学习经历

2006.01-2012.05，迈阿密大学，生物学，博士；

2004.09-2012.01，中国科学院研究生院，生态学，博士；

2002.09-2003.06，华盛顿大学，植物学/林学，访学；

2000.09-2004.06，四川大学，生物科学/森林生态，学士。

工作经历

2025.10-      ，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，研究员；

2023.09-2025.08，美国缅因大学，终身副教授；

2017.01-2023.08，美国缅因大学，助理教授；

2012.09-2017.12，美国哈佛大学，博士后/研究助理

社会兼职

Plant Diversity，编委会成员

Frontiers In Plant Biology, 植物逆境专项主编

代表论著

1. Pahadi P, Chen YY, Annis S, Calderwood L, Drummond F, Wason J, Zhang YJ* (2025) Warming enhances productivity despite exacerbated water and nutrient deficits in wild blueberry, a traditionally managed temperate crop. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 375: 110820.

2. Barai K, Wallhead M, Hall B, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P, Herrmann I, Zhang YJ* (2025). Detecting spatial variation in wild blueberry water stress using UAV-Borne thermal imagery: Distinct temporal and reference temperature effects. Precision Agriculture 26:25.

3. Pahadi P, Wason J, Annis S, McGill B, Zhang YJ*. (2024) A new dimension of leaf economic spectrum: temporal instability of relationships among genotypes. New Phytologist 244: 2109-2575.

4. Qu HC*, Zheng CF, Ji H, Barai K, Zhang YJ*. (2024) A fast and efficient approach to estimate wild blueberry yield using machine learning with drone photography: Flight altitude, sampling method and model effects. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 216: 108543.

5. Zhang YJ*, Hochberg U, Rockwell FE, Ponomarenko A, Chen YJ, Manandhar A, Graham AC, Holbrook NM*. (2023) Xylem conduit deformation across vascular plants: an evolutionary spandrel or protective valve? New Phytologist 237: 1242-1255.

6. Zhang YJ, Rockwell FE, Graham AC, Alexander T, Holbrook NM. (2016) Reversible leaf xylem collapse: a potential 'circuit breaker' against cavitation. Plant Physiology 172, 2261–227.

7. Zhang YJ, Cao KF, Sack L, Li N, Wei XM, Goldstein G. (2015) Extending the generality of leaf economic design principles in the cycads, an ancient lineage. New Phytologist203, 96-106.

8. Zhang YJ, Rockwell FE, Wheeler JK, Holbrook NM. (2014) Reversible deformation of transfusion tracheids in Taxus baccata is associated with a reversible decrease in leaf hydraulic conductance. Plant Physiology 165, 1557-1565.

9. Zhang YJ, Meinzer FC, Qi JH, Goldstein G, Cao KF. (2013) Midday stomatal conductance is more related to stem rather than leaf water status in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaf trees. Plant Cell & Environment 36, 149-158.

10. Zhang YJ, Meinzer FC, Hao GY, Scholz FG, Bucci SJ, Takahashi FS, Villalobos-Vega R, Giraldo JP, Cao KF, Hoffmann WA, Goldstein G. (2009) Size-dependent mortality in a Neotropical savanna tree: the role of height-related adjustments in hydraulic architecture and carbon allocation. Plant Cell & Environment 32, 1456-1466.

代表性承担科研项目情况

1. 美国农业部国家需求项目，Interdisciplinary graduate training for Climate-Smart Agriculture using innovative climate change mitigation techniques. 2025-2030，188.5万人民币（$259,000），主持。

2. 美国农业部纳米技术项目，From plants to plants: Applying cellulose nanofibrils with foliar fertilizers to improve crop productivity，2023-2025，217.8万人民币（$300,000），主持。

3. 美国农业部生物能源自然资源和环境项目，Current and future climate change effects on the ecosystem services and economics of wild blueberries。2023- 2027，469.8万人民币（$650,000），共同主持。

4. 美国农业部国家资源保护项目，Using biochar to retain and conserve water in wild blueberry fields. 2023-2024，107.4万人民币（$148,664），主持。

5. 美国宇航局缅因空间研究资助项目，AI-Carb: An AI-based High-Resolution Carbon Flux Monitoring and Simulation Platform, 2023-2024， 18.1万人民币（$25,000），主持。