Faculty & Staff
Biao Zhu

Biao Zhu
Title:Ph.D
Research Direction:
Department:Department of Ecology
Email:biaozhu@pku.edu.cn
Professor
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
E-mail: biaozhu@pku.edu.cn Phone: +86 18518480032
EDUCATION
·2005–2010, Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
·2002–2005, M.S. in Ecology, Peking University, China
·1998–2002, B.S. in Environmental Science, Peking University, China
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
·2025–present, Professor, Peking University, China
·2020–2025, Associate Professor, Peking University, China
·2014–2020, Assistant Professor, Peking University, China
·2012–2014, Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
·2011–2012, Postdoc, Cornell University, USA
·2010–2011, Postdoc, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
SELECTED SERVICES FOR ACADEMIC BOARDS AND JOURNALS
·2024–present, Chief Editor, Soil Biology & Biochemistry
·2024–present, Senior Editor, Journal of Plant Ecology
·2021–present, Subject Matter Editor, Ecology
·2020–present, Associate Editor, Journal of Ecology
·2018–present, Vice Director of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University
·2017–2019, Secretary of Asian Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America
·2010-preent, reviewers for many journals (15-20 manuscripts per year), PNAS, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Ecology Letters, Global Change Biology, New Phytologist, Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Geoderma, Plant and Soil, Biogeochemistry, Biogeosciences, etc.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
·Plant-soil interactions (particularly rhizosphere carbon and nutrient cycling)
·Soil organic carbon dynamics in response to global change (warming, N deposition, etc.)
·Nutrient regulation of ecosystem processes in terrestrial ecosystems
PUBLICATIONS
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