Education Experience

2006.10-2009.9 Arid Land Research Center (World Renowned National Lab. in Japan), Ph. D.

2004.10-2006.9 Arid Land Research Center, Pre-Ph. D (Master course).

2001.9-2004.7 College of resource science, Beijing Normal University, Master course.

1994.9-1998.7 Lanzhou University, Bachelor course.

Work Experience

2015~: Associate professor in Geography and Planning School of Sun Yat-Sen University

2012-2015: Associate professor in School of Environment and Energy, Peking University.

2013: Visiting scholar in the College of Engineering and the Water Resources Research Center of Hawaii University in USA

2011: Visiting scholar in Rutgers University in USA with the supportment of a NSF program

2009-2011: Postdoctorate / Research assistant professor in Peking University

2004: Editor in Chinese Land Resources News Agency in Beijing

1998-2001: Shift engineer in Nibuwan Sewage Treatment Plant of Qingdao  Economic and Technologic Development Zone, Qingdao, Shandong

Thesis and Paper

1. Chunhua Yan, Wenli Zhao, Yue Wang, Qingxia Yang, Qingtao Zhang*, Guo Yu Qiu*, 2017. Effects of forest evapotranspiration on soil water budget and energy flux partitioning in a subalpine valley of China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 246: 207–217.（5-year IF 4.753）
2. Qingtao Zhang, Shiping Wang, Li Li, Mitsuhiro Inoue, and Guoyu Qiu, 2014. Effects of mulching and sub-surface irrigation on vine growth, berry sugar content and water use of grapevines. Agricultural Water Management. 143: 1–8. （IF＞ 3）
3. Qingtao Zhang, Jiong Ma, Guoyu Qiu, Li Li, Shu Geng, E Hasi, Cheng Li, Guangyi Wang, and Xiaoyan Li, 2012. Potential energy production from algae on marginal land in China. Bioresource Technology. 109: 252–260. （5-year IF＞ 5）
4. Qingtao Zhang, Qing Xia, Guoyu Qiu, Clark C.-K. Liu, Shu Geng, 2013. Technologies for Efficient Use of Irrigation Water and Energy in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(8): 1363-1370. (SCI)
5. Yao Wang, Qingtao Zhang*, Yuan Sun, Chengjia Yang, 2018. Study on Suitable Light Conditions and Efficient Lipid Extraction Technologies for Biodiesel Production Based on Microalgae. Mater. Sci. Eng. 301，1-9.
6. QingTao Zhang, ShiPing Wang, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Shigeoki Moritani, Wataru Tsuji, Shu Geng, GuoYu Qiu, and Qiang Xie. 2012. A New Methodology for Determining Irrigation Schedule of Grapevines Using Photogrammetric Measurement of Berry Diameter. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 10 (1): 582-587.
7. Qingtao Zhang, Zhijian Zhang, Jiong Ma, and Jiao Xiang, 2014. The growth performance of duckweed and removal rate of nitrate and phosphorus in sewages with different processes. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 522-524: 854-860.
8. Qing Tao Zhang, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Koji Inosako, Muhammad Irshad, Kensuke Kondo, Guo Yu Qiu, and Shi Ping Wang, 2008. Ameliorative effect of mulching on water use efficiency of Swiss chard and salt accumulation under saline irrigation. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 6: 480-485.
9. YQ Wang，YJ Xiong*，GY Qiu*，QT Zhang, 2016. Is scale really a challenge in evapotranspiration estimation? A multi-scale study in the Heihe Oasis using thermal remote sensing and the three-temperature model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 230: 128-141.
10. Qing Tao Zhang, Ould Ahmed Bouya Ahmed, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Mohan Chandra Saxena, Koji
11. Inosako, Kensuke Kondo, and Kenji Suzuki, 2009. Effects of mulching on evapotranspiration, yield and water use efficiency of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L. var. flavescens) irrigated with diluted seawater. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 7 (3&4): 650-654. 
12. Youcan Feng, Guoyu Qiu, Qingtao Zhang. Estimation of Soil Evaporation and Plant Transpiration of Sparse Steppes by Using Ground-based Infrared Thermal Images. Ecohydrology. 2014 , 7: 1589–1603.
13. QingTao Zhang, Jiong Ma, Li Li, ChangChun Zhou, ChunYang He, ZhiJian Zhang, and YanLi Zhang, 2012. Water vapor adsorption under rice-straw and gravel mulch in lysimeters. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 10 (1): 949-955. 
14. Guoyu Qiu, Hongyong Li, Qingtao Zhang, Wan Chen, Xiaojian Liang, Xiangze Li, 2013. Effects of evapotranspiration of urban vegetation and water body on Urban Heat Islands. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(8): 1101-1108.
15. Guo Yu Qiu, Wenjiang Li, Linjun Li, Qingtao Zhang, Yajun Yang, 2014. Water and Energy Nexus in China: Current Situation and Future Perspective in Energy Industry, Water Industry and Agriculture. Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications, 4: 1-6.
16. Yanli Zhang, Shanping Li, Qingtao Zhang, Zehe He, and Xiaoming Li, 2014. Production of poly aluminum ferric chloride from blast furnace dust. Advanced Materials Research.
17. ZHANG Qingtao, Sun Yuan, Cheng Jay, 2013. Study on suitable light conditions and efficient lipid extraction technologies for lowering the cost of biodiesel production based on microalgae. Proceedings of BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of Ocean, 293p.
18. ZHANG Qingtao, 2013. Removal rate of nitrate and phosphorus by duckweed in sewages with different processes. The 2st/International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen, December.
19. ZHANG Qingtao, GENG Shu, WANG Guangyi, and QIU Guoyu, 2012. Algal bio-energy potential on Marginal Lands in China. The 2012 low-carbon forum of urban and regional development, II: Critical issues of bio-energy research and production, Hangzhou.
20. ZHANG Qingtao, WANG Shiping, INOUE Mitsuhiro, MORITANI Shigeoki, QIU GuoYu and GENG Shu, 2010. Study on new technologies for saving water and energy in irrigation schedule. Proceedings of the 2010 international low-carbon development forum (Shenzhen). pp. 242-247
21. ZHANG Qingtao, WANG Shiping, MORITANI Shigeoki, INOUE Mitsuhiro, XIE Qiang, TSUJI Wataru, TANABE Kenji, 2008. Establishment of irrigation critical value in berry growth stage of grapevines based on photogrammetry. Proceedings of the 63rd meeting of the JSIDRE (The Japanese society of irrigation, drainage and rural engineering) annual branch meeting in Hiroshima, Chugoku and Shikoku, Japan. pp. 132-133
22. ZHANG Qingtao, INOUE Mitsuhiro, KONDO Kensuke and YAMAMOTO Tahei, 2006. Effects of various mulching materials on salt accumulation and water use efficiency of Swiss chard irrigated with diluted sea water. Proceedings of the 2006 meeting of the JSIDRE (The Japanese society of irrigation, drainage and rural engineering) annual meeting in Utsunomiya, Japan. pp. 728-729
23. ZHANG Qingtao, QIU Guo Yu, INOUE Mitsuhiro, YAMAMOTO Tahei, 2005. Effects of row space on soil evaporation and WUE. Proceedings of the 16th meeting of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies. pp. 23-24
24. ZHANG Qingtao, QIU Guo Yu, INOUE Mitsuhiro, YASUDA Hiroshi, 2005. The combined effects of straw mulch intensity and cropping density on soil evaporation, evapotranspiration, water-use efficiency and soil water content ― Case study of winter wheat in the North China Plain. Proceedings of the 60th meeting of the JSIDRE (The Japanese society of irrigation, drainage and rural engineering) annual branch meeting in Chugoku and Shikoku. pp. 173-175
25. QIU Guo Yu, ZHANG Qingtao, WANG Guangyi, MA Jiong and GENG Shu, 2010. Potential energy production from algae in marginal land in China. The 1st Asia Oceania Algae Innovation Summit, Tsukuba, Japan. 45 p.
26. WANG Shiping, ZHANG Qingtao, INOUE Mitsuhiro, MORITANI Shigeoki, ZHANG Caixi, XIE Qiang, TSUJI Wataru, 2010. A New Methodology for Determination of Irrigation Schedule of Grapevines Using Photogrammetric Measurement of Berry Size. Symposia of the scientific programme of the 28th IHC Lisboa.
27. WANG Shiping, ZHANG Qingtao, INOUE Mitsuhiro, ZHANG Caixi, 2009. A New Self-Watering Technique for Container-Grown Grapevine ---Capillary Wicking Water Cultivation (CWWC), American Society for Horticultural Science, St. Louis, USA.
28. WANG Shiping, INOUE Mitsuhiro, ZHANG Qingtao, MORITANI Shigeoki, TSUJI Wataru, TANABE Kenji, TAMURA Fumio, 2009. Establishment of irrigation critical value in berry maturity stage of grapevine based on photosynthesis and its transformation. Hort. Res (Japan). 8 (suppl.1): 91 pp (in Japanese)
29. QIU Guo Yu, SHI Peijun, WANG Liming, ZHANG Qingtao, GAO Yong, Yuanrun ZHENG, Hideyuki SHIMIZU, 2004. Tendency of desertification in China during last 50 years. Proceeding of international symposium: Evaluation and monitoring of desertification – Synthetic activities for the contribution to UNCCD. P.19. February 2nd, Tsukuba, Japan.
30. Shenglin Tan, Qingtao Zhang*, Guo Yu Qiu, Deying Lu, 2014. Infiltration irrigation boosts water-saving. High-Technology & Industrialization, 216：66-69. (in Chinese)

   Other publications in Chinese：10 papers.

   Published chapter in a book in Chinese：1 chapter

Scientific Research Project

1. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31270748)，“Research on characteristics and water-saving effects of "Annular Capillary Wicking Sub-surface Irrigation" for grapevine in arid areas”Principal, 2015-2018. Funds: 800,000 Yuan
2. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470707)，“Studies on the formation process and moisturizing effects of soil water vapor adsorption in arid lands”Principal, 2013-2016. Funds: 800,000 Yuan
3. Shenzhen Science and Technologies Development Plan Program (JCYJ20150331160617771): Study on advanced treatment of water supply in Shenzhen, Principal, 2015-2017.
4. Postdoctor Science Foundation of Ministry of Personnel, People's Republic of China, Principal, 2010-2011
5. Shenzhen Science and Technologies Development Plan Program (JC201005280681A): “Study on suitable light conditions and efficient lipid extraction technologies for lowering the cost of biodiesel production based on microalgae.” Principal, 2010-2013
6. Shenzhen Science and Technologies Development Plan Program (JCYJ20150331160617771): “Study on advanced treatment of urban drinking water in Shenzhen”, Principal, 2015-2017
7. Shenzhen Science and Technologies Development Plan Program, Principal, 2015-2016
8. Global Center of Excellence（GCOE）program in Japan “Study on evaluation of mulching effect and establishment of irrigation threshold for water-saving production”, Principal, 2007-2009

Honor and Award

2012-2017: The Certificate for High-Level Professional in Shenzhen, China.

2009. 10: Honorable prize in Proceedings of the 63rd meeting of the JSIDRE (The Japanese society of irrigation, drainage and rural engineering), Japan.

2004. 10 – 2009. 9: Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho)

What I want to say to future students and colleagues

I've been fascinated by water conservation and low impact development in sponge city. The notion that development of roof greening with rain storage using Wicking Capillary Infiltration Irrigation (WCII), especially for response of infiltration rate of WCII to water potential gradient and its environment and sponge effects is just fascinating to me. I am also interested in efficient water-use in agriculture and water vapor adsorption in arid lands.

I believe that WCII will push the development of roof greening and alleviate urban pluvial flooding. The study is not only a frontier of irrigation science, but also has a positive practical significance for promoting sound development of green roof and sponge city.

I came to Sun Yat-Sen University in 2015, and I've enjoyed every day of it. If master and Ph. D students are also interested in my research topics, you are welcome to join our research group to conduct cutting-edge experiments and research. Postdoctoral positions are also available.