Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name:
Huai Chen
Gender:
Male
Address:
Tel. No.
Email:
Quebec University at Montreal
315 Boul. Rene Levesque East, Apt.902
Montreal, Quebec
H2X 3P3
1-514-984-1981
chenhuai81@gmail.com
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
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8/2004–7/2008: candidate in Plant Ecology, Chengdu Institute of Biology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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9/2003–7/2004: M.S. course study in Ecology, Graduate school of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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9/1999–7/2003: B.E. and B.A. in Environment engineering and English,
College of Resources and Environment Science/ College of Foreign Language,
Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Global change ecology and biology; Carbon biogeochemical cycles in/among
natural ecosystems; Environmental stoichiometry; Environmental Modelling
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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3/2010-7/2010： Visiting scholar, McGill University
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10/2009-present:
Postdoc Fellow, Quebec University at Montreal
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8/2008–9/2009:
Postdoc researcher, College of Resources and environment
Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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8/2003–7/2008:
Research Assistant, Chengdu institute of biology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences.
HONORS & AWARDS
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9/2009
Canada-China Scholar’s Exchange Program (CCSEP) award
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8/2009
Outstanding postdoc researcher of Chongqing University
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7/2008
Zhuli Yuehua Sholarship for outstanding PhD candidates of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 2008.7
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7/2008
Outstanding Graduate of Graduate University, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 2008.7
SELECTED PUBLICATION
1. Chen, H., Y. Wu, X. Yuan, Y. Gao, N. Wu, and D. Zhu (2009), Methane
emissions from newly created marshes in the drawdown area of the Three Gorges
Reservoir, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D18301, doi: 10.1029/2009JD012410
2. Chen, H., Wu, N., Yao, S.P., Gao, Y.H., Zhu, D., Wang, Y.F., Xiong, W.,Yuan,
X.,2009. High Methane Emissions from a Littoral Zone on the Qinghai-Tibetan
Plateau. Atmospheric Environment, 43：4995–5000
3. Chen, H., Yao, S.P., Wu, N., Wang, Y.F., Luo, P., Tian, J.P.,Gao, Y.H.,2009.
Habitats affecting CH4 emissions from an alpine wetland in two important
phenological stages of growing season. Journal of Polish Ecology, 57(2): 377-381
4. Chen, H., Wu, N., Yao, S.P., Gao, Y.H.,Wang, Y.F.,Tian, J.P., Yuan, X.Z., 2009.
Diurnal variation of methane emissions from an alpine wetland on the eastern
edge of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Environment monitoring and assessment, DOI:
10.1007/s10661-009-0871-3
5. Chen, H., Wu, N., Yuan, X.Z., Gao, Y.H., Zhu D., 2009. Aftermath of the
Wenchuan Earthquake. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7：72-72
6. Chen, H., Yao, S.P., Wu, N., Wang, Y.F., Luo, P., Tian, J.P.,Gao, Y.H.,2009.
Spatial variations on methane emissions from an alpine wetland in Zoige Plateau
in two important phenological seasons. Science of the Total Environment,
407:1097-1104
7. Chen, H., Yuan, X.Z., Gao, Y.H., Wu, N., Zhu, D., Wang, J.X., 2009. Nitrous
oxide emissions from littoral marshes in the drawdown area of the Three Gorges
Reservoir,
China.
Water,
Air
and
Soil
Pollution,
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-009-0277-4
8. Chen, H., Yao, S.P., Wu, N., Wang, Y.F., Luo, P., Tian, J.P.,Gao, Y.H.,2008.
Determinants influencing seasonal variations ofmethane emissions from alpine
wetlands in Zoige Plateau and their implications. J. Geophys. Res. 113, D12303,
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008072
9. Chen, H., Wu, N., Gao, Y.H., Wang, Y.F., Luo, P., Tian, J.P.,Gao, Y.H.,2010.
Methane fluxes from alpine wetlands of Zoige Plateau in relation with water
regime and vegetation under two scales. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, DOI:
10.1007/s11270-010-0577-8.
10. Zhu, D. †, Chen H. †, Wu N., Wang, Y.F., Luo, P,2009. Winter Methane
Emission from an Open Fen on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: “Inertia” of Summer
Methane Emission. Polish Journal of Ecology, (In Press). (†Both authors
contributed equally to this work).
11. Shi F., Chen H., Wu Y., Wu N., 2009. Effects of livestock exclusion on
vegetation and soil properties under two topographic habitats in an alpine
meadow on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Polish Journal of Ecology, (In
Press).
12. Gao YH, Schumann M, Chen H, Wu N, Luo P. Impacts of grazing intensity on
soil carbon and nitrogen in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tibetan Plateau.
Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 2009, 7(2): 749-754.
13. Gao YH, Luo P, Wu N, Yi SL, Chen H. Biomass and nitrogen responses to
grazing intensity in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Polish
Journal of Ecology, 2007, 55 (3): 469-479.
14. Sun G., Luo P., Wu N., Qiu P.F., Gao Y.H, Chen H., Shi F.S (2009). Stellera
chamaejasme L. increases soil N availability, turnover rates and microbial
biomass in an alpine meadow ecosystem on the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry.41:86-91.
15. Gao YH, Luo P, Wu N, Chen H, Wang GX. Impacts of Grazing Intensity on
Nitrogen Pools and Nitrogen Cycle in an Alpine Meadow on the eastern Tibetan
Plateau. Applied Ecology & Environmental Research, 2008, 6 (3): 67-77.
16. Gao YH, Luo P, Wu N, Chen H. Grazing intensity impacts on carbon
sequestration in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Research
Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, 2007, 3(6): 543-548.
PAPERS SUBMITTED
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Chen H. , Wang M., Wu N., Zhu D., Gao Y.H., Sun R., 2010. Nitrous Oxide
Fluxes from the Littoral Zone of a Lake on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Atmospheric Environment, under review.
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Chen H. , Peng C., Zhu Q., Wu N., Ouyan Z., Jiang H., Wang Y., Xiang
W.,2010. Meta-analysis of Methane Emissions from rice paddies, wetlands
and lakes in China: Synthesis and New Estimate. Earth Science Review, under
review.
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Chen H., Chen Z., Yuan X., Peng C., Wu Y., Wu N., Zhu D., Zhu Q., Gao Y.
2010. Unexpected CH4 emission from the Three Gorges Reservoir and its
Implications, 2010. Acta Ecologica Sinica (Invited letter).
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Tian J.†, Chen H.†, Dong X., Wang Y.2010. Methanogenic archaeal
community structure in relation with seasonality and vegetation type in a fen
on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Environmental Microbiology Reports, submitted.
(†Both authors contributed equally to this work).
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Zhu D., Chen H., Wu N.2010.High fluxes of CH4 and CO2 from a shallow
lake on the Tibetan Plateau: spatiotemporal patterns and their drivers. Journal
of Geophysical Research, submitted.
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Gao Y., Zeng X., Chen H. 2010. Effectiveness of Exclosures to Restore
Degraded Alpine Meadow as a Result of Overgrazing on the Eastern Tibetan
Plateau. Arid Land Research and Management, under Review.
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Kang, X., Rui Y., Wang Y., Hao Y., Cui X., Li C., Chen H. 2010. Moderate
grazing increases carbon sequestration in a semi-arid grassland: modeling and
field measurement. Biogeosciences, submitted.
DISSERTATION
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Spatial heterogeneity of methane emissions from alpine wetlands on
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Ph.D)
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A preliminary study on plant diversity of riparian zones in the Three Gorges
of the Yangtze River (B.E).
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Choice on lexical meanings of a specific word in ESP translation (B.A)
PRESENTATIONS (oral*)
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The first international workshop on China high altitude wetlands and climate
change, Jul 2007, Kunming and Shangri-la, Yunnan Province, China: an
invited report was made there*.
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Annual scientific workshop on the resource, environment and ecology of
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Oct 2006, Sexian County, Anhui Province, China:
a report about methane flux was made*.
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Chen, H., Yuan, X.Z., Gao, Y.H., Liu, H., Wu, N., Wu, Y.Y., Wang, J.X.,
2009. Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from newly created marshes after
the winter-flooding in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region. 10th International
Congress of Ecology, 16-21 August 2009, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA.
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Chen, H., Wu, N., Yuan, X.Z., Zhu, D., Gao, Y.H. Methane fluxes from
alpine wetlands of Zoige Plateau in relation with water regime and vegetation
under two scales. 10th International Congress of Ecology, 16-21 August 2009,
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA.
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Zhu, D. †, Chen, H. †, Luo, P., Wu N. Spatial and Temporal Variability in
Winter Methane Emission from an Alpine Open Fen on eastern
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. 10th International Congress of Ecology, 16-21
August 2009, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (†Both authors contributed equally
to this work).
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Zhu, D., Chen, H., Luo, P., Wu N. Dissolved Organic Carbon in Zoige
Wetlands, eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. 10th International Congress of
Ecology, 16-21 August 2009, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA.
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Chen, H., Peng C., Wu, N., 2010. Preliminary methane emission from
reservoirs in China. Joint Meeting with ASLO & NABS, June 6-11,
2010 · Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
EDITORIAL
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9/2010-9/2012 Guest editor for Acta Ecologica Sinica (The international
journal)
REVIEWERS FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
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Atmospheric Environment (SCI)
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Ecological Engineering (SCI)
MEMBERSHIP
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Ecological Society of America, ESA since 2009
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American Geophysical Union, AGU since 2009
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The International Association for Ecology since 2009
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, ASLO since 2010
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Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas, SINO-ECO since 2010