Life Science, Sichuan University
Chengdu 610064, China
📞 Phone: +86 15196639112
✉️ Email: ritazhang1991@gmail.com | peizhang1991@scu.edu.cn
Education
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Ph.D. in Ecology, Fudan University (FDU), China, 2018
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B.S. in Ecology, Sichuan University (SCU), China, 2013
Professional Experience
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2020–Present – Associate Research Fellow (Ecology), College of Life Science, SCU, China
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2018–2020 – Research Assistant (Ecology), College of Life Science, SCU, China
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2016–2017 – Joint Ph.D. Student, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, USA
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2015 – Visiting Student, JFB Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Göttingen University, Germany
Research Interests
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Plant–soil biota interactions affected by grazing in alpine grasslands
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Effects of plant invasion on the soil food web and ecosystem functions
Synergetic Activities and Honors
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Shortlisted for the Southwood Prize, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021
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Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Fudan University, 2020
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Project Consultant, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2020
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Scholarship Recipient, China Scholarship Council (CSC), 2016
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Manuscript Reviewer for:
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mSystems
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Biological Invasions
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Journal of Plant Ecology
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Acta Ecologica Sinica
Publications
(*# Equal contribution, * Corresponding author)
🟩 I. Plant–Soil Biota Interactions under Grazing Pressure
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Zhang, P., Chen, S., Ai, Y., Wang, Y., Xi, D., Tian, L., & Mipam, T.D. (2022).
Responses of soil nematode community to yak grazing intensity in an alpine meadow.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 339, 108134.
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Wang, X., He, X., Price, M., He, Q., Zhang, P., Ran, J., & Wu, Y.* (2022).
Epigeic arthropod community changes in response to livestock-caused alpine grassland degradation on the Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Global Ecology and Conservation, 35, e02062.
🟨 II. Effects of Plant Invasion on Soil Food Webs and Ecosystem Functions
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Zhang, P., Scheu, S., Li, B., Lin, G., Zhao, J., & Wu, J.* (2020).
Litter C transformations of invasive Spartina alterniflora affected by litter type and soil source.
Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56, 369–379.
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Zhang, P., Li, B., Wu, J., & Hu, S. (2019).
Differential effects of litter and rhizosphere on soil biota converge to facilitate plant invasion: A meta-analysis.
Ecology Letters, 22, 200–210. (Highly cited paper)
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Zhang, P., Neher, D., Li, B., & Wu, J.* (2018).
The impacts of above- and belowground plant input on soil microbiota: Invasive Spartina alterniflora vs. native Phragmites australis.
Ecosystems, 21, 469–481.
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Zhang, P., Nie, M., Li, B., & Wu, J.* (2017).
The transfer and allocation of newly fixed C by invasive Spartina alterniflora and native Phragmites australis to soil microbiota.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 113, 231–239. (F1000 recommended)
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Chen, H., Zhang, P., Li, B., & Wu, J.* (2015).
Invasive cordgrass Spartina alterniflora facilitates epifaunal communities in a northwestern Pacific marsh.
Biological Invasions, 17, 205–217.
🟦 III. Soil Food Web Organisms & Biological Control
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Zhang, P.*, Zhang, W., & Hu, S. (2022).
Fungivorous nematode Aphelenchus avenae and collembola Hypogastrura perplexa alleviate damping-off disease caused by Pythium ultimum in tomato.
Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05680-2
🟧 IV. Ecosystem Multifunctionality & Grazing in Salt Marshes
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Zhang, P.#, Yang, Z.#, & Wu, J.* (2021).
Livestock grazing promotes ecosystem multifunctionality of a coastal salt marsh.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 58, 2124–2134.
🟥 V. Wildlife–Livestock Interaction (Broader Ecological Relevance)
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Yang, C.#, Zhang, P.#, Wu, Y., Dai, Q., Luo, G., Zhou, H., Zhao, D., & Ran, J.* (2021).
Livestock limits snow leopard’s space use by suppressing its prey, blue sheep, at Gongga Mountain, China.
Global Ecology and Conservation, 29, e01728.