中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所研究员、博士生导师，国家优秀青年科学基金获得者。现任江西千烟洲红壤丘陵地球关键带国家野外科学观测研究站站长，中国科学院大学岗位教授，南京大学兼职教授。

长期从事根系生物学、植物功能生态学、森林生态学和林学研究。在根系生态学领域，揭示了大尺度根系生物地理格局，提出根系进化与功能协同的新认识，系统阐明了根结构与寿命、养分吸收速率及菌根侵染等功能性状之间的耦合关系；较早开展植物养分捕获策略研究，为认识森林地下生物学过程提供了研究方法体系。

主持建设千烟洲国家站，推动国家重大科教设施碳汇监测子平台落地实施，建成1300亩生态碳汇林示范基地。发展“高塔-塔群-流域”协同观测体系，建成雁门水流域物质运移观测平台，形成“多圈层-多尺度-多过程”的地球关键带综合观测能力。千烟洲站在国家级和院级野外站评估中获评优秀，为我国地球关键带观测体系建设提供了重要示范。

负责中国科学院青年交叉团队，主持科技部基金委重大项目课题，优青项目、面上项目，重点研发课题，中国科学院前沿科学研究计划从0到1原始创新项目，973计划子课题，青年基金等项目。

在Nature、Ecological Monographs、Ecology Letters、Nature Communications、New Phytologist等国际主流期刊发表论文70余篇，其中SCI论文41篇，第一/通讯作者论文27篇。近5年发表论文25篇（SCI论文19篇），篇均影响因子6.64；论文总被引1401次，其中第一/通讯作者论文被引753次，H指数23。关于全球根系功能性状演化历史的研究发表于Nature，并入选中国科学院前沿科学亮点成果。

现任 Journal of Ecology、Journal of Plant Ecology、《生态环境学报》《生态学杂志》编委，获评吉安市最美科技工作者、“双百人才”，并担任江西省山江湖促进会理事、地理学会副会长。

教育背景

2018–2019 美国加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA），访问学者

2009–2014 中国科学院大学，森林生态学，博士

2010–2011 德国马克斯普朗克学会生物地球化学循环研究所,  植物生物学, 联合培养博士

2004–2007 中国科学院大学，生态学，硕士

2000–2004 北京林业大学，水土保持与荒漠化防治，学士

研究方向

1.  根系生物学: 根生物地理格局与进化，根结构-功能对应关系及资源获取策略

2.  植物功能生态学: 叶片细胞生长发育机制及尺度推移，根解剖结构及养分水分吸收功能

3.  森林生态系统生态学: 森林地下碳分配动态及机制，土壤-根系-共生真菌碳氮循环

主要论著（*通讯作者）

1.      Ma ZQ, Guo DL*, Xu XL, Lu MZ, Bardgett RD, Eissenstat DM, McCormack, ML, Hedin LO*. 2018. Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits. Nature, 555, 94-97.

2.      Ma ZQ*, Buckley TN, Sack L. 2025. The determination of leaf size on the basis of developmental traits. New Phytologist, 246, 461-480.

3.      Duan MC, Sack L, Baird SA, Ma ZQ*. 2026. Cell wall pectin reshapes leaf drought tolerance in dry forests. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-68251-w.

4.      Ding GG, Zeng WJ, Yan T, Sun LJ, Chen WL, Lu MZ, Ma ZQ*. 2025. Root-mycorrhizal foraging strategies shift with forest age more than with nitrogen manipulation. Ecological Monographs, 95(4), e70039.

5.      Zeng WJ, McCormack ML, Lyu Y, Liu YX, Gan HJ, Wang SP, Kong LC, Li L, Ma ZQ*. 2025. Delicate trade-offs: nonlinear multiple biotic constraints on absorptive fine root lifespan across trees. Ecology Letters, 28, e70210.

6.      Ding GG, Zeng WJ, Sun LJ, Chen FS, Lyu Y, Xu J, Yan T, Wang HM, Ma ZQ*, 2024. Root acquisitive traits mirror the functional modules of root-associated fungi. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 190, 109317.

7.      Duan MC, Li L, Ding GG, Ma ZQ*, 2022. Leading nutrient foraging strategies shaping by root system characteristics along the elevations in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations, Tree Physiology, 42, 2468-2479.

8.      Ma ZQ, Hartmann H, Wang HM, Li QK, Wang YD, Li SG, 2014. Carbon dynamics and stability between native Masson pine and exotic slash pine plantations in subtropical China. European Journal of Forest Research, 133, 307-321.

9.      Ma ZQ, Liu QJ, Wang HM, Li XR, Zeng HQ, Xu WJ, 2008. Observation and modeling of NPP for Pinus elliottii plantation in subtropical China. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 51, 955-965.

10.   Liu YX, Hu M, Zeng WJ, Lyu Y, Liu MY, Yuan YQ, Chen H, Ma ZQ*, 2026. Enhancing spatial representativeness and adaptive management of national parks by integrating biodiversity, ecosystem service multifunctionality, and trade-offs. Journal of Environmental Management, 398, 128472. 

11.   Yang Y, Pan JX, Zhang XY, Yu YC, Liu S, Wen XF, Ma ZQ, 2025. Mycorrhizal tree type effects on microbial necromass deposition to soil organic carbon pool in rhizosphere. Applied Soil Ecology, 216, 106507.

12.   Xu MJ, Li ST, Yang FT, Zhang T, Li QK, Ma ZQ, Zhu XJ, Fu XL, Dai XQ, Song JX, Chen N, Zu JX, Cheng CP, Wang JL, Wang HM, 2025. How does thinning affect the photosynthetic parameters and their responses to environmental factors in a subtropical plantation? Forest Ecology and Management, 595, 123022.

13.   Liu S, Zhang XY, Wang HM, Kuzyakov Y, Pan JX, Chen FS, Wang FC, Li DD, Tang YQ, Ma ZQ, 2025. Phosphorus-transforming microbes enhance phosphatase catalytic efficiency to alleviate phosphorus limitation under nitrogen and phosphorus additions in subtropical forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 209, 109915.

14.   Liu M, Xu XL, Wanek W, Sun J, Bardgett RD, Tian YQ, Cui XY, Jiang LL, Ma ZQ, Kuzyakov Y, Ouyang H, Wang YF, 2025. Nitrogen availability in soil controls uptake of different nitrogen forms by plants. New Phytologist, 245, 1450-1467.

15.   Li J, Chen HL, Ding AJ, Chi XG, Ju WM, Zhang YG, Ciais P, Yuan WP, Peng SS, Ma ZQ, Yu GR, Chen JM, 2025. Temporal variations of δ13C-CH4 in rice paddies dominated by the plant-mediated pathway. iScience, 28, 112886.

16.   Jiang QN, Yan LY, Wang HM, Dai XQ, Meng SW, Fu XL, Yang FT, Ma ZQ, Shi WJ, Lv WJ, Wang YX, Gao DC, 2025. Nutrient additions have minor impact on microbial carbon use efficiency. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 385, 109582.

17.   Liu S, Zhang XY, Wang HM, Dungait JAJ, Pan JX, Lidbury IDEA, Ma ZQ, Chen FS, Tang YQ, 2024. Seven-year N and P inputs regulate soil microbial communities via bottom-up effects on carbon and nutrient supply and top-down effects on protist relative abundance. Forest Ecology and Management, 552, 121582.

18.   Sánchez-Bermejo PC, Monjau T, Goldmann K, Ferlian O, Eisenhauer N, Bruelheide H, Ma ZQ, Haider S, 2024. Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests: Evidence from a tree diversity experiment. Functional Ecology, 38, 1089-1103.

19.   Liu S, Zhang XY, Pan JX, Ma ZQ, 2023. Differences in available phosphorus in temperate and subtropical forest soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 187, 104849.

20.   Wang ZQ, Niklas KJ, Ma ZQ, Jiang DC, Deng JM, 2022. The 2/3 scaling of twig nitrogen to phosphorus in woody plants. Forest Ecosystems, 9, 100049.

21.   Yang Y, Zhang XY, Wang J, Kou L, Ma ZQ, Lyu SD, Wei J, Wang HM, Wen XF, 2022. Phosphorus acquisition strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal trees in subtropical plantations. European Journal of Soil Science, 73, e13303.

22.   Wang ZQ, Gong HY, Sardans J, Zhou QP, Deng JM, Niklas KJ, Hu HF, Li YL, Ma ZQ, Mipam TD, Peñuelas J, 2022. Divergent nitrogen and phosphorus allocation strategies in terrestrial plant leaves and fine roots: A global meta-analysis. Journal of Ecology, 110, 2745-2758.

23.   Lu MZ, Bond WJ, Sheffer E, Cramer MD, West AG, Allsopp N, February EC, Chimphango S, Ma ZQ, Slingsby JA, Hedin LO, 2022. Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world's thinnest-rooted plant community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, e2117514119.

24.   Wang ZQ*, Huang H, Yao BQ, Deng JM, Ma ZQ*, Niklas J. Karl, 2021. Divergent scaling of fine-root nitrogen and phosphorus in different root diameters, orders and functional categories: A meta-analysis, Forest Ecology and Management, 495, 119384.

25.   Li L, McCormack ML, Chen FS, Wang HM, Ma ZQ*, Guo DL, 2019. Different responses of absorptive roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to fertilization provide diverse nutrient acquisition strategies in Chinese fir, Forest Ecology and Management, 433, 64-72.

26.   Li HB, Liu BT, McCormack ML, Ma ZQ, Guo DL, 2017. Diverse belowground resource strategies underlie plant species coexistence and spatial distribution in three grasslands along a precipitation gradient. New Phytologist, 216, 1140-1150.

27.   McCormack ML, Guo DL, Iversen CM, Chen WL, Eissenstat DM, Fernandez CW, Li L, Ma CG, Ma ZQ, Poorter H, Reich PB, Zadworny M, Zanne A, 2017. Building a better foundation: improving root-trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes. New Phytologist, 215, 27-37.

28.   Sun K, McCormack ML, Li L, Ma ZQ, Guo DL, 2016. Fast-cycling unit of root turnover in perennial herbaceous plants in a cold temperate ecosystem. Scientific Reports. 6, 19698.

29.   Wang YD, Wang HM, Xu MJ, Ma ZQ, Wang ZL, 2015. Soil organic carbon stocks and CO2 effluxes of native and exotic pine plantations in subtropical China. Catena, 128, 167-173.

30.   McCormack ML, Lavely E, Ma ZQ, 2014. Fine-root and mycorrhizal traits help explain ecosystem processes and responses to global change. New Phytologist, 204, 455-458.

31.   Wang YD, Wang HM, Wang ZL, Ma ZQ, Dai XQ, Wen XF, Liu YF. 2014. Effect of litter layer on soil-atmosphere N₂O flux of a subtropical pine plantation in China. Atmospheric Environment, 82, 106-112.

32.   Shi LL, Wang HM, Zhang WJ, Shao QQ, Yang FT, Ma ZQ, Wang YD, 2013. Spatial response patterns of subtropical forests to a heavy ice storm: a case study in Poyang Lake Basin, southern China. Natural Hazards, 69, 2179-2196.

33.   Wang YD, Wang HM, Ma, ZQ, Dai, XQ, Wen, XF, Liu, YF, Wang, ZL, 2013. The litter layer acts as a moisture-induced bidirectional buffer for atmospheric methane uptake by soil of a subtropical pine plantation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 66, 45-50.

34.   Wang YD, Li QK, Wang HM, Wen XF, Yang FT, Ma ZQ, Liu YF, Sun XM, Yu GR, 2011. Precipitation frequency controls interannual variation of soil respiration by affecting soil moisture in a subtropical forest plantation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 41, 1897-1906.

35.   Zhang WJ, Wang HM, Wen XF, Yang FT, Ma ZQ, Sun XM, Yu GR, 2011. Freezing-induced loss of carbon uptake in a subtropical coniferous plantation in southern China. Annals of Forest Science, 68, 1151-1161.

36.   马泽清, 王辉民*, 杨风亭, 付晓莉, 方华军, 王景升, 戴晓琴, 寇亮, 赵博. 2020. 基于长期观测研究支撑亚热带红壤丘陵区森林生态系统恢复与可持续发展, 中国科学院院刊, 35, 1525-1536.

37.   张慧，曾文静*，龚新桃，马泽清*. 2023. 亚热带典型树种根毛特征及其与共生真菌的关系，植物生态学报，47, 88-100.

38.   王奕丹，李亮，刘琪璟*，马泽清*. 2021. 亚热带 6 个典型树种吸收细根寿命与形态属性格局，植物生态学报，45, 383-393.

39.   马芳，曾辉，李洪波，马泽清*，郭大立. 2019. 内蒙古草原植物根属性的变异格局及环境适应策略，北京大学学报 (自然科学版), 55, 387-396.

40.   马泽清，刘琪璟，王辉民，郭志文. 2011. 中亚热带湿地松人工林生长过程，生态学报，31, 1525-1537.

41.   马泽清，王辉民*，王绍强，李庆康，王义东，汪宏清. 2010. 雨雪冰冻灾害对中亚热带人工林的影响 —— 以江西省千烟洲为例，植物生态学报，34, 204-212.

42.   马泽清，刘琪璟，曾慧卿，李轩然，陈永瑞，林耀明，张时煌，杨风亭，汪宏清. 2008. 南方人工林叶面积指数的摄影测量，生态学报，28, 1971-1980.

43.   马泽清，刘琪璟，徐雯佳，李轩然，刘迎春. 2008. 基于 TM 遥感影像的湿地松林生物量研究，自然资源学报，23, 467-478.

44.   马泽清，刘琪璟，徐雯佳，李轩然，刘迎春. 2008. 江西千烟洲人工针叶林下狗脊蕨群落生物，植物生态学报，32, 88-94.

45.   马泽清，刘琪璟，徐雯佳，李轩然，刘迎春. 2007. 江西千烟洲人工林生态系统的碳蓄积特征，林业科学，43, 1-7.

承担重要科研项目

1.      基金委重大项目课题，人工林生态系统长期生产力维持与提升机制，在研，主持;

2.      科技部重点研发计划课题，人工林生态系统对全球变化的适应机制，已结题，主持;

3.      基金委优秀青年科学基金项目，根系生物学，已结题，主持。

4.      基金委面上项目，亚热带常绿阔叶林典型树种根水力结构与水分吸收功能研究，已结题，主持;

5.      中国科学院青年交叉团队，地球关键带碳循环交叉团队，在研，主持;

6.      中国科学院基础前沿科学研究计划-从0到1原始创新项目：从细胞到生态系统：典型树种根叶水力结构与功能协同已结题，主持。

招生专业：生态学

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联系方式

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