2019.12-今 中国气象局乌鲁木齐沙漠气象研究所           研究员

2019.01-2021.05 中国科学院大气物理研究所              博士后

2013.11-2019.12 中国气象局乌鲁木齐沙漠气象研究所      副研究员

2009.09-2013.10 中国气象局乌鲁木齐沙漠气象研究所     助理研究员

2008.07-2009.08 中国气象局乌鲁木齐沙漠气象研究所     实习研究员

气候变化、树轮气候、树轮水文、树轮生态、森林气象、森林碳汇

2013年获新疆维吾尔自治区自然科学优秀论文二等奖

2016年入选中国气象局第三批气象青年英才计划

2017年入选新疆维吾尔自治区天山青年计划-杰出青年科技人才

2018年获新疆维吾尔自治区自然科学优秀论文二等奖

2019年入选新疆维吾尔自治区天山雪松计划-科技创新领军人才

近5年主持科研项目10项，其中国家自然科学基金3项，作为骨干成员，参加国家国际科技合作项目、国家科技支撑项目、973项目、亚洲区域合作专项、中国科学院战略性先导科技专项(A类)子课题等国家级科研项目15项。

1）国家自然科学基金“新疆—中亚过去气候变化的树轮重建与数值模拟分析” （41975110）2020.01-2023.12 主持

2）国家自然科学基金“树轮稳定同位素记录的天山区域（新疆—中亚）干湿变化历史及影响机制研究”（41675152）2017.01-2020.12 主持

3）国家自然科学基金“基于树轮的西天山降水变化研究”（41405139）2015.01-2017.12 主持

4）上海合作组织科技伙伴计划及国际科技合作计划“中-吉-哈天山树轮稳定碳同位素对气候变化的响应研究”（2021E01022）2021.06-2023.07 主持

5) 新疆维吾尔自治区自然科学基金 “气候暖湿化背景下雪岭云杉径向生长对水分利用效率长期变化的响应策略研究” (2018D01A40) 2018.07-2021.06 主持

（近5年10篇代表性论文）

1. Zhang R.*, Ermenbaev B., Zhang H., Shang H., Zhang T., Yu S., Chontoev D.T., Satylkanov R., Qin L., 2020. Natural discharge changes of the Naryn River over the past 265 years and their climatic drivers. Climate Dynamics 2020, 55:1269–1281.DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05323-1.

2. Zhang R.*, Qin L., Shang H., Yu S., Gou X., Mambetov B.T., Bolatov K., Zheng W., Ainur U., Bolatova A., 2020. Climatic change in southern Kazakhstan since 1850 C.E. inferred from tree rings. International Journal of Biometeorology 64(5):841-851 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-01873-5

3. Zhang R*., Wei W., Shang H., Yu S., Gou X.,Qin L., Bolatov K., Mambetov B.T., 2019. A tree ring-based record of annual mass balance changes for the TS.Tuyuksuyskiy Glacier and its linkages to climate change in the Tianshan Mountains. Quaternary Science Reviews 205:10-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.028

4. Zhang R*., Shang H., Yu S., He Q., Yuan Y., Bolatov K., Mambetov B.T., 2017. Tree-ring-based precipitation reconstruction in southern Kazakhstan, reveals drought variability since A.D. 1770.  International Journal of Climatology 37(2):741-750. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4736

5. Zhang R*., Yuan Y., Yu S., Chen F., Zhang T., 2017. Past changes of spring drought in the inner Tianshan Mountains, China, as recorded by tree rings. Boreas 46(4): 688-696. DOI: 10.1111/bor.12238.

6. Zhang R.*, Zhang T., Kelgenbayev N., He Q., Mambetov B.T., Dosmanbetov D., Shang H., Yu S., Yuan Y., 2017. A 189-year tree-ring record of drought for the Dzungarian Alatau, arid Central Asia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 148:305-314. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.05.003.

7. Zhang R., Yuan Y., Gou X. *, He Q., Shang H., Zhang T., Chen F., Ermenbaev B.,Yu S., Qin, L., Fan, Z., 2016. Tree-ring-based moisture variability in western Tianshan Mountains since A.D. 1882 and its possible driving mechanism. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 218–219: 267–276 

8.Zhang R*., Qin L., Yuan Y., Gou X., Zou C., Yang Q., Shang H., Fan Z., 2016. Radial growth response of Populus xjrtyschensis to environmental factors and a century-long reconstruction of summer streamflow for the Tuoshigan River, northwestern China. Ecological Indicators 71: 191–197.

9.Zhang R.*, Yuan Y., Gou X., Zhang T., Zou C., Ji C., Fan Z., Qin L., Shang H., Li X., 2016. Intra-annual radial growth of Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey) and its response to climate on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains. Dendrochronologia 40:36-42

10. Zhang R.*, Yuan Y., Gou X., Yang Q., Wei W., Yu S., Zhang T., Shang H., Chen F., Fan Z., Qin L., 2016. Streamflow variability for the Aksu River on the southern slopes of the Tian Shan inferred from tree ring records. Quaternary Research 85(3): 371-379.