1985 Agro-meteorological department, Beijing (China) Agricultural University. Bachelor degree.  

　　2006 Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Doctor degree in Agronomy. 

　　Appointments  

　　July 1985 to Oct. 1990, Research Intern, Shijiazhuang Institute of Agricultural Modernization, The Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

　　Oct. 1990 to Oct. 1994 Assistant Professor at the same institute.  

　　Oct. 1994 to Oct. 1999, Associate Professor at the same institute. 

　　Oct. 1999 to Oct. 2002, Professor, at the same institute. 

　　Oct. 2002 to Present, Professor and Principal Investigator, The Center for Agricultural Resources Research, IGDB, CAS(Same institute with new name) 

Visiting scholar 

　　1989-1990 (one year) at Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK 

　　1996 (half year) at Land and Water, CSRIO, Australia 

　　2002 (half year) at University of California, Davis, USA 

Xiying Zhang’s research interest is concerned with improving farmland water use efficiency (WUE) using deficit irrigation scheduling, utilization of straw mulch to reduce soil evaporation, more efficient use of soil water by regulation of root distribution. Project leaders for more than 10 projects with funding over 10 million RMB, for the recent 5 years. The major projects including “Regulated deficit irrigation and improving soil water use efficiency” (973 sub-project,  2008-2013); “The role of root in improving soil water and nutrient utilization efficiency” (Innovative project of CAS, 2010-2013); “Mechanism in regulating leaf transpiration efficiency by coupling soil water and nutrients” (NNSFC, 2010-2013); “Modern water-saving technology demonstration” (Innovative project of CAS, 2010-2013); “Subsoil compaction related to the changes in tillage practices in the North China Plain” (NNSFC, 2012-2015); “Integrated measures to improve WUE of crops in Haihe river basin”(Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research, 2012-2016); “Technologies to integrated utilization of different water resources in the low plain in the North China” (     National Sci & Tec Supporting Scheme, 2013-2017). 

　　Niu JF, Zhang WF, Ru SH, Chen XP, Xiao K, Zhang XY, Assara M, Imas P, Hille M, Zhang FS. 2013. Effects of potassium fertilization on winter wheat under different production practices in the North China Plain. Field Crops Research. 140: 69–76.  

　　 Taisheng Du, Shaozhong Kang, Xiying Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, 2013. China's food security is threatened by the unsustainable use of water resources in North and Northwest China, Food and Energy Security 10/2013; DOI:10.1002/fes3.40.  

　　Zhang X.Y*., Shao L.W., Sun H.Y., Chen S.Y., Wang Y.Z. 2012.Incorporation of Soil Bulk Density in Simulating Root Distribution of Winter Wheat and Maize in Two Contrasting Soils. Soil Science Society American Journal. 76: 638-647.  

　　Sun H.Y, Shao L.W., Liu X.W., Miao W.F., Chen S.Y., Zhang X. Y*. 2012. Determination of water consumption and the water-saving potential of three mulching methods in a jujube orchard.  European Journal of Agronomy. 43:87-95.  

　　Wang F, Zhang X, Zhang K, Bai L. 2012.Simulation of intensive swine wastewater irrigation of wheat-maize with RZWQM in North China Plain. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. 10:1020-1024.  

　　Shao L.W., Zhang X.Y*., Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Wang Y.M. 2011.  Yield and water use response of winter wheat to winter irrigation in the North China Plain. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 66: 104-113  

　　Zhang X.Y*., Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Shao L.W., Wang Y.Z. 2011. Changes in evapotranspiration over irrigated winter wheat and maize in North China Plain over three decades，Agricultural Water Management, 98: 1097-1104.  

　　Chen S.Y., Zhang X.Y*., Sun H.Y., Ren T.S., Wang Y.M. 2010. Effects of winter wheat row spacing on evapotranpsiration, grain yield and water use efficiency. Agricultural Water Management, 97 :1126–1132.  

　　Sun H.Y., Shen Y.J.,Yu Q., Flerchinger G.N., Zhang Y.Q., Liu C. M., Zhang X.Y., 2010. Effect of precipitation change on water balance and WUE of the winter wheat–summer maize rotation in the North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management, 97:1139-1145.  

　　Shao L.W., Zhang X.Y*., Hideki A., Tsuji A, Chen S.Y. 2010. Effects of Defoliation on Grain Yield and Water Use of Winter Wheat. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 148:191-204.  

　　Zhang X.Y*., Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Wang Y.M., Shao L.W. 2010. Water use efficiency and associated traits in winter wheat cultivars in the North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management, 97:1117–1125.  

　　Du TS, Kang SZ, Sun JS, Zhang XY, Zhang JH. 2010. An improved water use efficiency of cereals under temporal and spatial deficit irrigation in north China, Agricultural Water Management, 97: 66-74.  

　　Zhang X.Y*, Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Wang Y.M., Shao L.W. 2009. Root size, distribution and soil water depletion as affected by cultivars and environmental factors. Field Crops Research, 114: 75–83  

　　Wang Y.M.,Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Zhang X.Y*. 2009. Effects of different cultivation practices on soil temperature and wheat spike differentiation. Cereal Research Communication, 37(4): 587-596  

　　Shao L.W., Zhang X.Y*., Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Wang Z.H. 2009. Effects of irrigation frequency under limited irrigation on root water uptake, yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat. Irrigation & Drainage, 58:393-405.  

　　Zhang X.Y*., Chen S.Y., Sun H.Y., Pei D., Wang Y.M. 2008. Dry matter, harvest index, grain yield and water use efficiency as affected by water supply in winter wheat, Irrig Sci. 27:1–10. 

　　Qiu GY, Wang LM, He XH, Zhang XY, Chen SY, Yang J, Yang YH. 2008.  Water use efficiency and evapotranspiration of winter wheat and its response to irrigation regime in the north China plain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(11):1848-1859. 

　　Sun H.Y., Zhang X.Y*., Chen S.Y., Pei D., Liu C.M. 2007.Effects of Harvest and Sowing Time on the Performance of the Rotation of Winter wheat - Summer Maize in the North China Plain. Industrial crops and products,25,239-247  

　　Chen S.Y., Zhang X.Y*., Pei D., Sun H.Y., Chen S.L. 2007. Effects of straw mulching on soil temperature, evaporation and yield of winter wheat: field experiments on the North China Plain. Annals of Applied Biology, 150, 261-268.  

　　Xiying Zhang*, Dong Pei, Suying Chen, Hongyong Sun and Yonghui Yang, 2006, Performance of Double-Cropped Winter Wheat–Summer Maize under Minimum Irrigation in the North China Plain, Agronomy Journal, 98:1620-1626.  

　　Hong-Yong Sun, Chang-Ming Liu, Xi-Ying Zhang, Yan-Jun Shen, Yong-Qiang Zhang，2006, Effects of irrigation on water balance, yield and WUE of winter wheat in the North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management 85:211–218.  

　　Tadanobu Nakayama, Yonghui Yang, Masataka Watanabe, and Xiying Zhang，2006, Simulation of groundwater dynamics in the North China Plain by coupled hydrology and agricultural models， Hydrological Processes 20, 3441–3466  

　　Yonghui Yang, Masataka Watanabe, Xiying Zhang, Xiaohua Hao and Jiqun Zhang，2006,Estimation of groundwater use by crop production simulated by DSSAT-wheat and DSSAT-maize models in the piedmont region of the North China Plain，Hydrological Processes , 20, 2787–2802  

　　Yonghui Yang, Masataka Watanabe,Xiying Zhang,Jiqun Zhang,Qinxue Wang ,Seiji Hayshi, 2006. Optimizing irrigation management for wheat to reduce groundwater depletion in the piedmont region of tthe Taihang Moyntains in the North China Plain. Agricultral Water Management 82:25-44.  

　　Liming Wang, Guoyu Qiu, Xiying Zhang, Suying Chen, 2005, Application of a new method to evaluate crop water stree index, Irrigation Science, 24:49-54.  

　　Hu Chunsheng, Delgado J.A, Zhang Xiying, Ma Liwang. 2005. Assessment of groundwater use by wheat in the Luancheng Xian Region and potential implications for water conservation in the Northwestern North China Plain, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 60:80-88  

　　Xiying Zhang*, Suying Chen, Mengyu Liu, Dong Pei, Hongyong Sun, 2005, Improved Water use efficiency associated with cultivars and agronomic management in the North China Plain, Agronomy Journal, 97:783-790  

　　Zhang Xiying*, Chen Suying, Pei Dong, Liu Mengyu and Sun Hongyong, 2005. Evapotranspiration, yield and crop coefficient of irrigated maize under straw mulch, Pedosphere, 15(5) 576-584.  

　　Xiying Zhang*, Dong Pei and Suying Chen, 2004，Root growth and soil water utilization of winter wheat in the North China Plain, Hydrological Processes,18:2275-2287.  

　　Yongqiang Zhang, Qiang Yu, Changming Liu, Jie Jiang, and Xiying Zhang, 2004，Estimation of Winter Wheat Evapotransiration under Water Stress with Two Semiempirical Approaches, Agronomy Journal, 96:159-168.  

　　Xiying Zhang*, Dong Pei and Chunsheng Hu, 2003，Conserving groundwater for irrigation in the North China Plain,Irrigation Science, 21：159-166.  

　　Zhang Xiying, Pei Dong, Chen Suying, Mengyu Liu. 2003, Effects of deficit irrigation on yield, yield components and water-use efficiency of winter wheat (Abstract), Journal of Experimental Botany (Supplement) 54:18  

　　Changmin Liu, Xiying Zhang, Yongqiang Zhang, 2002，Determination of Daily evaporation and evapotranspiration of winter wheat and maize by large-scale weighting lysimeter and micro-lysimeter, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 111:109-120  

　　Zhang Xiying， Pei Dong, Li Zhihong, Wang Yukun, 2002, Management of supplemental irrigation of winter wheat for maximum profit, Deficit irrigation Practices, Water Reports 22, 57-66.  

　　Johnson SH,Svendsen M, Xiying Zhang, 1998, Changes in system performance in two Chinese irrigation system as a result of organizational reforms, Irrigation and Drainage Systems,12:289~309.  

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