Wei Fang

Personal Quote

Education makes sense because people learn that through learning they can make and remake themselves, because people are able to take responsibility for themselves as beings capable of knowing - of knowing that they know and knowing that they don't.

----Freire, Pedagogy of Hope, 2004

Awards and Honors

• Pace University, 2024, Yes I Make it Happen Recognition
• Dyson Society of Fellow, 2024, Fellow
• Pace University, 2023, Yes I Make it Happen Recognition

PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 2003
Ecology and Evolution

MS, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, 1993
Botany

BS, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1990
Environmental Biology and Ecology

Research Interest

Organismal and ecosystem resilience and responses to anthropogenic changes, including urbanization, climate warming, and biological invasions.

Grants, Sponsored Research and Contracts

Advancing Key Curriculums of Ecology and Environmental Sciences for Regional Universities in Kazakhstan & Beyond
Chen, J., Fang, W., Graham, N., Fang, P., Knight, C., Ranjeet, J., Allington, G. & Almakhanova, G. January 2022 - September 2022. US Embassy in Kazakhstan and American Councils for International Education, Federal. Funded.

Modernizing Curriculum towards the Goals of UN SDGs for Central Asian Universities: Climate Action and Sustainability Development.
Fang, W., Chen, J., Groffman, P., Gurevitch, J., Fan, P. & Hendrey, G. January 2022 - September 2022. US Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and administered by American Councils, Federal. Funded.

Past Courses

BIO 102: General Biology II
BIO 210: Ecology
BIO 395: Independent Study in Biology
BIO 480: Research in Biology
BIO 491: Internship in Biology
ENS 326: Geographic Information Systems
MAT 141: Intro Stats for the Life Sci

Publications

Male bluegill vary in color and behavior relative to their position in a lek
Peros, M., Vij, L., Anavian, E., Arteaga, K. A., Haruna, F. I., Siegman, A., Fang, W. & Alvarado, S. G. (2025). Frontiers in Ethology. Vol 3 , pages 1513231. https://doi.org/10.3389/fetho.2024.1513231
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Quantifying key vegetation parameters from Sentinel-3 and MODIS over the eastern Eurasian steppe with a Bayesian geostatistical model
Li, Z., Ding, L., Shen, B., Chen, J., Xu, D., Wang, X., Fang, W., Pulatov, A., Kussainova, M., Amarjargal, A., Isaev, E., Liu, T., Sun, C. & Xin, X. (2024). Science of the Total Environment. Vol 909 , pages 168594. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723072224
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Water limitation regulates positive feedback of increased ecosystem respiration
Zhang, Q., Yi, C., Destouni, G., Wohlfahrt, G., Kuzyakov, Y., Li, R., Kutter, E., Chen, D., Reitkerk, M., Manzoni, S., Tian, Z., Hendrey, G., Fang, W., Krakauer, N., Hugelius, G., Jarsjo, J., Han, J. & Xu, S. (2024). Nature Ecology & Evolution. Vol 8 , pages 1870-1876. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02501-w
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Comparative verification of leaf area products for different grassland types in Inner Mongolia
Shen, B., Guo, J., LI, Z., Chen, J., Fang, W., Kussainova, M., Amarjargal, A., Pulatov, A., Yan, R., Anenkhonov, O. A., Zhou, W. & Xin, X. (2023). Remote Sensing. Vol 15 (Issue 19) , pages 4736. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/19/4736
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Grazing-induced cattle behavior modulate the secondary production in a Eurasian steppe ecosystem
Hou, L., Xin, X., Sun, H., Tao, Y., Chen, J., Yan, R., Zhang, X., Shen, B., Altome, A., Hamed, Y., Wang, X., Nurlan, S., Adibek, N., Balzhan, A., Kussainov, M., Amarjargal, A., Fang, W. & Pulatov, A. (2023). Science of the Total Environment. Vol 889 , pages 164191. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723028127?via%3Dihub
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Effects of long-term grazing on feed intake and digestibility of cattle in meadow steppe
Hou, L., Xin, X., Shen, B., Qin, Q., Altome, A., Hamed, Y., Yan, R., Nurlan, S., Adilbek, N., Balzhan, A., Kussainova, M., Amarjargal, A., Fang, W., Pulatov, A., Zhou, W. & Sun, H. (2023). Agronomy. Vol 13 (Issue 7) , pages 1760. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/7/1760
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Satellite evidence for divergent forest responses to warming within close vicinity in East China
Wang, J., Fang, W., Xu, P., Li, H., Chen, D., Wang, Z., You, Y. & Rafaniello, C. (2023). Remote Sensing. Vol 15 (Issue 11) , pages 2749. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/11/2749
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Fusion of multiple models for improving gross primary production estimation with eddy covariance data based on machine learning
Tian, Z., Yi, C., Fu, Y., Kutter, E., Krankauer, N. Y., Fang, W., Zhang, Q. & Luo, H. (2023). Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. Vol 128 (Issue 3) , pages 1-23. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JG007122
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Satellite evidence for forest canopy-height-dependent response to drought in southwestern China.
Xu, P., Fang, W., Zhou, T., Li, H., Zhao, X., Berman, S., Zhang, T. & YI, C. (2022). Environmental Research Letters. Vol 17 , pages 025005. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4a33
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Hotter and Drier Climate Made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa Region a Shrubbier Landscape
Fang, W., YI, C., Chen, D., Xu, P., Hendrey, G., Krakauer, N., Jensen, K., Gao, S., Lin, Z., Lam, G., Zhang, Q. & Zhou, T. (2021). Oecologia. Vol 197 , pages 1111-1126. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-021-05041-3
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Asymmetric impacts of dryness and wetness on tree growth and forest coverage
Gao, S., Zhou, T., Yi, C., Shi, P., Fang, W., Liu, R., Liang, E. & Camarero, J. (2020). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol 288-289 , pages 107980. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192320300824
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A field experimental study on the impact of Acer platanoides, an urban tree invader, on forest ecosystem processes in North America
Fang, W. & Wang, X. (2020). Ecological Processes. Vol 9 , pages 9. https://ecologicalprocesses.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13717-020-0213-5
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Hospital and healthcare insurance system record--based epidemiological study of myasthenia gravis in southern and northern China
Fang, W., Li, Y., Mo, R., Wang, J., Qiu, L., Ou, C., Lin, Z., Huang, Z., Feng, H., He, X., Wang, W., Xu, P., Wang, L., Ran, H. & Liu, W. (2020). Neurological Sciences. Vol 41 , pages 1211-1223. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31897952/
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Spatial Upscaling of Tree-Ring-Based Forest Response to Drought with Satellite Data
Fang, W., Xu, P., Zhou, T., Zhao, X., Luo, H., Hendrey, G. & Yi, C. (2019). Remote Sensing. Vol 11 (Issue 20) , pages 2344. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/20/2344
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Impacts of water stress on forest recovery and its interaction with canopy height
Xu, P., Zhou, T., Yi, C., Luo, H., Zhao, X., Fang, W., Gao, S. & Liu, X. (2018). International journal of environmental research and public health. Vol 15 (Issue 6) , pages 1257. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/6/1257
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Dynamic responses of tree-ring growth to multiple dimensions of drought
Gao, S., Liu, R., Zhou, T., Fang, W., Yi, C., Lu, R., Zhao, X. & Luo, H. (2018). Global Change Biology. Vol 24 (Issue 11) , pages 5380--5390. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.14367
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Forest drought resistance distinguished by canopy height
Xu, P., Zhou, T., Yi, C., Fang, W., Hendrey, G. & Zhao, X. (2018). Environmental Research Letters. Vol 13 (Issue 7) , pages 075003. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aacadd
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Bifurcated response of a regional forest to drought
Yi, C., Mu, G., Hendrey, G., Vicente-Serrano, S., Fang, W., Zhou, T., Gao, S. & Xu, P. (2018). Expert Opin Environ Biol 7. Vol 2 , pages 2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329119603_Bifurcated_Response_of_a_Regional_Forest_to_Drought
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A global study of GPP focusing on light-use efficiency in a random forest regression model
Wei, S., Yi, C., Fang, W. & Hendrey, G. (2017). Ecosphere. Vol 8 (Issue 5) , pages e01724. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1724
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Professional Memberships

• American Geological Union
• Long Island Botanical Society [Life-time Member]
• Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas [Treasurer (2000-2002)]
• Ecological Society of America

College Service

• Dyson Society of Fellow Annual Meeting [Faculty Mentor]
• Dyson Society of Fellow Weekend Seminar [Committee Chair]
• Environmental Studies and Science Faculty Search Committee [Committee Member]

Professional Service

American Geographic Union [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
National Science Foundation [Reviewer, Grant Proposal]
Communications Biology [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Forests [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Diversity [Reviewer, Journal Article]
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Ecological Forecasting Technical Working Group [Board of Advisors of a Company]
Environmental Research Letters [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Forest Ecology and Management [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Ecological Processes [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Journal of Environmental Management [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Regional Environmental Change [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Scientific Reports [Reviewer, Journal Article]
American Councils for International Education [Workshop Organizer]
American Councils for International Education [Workshop Organizer]

Public Service

• Alliance of Youth Leaders in the US (AYLUS)-Syosset Branch [Faculty Advisor]