E-mail: xiezhenglei@njnu.edu.cn

Associate professor of Coastal Sustainability Science, College of Marine Science & Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. B.S. (2002) in land management and M.S. (2005) in physical geography from Nanjing Normal University and Ph.D. (2010) in physical geography from Peking University, China. Postdoctoral at Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (CAS) (2010-2012).

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2020 –            Associate Professor, College of Marine Science & Engineering, Nanjing           

Normal University, Nanjing, China

2012 – 2020     Associate Professor, College of Geography & Environment, Jiangxi        

Normal University, Nanchang, China (12/2012–1/2020)

2017 – 2018     Visiting Scientist, School of Life Sciences, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA; Mentor: Jianguo Wu

2012 – 2012     Assistant Professor, College of Geography & Environment, Jiangxi    

       Normal University, Nanchang, China (7/2012–12/2012)

 

EDUCATION

Postdoc:        Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (7/2012), CAS, Beijing, China; Mentor: Jiyuan Liu

Ph.D.,         Peking University (1/2010), College of Urban & Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China; Mentor: Xuegong Xu

M.S.,          Nanjing Normal University (7/2005), School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing, China; Mentor: Zhenshan Lin

B.S.,          Nanjing Normal University (7/2002), School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing, China

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses taught at Jiangxi Normal University since 2012:

• Landscape Ecology 
• Integrated Physical Geography
• General Ecology
• Writing for Scientific Paper
• Progress for Physical Geography
• R program and Visualization

 

Courses taught at Nanjing Normal University since 2020:

• Ocean Island Exploration and Protection
• Introduction and Discussion of Marine Specialty

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

• 2019–2022: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), “The Landscape

resilience Assessment and the Cost-Effects of Different Stakeholders from Participating the Conversion of Orchard to Forest”

• 2014–2017: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), “Wetland Change and   

Carbon Sequestration in Yellow River Delta Natural Reserve”

• 2012–2014: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), “The Effectiveness

Assessment of Wetland Restoration and Adaptive Control in Poyang Lake Area”

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

8. Zhu, G., Z. Xie, H. Xu, M. Liang, J. Cheng, Y. Gao, and L. Zhang. 2021. Land reclamation pattern and environmental regulation guidelines for port clusters in Bohai Sea, China. PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259516.

7. Xie Z., Y. Jiang, H. Zhang, Z. Wang, and Y. Chen. 2021. Contamination of trace element in river ecosystem and source apportionment based on their relationship with landscape patterns.

    Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 1230-1485.

6. Xie, Z., B. Zhou, H. Xu, L. Zhang, and J. Wang. 2020. An agent-based sustainability perspective on PES: Analytical framework and empirical application. Sustainability 13(1), 253.

5. Jiang. Y., H. Xie, H. Zhang, Z. Xie, and Y. Cao. 2018. Dissolved heavy metals distribution and risk assessment in the Le’an River subjected to violent mining activities. Polish Journal of

   Environmental Studies 27(4):1559-1572.

4. Zhu, G., Z. Xie, H. Xie, T. Li, X. Gu, and X. Xu. 2018. Land-sea integration of environmental regulation of land use/land cover change- a case study of Bohai Bay, China. Ocean & Coastal Management 151:109-117.

3. Jiang, Y., Z. Xie, H. Zhang, H. Xie, and Y. Cao. 2017. Effect of land use types on dissolved trace metals concentration in Le’an River Basin, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189(633):1-19.

2. Zhang, H., Y. Jiang M. Ding, and Z. Xie. 2017. Level, source identification and risk analysis of heavy metal in surface sediments from river-lake ecosystems in the Poyang Lake, China.

    Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24(27):21902-21916.

1. Zhu, G., Z. Xie, X. Xu, T. Li, and Z. Ma. 2017. Environmental change caused by land reclaimed from sea in rapid urbanization in Bohai bay, China. PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0175627.