Jian-Ying MA Visiting Scholar, 7/15/2008 to 1/15/2009 Department of Botany,University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Tel: 307-766-2967, 307-766-6293; E-mail: jma1@uwyo.edu; mjy7106@hotmail.com

Permanent Address
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institution,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
332 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
PR China
Tel: (+) 931 4967537 Mobile: 13679430215
Fax: (+) 931 4967659 E-mail: jyma@lzb.ac.cn; mjy7106@hotmail.com

Education and Academic History
7/2008-present: Visiting Scholar, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
1/2006-present: Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, the Institute of Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science
7/2005-6/2008: Post Doctor, Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, the Institute of Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science
9/2001-6/2005: Ph.D., School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University
9/1998-6/2001: Ms.D., School of Forestry Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University

Research Projects
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, No. 40671195): Modern process studies of organic carbon and hydrogen isotopes in Northwest China. (2007-2009)
Postdoctor Sciences Foundation of China (No. 20060390193): Correlations between environmental factors and stable carbon isotope composition in desert plant Reaumuria soongorica and surface soil. (2006-2008)
NSFC Key Project (No. 90502008): A comprehensive study on the Holocene environmental change in the arid and semiarid China (2006-2010)
International Collaboration Project (No. 2002CB714004): Studies on processes and mechanism of desert and ecosystem in Alashan plateau (2003-2007)

Publications (last 3 years)
1. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Tuo, Qiang Wei-Ya, Wang Gang. 2005. Correlations between foliar stable carbon isotope composition and environmental factors in desert plant Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 47(9): 1065-1073.
2. Ma Jian-Ying, Ren Jun, Wang Gang, Chen Fa-Hu. 2006. Influence of different microhabitats and stand age on germinable soil seed banks of artificial sand-fixing plants. South African Journal of Botany, 72(1): 46-50.
3. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Kang, Xia Dun-Sheng, Wang Gang, Chen Fa-Hu. 2007. Variation in foliar stable carbon isotope among populations of a desert plant, Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim. in different environments. Journal of arid environment, 69(3): 365-374.
4. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Zhang Hui-Wen, Xia Dun-Sheng. 2007. Spatial distribution characteristic of stable carbon isotope compositions in Desert Plant Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim. Frontiers of Earth Science in China, 1(2): 150-156.
5. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Xia Dun-Sheng, Zhang Hui-Wen. 2007. Stable isotop compositions of desert plant and surface soil in Tarim basin. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 29(1): 144-148. (in Chinese with English abstract)
6. Ma Jian-Ying, Sun Hui-Ling, Xia Dun-Sheng, Wei Hai-Tao, Chen Fa-Hu. 2007. Stale carbon isotope compositional characteristics of different leaf shapes of Populous euphratica oliv in Tarim basin. Journal of Lanzhou University (Natural Sciences), 43(4):51-55. (in Chinese with English abstract)
7. Ma Jian-Ying, Zhou Bang-Cai, Xia Dun-Sheng, Zhang Hui-Wen, Jiang Xiao-Lei. 2007. Relationship between environmental factors and chlorophyll, proline cumulation in desert plant reaumuria soongorica. Acta Botanica Boreal-Occidentalia Sinica, 27(4): 0769-0775. (in Chinese with English abstract)
8. Ma Jian-Ying,Chen Fa-Hu,Xia Dun-Sheng, Sun Hui-Ling, Wang Gang. 2008. Relationships between soil factors and leaf element, water contents in desert plant reaumuria soongorica. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 28(3): 0983-0992. (in Chinese with English abstract)
9. Ma Jian-Ying, Fang Xiang-Wen, Xia Dun-Sheng, Chen Fa-Hu, Wang Gang. 2008. Correlations between meteorological factors and leaf element contents in desert plant reaumuria soongorica. Journal of Plant Ecology(Chinese Version),32(4): 848-857. (in Chinese with English abstract)
10. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Xia Dun-Sheng, Sun Hui-Ling, Wang Gang. 2008. Correlations between leaf d13C and physiological parameters of desert plant reaumuria soongorica. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 19(5): 1166-1171. (in Chinese with English abstract)
11. Chen Fa-hu, Rao Zhi-Guo, Zhang Jia-Wu, Jin Ming, Ma Jian-Ying. 2006. Variations of organic carbon isotopic composition and its environmental significance during the last glacial on western Chinese Loess Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin. 51(13): 1593-1602.
12. Xia Dun-Sheng, Jin Ming, Liu Xiu-Ming, Chen Fa-Hu, Ma Jian-Ying, Zhao Hui, Wang Xun-Ming, Wei Hai-Tao. 2007.A preliminary study on the magnetic signatures of modern soil in Central Asia. Frontiers of Earth Science in China, 1(3): 275-283.
13. Xia Dun-Sheng, Ma Jian-Ying, Wang Guang, Jin Ming, Yang Li-Ping, Chen Fa-Hu. 2006. Environmental magnetism and its applications to environmental studies in arid region, Northwest China. Earth Science Frontiers, 13(3): 168-179. (in Chinese with English abstract)
14. Liu Shi-Hui, Ma Jian-Ying, Wan Xiu-Lian, Zhang Wei-Guo, Jiang Xiao-Lei. 2007. Effects of plant species diversity on ecosystem function. Acta Botanica Boreal-Occidentalia Sinica, 27(1): 0110-0114. (in Chinese with English abstract)
15. Zhang Hui-Wen, Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Lv Guang-Hui. 2007. Advances in sewage irrigation research. Environmental Pollution & Control,29(8): 622-627. (in Chinese with English abstract)
16. Sun Hui-Ling, Ma Jian-Ying, Wang Shao-Ming, Zhang Xia. The study of stable carbon isotope composition in desert plant of Junggar Basin. Journal of Desert Research, 27(6): 972-976. (in Chinese with English abstract)
17. Sun Hui-Ling, Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Wang Shao-Ming. 2008. The relationship between stable carbon isotope composition of Tulipa iliensis Regel and nutritional element content and water content. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 25(03): 315-325. (in Chinese with English abstract)
18. Zhang Hui-Wen, Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Lv Guang-Hui. 2008. Investigation of the spatial variability of fertility in wastewater irrigated soils in Yamalic mountain, Urumqi, China. 2008. Arid Land Resources and Environment(in press), (in Chinese with English abstract)
19. Xia Dun-Sheng, Wei Hai-Tao, Ma Jian-Ying, Wang Xun-Ming, Zhang Jia-Wu, Zhao Hui. 2006. Magnetic characteristics of surface soil in arid region, central Asia and its paleoenvironmental signature, Quaternary Sciences, 26(6):937-946. (in Chinese with English abstract)
20. Xia Dun-Sheng, Yu Ye, Ma Jian-Ying, Wang Guang, Yang Li-Ping, Jin Ming, Chen Fa-Hu. 2007. Magnetic characteristics of street dust in Lanzhou and its environmental significance. Environmental Science, 28(5): 937-944. (in Chinese with English abstract)
21. Sun Hui-Ling, Wang Shao-Ming, Ma Jian-Ying, Zhang Xia. Study on stable carbon isotope composition in ephemeral plants in the Junggar Basin. Arid Zone Research, 24(5): 652-656. (in Chinese with English abstract)
22. Xia Dun-Sheng, Wang Guan, Ma Jian-Ying, Yang Li-Ping, Liu Yu-Zhang, Chen Fa-Hu. 2007. Magnetic property of Lanzhou dustfall and its implication in urban pollution. Journal of Derseart Research, 27(5): 859-865. (in Chinese with English abstract)
23. Xia Dun-Sheng, Yang Li-Ping, Ma Jian-Ying, Yu Ye, Wang Guang, Chen Fa-Hu. 2007. Magnetic property of Lanzhou dustfall and its implication in urban pollution. Science in China, 50(11): 1724-1732.
24. Xia Dun-Sheng, Yu Ye, Ma Jian-Ying, Liu Xiu-Ming, Chen Fa-Hu. 2007, Magnetic characteristics of urban dustfall and their implications on pollution origins, Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment, 21 (12): 110-115. (in Chinese with English abstract)
25. Xia Dun-Sheng, Chen Fa-Hu, Ma Jian-Ying, Liu Xiu-Ming, Zhnag Wei-Guo, Wang Xun-Ming, Wei Hai-Tao. 2007. Environmental Magnetic Investigations of Surface Soils along a NW-SE transect from the Chinese Loess Plateau to the Alxa Plateau. Quaternary Sciences, 27(6): 1-8.(in Chinese with English abstract)

Conference Papers
1. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Duan Zheng-Hu, Xia Dun-Sheng, Zhang Hui-Wen. Correlations between meteorological factors and leaf element characteristics in desert plant reaumuria soongorica(Pall.)Maxim. Changcun. July, 2008.
2. MA Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Duan Zheng-Hu, Xia Dun-Sheng, Liu Xiao-Ning. Stable carbon isotope composition and environmental changes in arid region. Lijiang. June, 2008.
3. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Jiang Xiao-Lei, Xia Dun-Sheng, Zhang Hui-Wen, Sun Hui-Ling. Stable isotop compositions of desert plant and surface soil in arid regions. Nanjing. Nov, 2007.
4. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Xia Dun-Sheng, Zhang Hui-Wen.?? INQUA Congress(2007). Correlations between foliar characteristic and environmental factors in desert plant reaumuria soongorica(Pall.)Maxim. Cairns. July, 2007.
5. Ma Jian-Ying, Chen Fa-Hu, Xia Dun-Sheng, Jin Ming, Zhao Hui. Spatial distribution characteristic of stable carbon isotope compositions in Desert Plant Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim. Nanjing. Oct, 2006.