基本信息

职称：副教授

职务：

邮箱：kaichen@njfu.edu.cn

电话：

KAI CHEN

College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, P.R. China

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kai_Chen32

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-5920

Education

Ph.D. (2014)                             Nanjing Agricultural University (China). Aquatic Entomology.

Visiting Student Program     Utah State University (USA). Stream Ecology and Watershed Sciences

(2012–2013)                              (Advisor: Prof. Charles P. Hawkins).

B.S. (2009)                                 Nanjing Agricultural University (China). Entomology.

Professional Experience

Associate Professor        College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University (China)

(2025–present)        

Associate Professor       School of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Hainan University (China)

(2022–2025)                     

Visiting Scholar             School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington (USA)

(2018–2019)                    (Advisor: Prof. Julian D. Olden)

Assistant Professor       Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University (China)

(2016–2021)

Postdoctoral Fellow     Center for Eco-environmental Science Researches, Nanjing Hydraulic ResearchInstitute (China)

(2014–2016)                   (Advisor: Prof. Qiuwen Chen)

研究方向

主要从事水生生物多样性与全球变化生态学、水生生物多样性保护生物地理学研究。

以底栖动物和鱼类为指示生物，主要开展基于水生生物完整性的水生态系统健康评价研究、全球土地利用变化影响水生生物多样性及其生态效应、底栖动物和鱼类性状与功能多样性等研究。

Research Interests & Areas

Global change biology of aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish

Functional ecology of aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish

Conservation biogeography

Stream ecology

Aquatic bioassessment and environmental modeling

主要科研项目

Nanjing Forestry University (NA, ￥200,000 ≈ $25,000, 2025–2029). PI. [南京林业大学高层次人才启动经费, NA, 2025–2029, 20万元, 在研, 主持]

Key Research and Development Program of Hainan Province (ZDYF2024SHFZ069, ￥790,000 ≈ $108,000, 2024–2027). PI. [海南省科技厅, 海南省重点研发项目, ZDYF2024SHFZ069, 2024–2027, 79万元, 在研, 主持]

Ministry of Science and Technology of China, The National Foreign Experts Program (G2023034003L, ￥180,000 ≈ $25,000, 2023–2024). PI. [中国科学技术部, 国家外国专家项目, G2023034003L, 2023–2024, 18万元, 已结题, 主持]

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32271629, ￥540,000 ≈ $80,000, 2023–2026). PI. [国家自然科学基金委员会, 面上项目, 32271629, 2023–2026, 54万元, 在研, 主持]

Hainan University, Recruitment Project for Foreign Teaching Experts (NA, ￥30,000 ≈ $4,350, 2022). PI. [海南大学聘请外国科研或授课专家项目, NA, 2022, 3万元, 已结题, 主持]

Hainan University (RZ2200001344, ￥500,000 ≈ $77,000, 2022–2026). PI. [海南大学高层次人才启动经费, RZ2200001344, 2022–2026, 50万元, 在研, 主持]

Nanjing Agricultural University Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (KYZ201820, ￥300,000 ≈ $42,857, 2018–2019). PI. [南京农业大学中央高校基本科研业务费专项基金项目, KYZ201820, 2018–2019, 30万元, 已结题, 主持]

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20171385, ￥100,000 ≈ $15,384, 2017–2020). PI. [江苏省科技项目基础研究计划(自然科学基金), 面上项目, BK20171385, 2017–2020, 10万元, 已结题, 主持]

National Natural Science Foundation of China (51509159, ￥210,000 ≈ $33,333, 2016–2018). PI. [国家自然科学基金委员会, 青年项目, 51509159, 2016–2018, 21万元, 已结题, 主持]

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M581830, ￥50,000 ≈ $7,936, 2015–2016). PI. [中国博士后科学基金, 面上资助, 2015M581830, 2015–2016, 5万元, 已结题, 主持]

近5年主要发表论文

^Ϯ Corresponding author

Xie H., X. Jin, W. Li, K. Cai, G. Yang, K. Chen, J. Xu, A.C. Johnson. 2025. Identifying Critical Land Use Thresholds for Biodiversity Conservation in China’s Lake Ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology 59: 5431–5442.

Feio M.J., J.P. Silva, R.M. Hughes, F.C. Aguiar, C.B.M. Alves, S. Birk, M. Callisto, M.S. Linares, D.R. Macedo, P.S. Pompeu, W. Robinson, C. Schürings, S.F.P. Almeida, P.M. Anastácio, F.O. Arimoro, M.J. Baek, M. Calderón, K. Chen, …, R.D. Tachamo-Shah. 2025. The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment. Journal of Environmental Management 374: 123874.

He S.W., B.X. Wang, K. Chen, N. Li, J. Soininen. 2024. Species-environment sorting explains latitudinal patterns in spatiotemporal β-diversity for freshwater macroinvertebrates. Ecography 2024: e07111.

Chen K., ^Ϯ S.R. Midway, B.K. Peoples, B.X. Wang, J.D. Olden. 2023. Shifting taxonomic and functional community composition of rivers under land use change. Ecology 104: e4155.

Hughes R.M., P.S. Pompeu, M. Callisto, K. Chen, L. Juen, B.F. Terra. 2023. Tropical and subtropical streams: A synthesis. Water Biology and Security 2: 100188.

Feio M.J., R.M. Hughes, S. Serra, S. Nichols, B. Kefford, W. Robinson, M. Lintermans, O. Odume, M. Callisto, D. Macedo, J. Harding, A. Yates, W. Monk, K. Nakamura, T. Mori, M. Sueyoshi, N. Mercado-Silva, K. Chen, M.J. Baek, Y.J. Bae, R.D. Tachamo-Shah, D.N. Shah, I. Campbell, F. Arimoro, N. Moya, U. Keke, R. Martins, C. Alves, P. Pompeu, S. Sharma. 2023. Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers. Global Change Biology 29: 355–374.

Vadas Jr. R.L., R.M. Hughes, Y.J. Bae, M.J. Baek, O.C.B. Gonzáles, M. Callisto, D.R. de Carvalho, K. Chen, ..., C.O. Yoder. 2022. Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability. Water Biology and Security 1: 100054.

Wang Y., K. Chen, J. Gao, M. Wang, J. Dong, Y. Xie, J. Giesy, X. Jin, B. Wang. 2021. Environmental DNA of preservative ethanol performed better than water samples in detecting macroinvertebrate diversity using metabarcoding. Diversity and Distributions 27: 1989–2002.

Chen K., J.D. Olden. 2020. Threshold responses of riverine fish communities to land use conversion across regions of the world. Global Change Biology 26: 4952–4965.

He S., K. Chen, J. Soininen, J. Heino, N. Ding, B. Wang. 2020. Elements of metacommunity structure of diatoms and macroinvertebrates within stream networks differing in environmental heterogeneity. Journal of Biogeography 47: 1755–1764.

Zhou J., X. Cai, K. Gu, Y. Gu, G. Zhao, G. Li, S. Xie, K. Chen^Ϯ. 2025. The spatial scale effects of land use on the stream biota in the tropical rainforest of Yinggeling Ridge area. Journal of Hainan University (Natural Science) 43(4): 398–404. (in Chinese with English abstract) [周俊龙, 蔡杏伟, 顾恺曦, 谷圆, 赵光军, 李高俊, 谢松光, 陈凯^Ϯ. 2025. 土地利用影响热带雨林鹦哥岭溪流生物的空间尺度效应. 海南大学学报（自然科学版） 43(4): 398–404.]

Fu F., H.Y. Wei, Y.T. Chang, B.X. Wang, K. Chen^Ϯ. 2022. The elevational patterns of life history and ecological traits diversity in aquatic insects in the middle reaches of the Lancang River: the effects of climate and land use variables. Biodiversity Science 30(5): 21332. (in Chinese with English abstract) [付飞, 魏慧玉, 常育腾, 王备新, 陈凯^Ϯ. 2022. 澜沧江中游水生昆虫生活史和生态学性状多样性的海拔格局：气候和土地利用的影响. 生物多样性 30(5): 21332.]

Wei H., K. Chen^Ϯ, B. Wang. 2020. The spatial scale dependency of elevational patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity in aquatic insects in the Lancang River, Yunnan, China. Biodiversity Science 28(4): 504–514. (in Chinese with English abstract) [魏慧玉, 陈凯^Ϯ, 王备新. 2020. 澜沧江流域水生昆虫群落分类多样性和功能多样性海拔格局的空间尺度依赖性. 生物多样性 28(4): 504–514.]

Teaching Experience

Water and Environment: Stream/River Ecology, Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020–present) (in English)

General Entomology Experiment (PLPR4217), Nanjing Agricultural University (2021)

Biodiversity and Conservation (PLPR4222), Nanjing Agricultural University (2017–2021)

Technical Entomology (PLPR4207), Nanjing Agricultural University (2017–2021)