Wang Zhengwen, male, Ph.D., was born in October 1969 in Heze City, Shandong Province. He is currently a research professor and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and serves as the Director of the Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Ecosystem Research Station, CAS. He is also a council member of the Chinese Grassland Society and Chairman of the Grassland Protection Innovation Alliance for Agro-Pastoral Ecotone. His primary research areas include grassland ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, plant community ecology, desertification control, and restoration of degraded ecosystems. He has published over 100 papers (and books) in leading domestic and international academic journals. He has led six General Projects and one Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one Special Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, one Major Science and Technology Project of Liaoning Province, and over ten additional projects including sub-projects of the National Key Research and Development Program (formerly the 973 Program), sub-projects of the CAS Pioneer Program, and international collaborative projects. In 2023, he was honored with the title of Leading Talent under Liaoning Province's "Xingliao Talent Plan". In the same year, he led the team that was recognized as the "Systematic Ecological Restoration Innovation Team for Mountains, Rivers, Forests, Farmlands, Lakes, Grasslands, and Deserts" by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

1998.09–2021.06 Northeast Normal University, Ecology, Ph.D. 1995.09–1998.06 Northeast Normal University, Ecology, M.S. 1991.09–1995.06 Northeast Normal University, Biology, B.S.

2014.11–Present: Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang; 2010.03–2010.08: Visiting Scholar, University of Bern, Switzerland; 2009.11–2014.11: Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang; 2008.11–2009.11: Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, Netherlands; 2004.08–2009.12: Assistant Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2001.08–2004.07: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Grassland Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning, Plant Community Ecology, Desertification prevention and combating, Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems

2023: Recognized as the "Systematic Ecological Restoration Innovation Team for Mountains, Rivers, Forests, Farmlands, Lakes, Grasslands, and Deserts" by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. 2023: Leading Talent under Liaoning Province's "Xingliao Talent Plan". 2020: “Academical Leading Wild Goose of Liaoning Province”, Liaoning Association for Science and Technology, 2020. 2020: “The Assessment on the Effects of Enclosing on Grassland Production and Ecological Services and the Construction of Sustainable Management Model”, Pratacultural Science & Technology Award (2nd class), Chinese Grassland Society, 2020 (as 2nd contributor)

2020–2025: Sub-project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Strategic Priority Program (Category A) – "Establishing a Science and Technology System for Eco-stockbreeding" – Sub-project title: "Vegetation Restoration Technology and Near-natural Community Construction in Hulunbuir Sandy Land" – Role: Sub-project Leader; 2023–2027: Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) – "Responses of Decomposition of Litter from Different Plant Organs in Grassland Ecosystems to Global Changes and the Underlying Mechanisms" – Role: Project Leader (PI); 2020–2022: Major Science and Technology Special Project of Liaoning Province – "Technology Integration for Ecosystem Restoration and Ecological Industry Development Demonstration in Northwest Liaoning" – Role: Project Leader (PI); 2022–2023: Commissioned Project by the Liaoning Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau – "Dynamic Monitoring of Desertification and Sandification in Northwest Liaoning" – Role: Project Leader (PI); 2014–2018: Sub-project of the CAS Strategic Priority Program (Category B) – "Ecological Stoichiometric Mechanisms of Plant Regulation on Soil Microbial Composition" – Role: Sub-project Leader; 2014–2018: Major International Collaborative Project of NSFC – "Response of Grassland Ecosystems to Extreme Climate Events: A Sino‑US Joint Research Network" – Role: Key Participant; 2014–2017: General Project of NSFC – "Relationship Between Soil Propagule Bank and Aboveground Vegetation in Temperate Grasslands and Its Response to Changes in Water and Nitrogen" – Role: Project Leader (PI); 2014–2019: Special Basic Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology – "Special Survey of Plant Resources in Northeast Grasslands" – Sub-project: "Special Survey of Plant Resources in Hulunbuir Grassland" – Role: Sub-project Leader; 2016–2019: General Project of NSFC – "Effects of Genotypic Diversity on Ecological Functions of Plant Communities" – Role: Project Leader (PI); 2019–2022: General Project of NSFC – "Effects of Snowpack Depth and Snowmelt Timing on Vegetation Characteristics of Temperate Grasslands and Their Ecological Mechanisms" – Role: Project Leader (PI); 2025–2028: General Project of NSFC – "Temporal Respones of Carbon Source/Sink in Inner Mongolia Meadow Steppe to Simulated Global Changes and the Underlying Mechanisms " – Role: Project Leader (PI)

1. Guo J, Li YH*, Ma W, Guo QH, Cheng K, Ma J, Wang ZW*. 2024. Changes of Chinese forest-grassland ecotone in geographical scope and landscape structure from 1990 to 2020. Ecography e07296. 2. Zhang BC, Ma W, Song L, Liang XS, Xi XQ, Wang ZW*. 2023. Nitrogen addition and experimental drought simplified arthropod network in temperate grassland. Functional Ecology, 37:1815-1826. 3. Ma W, Liang XS, Wang ZW*, Luo WT, Yu Q, Han XG. 2022. Resistance of steppe communities to extreme drought in northeast China. Plant and soil, 473:181-194. 4. Qian JQ, Wang ZW*, Klimešová J, Lü XT, Zhang CY. 2021. Belowground bud bank and its relationship with aboveground vegetation under watering and nitrogen addition in temperate semiarid steppe. Ecological Indicators, 125: 107520 5. Sun T*, Hobbie SE, Berg B, Zhang HG, Wang QK, Wang ZW*, Hättenschwiler S. 2018. Contrasting dynamics and trait controls in first-order root compared with leaf litter decomposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115：10392-10397. 6. Luo WT, Zuo XA, Ma W, Xu C, Li A, Yu Q, Knapp AK, Tognetti R, Dijkstra FA, Li MH, Han GD, Wang ZW*, Han XG. 2018. Differential responses of canopy nutrients to experimental drought along a natural aridity gradient. Ecology, 99: 2230-2239. 7. “Grassland Plant Resource in Northeast China and its Conservation & Use ” (eds. Wang ZW & Zhang WH), Beijing: Science Press, 2023.