Name of

 Supervisor

Qu Xiaodong

Date of

Birth

Jan. 1978

Gender

Male

Professional Title

Associate professor

Administrative

Post

Lab director of aquatic ecosystem assessment and protection

Research

Area

Freshwater Ecology, Macroinvertebrate Biology

E-mail

davidqu0108@126.com

quxiaodong@iwhr.com

Telephone

+86-10-68781946

+86-18600504238

Academic and Professional Experience

2001. 9-2006. 6, Ph. D in Hydrobiology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science. China

2006. 9-2007. 12 Post doctoral researcher (Brain-Korea Project), Laboratory of Ecology and Behavior System, Department of Biology, Pusan National University

2008.1 -2009.03 Post doctoral researcher, Department of Biology and The Korea Institute of Ornithology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul

2009.04 – 2013. 06 Associate professor, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

2013. 07- Present Associate professor, Department of water environment, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

Brief Introduction to Research Interests and

Academic

Achievements

First research activities addressed riverine dispersal patterns of macroinvertebrate and bioassessment. Dealing with construction of biological integrity and evaluate the effects of run-off dams on macroinvertebrates along the mountain streams in the Three Gorge Area. Ever since, the focus of my work was on assessment and restoration of streams, rivers and floodplains. Together with my colleagues, I developed the integrated assessment methods, which is based on aquatic organisms of benthic invertebrates, benthic algae and fish communities, and riverine habitat and water environments.

Currently, I am working on the effects of multiple stressors on community response and species abundance patterns, prediction of community dynamics by utilizing techniques in ecological informatics (e.g. Artificial Neural Networks), ecohydraulics and ecohydrology, river health assessment methods and theories of nutrient transports longitudinally along the rivers and among different aquatic organisms.

During the past ten years, I published more than 50 papers and one book related with my research interests. The integrated assessment method has been used as the management tool in the river protection and restoration.