Prof. Yuanming Zhang, the director of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

3/18/2021

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Prof. Yuanming Zhang, the director of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Mainly focused on the research of ecosystem structure and function of desert ecosystem in arid areas, especially about biological soil crusts. Recently, as a main scientist, he leads a young scientific group carrying out research work on the functions of biodiversity in desert ecosystems, which were financially supported by National Nature foundation of China and CAS. His research has contributed to policy-making on biodiversity conservation in Junger Basin Desert and Tarim river valley. He has published 50s academic papers in international journals, such as Nature Plants, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Annals of Botany, GEODERMA and so on.

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