Xiaodong Zeng

Ph.D., Biophysics, Institute of Biopysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1998

B.S., Physics, Peking University, China, 1991

Positions held

Sep 2006-present: Research Scientist
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2003-2006: Research Scientist
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2003: Visiting Scientist
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

1999-2002: Research Scientist
Lab. for Mathematical Neuroscience, Institute of Physics and Chemistry (RIKEN BSI), Wako, Saitama, Japan

1991-2002: Research Assistant, Assistant Researcher
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Selected Publications

Zeng X.D. and X. Zeng (2007) Transition and pattern diversity in arid and semiarid grassland - a modeling study, Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences) (in press).

Zeng X.D., A.H. Wang, Q-C Zeng, R.E. Dickinson, X. Zeng, and S.S.P. Shen (2006): Intermediately complex models for the hydrological interactions in the atmosphere-vegetation-soil system, Advances In Atmospheric Sciences 23, 127-140.

Zeng X.D., X. Zeng, S.S.P. Shen, R.E. Dickinson, and Q-C Zeng (2005): Vegetation-soil water interaction within a dynamical ecosystem model of grassland in semi-arid areas, Tellus B 57, 189-202.

Zeng X.D., S.S.P. Shen, X. Zeng and Robert E. Dickinson (2004): Multiple equilibrium states and the abrupt transitions in a dynamical system of soil water interacting with vegetation, Geophysical Research Letters 31, L05501, doi:10.1029/2003GL018910.

Zeng X.D. (2001): Attention mechanism and its role in invariant pattern recognition. Neurocomputing, 38-40, 1611-1618.

Zeng X.D., X.L. Qi, and Y.J. Wang (1997): A spectral method for solving the limit cycle of non-linear ordinary differential equation, Chinese Journal of Computational Physics 14, 227-232.

Zeng X.D., X.L. Qi, and Y.J. Wang (1995): The oscillation and synchronous oscillation of neuronal activities in visual cortex, Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 22, 30-35.

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