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Personal Statement
I was trained as a field oceanographer. Supervised by Dr. Hongbin Liu, I obtained my PhD in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2009, focusing on field experiments of microzooplankton grazing. Then I worked as a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Andrew Irwin and Zoe Finkel at Mount Alison University, Canada.
From 2011-2015, I worked as an Associate Professor at Xiamen University, China, and had secured grants totaling £300K as a Principal Investigator from the National Science Foundation of China and other funding sources. As a Co-Principal investigator, I was also deeply involved in a China National Basic Research Program (“973” Program) entitled “Carbon cycling in China Seas-budget, controls and ocean acidification (CHOICE-C project)” led by Prof. Minhan Dai. In 2012, I was awarded the New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education of China. In 2015, I was awarded the David Cushing prize offered by the Journal of Plankton Research.
From 2015 to 2018, I worked at Japan Agency of Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) on a CREST project (PI: S. Lan Smith) funded by Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Since Nov 2018, I have been working as a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. Currently, I am supervising five PhD students and 2 postdocs.
I am an associate editor for the journal of Limnology and Oceanography, which is the flagship journal of Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).
Research Interests
The primary focus of my research is how biodiversity affects marine ecosystem functioning such as primary production and biological carbon pump, for which the primary producers particularly phytoplankton play the pivotal role. The main questions I ask are:
i) What are the main patterns of functional traits, diversity, biomass, and productivity of primary producers including phytoplankton and macroalgae in the ocean?
ii) What are the main processes determining these patterns?
iii) What are the fundamental roles of diversity on ecosystem functioning?
One specific question that has been intriguing me during the past several years is whether there exists a difference of temperature sensitivity between autotrophs and heterotrophs. While this appears a simple/trivial question, I have found that it can be a central theme linking statistics (regression), ecology (Metabolic Theory of Ecology and trait-based approaches), and earth sciences (biological pump and Glacial/inter-glacial CO2 fluctuations).
Expertise & Capabilities
Theoretical Ecology; Biological oceanography; Ecosystem modeling; R, Fortran, Matlab.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
5 Sep 2005 → 30 Dec 2008
Award Date: 15 May 2009
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- Metabolic Theory of Ecology
- Modeling
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How does phytoplankton diversity affect primary production in the ocean?
Chen, B., Banas, N. & Heath, M.
1/04/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Why phytoplankton are so diverse in the ocean desert?
1/10/20 → 30/09/22
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Disentangling the ecological processes shaping the latitudinal pattern of phytoplankton communities in the Pacific Ocean
Xu, Z., Cheung, S., Endo, H., Xia, X., Wu, W., Chen, B., Ho, N. H. E., Suzuki, K., Li, M. & Liu, H., 4 Jan 2022, In: mSystems. 7, 1, 17 p., e01203-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence of partial thermal compensation in natural phytoplankton assemblages
Liu, K., Chen, B. & Liu, H., 1 Apr 2022, In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7, 2, p. 122-130 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Prizes
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2015 David Cushing Prize
Chen, Bingzhang (Recipient), 1 Jan 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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A machine-learning approach to modeling picophytoplankton abundances in the South China Sea
Bingzhang Chen (Speaker)
13 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Journal of Plankton Research (Journal)
Bingzhang Chen (Peer reviewer)
15 Dec 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review