Environmental Sciences Center
Ma Qianqian
Highest Education Ph.D
Post
Phone 020-37264153
Email maqianqian@scbg.ac.cn
Office Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education and Appointments

Working Experience:

2021/1 – present    Associate Professor, South China Botanical Garden, CAS

2016/12 – 2017/12   Visiting Scholar, ETH Zurich

2014/9 – 2021/1     Assistant Professor, South China Botanical Garden, CAS

Education:

2010/8 –2014/5  University of Georgia    Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

2010/8 – 2013/5   University of Georgia    M.S. in Statistics

2008/8 – 2010/7   University of Georgia    M.S. in Environmental Engineering

2004/9 – 2008/6   Ocean University of China   B.S. in Ecology

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qianqian_Ma3

Research Interest

Impacts of climate change on plant phenology and its mechanisms

Ecological network analysis and its application in investigating ecosystem element cycling

Modeling ecological systems, studying system-wide properties, and working on mathematical and computational solutions to questions of interest

Public Services

Journal reviewer for Global Change Biology, Elife, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Ecological Modelling, Frontiers in Plant Science, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Forestry, and PeerJ

Mu Sigma Rho (National honor society for statistics) member (since 2013)

Honors

2013: ISEM (International society of ecological modelling) Young Researcher Award

2013: Mu Sigma Rho (National honor society for statistics) Induction

2011: ECEM (European conference on ecological modeling) free registration and travel award

2011&2013: UGA Graduate School OVPR foreign travel award, and domestic travel award

2010 - 2014: Teaching Assistantship, College of Engineering, UGA

2008 - 2010: Graduate Research Assistantship, College of Engineering, UGA

2005 - 2007: 1st Class Scholarships, Ocean University of China

Selected Publication

Journal Articles

1.     Jian-Guo Huang*, Filipe Campelo, Qianqian Ma, et al., 2020, Reply to Elmendorf and Ettinger: Photoperiod plays a dominant and irreplaceable role in triggering secondary growth resumption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2019931117.

2.     Xiaobo Li, Hongbo He, Xudong Zhang, Caner Kazanci, Zhian Li, Magdalena Necpalova, Qianqian Ma*, 2021, Calculation of fungal and bacterial inorganic nitrogen immobilization rates in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (* Corresponding author)

3.     Qianqian Ma, Jian-Guo Huang*, Heikki H?nninen, Xiaobo Li, Frank Berninger, 2021. Climate warming prolongs the time interval between leaf-out and flowering in temperate trees: effects of chilling, forcing and photoperiod. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13558.

4.     Jian-Guo Huang#*, Qianqian Ma#, Sergio Rossi, et al., 2020. Photoperiod and temperature as dominant environmental drivers triggering secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(34), 20645-20652. (# Joint first authors)

5.     Xiali Guo#, Jian-Guo Huang#*, Jingye Li#, Hanxue Liang, Biyun Yu, Qianqian Ma, Shaowei Liang, Xiankai Lu, Shenglei Fu, Qing Ye, Ping Zhao, Xian Cai, 2020, Nitrogen addition to the canopy of Castanopsis chinensis (Sprengel) Hance promoted xylem formation in a subtropical forest in China, Annals of Forest Science, 77(2): 56.

6.     Xiaobo Li, Zhian Li, Xudong Zhang, Longlong Xia, Weixin Zhang, Qianqian Ma*, Hongbo He*, 2020, Disentangling immobilization of nitrate by fungi and bacteria in soil to plant residue amendment. Geoderma, 374: 114450. (* Corresponding author)

7.     Longlong Xia#, Xiaobo Li#*, Qianqian Ma, Shu Kee Lam, Benjamin Wolf, Ralf Kiese, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Deli Chen, Zhian Li, Xiaoyuan Yan, 2020. Simultaneous quantification of N2, NH3 and N2O emissions from a flooded paddy field under different N fertilization regimes. Global Change Biology, 26(4), 2292-2303.

8.     Biyun Yu, Jian-Guo Huang*, Qianqian Ma, Xiali Guo, Hanxue Liang, Shaokang Zhang, Shenglei Fu, Shiqiang Wan, Junhua Yan, Wei Zhang, 2019. Comparison of the effects of canopy and understory nitrogen addition on xylem growth of two dominant species in a warm temperate forest, China. Dendrochronologia, 56, 125604.

9.     Hanxue Liang, Jian-Guo Huang*, Qianqian Ma, Jingye Li, Zhou Wang, Xiali Guo, Huoxing Zhu, Shaowei Jiang, Peng Zhou, Biyun Yu, Dawei Luo, 2019. Contributions of competition and climate on radial growth of Pinus massoniana in subtropics of China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 274, 7-17.

10. Xiaobo Li, Hongbo He, Xudong Zhang, Xiaoyuan Yan, Johan Six, Zucong Cai, Matti Barthel, Jinbo Zhang, Magdalena Necpalova, Qianqian Ma*, Zhian Li*, 2019. Distinct responses of soil fungal and bacterial nitrate immobilization to land conversion from forest to agriculture. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 134, 81-89. (* Corresponding author)

11. Lei Chen#, Jian-Guo Huang#, Qianqian Ma#, Heikki H?nninen#, Francine Tremblay, Yves Bergeron, 2019. Long-term changes in the impacts of global warming on leaf phenology of four temperate tree species. Global Change Biology, 25(3), 997-1004. (# Joint first authors)

12. Qianqian Ma, Jian-Guo Huang, Heikki H?nninen, Frank Berninger, 2019. Divergent trends in the risk of spring frost damage to trees in Europe with recent warming. Global Change Biology, 25(1), 351-360.

13. Qianqian Ma, Jian-Guo Huang, Heikki H?nninen, Frank Berninger, 2018. Reduced geographical variability in spring phenology of temperate trees with recent warming.Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 256, 526-533.

14. Lei Chen, Jian-Guo Huang,Qianqian Ma, Heikki H?nninen, Sergio Rossi, Shilong Piao, Yves Bergeron, 2018. Spring phenology at different altitudes is becoming more uniform under global warming in Europe.GlobalChange Biology, 24(9), 3969-3975.

15. Shaokang Zhang, Jian-Guo Huang, Rossi Rossi, Qianqian Ma, Biyun Yu, Lihong Zhai, Dawei Luo, Xiali Guo, Shenglei Fu, Wei Zhang, 2017. Intra-annual dynamics of xylem growth in Pinus massoniana submitted to an experimental nitrogen addition in Central China. Tree Physiology, 37(11), 1546-1553.

16. Dawei Luo, Jian-Guo Huang, Xinyu Jiang, Qianqian Ma, Hanxue Liang, Xiali Guo, Shaokang Zhang, 2017. Effect of climate and competition on radial growth of Pinus massoniana and Schima superba in China’s subtropical monsoon mixed forest. Dendrochronologia, 46, 24-34.

17. Qianqian Ma, Caner Kazanci, 2014. How much of the storage in the ecosystem is due to cycling? Journal of Theoretical Biology 357, 134-142.

18. Qianqian Ma, Caner Kazanci, 2013. Analysis of indirect effects within ecosystem models using pathway-based methodology. Ecological Modelling 252, 238-245.

ISEM (International society of ecological modelling) 2nd best paper

19. Caner Kazanci, Qianqian Ma, 2012. Extending ecological network analysis measures to dynamic ecosystem models. Ecological Modelling 242, 180-188.

20. Oksana Y. Buzhdygan, Bernard C. Patten, Caner Kazanci, Qianqian Ma, Svitlana S. Rudenko, 2012. Dynamical and system-wide properties of linear flow-quantified food webs, Ecological Modelling 245, 176-184.

Book chapters

1.     Caner Kazanci, Qianqian Ma, 2015. System-wide measures in ecological network analysis, Advanced Modelling Techniques Studying Global Changes in Environmental Sciences (edited by Young-Seuk Park, Sovan Lek and Christophe Baehr)

2.     Qianqian Ma, Caner Kazanci, 2012. An individual-based approach for studying system-wide properties of ecological networks. Models of the Ecological Hierarchy from Molecules to the Ecosphere (edited by Ferenc Jordán and Sven Erik J?rgensen)

Conference Proceedings

1.      Ernest W. Tollner, Caner Kazanci, Qianqian Ma, 2013. Network Particle Tracking (NPT) and post path analysis for understanding student learning and retention. Proc. ASEE Annual Conference. pp 6218, 2013.

 Conference Oral Presentations

1.     Qianqian Ma, The impact of climate warming on the phenology of temperate plants. 2019 Annual Conference of Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Dec 4, 2019.

2.     Qianqian Ma and Caner Kazanci, Comparing indirect and direct effects within ecological networks: a stochastic approach. The 19th biennial ISEM (The International Society of Ecological Modelling) Conference – Ecological Modelling for Ecosystem Sustainability in the context of Global Change, Toulouse, France, Oct 28 – 31, 2013.

3.     Qianqian Ma and Caner Kazanci, A revised formula for the calculation of indirect effects in ecological networks. Systems Ecology: A Network Perspective & Retrospective (Symposium in Honor of Bernard C. Patten). Odum School of Ecology, UGA, Athens, GA, April 12 – 14, 2013.

4.     Ernest W. Tollner, Caner Kazanci, and Qianqian Ma, Network Particle Tracking (NPT) and post path analysis for understanding student learning and retention. Systems Ecology: A Network Perspective & Retrospective (Symposium in Honor of Bernard C. Patten). Odum School of Ecology, UGA, Athens, GA, April 12 – 14, 2013.

5.     Qianqian Ma and Caner Kazanci, Analysis of indirect effects within ecosystem models using pathway-based methodology. IBE 2013 Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC, March 7-9, 2013.

6.     Qianqian Ma and Caner Kazanci, Dynamic storage analysis and residence time distribution for ecological networks. 7th European Conference on Ecological Modeling. Riva Del Garda, Italy, May 30- June 2, 2011.

7.     Qianqian Ma and Caner Kazanci, An agent-based methodology to study residence time for compartmental systems. IBE 2011 Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, March 3-5, 2011.

8.     Ernest W. Tollner, Qianqian Ma, and Caner Kazanci, Developing a thermodynamic analogue for ecological systems analysis. IBE 2011 Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, March 3-5, 2011.