Personal Information

Born: 14 February 1986 （Hubei Province, China）

Position: Associate Research Fellow in Wuhan University

Affiliation Address: Institute of Hydroecology, Wuhan University;

State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University; School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University.

No. 8 South Donghu Road,Wuhan, Hubei Province 430072, China.

Tel: +86 18707150154, Email:zhang1230@whu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

9/2018~now, Institute of Hydroecolgy, State Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Ecological modeling, evaluation and restoration, Associate Research Fellow

7/2014-8/2018, Institute of Hydroecology, Ministry of Water Resource and Chinese Academy of Science, Ecological monitoring, modeling, evaluation and prediction, Research Associate

10/2011-12/2012, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Remote sensing data assimilation into hydro-environmental model, Research Assistant,

9/2009-6/2014, State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Hydraulic modeling and water environmental remote sensing, Doctoral Degree

9/2005-6/2009, School of Earth Science, Yangtze University, Geographic Information System, Bachelor Degree

Research Topics

My research topics include:

i. Climate change and human activities (e.g. land use change, hydropower development) impacts on freshwater fish and ecosystems

ii. Fish habitat suitability and fish distribution modeling with machine learning methods.

iii. Research on response of fish behavior (e.g. migration, distribution, spawning) to  hydropower operation (e.g. hydropeaking) to support river restoration

iv. Food web and trophic model for mass and energy flow to support ecosystem restoration.

Recent Publications

1. Zhang Peng, Qiao Ye, Matthias Schneider, Chang Jianbo, Raphael Mutzner, Javier Fluixá-Sanmartín, Yang Zhi, Lu Cai, Jianzhong Lu. Using a hierarchical model framework to assess climate change and hydropower operation impacts on habitat of an imperiled fish in the Jinsha River, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 646: 1624-1638.

2. Zhang Peng, Cai Lu, Yang Zhi, Chen Xiaojuan, Qiao Ye, Chang Jianbo. Evaluation of fish habitat suitability using a coupled ecohydraulic model: Habitat model selection and prediction. River Research and Application. 2018, 34(8):937-947.

3. Zhang Peng, Yang Zhi, Cai Lu, Qiao Ye, Chen Xiaojuan, Chang Jianbo. Effects of upstream and downstream dam operation on the spawning habitat suitability of Coreius guichenoti in the middle reach of the Jinsha River. Ecological Engineering, 2018, 120:198-208

4. Wenjing Jiao，Peng Zhang，Jianbo Chang， Jiangping Tao, Xiaolin Liao, Bin Zhu. Variation and analysis of the Chinese Sturgeon spawning Habitat suitability after the Yangtze Dams constructed. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2019, 35(3):637-643

5. Cai Lu, Hou Yiqun, Johnson David, Zhao Ping, Zhang Peng*. Swimming ability and behavior of Mrigal carp Cirrhinus mrigala and application to fishway design. Aquatic Biology. 2018，27: 127–132.

Scientific Research Experience

1. Talent introduction program of Wuhan University, Impacts of hydropeaking on fish habitat and migration by huge dams in Jinsha River, 2018-2021, PI

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC-51709187), Prediction and Evaluation of Fish Habitat Suitability in Huge Reservoir Area of Cascade Hydropower Station, 2018-2020, PI

3. National Nature Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China (2016CFB239),Habitat Suitability Simulation and Prediction under the Impact of Flow and Sediment Changes in the Middle Yangtze River,2015-2017, PI

4. Sino-Swiss project funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Jinsha River Basin(JRB): Integrated Water Resources and Risk Management under a Changing Climate，Sub-project: Climate Change and Hydropower on Aquatic Ecosystem of Jinsha River Basin, 2016-2018, Co-PI

5. The Open fund of Wuhan University (15ZD04), Research on Meso-habitat Suitability of Endemic Fish Species in the Jinsha River Based on Multi-platform Remote Sensing Data, 2016-2017, PI

6. Special Funds for Basic Research Projects in Central Universities (201161902020013), Prediction and Spatial-Temporal Changes Analysis of Water Level and Water Area for High Dynamic Poyang Lake, 2017-2018, PI

7. Chengdu Engineering Corporation Limited,  Fish Assemblage Monitoring and Prediction Downstream of the Dam of Yongqing Counter Regulating Reservoir, 2015-2016, PI