Name: WU Liang

Current Appointment: Associate Professor

Education: Ph.D

Areas of Specialization: Natural resources, Food security, Food loss and waste, Ecosystem management, Geopolitics

Society Appointments: Secretariat of the Geopolitics Research Branch of the Pacific Society of China

Representative Publications:

1.    WU L*, ZHANG D, CHENG SK. 2022. An analysis for establishing an anti-food waste monitoring and evaluation system for China. Journal of Natural Resources, 37(10): 2495-2507. (CSCD)

2.    Wu L*, Wang M, Avishek K. 2021. Trans-regional rice supply paradigm reveals unsustainable water use in China. Water Policy, 23, 783-800. (SCI)

3.    ZHOU BR, WU L#, SONG MH*, et al. 2021. Distinct climate driven spatial patterns of frozen soil and vegetation that reflect plant sensitivities across the Tibetan Plateau. Land Degradation and Development, 32:4227–4240. (SCI)

4.    LI BT, ZHANG D, WU L. 2019. South China Sea and its islands in Chinese history. Shenzhen: Haitian Press.

5.    CHENG SK, WANG SY, LIU X, WU L*. 2018. Food nutrition and food security of China in a new development phase. Chinese Science Bulletin, 63(18): 1764-1774. (CSCD)

6.    WU L*, QIN Q, ZHANG D, CHENG SK. 2018. Indian Ocean Passages and their geopolitical impacts on China. Progress in Geography, 37(11): 1510- 1520. (CSCD)

7.    Wu L, Zhang LX, Wang M, et al. 2018. The Development of Wildlife Community Conservancies in Kenya: A Preliminary Review. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 9(3) 250-256. (CSCD)

8.    Wu L, Wang M, Ouyang H, Cheng SK, Song MH*. 2017. Spatial Distribution Modelling of Kobresia pygmaea (Cyperaceae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Resources and Ecology. 8(1) 20-29. (CSCD)

9.    Wu L, Avishek K. 2013. Restoring the Ecological Foundation for Food Security: A Soil Organic Matter (SOM) Perspective. UNEP Policy Series, No. 12. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/32522

10. Wu L, OK YS, Xu X, Kuzyakov Y*. 2012. Effects of anionic polyacrylamide on maize growth: a short term 14C labeling study. Plant and soil, 350:311–322.

11. WU L, SONG MH*, OUYANG H. 2009. Combining phylogenetic information: concept, methodology, and challenges. HEREDITAS (Beijing), 31(7): 689-697.

Major Research Projects:

1.    Exploring the International Experiences of Investigation, Evaluation and Policy Regulation for Post-Harvest Losses in the Upstream Grain Supply Chain, Founded by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nb: 72241012), 2021/07-2022/06, Project leader.

2.    Establishing monitoring and evaluation index system for food waste in the catering industry. Founded by the Ministry of Commerce, 2021/09-2021/12, Project leader.

3.    Cooperation and demonstration of practical technology for desertification prevention and control of important regions along the Great Green Wall of Africa. Founded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant Nb: SQ2018YFGH000229), 2019-2022, Major task leader.

4.    Driving Mechanisms of Land Use and Cover Change in the Sahel: Impacts and Responses (DIMECLUES), Founded by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nb: 4161101172), 2017-2021, Subproject leader.

5.    Cereal production modelling based on ecological niche theory—a case study in East Africa (Grant Nb: 41401068), 2015-2017, Project leader.

6.    Food nutrition and food security of China in a new development phase. Founded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nb: ZDBS-SSW-DQC and KJZD-EW-G20), 2017-2020, Major task leader.

Contact:

Office Address:

Room 1021, Building A. IGSNRR

11A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101

People’s Republic of China

Telephone: 86-10-64888415

Fax: 86-10-64851844

Email: wuliang@igsnrr.ac.cn