Personal Data:

Ph.D., Hydrobiology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Degree received June 2003 (Mentor: JianKang Liu & Qinghua Cai).

B.S., Department of Freshwater Aquaculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, 1989.

Research Experience:

Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. November 2011—Present.

Research Fellow, June 23—January 2004, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hongkong.

Associate Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. July 2000—November 2011.

1. Jiang X.M., Z.C. Xie*, and Y.F. Chen. 2013. Longitudinal patterns of macroinvertebrate communities in relation to environmental factors in a Tibetan Plateau river system. Quaternary International. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.02.034).

2. Song Z.Y., J.Q. Zhang, X.J. Jiang, C.M.Wang, and Z.C. Xie*. 2013. Population structure of an  endemic gastropod in Chinese plateau lakes: evidence for population decline. Freshwater Science 32 (2): 450-461.

3. Jiang X.M., J. Xiong, Z.Y. Song, J.C. Morse, F.C. Jones, and Z.C. Xie*. 2013. Is coarse taxonomy sufficient for detecting macroinvertebrate patterns in floodplain lakes? Ecological Indicators 27:48-55.

4. Shen Q., J. Chen, and Z.C. Xie*. 2012. Mesenchytraeus monodiverticulus, a new enlarged ventral chaeta enchytraeid (Annelida, Clitellata) from Changbaishan Mountain, China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(3):215–227.

5. Xie Z.C.* 2012. Mesenchytraeus gigachaetus, new name, a replacement name for Mesenchytraeus megachaetus Shen et al., 2011. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(1):18.

6. Zhang J.Q., Z. Wang, Z. Y. Song, and Z.C. Xie*, L. Li & L.R. Song. 2012. Bioaccumulation of microcystins in two freshwater gastropods from a large cyanobacteria bloom plateau lake, Lake Dianchi. Environmental Pollution 164:227–234.

7. Shen Q., J. Chen and Z.C. Xie*. 2012. Mesenchytraeus anisodiverticulus, a new giant enchytraeid with enlarged ventral chaeta (Annelida, Clitellata) from northeastern China. Italian Journal of Zoology 79(1):86–91.

8. Lian H., J. Chen, J. Xiong, X.M Jiang, and Z.C. Xie*. 2011. Structure and distribution of enchytraeid communities from Mountain Changbaishan in China, with emphasis on the influence of environmental variables. European Journal of Soil Biology 47:223–229.

9. Shen Q., J. Chen, and Z.C. Xie*. 2011. Mesenchytraeus megachaetus, a new enchytraeid with enlarged ventral chaetae (Annelida, Clitellata) from Changbaishan Mountain, China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124(2):127–133.

10. Jiang X.M, J. Xiong, Z.C. Xie* and Y.F. Chen. 2011. Longitudinal patterns of macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in a Chinese river system: A test for river continuum concept (RCC). Quaternary International 244: 289–295.

11. 王丑明, 谢志才*, 宋立荣, 肖邦定, 李根保, 李 林。2011。滇池大型无脊椎动物的群落演变与成因分析。动物学研究 32(2):212–221.

12. Jiang X.M, J. Xiong, J.W. Qiu, J.M. Wu, J.W. Wang, and Z.C. Xie*. 2010. Structure of Macroinvertebrate Community in Association with Environmental Variables in a Subtropical Asian River System. International Review of Hydrobiology. 95：42–57.

13. Chen J., and Z.C. Xie*. 2009. Fridericia liangi sp. nov. (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta) from Changbaishan Mountain, China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(4): 399–404.

14.  Xie Z.C.*, S.W. Shu, J.Q. Zhang, J. Chen, and Q.H. Cai. 2008. Structure and distribution of Oligochaeta from one lake district in China, with emphasis on the influence of environmental variables. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23(2):237–244.

15.  Chen J., and Z.C. Xie*. 2008. Fridericia dianchiensis sp. nov. (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta) from Yunnan province. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121(2): 283–288.

16.  Xie Z.C.*, and J. Chen. 2008. A Redescription of Pieguetiella denticulata Liang & Xie (Oligochaeta, Naididae) From China, with a key to genus Pieguetiella. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121(3):321–325.