Name
Lai Zhang, Professor in Mathematical and Theoretical Ecology
Research Interests
· Mathematical modeling of biological dynamical systems based on differential equations (e.g., reaction diffusion equations, transport equations, stochastic partial differential equations).
· Understanding how biological processes that act on different spatial-temporal scales affect populations.
· Understanding the response of entire marine ecosystems to climate change.
· Understanding how anthropogenic activities affect species diversity through speciation.
· Development and analysis of numerical methods for solving size-structured population models (transport PDEs) that explicitly account for individual ontogenetic development.
Education
Sep. 2008 – Nov. 2011
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Ph.D. Program in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Ph.D. supervisors:
Kim Knudsen (Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, DTU)
Ken Haste Andersen (National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU)
Uffe Høgsbro Thygesen (National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU)
Project: Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of size-structured populations and communities in aquatic ecosystems
Sep. 2005 – Jun. 2008
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Master Program in Applied Mathematics
Master supervisor: Zhigui Lin (School of Mathematics, Yangzhou University)
Project: Stability analysis of reaction diffusion models with time delay and functional responses.
Sep. 2001 – Jun. 2005
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Bachelor program in Applied Mathematics
Working Experience
Sep. 2017 – Today
Professor at the Department of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, China
Jun. 2017 – Aug. 2017
Researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics,
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Sep. 2016 – May. 2017
Senior lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics,
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Mar. 2016 – Aug. 2016
Senior research engineer at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics,
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Sep. 2013 – Feb. 2016
Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical
Statistics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Project: Elucidating the conditions responsible for the loss of species diversity by
speciation collapse. Advisors: Åke Brännström (Umeå University), Jörgen Ripa (Lund
University), Richard Svanbäck (Uppsala University), and Xavier Thibert-Plante (Umeå
University).
Dec. 2011 – Aug. 2013
Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics,
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Project: Numerical methods for solving size-structured populations. Advisors: Åke
Brännström (Umeå University) and Ulf Dieckmann (International Institute for Applied
System Analysis).
Teaching
Lecturer in the following courses for undergraduate students since Sep in 2017.
Calculus I & II, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations.
Lecturer (Sweden before 2018):
· Course “Differential Equations” (7.5 ECTs) for 115 undergraduate engineering students in their second academic year, September 2017, Umeå University.
· Course “Multivariable Calculus” (7.5 ECTs) for 169 undergraduate engineering students, February 2017, Umeå University.
· Course “Differential Equations” (7.5 ECTs) for 33 undergraduate engineering students, April 2016, Umeå University.
· Course “Differential Equations” (7.5 ECTs) for 128 undergraduate engineering students in their second academic year, September 2016, Umeå University.
· Course “Mathematical Methods in Physics” (7.5 ECTs) for 78 undergraduate physical students in their second academic year, October 2016, Umeå University.
· Course “Transform Methods” (7.5 ECTs) for 7 graduate students, November to December 2015, Umeå University.
· Course “Differential Equations” (7.5 ECTs) for 109 undergraduate engineering students in their second academic year, September 2015, Umeå University.
· Dynamical systems in the Ecological Network workshop, June 2015, Umeå.
· On “Boundary value problems for the heat equation”, which is part of the course “Mathematical Methods in Physics”, October 2014, Umeå University.
Teaching assistant:
· The course “Partial Differential Equations” (10 ECTs), September 2009 at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark. Responsible for discussing exercise and grading assignments and exams.
· The summer school “Size-structured modelling of population and community dynamics in a changing climate”, April 11-17, 2011, Hamburg, Germany. Responsible for providing instructions.
· The course of “Mathematical Methods in Physics” (15 ECTs), October 2014, Umeå University. Responsible for exercise sessions, computer labs, and grading exams.
Teacher training
Pedagogic courses (supporting certificates are included in Appendix B):
· Teaching and Learning, September 2010 (1 week), Technical University of Denmark.
· New as university teacher, June 2014 (1 week), Center for Educational Development, Umeå University.
· Teaching in Higher Education, September-October 2015 (2 weeks), Center for Educational Development, Umeå University.
· Didactics for university teachers, January-May 2016 (2 weeks), Center for Educational Development, Umeå University.
Pedagogic workshop
· Workshop in Teaching, August 20, 2015, Umeå University.
· Symposium on languages and Mathematics, June 13-14, 2016, Umeå University.
Research Projects
8. | National Natural Science Foundation(11871065)：Impacts of climate change on size-structured aquatic ecosystems,510,000CNY，2019/01-2022/12，leader. |
7. | National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD0500500)，13,350,000 CNY, 2019/01-2020/12，participation. |
6. | Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(SBK20181450)：Impacts of global warming on lake ecosystems,100,000，2018/07-2021/06，leader. |
5. | Jiangsu Distinguished Professor Program，2,000,000 CNY，2018/10-2021/09，leader. |
4. | Talent Researcher Program of Yangzhou: Application of spatial patterns in high-dimensional ecosystems，60,000，2018/01-2020/12，leader. |
3. | Start-up fund in Yangzhou University：600,000CNY，2017/09-2021/08， Leader. |
2. | Swedish Wallenberg foundation：Climate change induced regime shifts in Northern lake ecosystem，3.6 Million SEK，2016/01-2020/12，participation. |
1. | National Natural Science Foundation (11571301)：Criterion and characteristics of the spreading front of invasive species，550,000 CNY，2016/01-2019/12，participation. |
Publications
36. | Magnus Lindh, Daniel S. Falster, Lai Zhang, Ulf Dieckmann, Ake Brannstrom, 2018, Latitudinal effects on crown shape evolution. Ecology and Evolution, doi:10.1002/ece3.4274. JCR = 3, IF = 2.340. |
35. | Lai Zhang*, Daisuke Takahashi, Martin Hartvig, Ken Haste Andersen, 2017. Food-web dynamics under climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Science, Doi: org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1772. JCR = 2, IF = 4.949. |
34. | Zhi Ling, Lai Zhang, Min Zhu*, Malay Banerjee, 2017. Dynamical behavior of a generalist predator-prey model with free boundary. Boundary Value Problems. 2017:139. JCR = 3, IF = 0.819. |
33. | Lai Zhang*, Ulf Dieckmann, Åke Brännström, 2017. On the performance of four methods for the numerical solutions of ecologically realistic size-structured population models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8, 948-956. JCR =1, IF = 6.363. |
32. | Canrong Tian, Ling Lin, Lai Zhang*, 2017. Additive noise induced phase transition in a plankton model. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 46, JCR = 1, IF =2.291. |
31. | Canrong Tian, Zhi Ling*, Lai Zhang, 2017. Nonlocal interaction driven pattern formation in a prey-predator model. Applied and Mathematical Computations. IF =1.345. JCR = 2. |
30. | Jing Ge*, Ling Lin, Lai Zhang, 2017. A diffusive SIS epidemic model incorporating the media coverage impact in the heterogeneous environment. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series B. 22, 2763-2776. IF = 1.227, JCR = 3. |
29. | Lai Zhang*, Jia Liu, Malay Banerjee, 2017. Hopf and steady state bifurcation analysis in a ratio-dependent prey-predator model. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations 44, 52-73. IF =2.834, JCR =2. |
28. | Jia Liu*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Bifurcation analysis in a pre-predator model with nonlinear predator harvesting. Journal of Franklin Institute 353, 4701-4714. IF =2.327, JCR = 2. |
27. | Malay Banerjee*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Stabilizing role of nonlocal interaction on spatial pattern formation. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomenon 11: 135-150. IF = 0.725, JCR = 3. |
26. | Malay Banerjee*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Time delay can enhance spatio-temporal chaos in a prey-predator model. Ecological Complexity 27:17-18. IF = 1.797, JCR = 3. |
25. | Sebastien* M. Portalier, Mehdi Cherif, Lai Zhang, Gregor F. Fussmann, Michael Loreau, 2016. Size-related effects of physical factors on phytoplankton. Ecological Modeling 323, 41-50. IF = 2.275, JCR = 3. |
24. | Hong Zhang, Paul Georgescu*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Periodic patterns and Pareto efficiency of state dependent impulsive controls regulating interactions between wild and transgenic mosquito populations. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations 31, 83-107. IF =2.834. JCR =2, Top 期刊 |
23. | Xinzhu Meng, Lai Zhang*, 2016 Evolutionary dynamics in a Lotka-Volterra competition model with impulsive periodic disturbance. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 39, 177-188. IF =1.002, JCR = 3. |
22. | Lai Zhang*, Michael Pedersen, Zhigui Lin, 2015. Stability patterns for a size-structured population model and its stage-structured counterpart. Mathematical Bioscience 267, 109-123. IF =1.256, JCR = 4. |
21. | Lai Zhang*, Ken Haste Andersen, Ulf Dieckmann, Åke Brännström, 2015. Four types of interference and their impacts on the ecology and evolution of size-structured populations and communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology 380, 280-290. IF =2.049, JCR = 3. |
20. | Zhanghua Cao, Shibing Zhang, Xiaodong Ji*, Lai Zhang, 2015. Secure random linear network coding on a wiretap network. International Journal of Electronics and Communications 69, 467-472. IF =0.786, JCR = 4. |
19. | Lai Zhang, Canrong Tian*, 2014. Turing pattern dynamics in an activator-inhibitor system with superdiffusion. Physical Review E 90, 062915. IF =2.252, JCR = 3. |
18. | Zhi Ling*, Lai Zhang, 2014. Dynamical behavior of a harvest single species model on growing habitat. Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society 5, 1357-1368. IF = 0.297, JCR = 4. |
17. | Lai Zhang*, Uff Høgsbro Thygensen, Malay Banerjee, 2014. Size-dependent diffusion promotes the emergence of spatiotemporal patterns. Physical Review E 90, 012904. IF =2.252, JCR = 3. |
16. | Malay Banerjee, Lai Zhang*, 2014. Bifurcation analysis in a delay-diffusion in a ratio-dependent predator-prey model. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 67, 73-81. IF=1.611, JCR = 3. |
15. | Magnus Lindus*, Lai Zhang, Daniel Falster, Oscar Franklin, Åke Bränströmm, 2014. Plant diversity and drought: the role of deep roots. Ecological Modelling 290, 85-93. IF = 2.275, JCR = 3. |
14. | Zhi Ling*, Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin, 2014. Turing pattern formation in a predator-prey system with cross diffusion. Applied Mathematical Modelling 38, 5022- 5032. IF = 2.291, JCR = 1, Top 期刊. |
13. | Lai Zhang, Martin Hartvig, Kim Knudsen, Ken Haste Andersen*, 2014. Size-based predictions of food web patterns. Theoretical Ecology 7, 23-33. IF =2.085. JCR = 4. |
12. | Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang*, 2013. Hopf bifurcation analysis in a diffusive food-chain model with time delay. Computers and Mathematics with Applications 66, 2139-2153. IF =1.398, JCR = 2. |
11. | Canrong Tian*, Lai Zhang, 2013. Delay-driven spatiotemporal chaos in a plankton system. Physical Review E 88, 012713. IF =2.252, JCR = 3. |
10. | Lai Zhang*, Uff Høgsbro Thygensen, Kim Knudsen, Ken Haste Andersen, 2013. Trait diversity promotes stability of community dynamics. Theoretical Ecology 6, 57-69. IF =2.085, JCR = 4. |
9. | Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang*, 2012. Travelling wave governs the stability of spatial patterns in a plankton allelopathic system. Chaos 22, 043136. IF =2.188, JCR = 3. |
8. | Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin, Michael Pedersen*, 2012. Effects of growth curve plasticity on size-structured population dynamics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 74, 327-345. IF =1.326, JCR = 4. |
7. | Jia Liu*, Hua Zhou, Lai Zhang, 2012. Cross-diffusion induced Turing patterns in a sex-structured predator-prey model. International Journal of Biomathematics 5, 1250016. IF=0.938, JCR = 3. |
6. | Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang, Lin Zhigui*, 2011. Pattern formation for a model of plankton allelopathy with cross-diffusion. Journal of the Franklin Institute 358, 1947-1964. IF =2.327, JCR = 2. |
5. | Qiulin Tang, Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin*, 2011. Asymptotic profile of species migrating on a growing habitat. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 116, 227-235. IF =0.853. JCR = 3. |
4. | Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin*, 2011. A Holling’s type II prey-predator model with stage structure and nonlocal delay. Applied Mathematics and Computation 21, 5000-5010. IF =1.345. JCR = 2, Top 期刊. |
3. | Zhigui Lin*, Michael Pedersen, Lai Zhang, 2010. A predator-prey system with stage-structure for predator and nonlocal delay. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Application 72, 2019-2030. IF =2.238. JCR = 1. |
2. | Kim Kwang, Zhigui Lin*, Lai Zhang, 2010. Avian-human influence epidemic model with diffusion, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Application 11, 313-322. IF =2.238. JCR = 1. |
1. | Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang, Zhi Ling*, 2009. Stability of a diffusion model of plankton allelopathy with spatio- temporal delays. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Application 10, 2036-2046. IF =2.238. JCR = 1. |
Address
School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, Room 105.
Email
Lai.Zhang@yzu.edu.cn
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