Name: FU Zheng, Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Address: 11A Datun Road, An Wai, Beijing, 100101, China

E-mail: fuzheng@igsnrr.ac.cn

Research Interests: Global change ecology, Ecosystem ecology, Biogeochemistry, Biosphere-atmosphere interactions.

His research centers on the biosphere–atmosphere exchange of carbon, water and energy, with a particular emphasis on understanding how terrestrial ecosystems respond to global change and its feedback mechanisms across various spatial and temporal scales. His research leverages interdisciplinary knowledge and diverse tools (experiment, eddy-covariance, remote sensing, models, machine learning and big data analytics) to explore how global change alters structure and functions of terrestrial ecosystems, and how terrestrial ecosystems, in turn, regulate climate change.

Publications

1. Xia, H., Zhang, F., Ciais, P., Stoy, P.C., Peñuelas, J., Lian, X., Wang, Y., Makowski, D., Luo, Y., Niu, S., Yu, G., Huang, J., Wang, X., Zahn, E., Fu, Z.*, 2026. Higher optimal temperature for vegetation transpiration than for photosynthesis. Nature Plants, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02263-2.

2. Wang, X., Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Wang L, Buchmann N, Keenan T, Kauwe M, Chen G, Gong X, Xiao J, Li X, Xie Q, Wang H, et al, 2025. Global distribution and changes of leaf-level intrinsic water use efficiency and their responses to water stress. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-68252-9.

3. Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Wigneron, J., Prentice, I. C., Gentine, P., Fedlman, A., Yakir, D., Makowski, D., Kemanian, A., Viovy, N., Stoy, P.C., Ma, H., Li, X., Huang, Y., Yu, K., Zhu, P., Li, X., Lian, J., Smith, W.K. 2024. Global critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress. Nature Communications, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49244-7.

4. Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Fedlman, A., Gentine, P., Makowski, D., Prentice, I. C., Stoy, P., Bastos, A, Wigneron, J., 2022. Critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress in terrestrial ecosystems. Science Advances, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq7827.

5. Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Prentice, I. C., Gentine, P., Makowski, D., Bastos, A., Luo, X., Green, J., Stoy, P., Yang, H., Hajima, T., 2022. Atmospheric dryness reduces photosynthesis along a large range of soil water deficits. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28652-7.

6. Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Makowski, D., Bastos, A., Stoy, P.C., Ibrom, A., Knohl, A., Migliavacca, M., Cuntz, M., and Peichl, M., 2021. Uncovering the critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress for European ecosystems. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16050.

7. Bai, Y., Zhang, F., Ciais, P., Wigneron, J., ..., Gentine, P., Fu, Z.*, 2025. Widespread enhancement of ecosystem carbon fluxes during post moisture pulse. Communications Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03191-x.

8. Wang, X., Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Peñuelas, J., Xiao, J., Li, X., Luo, X., Chen, C., et al, 2026. Multi-satellite derived data reveals spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon-water coupling and its drivers in tropical ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment, 334, p.115242.

9. Li, F., Xin, Q., Green, J.K., Yi, C., Kemanian, A.R., Kannenberg, S.A., Stoy, P.C., Yang, Y., Lei, H., Xiong, Y.*, Fu, Z.*. 2026. Event‐Specific Meteorological Drivers Shape Diverse Water‐Use Efficiency Trajectories Under Drought Propagation. Global Change Biology, 32(1), p.e70690.

10. Li, F., Xin, Q., Yi, C., Kannenberg, S.A., Green, J.K., Migliavacca, M., Moore, D.J.P., Kemanian, A.R., Gentine, P., Stoy, P.C., Zhang, F., Xiong, Y.*, Fu, Z.*. 2025. Limited regulation of canopy water use efficiency by stomatal behavior under drought propagation. Global Change Biology, 31(7), e70381.

11. Wang, T., Fu, Z.*, Makowski, D., Liang, G., Jin, H., 2025. Seasonal divergence in the sensitivity of carbon and water fluxes to climate variability in terrestrial ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 376, p.110916.

12. Bai, Y., Zhang, F., Liu, M., Fu, Z.*, 2026. Observed daily photosynthesis responses following moisture pulses in terrestrial ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 380, p.111080.

13. Liu, X.*, Sun, G., Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Feng, X., Li, J. and Fu, B*., 2023. Compound droughts slow down the greening of the Earth. Global Change Biology, 29(11), doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16657.

14. Fu, Z.*, Ciais, P., Bastos, A., Stoy, P.C., Yang, H., Green, J.K., Wang, B., Yu, K., Huang, Y., Knohl, A., Šigut, L., 2020. Sensitivity of gross primary productivity to climatic drivers during the summer drought of 2018 in Europe. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375(1810), doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0747.

15. Fu, Z., Stoy, P., Poulter, B., Gerken, T., Zhang, Z., Wakbulcho, G., Niu, S., 2019. Maximum carbon uptake rate dominates the interannual variability of global net ecosystem exchange. Global Change Biology, doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14731.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_YASpQ8AAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zheng-Fu-7