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Awards and Honors

• 91ÊÓƵ, 2026, Scholarly Research Award
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2025, Kenan Faculty Development Award
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2024, Yes I Make it Happen Recognition
• Dyson Society of Fellow, 2024, Fellow
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2023, Dyson Summer Research Award
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2023, Provost Summer Research Award
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2023, Yes I Make it Happen Recognition
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2022, Dyson Summer Research Award
• Hudson River Foundation, 2022, HRF Polgar Fellowship Mentor
• 91ÊÓƵ, 2021, Provost Summer Research Award

PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 2003
Ecology and Evolution

MS, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, 1993
Botany

BS, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1990
Environmental Biology and Ecology

Research Interest

Organismal and ecosystem resilience and responses to anthropogenic changes, including urbanization, climate warming, and biological invasions.

Grants, Sponsored Research and Contracts

Study of Ecological, Socio-Demographic, Economic-Geographical, and Paleobio-geographical Aspects of the Urals and Assessment of its Natural Resource Potential
Fang, W. July 2025 - June 2028. Western Kazakhstan University, Other. Funded.

Advancing Key Curriculums of Ecology and Environmental Sciences for Regional Universities in Kazakhstan & Beyond
Chen, J., Fang, W., Graham, N., Fang, P., Knight, C., Ranjeet, J., Allington, G. & Almakhanova, G. January 2022 - September 2022. US Embassy in Kazakhstan and American Councils for International Education, Federal. Funded.

Modernizing Curriculum towards the Goals of UN SDGs for Central Asian Universities: Climate Action and Sustainability Development.
Fang, W., Chen, J., Groffman, P., Gurevitch, J., Fan, P. & Hendrey, G. January 2022 - September 2022. US Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and administered by American Councils, Federal. Funded.

Past Courses

BIO 102: General Biology II
BIO 210: Ecology
BIO 395: Independent Study in Biology
BIO 399: Topics in Biology
BIO 480: Research in Biology
BIO 491: Internship in Biology
ENS 326: Geographic Information Systems
MAT 141: Intro Stats for the Life Sci

Publications

Historical grazing intensity determines the response patterns of plant community and soil nutrient stocks to grazing exclusion in an Eurasia temperate steppe.
Guo, H., Xin, X., Chen, J., Murray, P., Kussainova, M. & Fang, W. (2026). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Vol 407 , pages 110465.

Tall forests exhibit heightened recovery following severe drought: a remote sensing perspective.
Xu, P., Shelan, M. & Fang, W. (2026). Landscape Ecology. Vol 41 , pages 73.

DNA methylation of the endothelin receptor B makes blue fish yellow.
Fang, W. (2025). Nature Communications. Vol 17 , pages 258.

High water demand limits carbon sink and transpiration in tall forests during extreme drought.
Xu, P., Cao, Y. & Fang, W. (2025). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol 369 , pages 110565.

How Michaelis-Menten kinetics can represent ecosystem-scale respiration: scale and applicability
Zhang, Q. & Fang, W. (2025). Environmental Research Letters. Vol 20 (Issue 4) , pages 041003.

Male bluegill vary in color and behavior relative to their position in a lek
Peros, M., Vij, L., Anavian, E., Arteaga, K. A., Haruna, F. I., Siegman, A., Fang, W. & Alvarado, S. G. (2025). Frontiers in Ethology. Vol 3 , pages 1513231.

Quantifying key vegetation parameters from Sentinel-3 and MODIS over the eastern Eurasian steppe with a Bayesian geostatistical model
Li, Z., Ding, L., Shen, B., Chen, J., Xu, D., Wang, X., Fang, W., Pulatov, A., Kussainova, M., Amarjargal, A., Isaev, E., Liu, T., Sun, C. & Xin, X. (2024). Science of the Total Environment. Vol 909 , pages 168594.

Water limitation regulates positive feedback of increased ecosystem respiration
Zhang, Q., Yi, C., Destouni, G., Wohlfahrt, G., Kuzyakov, Y., Li, R., Kutter, E., Chen, D., Reitkerk, M., Manzoni, S., Tian, Z., Hendrey, G., Fang, W., Krakauer, N., Hugelius, G., Jarsjo, J., Han, J. & Xu, S. (2024). Nature Ecology & Evolution. Vol 8 , pages 1870-1876.

Comparative verification of leaf area products for different grassland types in Inner Mongolia
Shen, B., Guo, J., LI, Z., Chen, J., Fang, W., Kussainova, M., Amarjargal, A., Pulatov, A., Yan, R., Anenkhonov, O. A., Zhou, W. & Xin, X. (2023). Remote Sensing. Vol 15 (Issue 19) , pages 4736.

Grazing-induced cattle behavior modulate the secondary production in a Eurasian steppe ecosystem
Hou, L., Xin, X., Sun, H., Tao, Y., Chen, J., Yan, R., Zhang, X., Shen, B., Altome, A., Hamed, Y., Wang, X., Nurlan, S., Adibek, N., Balzhan, A., Kussainov, M., Amarjargal, A., Fang, W. & Pulatov, A. (2023). Science of the Total Environment. Vol 889 , pages 164191.

Effects of long-term grazing on feed intake and digestibility of cattle in meadow steppe
Hou, L., Xin, X., Shen, B., Qin, Q., Altome, A., Hamed, Y., Yan, R., Nurlan, S., Adilbek, N., Balzhan, A., Kussainova, M., Amarjargal, A., Fang, W., Pulatov, A., Zhou, W. & Sun, H. (2023). Agronomy. Vol 13 (Issue 7) , pages 1760.

Satellite evidence for divergent forest responses to warming within close vicinity in East China
Wang, J., Fang, W., Xu, P., Li, H., Chen, D., Wang, Z., You, Y. & Rafaniello, C. (2023). Remote Sensing. Vol 15 (Issue 11) , pages 2749.

Fusion of multiple models for improving gross primary production estimation with eddy covariance data based on machine learning
Tian, Z., Yi, C., Fu, Y., Kutter, E., Krankauer, N. Y., Fang, W., Zhang, Q. & Luo, H. (2023). Journal of Geophysical Research ¨C Biogeosciences. Vol 128 (Issue 3) , pages 1-23.

Satellite evidence for forest canopy-height-dependent response to drought in southwestern China.
Xu, P., Fang, W., Zhou, T., Li, H., Zhao, X., Berman, S., Zhang, T. & YI, C. (2022). Environmental Research Letters. Vol 17 , pages 025005.

Hotter and Drier Climate Made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa Region a Shrubbier Landscape
Fang, W., YI, C., Chen, D., Xu, P., Hendrey, G., Krakauer, N., Jensen, K., Gao, S., Lin, Z., Lam, G., Zhang, Q. & Zhou, T. (2021). Oecologia. Vol 197 , pages 1111-1126.

Asymmetric impacts of dryness and wetness on tree growth and forest coverage
Gao, S., Zhou, T., Yi, C., Shi, P., Fang, W., Liu, R., Liang, E. & Camarero, J. (2020). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol 288-289 , pages 107980.

A field experimental study on the impact of Acer platanoides, an urban tree invader, on forest ecosystem processes in North America
Fang, W. & Wang, X. (2020). Ecological Processes. Vol 9 , pages 9.

Hospital and healthcare insurance system record--based epidemiological study of myasthenia gravis in southern and northern China
Fang, W., Li, Y., Mo, R., Wang, J., Qiu, L., Ou, C., Lin, Z., Huang, Z., Feng, H., He, X., Wang, W., Xu, P., Wang, L., Ran, H. & Liu, W. (2020). Neurological Sciences. Vol 41 , pages 1211-1223.

Spatial Upscaling of Tree-Ring-Based Forest Response to Drought with Satellite Data
Fang, W., Xu, P., Zhou, T., Zhao, X., Luo, H., Hendrey, G. & Yi, C. (2019). Remote Sensing. Vol 11 (Issue 20) , pages 2344.

Impacts of water stress on forest recovery and its interaction with canopy height
Xu, P., Zhou, T., Yi, C., Luo, H., Zhao, X., Fang, W., Gao, S. & Liu, X. (2018). International journal of environmental research and public health. Vol 15 (Issue 6) , pages 1257.

Dynamic responses of tree-ring growth to multiple dimensions of drought
Gao, S., Liu, R., Zhou, T., Fang, W., Yi, C., Lu, R., Zhao, X. & Luo, H. (2018). Global Change Biology. Vol 24 (Issue 11) , pages 5380--5390.

Forest drought resistance distinguished by canopy height
Xu, P., Zhou, T., Yi, C., Fang, W., Hendrey, G. & Zhao, X. (2018). Environmental Research Letters. Vol 13 (Issue 7) , pages 075003.

Bifurcated response of a regional forest to drought
Yi, C., Mu, G., Hendrey, G., Vicente-Serrano, S., Fang, W., Zhou, T., Gao, S. & Xu, P. (2018). Expert Opin Environ Biol 7. Vol 2 , pages 2.

A global study of GPP focusing on light-use efficiency in a random forest regression model
Wei, S., Yi, C., Fang, W. & Hendrey, G. (2017). Ecosphere. Vol 8 (Issue 5) , pages e01724.

Professional Memberships

• American Geological Union
• Long Island Botanical Society [Life-time Member]
• Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas [Treasurer (2000-2002)]
• Ecological Society of America

College Service

• Dyson Society of Fellow Annual Meeting [Faculty Mentor]
• Dyson Society of Fellow Weekend Seminar [Committee Chair]
• Environmental Studies and Science Faculty Search Committee [Committee Member]

Professional Service

American Geographic Union [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
National Science Foundation [Reviewer, Grant Proposal]
Communications Biology [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Forests [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Diversity [Reviewer, Journal Article]
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Ecological Forecasting Technical Working Group [Board of Advisors of a Company]
Journal of Environmental Management [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Regional Environmental Change [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Scientific Reports [Reviewer, Journal Article]
American Councils for International Education [Workshop Organizer]
American Councils for International Education [Workshop Organizer]