Qingtian ZHANG Associate Professor

Department of Marine Science

Phone: 022-60601468

Location: Rm 208-2, Building No.6, TEDA campus, TUST

E-mail：qt2004@tust.edu.cn

Research Interests

Marine ecology, biodiversity and environmental monitoring in offshore areas

Academic Advising

Now accepting Masters candidates in Marine Science

Education

Visiting Scholar, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, 2012-13

Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Nankai University, 2009

Master of Agriculture, Ocean University of Qingdao, 2002

Bachelor of Agriculture, Ocean University of Qingdao, 1997

Positions & Employment（in reverse chronological order）

2009-present College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor

2004-2009 College of Marine Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Lecturer

Teaching

For Undergraduates: Marine Zoology; Marine Investigation and Observation; Marine Environmental Assessment and Protection

For Graduates: Marine Biodiversity

Research Projects

1) Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Tianjin Higher Education Basic Research Funding Project, The impact of bioturbation on the Oxidation-reduction state of sediments, Principal Investigator

2) Tianjin Science and Technology Bureau Tianjin Natural Science Foundation General Project, Study on the potential role of benthic communities in ecological restoration, Principal Investigator

3) Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Tianjin Higher Education Science and Technology Development Fund Project, Study on Biological Monitoring and Evaluation of Marine Environmental Pollution, Principal Investigator

4) Tianjin Education Science Planning "Twelfth Five Year Plan" -Youth Project, Study on Teaching Practice in the Context of Internationalization of Higher Education, Principal Investigator

Key Publications：

1) Approaches to analyzing community ecology. Chemical Industry Press, 2020, ISBN978-7-122-36064-9. Chief editor.

2) Marine biology experiment. Chemical Industry Press, 2018, ISBN978-7-122-32915-8. Chief editor.

3) Research on Prevention and Control of Eutrophication and Algal Bloom in Typical Reservoirs in the Haihe River Basin. Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 2016, ISBN978-7-5576-2134-6. Participate.

4) Gong Z, Zhang Q. Impact of heavy metals (cadmium and copper) stress on the bioturbation potential of polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis (family Nereididae). Marine Environmental Research, 2022, 177: 105621.

5) Zhang Q, Gong Z, Li J, Hu G. Influence of methodological choices on results of macrofaunal functional feeding diversity and evenness analyses. Ecological Indicators, 2020, 117: 106623.

6) Zhang Q,Hu G. Utilization of species checklist data in revealing the spatial distribution of fish diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 2020, 97: 817-826.

7) Zhang Q, Li J, Hu G, Zhang Z. Bioturbation potential of a macrofaunal community in Bohai Bay, northern China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019,140: 281-286.

8) Zhang Q, Warwick RM., McNeill CL., Widdicombe CE., Sheehan A., Widdicombe S*. An unusually large phytoplankton spring bloom drives rapid changes in benthic diversity and ecosystem function. Progress in Oceanography, 2015, 137:533-545.

9) Zhang Q, Hu G. Effect of nitrogen to phosphorus ratios on cell proliferation in marine micro algae. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2011, 29:739-745.

Honors & Awards

1) Teaching Achievement Award (Second level) of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 2018 (undergraduate), 2022 (graduate).

2) Excellent Award of the Key Laboratory of Coastal Ecological Environment of the State Oceanic Administration, 2018.