Weixing Zhu, Ph.D.
I am an ecosystem ecologist with broad interests in environmental issues from local to global. An ecosystem can be defined as any bounded area on earth consisting of all the organisms and their interacting physical-chemical environment. A City and its surrounding area can be defined as an interconnected urban ecosystem. An important ecosystem process my lab is focusing on is nitrogen (N) biogeochemistry; we are particularly interested in the fate of human-related, elevated input of N in natural forests, and the transport and transformation of N in urban ecosystems. Watershed is also an ecosystem, in which all inputs, including anthropogenic pollution ends in surface and groundwater. My students and I have been involved in the study of local headwater watersheds where stream water flows to the Susquehanna River and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay. Other researches in my lab include studies in exotic species invasion, restoration, and plant-soil interactions.
I am an ecosystem ecologist with broad interests in environmental issues from local to global. An ecosystem can be defined as any bounded area on earth consisting of all the organisms and their interacting physical-chemical environment. A City and its surrounding area can be defined as an interconnected urban ecosystem. An important ecosystem process my lab is focusing on is nitrogen (N) biogeochemistry; we are particularly interested in the fate of human-related, elevated input of N in natural forests, and the transport and transformation of N in urban ecosystems. Watershed is also an ecosystem, in which all inputs, including anthropogenic pollution ends in surface and groundwater. My students and I have been involved in the study of local headwater watersheds where stream water flows to the Susquehanna River and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay. Other researches in my lab include studies in exotic species invasion, restoration, and plant-soil interactions.
Education:
Education:
Ph.D. in Ecology, Rutgers University, New Jersey 1995.
B.S. in Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1986.
Postdoc:
Postdoc:
Central Arizona-Phoenix Urban LTER Program, Arizona State University, Arizona (1999 - 2000)
Louis Calder Center, Fordham University, New York (1996 - 1999)
Current Position:
Current Position:
Assistant (2000-2006), Associate (2006-2015), and Full Professor (2015-), Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York
wxzhu@binghamton.edu; 1-607-777-3218
Binghamton University, Dept. of Biological Sci., Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902.