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Xuexiu Chang

    Adjunct Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor since 2018

    Professor, College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Kunming University (China) since 2022

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Introduction:

I have researched the ecotoxicology of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) on various organisms, including microbiota, green algae, diatoms, water fleas, higher plants, and fish, focusing on their exudates of toxic secondary metabolites. Collaborating with an international team from institutions in Canada (Universities of Windsor), the United States (Ohio State University), Germany (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries), and China (Kunming University, Yunnan University, Kunming Institute of Zoology at Chinese Academy of Sciences), I aim to evaluate the impacts of cyanoHABs on aquatic ecosystems and the associated risks to water quality and human health using a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach.

Education:

1994 B.Sc. Yunnan University (Biology);

1997 M.Sc. Yunnan University (Ecology);

2000 Ph.D. Yunnan University (Ecology)

Experience:

  • 2018-now: Adjunct professor & Research Scientist, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Canada

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  • 2023-now: Head of Yunnan Collaborative Innovation Center for Plateau Lake Ecology and Environmental Health, Yunnan Provincial Education Department YPE), China​

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  • 2018-2022: Team leader of Aquatic Ecological Toxicology and Environmental Health research group, Yunnan University, China

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  • 2012-2022: Professor, School of Ecology & Environmental Science, Yunnan University, China

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  • 2015-2020: Head of Environmental Science and Engineering Department, School of Ecology & Environmental Science, Yunnan University, China

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  • 2017-2020: Member of Freshwater Ecology Committee, Chinese Society for Ecology, China

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  • 2002-2012: Associate Professor, School of Life Science, Yunnan University, China

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  • 2010-2011: Visiting Scholar, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

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  • 2006-2007: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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  • 2000-2003: Post-doctoral Fellow, College of Resource and Environment, Nanjing Agriculture University, China

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  • 2000-2002: Assistant Professor, College of Biology & Chemistry, Yunnan University, China

Awards and patents:

  1. Chang X. D. Fu and 3 others. 2020. Pollution Ecology. Tier 1 course of Yunnan Province. Yunnan Education Department, P. R. China. 

  2. He S., X. Chang, J. Li, F. Tan. 2019. A new ditch treatment system suitable for purifying farmland recycle water in southern plateau area. Invention patent, National Intellectual Property Administration, P. R. China.

  3. Xu R., X. Chang, 4 others. 2016. A new method of Potamogeton crispus tissue culture. Invention patent, National Intellectual Property Administration, P. R. China.

  4. Chang X. 2010, 2015 & 2017. Yunnan Excellent Supervisor Award. Yunnan Provincial Degree Committee, China

  5. Duan C., other 4, X. Chang. 2014. Training system construction and practice of combined ecological and environmental talents in Southwest China. National prize of higher education achievement (2nd level). Ministry of Education of the P. R. China.

  6. Chang X. 2013. Wu Daguan Excellent Teacher Award. Yunnan University, China

  7. Chang X. 2006. Outstanding tutor award. Yunnan University, China

  8. Wang H., X. Chang. 2005. Pollution Ecology textbook construction. Provincial prize of higher education achievement (1st level). Yunnan Provincial Department of Education, China

  9. Chang X. 2004. China Youth Science and Technology Award. Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, China

  10. Chang X. 2002&2004. Yunnan Youth Science and Technology Award. Yunnan Society for Environmental Sciences, China

Research grants held (as PI & co-PI since 2010) (note the exchange rate is ~5￥per Canadian $)

  1. Chang X., 2023-2028. Effects of blooming cyanobacteria on fish in the Great Lakes: from new neurotoxins mining to lake investigations. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Discovery Grants Program. $220,000.

  2. Chang X., 15 others. 2022-2025. International Joint Innovation Team for Yunnan Plateau Lakes and Great Lakes of North America. Yunnan Provincial Education Department (YPED). ￥400,000.

  3. Chang X., 25 others. 2022-2025. Yunnan Collaborative Innovation Center for Plateau Lake Ecology and Environmental Health. YPED. ￥900,000.

  4. MacIsaac H., T. Pitcher, X. Chang, 3 others. 2020-2023 (now extended to 2024 due to COVID-19). Do summer cyanobacterial blooms negatively affect prey and commercial fish recruitment in the Great Lakes? Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC). $364,350.

  5. Chang X., 9 others. 2020-2023. Impact of interaction between fish invasion and cyanobacterial bloom on native biodiversity and its mechanisms in the Lake Dianchi. Joint Key Grant. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Yunnan Science and Technology Department (YSTD). ￥2,230,000.

  6. Chang X., 7 others. 2019-2021. The mechanisms and combined eco-toxicology of Cd on Microcystis harmful secondary metabolites. Key Project of Applied Basic Research Program. YSTD. ￥500,000.

  7. Chang X., 6 others. 2018-2020. Ecological safety assessment and risk warning system for drinking water resource. Key Research and Development Project. YSTD. ￥1,100,000.

  8. Chang X., H. MacIsaac, 5 others. 2018-2020. The mechanisms and recovery strategies of key endangered species in Yunnan Plateau Lakes. Joint Key Grant. YSTD and Yunnan University. ￥1,000,000.

  9. Duan C., X. Chang, 7 others. 2017-2019. Ecological restoration and watershed management of Yunnan plateau lakes. Yunnan University. ￥1,000,000.

  10. Chang X., 6 others. 2013-2016. Allelopathy of cyanobactria on aquatic ecosystem and its effect under large-scale Eichhornia crassipes cultivation in Dianchi Lake. NSFC. ￥490,000.

  11. Wu Q., X. Chang, 6 others. 2013-2016. Impact of regime shift between phytoplankton and macrophyte on microbial carbon cycling and its mechanisms in Lake Dianchi. Joint Key Grant. NSFC-YSTD. ￥2,000,000.

  12. Song L., X. Chang, 6 others. 2009-2012. Temporal succession and driving mechanisms of cyanobacteria bloom in Lake Dianchi. Joint Key Grant. NSFC-YSTD. ￥1,600,000.

  13. Chang X., 4 others. 2009-2011. Emission regulation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from cyanobacteria blooms and interface of Lake Dianchi. NSFC. ￥250,000.

Sino-Canada students training projects and Academic Platform held:

  1. Zhang Z., X. Chang, H. MacIsaac, 3 others. 2019-2022. Sino-Canadian joint aquatic ecology and watershed management courses training program. Innovative Talents International Cooperation Training Project. China Scholarship Council (CSC). ~$785,000.

  2. Chang X., H. MacIsaac, 5 others. 2019-2021. Sino-Canada joint field course of lake science and watershed management. Yunnan University. ￥360,000.

  3. Duan C., X. Chang, H. MacIsaac, 3 others. 2017-2019. International research center for plateau lakes and watershed Ecological Restoration. YSTD. ￥490,000.

  4. Yang J., Xiofu Pan, X. Chang, 8 others. 2019-2022. Key laboratory for Yunnan plateau fish breeding. YSTD. ￥500,000.

  5. Chang X., H. MacIsaac, 4 others. 2018-2020. Aquatic Ecological Toxicology and Environmental Health Research Group, Yunnan University. ￥2,600,000.

Chang's Lab

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