Dr. Xiangzhen Kong
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Department of Lake Research
Brückstr. 3a
39114 Magdeburg, Germany
xiangzhen.kong@ufz.de
Curriculum Vitae
since June 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Lake Research
Project: Nitrogen retention in lakes and reservoirs
2017 - 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
2010 - 2016
PhD student at College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China
Advisor: Prof. Fuliu Xu
2013 - 2018
PhD student at Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Advisors: Prof. Wolf M. Mooij, Prof. Albert A. Koelmans
Research Interest
- Limnology, Biogeochemistry
- Aquatic ecology, Food web ecology
- Aquatic ecosystem modeling, coupled hydrodynamic and ecological modeling
- Contaminant fate and effect modeling in aquatic environments
Publications
2025 (4)
- Gai, B., Kumar, R., Hüesker, F., Mi, C., Kong, X., Boehrer, B., Rinke, K., Shatwell, T. (2025):
Catchments amplify reservoir thermal response to climate warming
Water Resour. Res. 61 (1), e2023WR036808 10.1029/2023WR036808 - Mi, C., Shatwell, T., Kong, X., Rinke, K. (2025):
Cascading climate effects in deep reservoirs: Full assessment of physical and biogeochemical dynamics under ensemble climate projections and ways towards adaptation
Ambio 54 (3), 385 - 401 10.1007/s13280-023-01950-0 - Tao, Y., Zhang, Y., Kong, X., Zhang, S., Xue, Y., Ao, W., Pang, B., Dou, H., Xue, B. (2025):
Record-setting cyanobacterial bloom in the largest freshwater lake in northern China caused by joint effects of hydrological variations and nutrient enrichment
Environ. Res. 268 , art. 120813 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120813 - Xue, Y., Kong, X., Mao, Z., Zhang, C., Xue, B., Shi, X., Gu, X. (2025):
Hydrological variation drives changes in food web structure and ecosystem function with potential hysteresis in a large temperate shallow lake
J. Hydrol. 650 , art. 132463 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132463
2024 (3)
- Gai, B., Kumar, R., Hüesker, F., Mi, C., Kong, X., Boehrer, B., Rinke, K., Shatwell, T. (2024):
GOTM model setup and climate projections for Rappbode Reservoir
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14191748 - van Wijk, D., Kong, X., Knap, H., Janssen, A.B.G. (2024):
A serious game approach for lake modeling and management: The EscapeBLOOM
Environ. Modell. Softw. 173 , art. 105941 10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.105941 - van Wijk, D., Kong, X., Knap, H., Janssen, A.B.G. (2024):
Software and data underlying the article 'A serious game approach for lake modeling and management: the EscapeBLOOM'. In Environmental Modelling and Software
Version: v1 Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.8116796
2023 (5)
- Dadi, T., Schultze, M., Kong, X., Seewald, M., Rinke, K., Friese, K. (2023):
Sudden eutrophication of an aluminum sulphate treated lake due to abrupt increase of internal phosphorus loading after three decades of mesotrophy
Water Res. 235 , art. 119824 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119824 - Kong, X., Determann, M., Andersen, T.K., Barbosa, C.C., Dadi, T., Janssen, A.B.G., Paule-Mercado, M.C., Pujoni, D.G., Schultze, M., Rinke, K. (2023):
Synergistic effects of warming and internal nutrient loading interfere with the long-term stability of lake restoration and induce sudden re-eutrophication (1.0) [Data set]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.7580961 - Kong, X., Determann, M., Andersen, T.K., Barbosa, C.C., Dadi, T., Janssen, A.B.G., Paule-Mercado, M.C., Pujoni, D.G., Schultze, M., Rinke, K. (2023):
Synergistic effects of warming and internal nutrient loading interfere with the long-term stability of lake restoration and induce sudden re-eutrophication
Environ. Sci. Technol. 57 (9), 4003 - 4013 10.1021/acs.est.2c07181 - Zhang, C., Kong, X., Xue, B., Zhao, C., McGowan, S., Lin, Q., Zhang, K., Shen, J. (2023):
Double-edged effects of anthropogenic activities on lake ecological dynamics in northern China: Evidence from palaeolimnology and ecosystem modelling
Freshw. Biol. 68 (6), 940 - 955 10.1111/fwb.14077 - Zhang, C., Kong, X., Xue, B., Zhao, C., Yang, X., Cheng, L., Lin, Q., Zhang, K., Shen, J. (2023):
Synergistic effects of climate warming and atmospheric nutrient deposition on the alpine lake ecosystem in the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau during the Anthropocene
Front. Ecol. Evol. 11 , art. 1119840 10.3389/fevo.2023.1119840
2022 (5)
- Kong, X., Ghaffar, S., Determann, M., Friese, K., Jomaa, S., Mi, C., Shatwell, T., Rinke, K., Rode, M. (2022):
Reservoir water quality deterioration due to deforestation emphasizes the indirect effects of global change [Data set]. In Water Research (1.0, Vol. 221, Number 118721)
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.6617108 - Kong, X., Ghaffar, S., Determann, M., Friese, K., Jomaa, S., Mi, C., Shatwell, T., Rinke, K., Rode, M. (2022):
Reservoir water quality deterioration due to deforestation emphasizes the indirect effects of global change
Water Res. 221 , art. 118721 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118721 - Mi, C., Hamilton, D.P., Frassl, M.A., Shatwell, T., Kong, X., Boehrer, B., Li, Y., Donner, J., Rinke, K. (2022):
Controlling blooms of Planktothrix rubescens by optimized metalimnetic water withdrawal: a modelling study on adaptive reservoir operation
Environ. Sci. Eur. 34 , art. 34 10.1186/s12302-022-00683-3 - Qin, B., Kong, X., Wang, R., Zhao, Y., Yang, X. (2022):
Lake restoration time of Lake Taibai (China): a case study based on paleolimnology and ecosystem modeling
J. Paleolimn. 68 (1), 25 - 38 10.1007/s10933-020-00165-7 - Zhan, Q., Kong, X., Rinke, K. (2022):
High-frequency monitoring enables operational opportunities to reduce the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) load in Germany’s largest drinking water reservoir
Inland Waters 12 (2), 245 - 260 10.1080/20442041.2021.1987796
2021 (7)
- Fei, M., Kong, X. (2021):
Prey preference of top predators manipulates the functioning and stability of multi-trophic ecosystems
Ecol. Complex. 45 , art. 100908 10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100908 - Janssen, A.B.G., Droppers, B., Kong, X., Teurlincx, S., Tong, Y., Kroeze, C. (2021):
Characterizing 19 thousand Chinese lakes, ponds and reservoirs by morphometric, climate and sediment characteristics
Water Res. 202 , art. 117427 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117427 - Kong, X., Seewald, M., Dadi, T., Friese, K., Mi, C., Boehrer, B., Schultze, M., Rinke, K., Shatwell, T. (2021):
Unravelling winter diatom blooms in temperate lakes using high frequency data and ecological modeling
Water Res. 190 , art. 116681 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116681 - Mi, C., Frassl, M., Hamilton, D., Shatwell, T., Kong, X., Boehrer, B., Li, Y., Rinke, K. (2021):
Controlling metalimnetic bloom of Planktothrix rubescens by a novel water withdrawal strategy: a modelling study
EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU21-4053 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4053 - Qin, N., Kong, X.-Z., He, W., He, Q.-S., Liu, W.-X., Xu, F.-L. (2021):
Dustfall-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) over the fifth largest Chinese lake: residual levels, source apportionment, and correlations with suspended particulate matter (SPM)-bound PAHs in water
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 28 (39), 55388 - 55400 10.1007/s11356-021-14873-8 - Shatwell, T., Kong, X., Seewald, M., Dadi, T., Friese, K., Mi, C., Boehrer, B., Schultze, M., Rinke, K. (2021):
Unravelling winter diatom blooms in temperate lakes using high frequency data and ecological modeling
EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU21-8051 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8051 - Tong, Y., Sun, J., Uddin, M., Kong, X., Lin, Y., Wang, M., Zhang, H., Xu, X., Wu, Z. (2021):
Perspectives and challenges of applying the water-food-energy nexus approach to lake eutrophication modelling
Water Secur. 14 , art. 100095 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100095
2020 (3)
- Qin, N., He, W., Liu, W., Kong, X., Xu, F., Giesy, J.P. (2020):
Tissue distribution, bioaccumulation, and carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic organisms from Lake Chaohu, China
Sci. Total Environ. 749 , art. 141577 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141577 - Tong, Y., Wang, M., Peñuelas, J., Liu, X., Paerl, H.W., Elser, J.J., Sardans, J., Couture, R.-M., Larssen, T., Hu, H., Dong, X., He, W., Zhang, W., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Zeng, S., Kong, X., Janssen, A.B.G., Lin, Y. (2020):
Improvement in municipal wastewater treatment alters lake nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in populated regions
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117 (21), 11566 - 11572 10.1073/pnas.1920759117 - Wang, Y., Kong, X., Peng, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, G., Hu, W., Zhou, X. (2020):
Retention of nitrogen and phosphorus in Lake Chaohu, China: implications for eutrophication management
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 27 (33), 41488 - 41502 10.1007/s11356-020-10024-7
2019 (5)
- He, W., Kong, X., Qin, N., He, Q., Liu, W., Bai, Z., Wang, Y., Xu, F. (2019):
Combining species sensitivity distribution (SSD) model and thermodynamic index (exergy) for system-level ecological risk assessment of contaminates in aquatic ecosystems
Environ. Int. 133, Part B , art. 105275 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105275 - Janssen, A.B.G., Janse, J.H., Beusen, A.H.W., Chang, M., Harrison, J.A., Huttunen, I., Kong, X., Rost, J., Teurlincx, S., Troost, T.A., van Wijk, D., Mooij, W.M. (2019):
How to model algal blooms in any lake on earth
Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 36 , 1 - 10 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.09.001 - Kong, X., Koelmans, A.A. (2019):
Modeling decreased resilience of shallow lake ecosystems toward eutrophication due to microplastic ingestion across the food web
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (23), 13822 - 13831 10.1021/acs.est.9b03905 - Kong, X., Zhan, Q., Boehrer, B., Rinke, K. (2019):
High frequency data provide new insights into evaluating and modeling nitrogen retention in reservoirs
Water Res. 166 , art. 115017 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115017 - Mooij, W.M., van Wijk, D., Beusen, A.H.W., Brederveld, R.J., Chang, M., Cobben, M.M.P., DeAngelis, D.L., Downing, A.S., Green, P., Gsell, A.S., Huttunen, I., Janse, J.H., Janssen, A.B.G., Hengeveld, G.M., Kong, X., Kramer, L., Kuiper, J.J., Langan, S.J., Nolet, B.A., Nuijten, R.J.M., Strokal, M., Troost, T.A., Van Dam, A.A., Teurlincx, S. (2019):
Modeling water quality in the Anthropocene: directions for the next-generation aquatic ecosystem models
Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 36 , 85 - 95 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.10.012
Other selected publications
For a full list please visit my Google Scholar, and ResearchGate
- Kong, X., He, Q., Yang, B., He, W., Xu, F., Janssen, A.B.G., Kuiper, J.J., van Gerven, L.P.A. Qin, N., Jiang, Y., Liu, W., Yang, C., Bai, Z., Zhang, M., Kong, F., Janse, J.H., Mooij, W.M. (2017): Hydrological regulation drives regime shifts: evidence from paleolimnology and ecosystem modelling of a large shallow Chinese lake. Global Change Biology, 23, 737-754.
- Kong, X., He, W., Qin, N., Liu, W., Yang, B., Yang, C, Xu, F., Mooij, W.M., Koelmans, A.A. (2017): Integrated ecological and chemical food web accumulation modeling explains PAH temporal trends during regimes shifts in a shallow lake. Water Research, 119, 73-82.
- Robson, B.J., Arhonditsis, G.B., Baird, M.E., Brebion, J., Edwards, K.F., Geoffroy, L., Hebert, M., van Dongen-Vogels, V., Jones, E.M., Kruk, C., Mongin, M., Shimoda, Y., Skerratt, J.H., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Wild-Allen, K., Kong, X., Steven, A. (2018): Towards evidence-based parameter values and priors for aquatic ecosystem modelling. Environmental Modeling & Software, 100, 74-81.
- Janssen A.B.G., de Jager, V., Janse; J.H., Kong, X., Liu, Y., Ye; Q., Mooij, W. (2017): Spatial identification of critical nutrient loads of large shallow lakes: implications for Lake Taihu (China). Water Research, 119, 276-287.
- Janssen, A.B.G., Arhonditsis, G., Beusen, A., Bolding, K., Bruce, L., Bruggeman, J., Couture, R.M., Downing, A., Alex Elliott, J., Frassl, M., Gal, G., Gerla, D., Hipsey, M., Hu, F., Ives, S., Janse, J., Jeppesen, E., Jöhnk, K., Kneis, D., Kong, X., Kuiper, J., Lehmann, M., Lemmen, C., Özkundakci, D., Petzoldt, T., Rinke, K., Robson, B., Sachse, R., Schep, S., Schmid, M., Scholten, H., Teurlincx, S., Trolle, D., Troost, T., Van Dam, A., Van Gerven, L.A., Weijerman, M., Wells, S. & Mooij, W. (2015): Exploring, exploiting and evolving diversity of aquatic ecosystem models: a community perspective. Aquatic Ecology, 49, 513-548.