人物經歷
1982年8月畢業於西北農學院(西北農林科技大學)畜牧獸醫系。歷任中國科學院西北高原生物研究所動物研究室主任、所長、黨委書記。現任中國科學院成都生物研究所所長,中國青藏研究會會理事、獸類學會常務理事等,中國生態系統研究網路科學委員會委員,《獸類學報》副主編,國家新世紀千百萬工程首批人選。
研究方向
主要研究領域為草地生態、動物營養、動物生態。
主要貢獻
發表論文300餘篇,其中被SCI收錄的刊物論文40餘篇,主編學術專著3部,制定退化草地恢復、草地資源合理利用、放牧家畜補飼己育肥技術規程7項。在高原代表性土著動物的進化與適應、高寒草甸生態系統與全球變化及高寒草地生態系統的可持續管理等方面的研究達到國際先進水平,已在JGR,AFM,SBB,GCB,ELE等刊物發表數篇高水平論文。首次在系統和整體層次上構建了生態上健全可靠、經濟和生產上合理可行的一系列高寒地區退化生態系統恢復的最佳化模式和集成技術,包括青藏高原草地合理利用、人工草地種植、退化天然草地修復高寒草地集約化畜牧業的整個系統的綜合管理模式,為三江源區及青海湖流域生態治理工程提供了技術支撐。
代表論著
1. X.Q. Zhao., H. Jorgensen., & B.O. Eggum. The influence of dietary fibre on body composition, visceral organ weight, digestibility and energy balance in rats housed in different thermal environments. British Journal of Nutrition. 1995. (73), 687-699.
2. H. Jorgensen., X.Q. Zhao., & B.O. Eggum. The influence of dietary fibre and environmental temperature on the development of the gastrointestinal tract, digestibility, degree of fermentation in the hind-gut and energy metabolism in pigs. British Journal of Nutrition. 1996. (75), 365-378.
3. H. Jorgensen., X.Q. Zhao., K.E.B. Knudsen., & B.O. Eggum. The influence of dietary fibre source and level on the development of the gastrointestinal tract, digestibility, and energy metabolism in broiler chickens. British Journal of Nutrition. 1996. (75), 379-395.
4. X.Q. Zhao., H. Jorgensen., M.V. Gabert., & B.O. Eggum. Effect of environmental temperature on visceral organ size, digestibility and energy metabolism in rats fed different levels of pea fibre. Acta Agriculture Scandinavia, Section A, Animal Science. 1996. (46), 183-192.
5. X.Q. Zhao., H. Jorgensen., M.V. Gabert., & B.O. Eggum. Effect of environmental temperature on energy metabolism in rats fed different protein levels. Journal of Nutrition. 1996. (126) 2036-2043.
6. X.Q. Zhao., H. Jorgensen., A. Just., J.Z. Du., and B.O. Eggum. Energy expenditure and quantitative oxidation of nutrients in rats (Rattus norvegicus) kept at different thermal environments and given two levels of dietary fibre. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 1997.116A (4), 351-359.
7. H. Jorgensen., T. Larsen., X.Q. Zhao., & B.O. Eggum. The energy value of short-chain fatty acids infused into the caecum of pigs. British Journal of Nutrition. 1997. (77), 745-756.
8. X.Q. Zhao., and X.M. Zhou. Ecological Basis of Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Management in the Tibet: Experiences and Approaches from Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Research Station. Ambio. 1999.28(8):642-647.
9. S.X. Xu., X.Q. Zhao*, et al., A Simulative Study on Effects of Climate Warming on Nutrients Contents and In Vitro Digestibility of Herbage in Tibetan Plateau. Acta Botanica Sinica. 2002, 44(11):1-8.
10. T.B. Zhao., H.X. Ning.,S.S. Zhu, P. Sun., S.X. Xu., Z.J. Chang. and X.Q. Zhao*. Cloning of hypoxia-inducible factor 1a cDNA from a high 3 hypoxia tolerant mammal—plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2004 (316), 565–572.
11. J.A. Klein, J. Harte and X.Q. Zhao. Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecology Letters. 2004,7(12), 1170-1179.
12. L Zhao, Y.N Li, X.Q. Zhao*. Comparative study of the net exchange of CO2 in 3 types of vegetation ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN. 2005,50 (16): 1767-1774.
13. T. Kato, M. Hirota, Y.H. Tang., X.Y, Cui., Y.N. Li., X.Q. Zhao. and T. Oikawa. Strong temperature dependence and no moss photosynthesis in winter CO2 flux for a Kobresia meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.2005,
14. Q.M. Dong , X.Q. Zhao* , Y.S. Ma , S.X. Xu , Q.Y. Li.Live-weight gain, apparent digestibility, and economic benefits of yaks fed different diets during winter on the Tibetan plateau. Livestock Science. 2005, 2-9.
15. X. Bai., X.Q. Zhao*.,Y.S. Zhang, Seasonal changes in weight and body composition of yak grazing of alpine-meadow grassland in the Qinghai-Tibetan of China. Journal of Animal Science. 2005 83:1908-1913.
16. Julia. K,J Harte., X.Q. Zhao. Dynamic and complex microclimate responses to warming and grazing manipulations. Global Change Biology. 2005 11:1440-1451.
17. J. Yang, X.Q. Zhao*, S.C. Guo, H.G. Li, D.L. Qi, D.P. Wang, J.H. Cao. Leptin cDNA cloning and its mRNA expression in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) from different altitudes on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2006:345, 1405–1413.
18. L.Zhao., Y.N Li, S. X Xu, H.K. Zhou, S. Gu, G.R. Yu, X.Q. Zhao*. Diurnal, seasonal and annual variation in net ecosystem CO2 exchange of an alpine shrubland on Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Global Change Biology. 2006 12, 1940–1953.
19. S. Guo, P. Savolainen, J.P Su, Q. Zhang, DL Qi, J. Zhou, Y. Zhong, X.Q. Zhao* and J.Q Liu Origin of mitochondrial DNA diversity of domestic yaks. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2006, 6:73 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-73.
20. Qi D L, Li T P, X.Q. Zhao*, Guo S C, Li J Q. Mitochondrial cytochrome b Sequence Variation and Phylogenetics of the Highly Specialized Schizothoracine Fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Biochemical Genetics. 2006, 44: 270-285.
21. Wang D P, Li H G, Li Y J, Guo S C, Yang J, Qi D L, Jin C, X.Q. Zhao*. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1a cDNA cloning and its mRNA and protein tissue specific expression in domestic yak (Bos gruniens) from Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2006,348: 310-319.
22. Qi D L, Guo S C, X.Q. Zhao*, Yang J, Tang W J. Genetic diversity and historical population structure of Schizopygopsis pylzovi (Teleostei:Cyprinidae) in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Freshwater Biology. 2007.52: 1090 – 1104.
23. Qi D L, Guo S C, Tang W J, X.Q. Zhao*, Liu J Q. Mitochrondrial DNA phylogeny of two morphologically enigmatic fishes in the subfamily Schizothoracinae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Fish Biology. 2007.70: 60-74.
24. Klein JA, Harte J, Zhao XQ. Experimental warming, not grazing, decreases rangeland quality on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Applications. 2007.17 (2): 541-557.
25. Yang J.,Z L Wang.,XQ Zhao*.,D P Wang.,D L Qi.,B Xu.,Y Ren.,H Tian. Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in the Ochotona Family Driven by the Cold Environmental Stress. PLoS One. 2008, 3(1): e1472.
26. Li H G; Y M Ren; S C Guo; L Cheng; D P Wang; J Yang; Z J Chang; X Q Zhao*. The Protein Level of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1a is increased in the Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) Inhabiting High Altitudes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 2009,311A:134-141.
27. Zhao, L., Li, J., Xu, S., Zhou, H., Li, Y., Gu, S., Zhao, X.Q* 2009. Seasonal variations in carbon dioxide exchange in an alpine wetland meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Biogeosciences 6 (5) pp. 9005-9044.
28. Z.Y Duan, K Zhao, Z.G Peng, J.B Li, Rui Diogo, X.Q. Zhao*, S.P. He. Comparative phylogeography of the Yellow River schizothoracine fishes (Cyprinidae): Vicariance, expansion, and recent coalescence in response to the Quaternary environmental upheaval in the Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2009.53:3, 1025-1031
29. K. Zhao, Z.Y. Duan, Z.G. Peng, S.C. Guo, J.B. LI, S.P. He, X.Q. Zhao*.The youngest split in sympatric schizothoracine fish (Cyprinidae) is shaped by ecological adaptations in a Tibetan Plateau glacier lake. Molecular Ecology, 2009,18: 17, 3616–3628.
30. J Yang, T.G Bromage, X.Q Zhao, B.H Xu, W.L Gao. Functional Evolution of Leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in Adaptive Thermogenesis Driven by Cold Environmental Stress. PloS one. 2011, 6(6): e19833.
31. Qi D, Chao Y, S Guo, L Zhao, T Li, F Wei, X Zhao* Convergent, Parallel and Correlated Evolution of Trophic Morphologies in the Subfamily Schizothoracinae from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau PloS one, 2012, 7(3): e34070.
獲獎記錄
2011年青海省科學技術一等獎(1/10);2010年度國家科技進步二等獎(6/10);2009年青海省科學技術一等獎(1/10)、中國科學院院地合作一等獎(科技類);2008年青海省科技進步一等獎(1/8);1993年中國科學院科技進步二等獎,為參加者之一;1989年青海省科技進步三等獎,為主要貢獻者之一。
榮譽:2001年被青海省委組織部授予優秀黨員稱號;享受國務院政府特殊津貼;榮獲首批新世紀百千萬人才工程國家級人選;1998年被蘭州分院授予優秀黨員稱號;1994年被中國科學院蘭州分院授予優秀青年科技工作者;1991年被團省委授予科技教育先鋒稱號;1985年被團中央授予邊陲優秀兒女稱號,獲銀質獎。以第一完成人獲科技成果9項,其中3項獲青海省科技進步一等獎及國家科技進步二等獎1項。