Brief CV
PhD. Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China（2006）
Visiting Scholar, Dalhousie University, Canada（2007）
Assistant Professor (2006-2009), Associate Professor (2009-2010), School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
Visiting Scholar, University of Connecticut, USA（2014-2015）
College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, China（2010-）
Research Interests
Planktology; Microzooplankton; Protozoology; Molecular and Environmental Planktology.
Selected Publications
Pan YB, Zhang WJ* , Lin SJ.(2018). Transcriptomic and microRNAomic profiling reveals molecular mechanisms to cope with silver nanoparticle exposure in the ciliate Euplotes vannus. Environmental Science-Nano, 5(12): 2921–2935.
Pan YB, Yang J, McManus GB, Lin SJ, Zhang WJ*. (2020). Insights into protist diversity and biogeography in intertidal sediments sampled across a range of spatial scales. Limnology and Oceanography, 65:1103-1115. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11375.
Mo YY, Zhang WJ*, Yang J*, Lin YS, Yu Z, Lin SJ. (2018). Biogeographic patterns of abundant and rare bacterioplankton in three subtropical bays resulting from selective and neutral processes. ISME Journal, 12:2198-2210. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0153-6.
Zhang WJ*, Pan YB, Yang J, Chen HH, Holohan B, Vaudrey J, Lin SJ, McManus GB*. (2018). The diversity and biogeography of abundant and rare intertidal marine microeukaryotes explained by environment and dispersal limitation. Environmental Microbiology. 20(2):462-476.DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13916.
Zhang WJ*, Mo YY, Yang J, Zhou J, Lin YS, Isabwe A, Zhang J, Gao X, Yu Z. (2018). Genetic diversity pattern of microeukaryotic communities and its relationship with the environment based on PCR-DGGE and T-RFLP techniques in Dongshan Bay, southeast China. Continental Shelf Research,164: 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2018.05.006.
Zhang WJ*, Pan YB., Yu LY, Liu LM. (2017). Genetic diversity patterns of microeukaryotic plankton communities in Shenhu Bay, southeast China. Continental Shelf Research, 141: 68-75.
Chen WD, Pan YB, Yu LY, Yang J*, Zhang WJ*. (2017). Patterns and processes in marine microeukaryotic community assembly from Xiamen coastal waters and intertidal sediments, southeast China. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01912.
Yu LY, Zhang WJ*, Liu LM, Yang J. (2015). Determining microeukaryotic plankton community around Xiamen Island, southeast China, using Illumina MiSeq and PCR-DGGE techniques. PloS one, 10(5), e0127721.
Wang Y, Zhang WJ*, Lin Y, Cao W, Zheng L, et al. (2014). Phosphorus, nitrogen and chlorophyll-a are significant factors controlling ciliate communities in summer in the northern Beibu Gulf, South China Sea. PLoS ONE. 9(7): e101121. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0101121.
Zhang WJ, Yang J, Yu Y*, Shu S, Shen Y. (2006). Population genetic structure of Carchesium polypinum (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) inferred from ISSR fingerprinting: High diversity but low differentiation. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 53: 358-363.
Zhang WJ, Yang J, Yu Y*, Shen Y. (2005). Identification, cloning and characterization of microsatellite DNA in Euglena gracilis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52: 356-359.
