Daliangjun

ACADEMIC DEGREES
1986 B. S. in Biology, Chiba University, Japan
1988 M.S in Ecology, Chiba University, Japan
1992 D.Sc in Environmental science, Chiba University, Japan

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2004 - present Professor, School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University
August 2013 – October 2013 Graduate School, University of Tokyo, Visiting Professor
1999 - 2004 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and technology, East China Normal University
1992 - 1998 Researcher, Asia Air Survey Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
2002- present Director of Institute of Urban and Landscape Ecology，East China Normal University
2005-2014 Department Head of Environmental Science and Technology, East China Normal University

OTHER POSITIONS
2004- present Standing Director of Ecological Society of China
2013- present Director of IALE-China(International Association of Landscape Ecology)
2013- present Vice Chairman of Ecological Society of Shanghai
2015- present Vice Chairman of Forestry Society of Shanghai
2015- present Member of Academic Degree Committee of the State Council of China

Effect of urbanization on biodiversity and environment,
Ecosystem service of vegetation in urban area
Restoration of degraded ecosystem

FUNDING in Past 5 years
January 2010 - December 2012 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
A response and eco-strategy of weeds to heterogeneous habitats under urbanization (400,000RMB)
April 2008 - March 2013 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT)
A Research project for a sustainable development of economic and social structure dependent on the environment of the east coast of Asia (600,000 JPY)
January 2010 – present Key scientific and technological project for promoting agriculture, Shanghai, China
Long term ecosystem research of forest in suburbs of Shanghai (300,000 RMB)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. GUO XY, LI WL, Da LJ*. Near-natural silviculture: a sustainable approach for urban renaturalization? Analyses of different forestry in Shanghai. Journal of Urban Planning and Development,(in press)
2. Liang H, Chen XS, Yin JG, Da LJ*. The spatial-temporal pattern and influencing factors of negative air ions in urban forests, Shanghai. Journal of Forestry Research, DOI:10.1007/s11676-014-0475-9(20140119)
3. Tian ZH, Song K, Da LJ*. 2015. Distribution patterns and traits of weed communities along an urban–rural gradient under rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China. Weed Biology and Management, 15: 27-41.
4. Song K, Kohyama TS, Da LJ*. 2014. Transition patterns across an evergreen–deciduous broad-leaved forest ecotone: the effect of topographies. Journal of Vegetation Science, 25:1257-1266.
5. Ping Ge, Liangjun Da*, Weibo Wang and Xiaoniu Xu.2014. Seasonal dynamics of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients in soil of Pinus massoniana stands after pine wilt disease disturbance. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition,,14（1）:75-87
6. Chen XS, Wang WB, Liang H, Liu XL, Da LJ*. 2014. Dynamics of ruderal species diversity under the rapid urbanization over the past half century in Harbin，Northeast China. Urban Ecosystems, 19:455-472.
7. Shang KK, Zhang QP, Da LJ*, Hara K, Yang YC, Fujihara M, Tomita M, Zhao Y. 2014. Effects of Natural and Artificial Disturbance on Landscape and Forest Structure in Tiantong National Forest Park, East China. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 10: 163-172.
8. Liang Jun Da, Xue Yan Guo. Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near- Natural Method in Shanghai. In: N. Kaneko et al.ed. Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks. Tokyo: Springer, 2014, p203-221.
9. Long Q, Wang JY, Da LJ*. 2013. Assessing The Spatial-Temporal Variations of Heavy Metals in Farmland Soil of Shanghai, China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 22: 928-938
10. Song K, Yu Q, Shang KK, Yang TH, Da LJ*. 2011. The spatio-temporal pattern of historical disturbances of an evergreen broadleaved forest in East China: A dendroecological analysis. Plant Ecology, 212: 1313-1325.
11. Xia TY, Wang JY, Song K, Da LJ*. 2014. Variations in Air Quality during Rapid Urbanization in Shanghai, China. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 10:181-190.
12. Zhang KX, Wang R, Shen CC, Da LJ*. 2010. Temporal and spatial characteristics of the urban heat island during rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 169:101-112.
13. Yang TH, Song K, Da LJ*, Li X, Wu J. 2010. The Biomass and Aboveground Net Primary Productivity of Schima superba–Castanopsis carlesii Forests in East China. Science China (Life Sciences), 53: 811-821.
14. Da LJ*, Kang MM, Song K, Shang KK, Yang YC, Xia M, Qi YF. 2009. Altitudinal zonation of human-disturbed vegetation on Mt. Tianmu, Eastern China. Ecological Research, 24:1287-1299.
15. Wang JY, Da LJ*, Song K, Li BL. 2008. Temporal variations of surface water quality in urban, suburban and rural areas during rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China. Environmental Pollution,152:387-393.
16. Liang-Jun Da, yong-chang Song. The Construction of Near-Natural Forests in the Urban Areas of Shanghai. M.M.Carreiro et al.(eds.), Ecology,Planning,and Management of Urban Forests: International Perspectives. Springer, 2008. p420-432.
17. Zhao SQ, Da LJ, Tang ZY, Fang HJ, Song K, Fang JY. 2006. Ecological consequences of rapid urban expansion: Shanghai, China. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4: 341-346.

In addtion, 80 paper published in Chinese core academic journals