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Call for submissions: AGU session GC073 on “Quantifying Nutrient Budgets for Sustainable Nutrient Management”
Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting abstracts of your work to the session on “Quantifying Nutrient Budgets for Sustainable Nutrient Management” for the 2021 AGU Fall Meeting (Dec. 13-17, New Orleans & Online Everywhere). More details are attached below. Please Read More …
Two papers on nitrogen use efficiency in cropping systems are published by a visiting scholar at Zhang Lab
Congratulations, Zhi Quan! Z Quan#, X Zhang*, Y Fang, EA Davidson (2021). Understanding and reconciling different approaches for quantifying nitrogen use efficiency in cropping systems, Nature Food. doi: 1038/s43016-021-00263-3 Z Quan#, X Zhang*, F Zhu, S Li, X Zhao, X Read More …
Call for submission to a special issue on “Farm size and environment”
Dr. Zhang is working with Dr. Baojing Gu (Zhejiang University), Dr. Bernard Vanlauwe (IITA), and Dr. Stefan Reis (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) on a special issue at the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (AGEE) with a focus on Read More …
PI Xin Zhang received the prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation (NSF), 2021-2025 “CAREER – Sustainable Nitrogen Management Across Spatial and System Scales” PI: Xin Zhang. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2047165&HistoricalAwards=false A PhD position is funded through this award. To apply, please see details here.
New PhD level graduate student position in Sustainable Nitrogen Management
The Environmental Science and Policy Lab at the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student interested in investigating nitrogen (N) cycles in coupled human and natural systems ad informing N Read More …
Two new research grants were awarded to the Zhang Lab
National Science Foundation (NSF), 2021-2024 “INFEWS: US-China: Managing Agricultural Nitrogen to Achieve Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Nexus in China and the U.S.” PI: Xin Zhang; CoI: Eric Davidson. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025826 Bayer, 2020-2022 “Enhancing Biodiversity & Resilience in Crop Production” PI: Wei Zhang (International Read More …
New PhD level graduate student position in Environmental Science and Policy (Filled by 03/01/2021)
The Environmental Science and Policy Lab at the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (AL-UMCES) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student interested in investigating the interactions between agricultural production and sustainable Food-Energy-Water nexus with data-driven approaches. Read More …
Upcoming FAO North America event featuring our work on Synergies and Tradeoffs in Sustainable Agriculture
http://newsletters.fao.org/q/1bmY2TkA2eEqIze5oFx/wv FAO and the University of Maryland invite you to join an interactive webinar to learn about synergies and tradeoffs in sustainable agriculture! The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a new transformational approach that looks across economic, social and Read More …
Dr. Zhang presented a keynote address at the INI2020: 8th Global Nitrogen Conference Virtual Event on May 4, 2020
The event website is https://ini2020.com/, and a recording of the event will be available online. You are welcome to use the following link to download my presentation slides. Zhang_INI_Keynote_20200504