Rong
Ji
Vice-director of College of Life and Environment Sciences
Xinjiang Normal University
Permanent Address:
College of Life and Environment Sciences
Xinjiang Normal University
19 Xin Yi Road, Urumqi, China
Post code: 830054
E-mail: jirongxj[at]yahoo.com.cn
Current Address:
Visiting Scholar
University of Sydney
School of Biological Sciences
Macleay Bldg A12
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia
Education:
2004.9-present: Department of Biology, Xinjiang Normal University
2001.9-2004.7: Ph.D in Ecology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Dissertation title ‘Monitoring and forecasting Locusta migratoria manilensis via Remote sensing and GIS’.
1995.9-2001.7: Worked at the Department of Biology,Xinjiang Normal University.
1992.9-1995.7: M.S.in Entomology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, China. Thesis title ‘The ecological researches on the grasslands pest:Theone silphoides in Xinjiang’.
1988.9-1992.7: B.S. in Plant Protection, Shihezi University, China. Thesis title ‘Species and distribution of Parnassiidae in Xinjiang’.
Research Interests:
Population ecology and insect pest mangement with application of remote sensing, geographical information system. At present I‘m mainly responsible for projects as follows:
1) Spatio-temporal dynamics of grasshoppers populations and outbreak mechanism in Xinjiang’ funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (30460028);
2) Studies on migratory mechanism and plague forecast of Locusta migratoria migratoria between Xinjiang of China and Kazakhstan’ funded by Scientific Research Program of the Ministry of Education of China (206165);
3) Research on population dynamics of grasshoppers in Xinjiang’ funded by Scientific Research Program of the Higher Education Institution of Xinjiang (XJEDU2005I23)
Publications (as the first anthor):
1) JI Rong, XIE Bao-Yu, LI Dian-Mo, LI Zhe, ZHANG Xia. Use of MODIS data to monitor the Oriental migratory plague locust. Agr. Ecosyst. Environ., 2004 104（1）：605-609.
2) JI Rong, LI Dian-Mo,XIE Bao-Yu, LI Zhe, MENG Dong-Li. Spatial distribution of Oriental migratory locust (Orthoptera: Acrididae) egg pod populations: implications for site-specific pest management. Environ. Entomol.,2006.
3) Ji Rong, Xie B Y,Li Z,et al. Reasons and characteristics of outbreaks of the Oriental migratory locust plague in Nandagang, Hebei Province. Entomological Knowledge,2002, 39（6）：430-433. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
4) Ji Rong, Zhang X, Xie B Y, et al. Use of MODIS data to detect the Oriental migratory locust plague: A case study in Nandagang, Hebei Province. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2003， 46（6）：713-719.(in Chinese with English Abstract)
5) JI Rong, XIE Bao-Yu, LI Zhe, LI Dian-Mo, MENG Dong-Li. Spatial distribution of the Oriental migratory locust (Orthoptera: Acrididae) egg pods studied with GIS and GS. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2006，49（3）：410-415. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
6) JI Rong, LI Dian-Mo, XIE Bao-Yu, LI Zhe, YUAN Hui. Research on soil spatial heterogeneity based on Locusta migratoria manilensis egg pods spatial pattern in coastal locust areas. Acta Ecologica Sinica,2006(accepted) (in Chinese with English Abstract).
7) JI Rong, YUAN Hui, XIE Bao-Yu, LI Zhe, LI Dian-Mo Oviposition site selection by Locusta migratoria manilensis in the coastal locust areas. Entomological Knowledge, 2006(accepted) (in Chinese with English Abstract).