從事全球變化與城市生态研究。深耕城市生态這一前沿領域，系統梳理了城市擴張時空格局與過程、城市化多種生态後果及城市尺度推繹規律。創新性建立了評估城市化對植被生長直接和間接影響的理論體系、定量方法，并将其應用到中國和美國的主要城市，發現城市環境對植被生長的普遍促進作用。該理論和方法體系被國内外同行廣泛使用和驗證。首次指出城市化影響下的生物多樣性梯度應該上升為如生态學中的緯度多樣性梯度和海拔多樣性梯度那樣為人們所熟知的普遍規律，同時提出了解釋城市化生物多樣性梯度的熱促進和脅迫平衡假說 (The heat-and-threat balance hypothesis)。在國家尺度上估算我國城市生态系統有機碳儲量及動态。建立了北京城鄉生态梯度研究平台 (BES-Beijing Ecosystem Study)，開展長期城市生态學研究。H-index= 48, Citations > 10k (till 04/07/2024).

作為項目負責人和主要參加者承擔國家自然科學基金委和科技部等13個項目。講授本科生課程《城市生态學》、研究生課程《全球變化與城市生态學》和《自然地理博士生高級講座》。已指導博士生16名，碩士生18名。擔任Global Change Biology、Science of the Total Environment等雜志副主編/編委。發表期刊論文百餘篇，其中SCI論文80餘篇，影響因子大于10論文近30篇。第一/通訊作者SCI論文60餘篇，包括1篇PNAS、5篇Global Change Biology、4篇Remote Sensing of Environment、3篇Environmental Science & Technology、2篇Sustainable Cities and Society以及Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment、Global Environmental Change、Science Bulletin、Ecological Applications、Journal of Geophysical Research各1篇。

研究興趣

· 城市生态：城市擴張格局和過程、城市尺度推繹規律、城市地表能量平衡與熱島效應、城市植被生長和物候、城市生物多樣性、城市生态系統碳儲量及動态、長期城市生态學研究

· 全球變化與陸地生态系統碳循環：城市環境作為全球變化及應對“先導區”和“放大鏡”；陸地碳彙供給能力提升機制、尺度效應、土地利用變化影響

· 城鄉共同體演變與優化：城市社會-經濟-環境的協同聯動規律、城鄉共同體優化管理

教育經曆

· 1999/09－2002/07：北京大學， 城市與環境學系，博士，導師：方精雲

· 1996/09－1999/07：中國科學院沈陽應用生态研究所，碩士，導師：何興元

· 1991/09－1995/07：内蒙古林學院（現内蒙古農業大學）， 林學系，學士

工作經曆

· 2023/12－：         365英国上市官网在线，生态學院，教授

· 2009/04－2023/11：北京大學，城市與環境學院，研究員、長聘副教授

· 2007/04－2009/03：美國地質調查局 (U. S. Geological Survey) 地球資源觀測與科學中心   (Earth Resources Observation and Science Center), Senior Scientist

· 2006/04－2007/03：美國密歇根州立大學 (Michigan State University), 博士後

· 2005/04－2006/03：加拿大魁北克大學 (University of Quebec at Montreal), 博士後

· 2002/09－2005/03：北京大學，環境學院，博士後

學術任職

獲獎

科研項目

1) 國家重點研發計劃“典型脆弱生态系統保護與修複”重點專項 (2023YFF1304600)，“城市生物多樣性提升技術與示範” 課題 “城市綠地空間格局優化與目标物種篩選管護”，2023-2027，子課題負責人

2) 國家重點研發計劃 “全球變化及應對”重點專項 (2018YFA0606100)，“中國植被物候對全球變化的響應機制及未來趨勢” 課題 “全球變化背景下植被物候變化趨勢預估”，2018-2023，課題負責人

3) 國家自然科學基金面上項目 (42071120)，“城市環境對樹木生長影響：基于城鄉梯度方法研究”， 2021-2024，項目負責人

4) 國家自然科學基金面上項目 (41771093)，“緩減熱島和熱浪效應的城市綠地景觀構建”， 2018-2021，項目負責人

5) 國家重點研發計劃 “典型脆弱生态修複與保護研究”重點專項 (2017YFC0503900)，“陸地生态系統碳源彙監測技術及指标體系” 課題 “陸地碳源彙監測方法與技術規範”，2017-2020，子課題負責人

6) 國家自然科學基金重大項目 (41590840)，“特大城市群地區城鎮化與生态環境耦合機理及脅迫效應” 課題 “特大城市群地區城鎮化與生态環境交互脅迫的病理分析與風險預估”，2016-2020，子課題負責人

7) 國家自然科學基金面上項目 (41571079)，“我國城市生态系統有機碳儲量及其變化”， 2016-2019，項目負責人

8) 國家自然科學基金委創新群體研究項目 (31021001 & 31321061 & 31621091)，“中國陸地植被的時空格局與生态功能”，2011-2016 & 2017-2019，子課題負責人

9) 科技部氣候變化研究國家重大科學研究計劃 (2010CB50600)，“中國陸地生态系統碳源彙特征及其全球意義” 課題 “全球生态系統碳源彙格局及區域特征”，2010-2014，子課題負責人

10) 國家自然科學基金面上項目 (41071050)，“我國生态恢複示範區土地利用變化對區域生态系統碳循環的影響”，2011-2013，項目負責人

11) 北京大學加強基礎研究專項，“全球變化與城市生态”，2009-2012，項目負責人

12) 國家自然科學基金面上項目 (40571150)，“長江中遊濕地生态區生物多樣性保護”，2006-2008，項目負責人

13) 英國石油公司贊助的全球學生生物多樣性保護研究項目 (British Petroleum Conservation Programme award),  “Project Dongting Lake 2001: Changes in Habitats and Population Dynamics of Wetland Birds in Dongting Lake, Central Yangtze China”,  2001-2002, 項目負責人

代表性論著

(*為通訊作者，第一作者為指導的在讀或已畢業學生)

1)Xu Z, Zhao SQ* (2024) Fine-grained urban landscape mapping reveals broad-scale homogeneity in urban environments. Science Bulletin, 10: 1016

2) Shen P, Zhao SQ* (2024) Intensifying urban imprint on land surface warming: Insights from local to global scale. iScience, 27: 109110

3)Xu Z, Zhao SQ* (2024) Fine-grained urban blue-green-gray landscape dataset for 36 Chinese cities based on deep learning network. Scientific Data, 11: 266

4) Yang C, Zhao SQ* (2024) Synergies or trade-offs between surface urban heat island and hot extreme:Distinct responses in urban environments. Sustainable Cities and Society, 101: 105093

5)Xu Z, Zhao SQ* (2023) Scale dependence of urban green space cooling efficiency: A case study in Beijing metropolitan area. Science of the Total Environment, 898: 165563

6) Yang L, Zhao SQ*, Liu S (2023) Urban environments provide new perspectives for forecasting vegetation phenology responses under climate warming. Global Change Biology, 29: 4383–4396

7) Yang C, Zhao SQ* (2023) Diverse seasonal hysteresis of surface urban heat islands across Chinese cities: Patterns and drivers. Remote Sensing of Environment, 294: 113364

8) Shen P, Zhao SQ*, Ma Y, Liu S (2023) Urbanization-induced Earth's surface energy alteration and warming: A global spatiotemporal analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 284: 113361

9) Yang L, Zhao SQ* (2023) A stronger advance of urban spring vegetation phenology narrows vegetation productivity difference between urban settings and natural environments. Science of the Total Environment, 868: 161649

10) Yang C, Zhao SQ* (2023) Scaling of Chinese urban CO₂ emissions and multiple dimensions of city size. Science of the Total Environment, 857: 159502,

11) Yun G, Zhao SQ* (2022) The imprint of urbanization on PM_{2. 5} concentrations in China: The urban-rural gradient study. Sustainable Cities and Society, 86: 104103

12) Shi Y, Zhao SQ* (2022) Discover the desirable landscape structure for mitigating urban heat: The urban-rural gradient approach for an ancient Chinese city. Cities, 127: 103737

13) Yang L, Zhao SQ*, Liu S (2022) A global analysis of urbanization effects on amphibian richness: patterns and drivers. Global Environmental Change, 73: 102476 

14) Yang C, Zhao SQ* (2022) A building height dataset across China in 2017 estimated by the spatially-informed approach. Scientific Data, 9: 76

15) Yang C, Zhao SQ* (2022) Urban vertical profiles of three most urbanized Chinese cities and the spatial coupling with horizontal urban expansion. Land Use Policy, 113: 105919,

16) Jia W, Zhao SQ*, Zhang X, Liu S, Henebry G, Liu L (2021) Urbanization imprint on land surface phenology: the urban-rural gradient analysis for Chinese cities. Global Change Biology, 27: 2895–2904

17) Shen P, Zhao SQ*, Ma Y (2021) Perturbation of urbanization to Earth's surface energy balance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033521

18) Xu C, Zhao SQ*, Liu S (2020) Spatial scaling of multiple landscape features in the conterminous United States. Landscape Ecology, 35: 223-247

19) Tao S, Fang J, Ma S, Cai Q, Xiong X, Tian D, Zhao X, Fang L, Zhang H, Zhu J, Zhao SQ (2020) Changes in China's lakes: Climate and human impacts. National Science Review, 7: 132-140

20) Fei W, Zhao SQ* (2019) Urban land expansion in China's six megacities from 1978 to 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 664: 60-71

21) Sun Y, Xie S, Zhao SQ* (2019) Valuing urban green spaces in mitigating climate change: a city-wide estimate of aboveground carbon stored in urban green spaces of China's Capital. Global Change Biology, 25: 1717-1732

22) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Xu C, Yuan W, Yan W, Zhao M, Sun Y, Henebry G, Fang J (2018) Contemporary evolution and scaling of 32 major cities in China. Ecological Applications, 28: 1655-1668

23) Jia W, Zhao SQ*, Liu S (2018) Vegetation growth enhancement in urban environments of the Conterminous United States. Global Change Biology, 24: 4084-4094

24) Ge S, Zhao SQ* (2017) Organic carbon storage change in China’s urban landfills from 1978–2014. Environmental Research Letters, 12: 104013

25) Shen H, Tao S, Chen Y, Ciais P, Güneralp B, Ru M, Zhong Q, Yun X, Zhu X, Huang T, Tao W, Chen Y, Li B, Wang X, Liu W,  Liu J, Zhao SQ (2017) Urbanization-induced population migration has reduced ambient PM_2.5 concentrations in China. Science Advances, 3: 7

26) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Zhou D (2016) Prevalent vegetation growth enhancement in urban environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113: 6313-6318

27) Zhao SQ*, Zhou D, Liu S (2016) Data concurrency is required for estimating urban heat island intensity. Environmental Pollution, 208: 118-124

28) Zhou D, Zhao SQ*, Zhang L, Liu S (2016) Remotely sensed assessment of urbanization effects on vegetation phenology in China's 32 major cities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 176: 272-281

29) Zhao SQ*, Zhou D, Zhu C, Sun Y, Wu W, Liu S (2015) Spatial and temporal dimensions of urban expansion in China. Environmental Science & Technology, 49: 9600-9609

30) Zhao SQ*, Zhou D, Zhu C, Qu W, Zhao J, Sun Y, Huang D, Wu W, Liu S (2015) Rates and patterns of urban expansion in China's 32 major cities over the past three decades. Landscape Ecology, 30: 1541-1559

31) Tao S, Fang J, Zhao X, Zhao SQ, Shen H, Hu H, Tang Z, Wang Z, Guo Q (2015) Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112: 2281-2286

32) Wu W, Zhao SQ*, Zhu C, Jiang J (2015) A comparative study of urban expansion in Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang over the past three decades. Landscape and Urban Planning, 134: 93-106

33) Zhao SQ*, Liu S (2014) Scale criticality in estimating ecosystem carbon dynamics. Global Change Biology, 20: 2240-2251

34) Yuan W, Liu S, Dong W, Liang S, Zhao SQ, Chen J, Xu W, Li X, Barr A, Andrew T, Yan W, Goulden M, Kulmala L, Lindroth A, Margolis H, Matsuura Y, Moors E, van der Molen M, Ohta T, Pilegaard K, Varlagin A, Vesala T (2014) Differentiating moss from higher plants is critical in studying the carbon cycle of the boreal biome. Nature Communications, 10: 1038

35) Zhou D, Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Zhang L, Zhu C (2014) Surface urban heat island in China’s 32 major cities: spatial patterns and drivers. Remote Sensing of Environment, 152: 51-61

36) Zhao SQ*, Zhu C, Zhou, D, Huang D, Werner J (2013) Organic Carbon Storage in China’s Urban Areas. PLOS ONE, 8, e71975

37) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Sohl T, Young C, Werner J (2013) Land use and carbon dynamics in the southeastern United States from 1992 to 2050. Environmental Research Letters, 8: 10.1088

38) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Li Z, Sohl T (2010) Federal land management, carbon sequestration, and climate change in the Southeastern U.S.: a case study with Fort Benning. Environmental Science & Technology, 44: 992-997

39) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Li Z, Sohl T (2010) A spatial resolution threshold of land cover in estimating regional terrestrial carbon sequestration in four counties in Georgia and Alabama, USA. Biogeosciences, 7: 71-80

40) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Yin R, Li Z, Deng Y, Tan K, Rothstein D, Qi J (2010) Quantifying terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics in Jinsha watershed, Upper Yangtze, China from 1975 to 2000. Environmental Management, 45: 466-475

41) Zhao SQ*, Liu S, Li Z, Sohl T (2009) Ignoring Detailed Fast-Changing Dynamics of Land Use Overestimates Regional Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration. Biogeosciences, 6: 1647-1654

42) Zhao SQ, Da L, Tang Z, Fang H, Song K and Fang J (2006) Ecological consequences of rapid urban expansion: Shanghai, China. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4: 341-346

43) Zhao SQ, Peng C, Jiang H, Tian D, Lei X and Zhou X (2006) Land use change in Asia and the ecological consequences. Ecological Research, 21: 890-896

44) Zhao SQ*, Fang J, Peng C, Tang Z, Piao S (2006) Patterns of fish species richness in China’s lakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15: 386-394

45) Zhao SQ*, Fang J (2006) Patterns in species richness of vascular plants in China’s nature reserves. Diversity and Distributions, 12: 364-372

46) Zhao SQ*, Fang J, Peng C, Tang Z (2006) The relationships between terrestrial vertebrate species richness in China’s nature reserves and environmental variables. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84: 1368-1374 

47) Zhao SQ*, Fang J, Peng C, Tang Z (2006) Relationships between species richness of vascular plants and terrestrial vertebrates in China: analyses based on data of nature reserves. Diversity and Distributions, 12: 189-194

48) Zhao SQ, Fang J, Miao S, Gu B, Tao S, Peng C, Tang Z (2005) The 7-decade degradation of a large freshwater lake in Central Yangtze River, China. Environmental Science & Technology, 39: 431-436

49) Zhao SQ, Fang J (2004) Impact of impoldering and lake restoration on changes in land cover in Dongting Lake Area, Central Yangtze, between 1930s and 1998. Ambio, 33: 311-315

50) Zhao SQ, Fang J, Ji W, Tang Z (2003) Lake restoration from impoldering: impact of land conversion on riparian landscape in Honghu Lake Area, Central Yangtze. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 95: 111-118

51) Fang J, Chen A, Peng C, Zhao SQ, Ci L (2001) Changes in forest biomass carbon storage in China between 1949 and 1998. Science, 292: 2320-2322

52) Fang J, Chen A, Zhao SQ, Ci L (2001) Calculating forest biomass changes in China-Response. Science, 296: 1359

53) 趙淑清 (2021) 全球變化與城市生态：現代生态學講座（9）：聚焦于城市化和全球變化的生态學研究。邬建國，陳小勇，李媛媛，馬群編。北京：高等教育出版社,  pp. 85-102

54) 方精雲, 趙淑清, 唐志堯等著 (2006) 長江中遊濕地生物多樣性保護的生态學基礎。北京：高教出版社, 1-278