张扬建 男 ，2004年在乔治亚大学（the university of Georgia, Athens, GA）获得博士学位。回国前在美国罗格斯大学（即新泽西州立大学）， 密苏礼大学从事博士后研究，和罗格斯大学（纽瓦克分校）任研究助理教授 （Research assistant professor）。
科学研究：
主要从事全球生态学， 景观生态学和生态学模型方面的研究。目前他的研究方向主要是应用遥感， GIS， 生态模型 和空间统计分析技术来探讨在全球变化和人类活动干扰急剧增加的背景下生态系统格局和功能的变化。 已发表SCI论文10 余篇。
代表性论文：
1. Zhang, Y., Xu, M., Chen, H., Adams, M. J. 2009. Global pattern of NPP/GPP ratio derived from MODIS data: effects of ecosystem types, locations and climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 18: 280-290。 Featured article.
2. Adams, M. J., Zhang Y. 2009. Is there more insect herbivory in warmer temperate climates? A latitudinal comparison of temperate forest herbivory in eastern North America, estimated from early summer leaves. Journal of Ecology. 97, 933-940.(通讯作者).
3. Adams, M.J. Green, W., Zhang Y. 2008. Leaf margins and temperature in the North American flora: Recalibrating the paleoclimatic thermometer. Global and Planetary Change. 60, 523-534. (共同第一作者).
4. Zhang, Y., He H. S., Yang J. 2008. The Wildland-Urban Interface dynamics in the southeastern U.S. from 1990 to 2000. Landscape and Urban Planning. 85, 155-162.
5. Zhang, Y., Tarrant, M.A., Green, G.T. 2008. The Importance of Differentiating Urban and Rural Phenomena in Examining the Unequal Distribution of Locally Desirable Land. Journal of Environmental Management. 88, 1314-1319.
6. Zhang, Y., Xu, M., Adams, M.J., Wang, X. 2009.Can Landsat imagery detect tree line dynamics? International Journal of Remote Sensing. 30,1327-1340.
7. Zhang, Y., He, H.S. Dijak, W.D., Yang, J., Shifley, S.R., Palik, B.J. 2009. Integration of satellite imagery and forest inventory in mapping dominant and associated species at a regional scale. Environmental Management. 44,312-323.
8. Zhang, Y., Wimberly, M. 2007. The importance of scale in using hierarchical census data to identify the wildland-urban interface. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 31(3), 138-147.
9. Adams, M.J., Zhang, Y., Nor, H.M. Do tropical forest leaves suffer more insect herbivory? A comparison of tropical versus temperate herbivory, estimated from leaf litter. Ecological Research. 通讯作者.
10. Adams, M.J., Rehill, B., Zhang, Y., Gower, J. 2009. A test of the latitudinal defense hypothesis: herbivory, tannins and total phenolics in four North American tree species. Ecological Research. 24, 697-704.
11. Wimberly, M. C., Zhang, Y. Stanturf, J.A. GIS application in the wildland-urban interface. Book chapter in Computer Applications in Sustainable Forest Management" (edited by Shao G. and Reynolds K). Springer-Verlag 2006.
12. 张扬建, 代力民, 潘洁, 2001. The impact of elevated temperature on the tree line of Changbai Mountain. Journal of Forestry Research. 40: 19-23.