Jianghua Wu

Jianghua Wu

Professor

Program: Environment and Sustainability

Phone: (709) 639-2735

Email: jianghuaw@mun.ca

Office: AS2022

 

Credentials

B.Sc. (Nanjing University), M.Sc. (Nanjing University), GIS Graduate Certificate (University of Southern California) Ph.D. (McGill)

 

Research Interests

  • Terrestrial Biogeochemical Cycle Processes and Modeling in Boreal Peatlands
  • Boreal Ecosystem Ecology and Micrometeorology
  • Global Climate (Environmental) Change
  • Climate-Ecosystem interaction (focusing on boreal ecosystems)
  • Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science (GIS) in Boreal Peatlands
  • EcoHydrological Modeling

 

Teaching

ENSU2000 (Intro GIS); ENSU3001 (Applications of GIS); ENSU4100 (Intro RS); GEOG2425 (Natural Resources)

 

Representative scholarly contributions

note: * Correspondence author, # Visiting Scholar, Post-doc research fellow, M.Sc./Ph.D. student or undergraduate under my supervision

Gong, Y. , Wang, M. *, Sun, F., Wu, J. *, Bao, K., Ren, Z., Wang, F. 2025. Decade of natural regeneration increases carbon accumulation in a drained peatland pasture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 396 (2026):109974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109974. (Correspondence Author).

Zhang, Y., Wu, J., Xu, Y., Zhou, Y., Xu, S., Feng, Z. 2025. Effects of elevated ozone on evapotranspiration and energy allocation of rice-ecosystem under fully open-air field conditions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110363.  362(2025):110363.

Gong, Y. #, Wu, J. *, Roulet, N., Le, T. B., Ye, C. , Zhang, Q. 2024. Vegetation composition regulates the interactions of warming and nitrogen deposition on net carbon dioxide uptake in a boreal peatland. Function Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14480. 38(2):417-428. (Correspondence Author).

Shao, S. #, Wu, J., He, H., Moore, T., Bubier, J., Larmola, T., Juutinen, S., Roulet, N. *. 2023. Ericoid mycorrhiza fungi mediate the response of ombrotrophic peatlands to fertilization: a modeling study. New Phytologist.  doi: 10.1111/nph.18555. 238(1):80-95

Gong, Y.#, Wu J. *. 2021. Vegetation composition modulates the interaction of climate warming and elevated nitrogen deposition on nitrous oxide flux in a boreal peatland. Global Change Biology. 2021 (00): 1-11. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15865. (Correspondence Author).

Gong, Y.#, Wu, J. *, Le, T. B#. 2021. Counteractions between biotic and abiotic factors on methane dynamics in a boreal peatland: Vegetation  composition change vs warming and nitrogen deposition. Geoderma. 395 (2021) 115074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115074   (Correspondence Author).

Gong ,Y.#, Wu J. *, Sey, A. #, Le, T. B#. 2021. Nitrogen addition (NH4NO3) mitigates the positive effect of warming on methane fluxes in a coastal bog. Catena. 203 (2021) 105356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105356   (Correspondence Author).

Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A.V., Amesbury, M.J. , Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D., Benavides, J.C., Blewett, J., Camill, P., Charman, D.J., Chawchai, S., Hedgpeth, A., Kleinen, T., Korhola, A., Large, D., Mansilla, C.A., Müller, J., van Bellen, S., West, J.B., Yu, Z., Bubier, J., Garneau, M., Moore, T., Sannel, A.B.K., Page, S., Väliranta, M., Bechtold, M., Brovkin, V., Cole, L.E.S., Chanton, J.P., Christensen, T.R., Davies, M.A., De Vleeschouwer, F., Finkelstein, S.A., Frolking, S., Gałka, M., Gandois, L., Girkin, N., Harris, L., Heinemeyer, A., Hoyt, A.M., Jones, M.C., Joos, F., Juutinen, S., Kaiser, K., Lacourse, T., Lamentowicz, M., Larmola, T., Leifeld, J., Lohila, A., Milner, A., Minkkinen, K., Moss, P., Naafs, B.D.A., Nichols, J., O’Donnell, J., Payne, R., Philben, M., Piilo, S., Quillet, A., Ratnayake, A.S., Roland, T., Sjogersten, S., Sonnentag, O., Swindles, G.T., Swinnen, W., Talbot, J., Treat, C., Valach, A.C., Wu, J. 2020. Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink. Nature Climate Change. 11 (2021):71-77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0

Ma, W. #, Li, G., Wu, J. *, Xu, G., Wu, J. # 2020. Respiration and CH4 fluxes in Tibetan peatlands are influenced by vegetation degradation. Catena. 195(2020):104789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104789 (Correspondence Author).

Wang, M. #, Wu, J. *, Lafleur, P. 2020. Comparison of energy flux and its partitioning between a pristine bog and an adjacent abandoned peatland pasture. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 291 (2020): 108086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108086  (Correspondence Author).

 

Current research projects and grants

2026-2031     ECCC Nature Smart Solutions Fund: An intersectional legislative and regulatory approach targeting high carbon areas, primarily wetlands/peatlands, for avoided conversion within the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. (Co-PI).

2025-2028     NRcan Wildlife Resilient Futures Initiative Program: Wildfire Knowledge and Preparedness in Nunatukavut. (Co-PI).

2023-2028     NSERC-DG: Carbon cycling and greenhouse gas emissions in northern peatlands under climate change (PI)

2025-2027     ESA Carbon Science Cluster –Terrestrial Carbon Constellation 3 (Carbon-RO3): EOWetMet: EO-Driven insights for Advancing Arctic Wetland and Lake Methane Emissions Monitoring (Co-PI)

2023-2028     ECCC (Environment and Climate Change Canada): Can-Peat: Canada’s peatlands as nature-based solutions to climate change (Co-PI)

2023-2028     Agri-Food Canada: Living Lab of Newfoundland and Labrador (Co-PI. Leading the subproject “Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from potato farming in western Newfoundland with different managements”.)

2023-2026     ECCC (Environment and Climate Change Canada): Making NL count: Employing OECM designation and wetland carbon modeling to identify new avenues for protecting ecologically and culturally significant spaces in Newfoundland and Labrador (Co-PI)

2023-2026     Mitacs (Accelerate): Modeling carbon storage for NL’s provincially significant peatlands. (PI)

2022-2024     Mitacs: Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on the Catchment Hydrology and storm water for the Area of Deer Lake, NL (PI)

 

Honours, graduate and post-graduate supervision

Completed

  • Sarah Maher, M.Sc. student (2022-2025, Completed. Fellow of SGS recipient)
  • Yu Gong, Ph.D. student (2017-2021. Now an Associate Professor at Wuhan Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China)
  • Jiangqi Wu, Visiting Ph.D. student (2019-2020, Completed. Now an Associate Professor at College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University)
  • Fan Lu, Visiting Ph.D. student (2019-2020, Completed.Now a Lecturer at China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China)
  • Riad Omar Abosalahe Omar Eissa, Ph.D. student (2016-2021, Completed. Now a Lecturer at the Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya)
  • Siya Shao, Ph.D. student (2015-2021, co-supervised with Dr. Nigel Roulet at McGill University. Now a post-doctoral research fellow at Department of Geography, Dartmouth College)
  • Thuong Ba Le, Ph.D. student (2017-2021, Completed. Now a Research Associate at Centre for Boreal Research, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)
  • Weiwei Ma, Advanced Visiting Scholar (2018-2019, now a Full Professor at College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University)
  • Junwei Luan, post-doc research fellow (2013-2016. Now a Full Research Professor at the International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing China)
  • Mei Wang, Ph.D. student (2013-2017. Now a Full Professor at the School of Geographic Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China)
  • Anne Quillet, post-doc research fellow (2014-2016, at McGill University, co-supervised with Dr. Nigel Roulet. Now an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Geography, University of Exeter, UK)
  • Victoria Nimmo, M.Sc. Student (2014-2016. Completed. Now Ph.D. student at Department of Geography, University of Toronto)
  • Asare Gymiah, M.Sc. student (2015-2017, Completed)
  • Shah Mohiudin Gillani, M.Sc. student (2016-2018, Completed)
  • Albert Adu Sey, M.Sc. student (2017-2019, Completed. Now Ph.D. student at Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland)
  • Blessing Ivie Akpoguma, M.Sc. student (2017-2019, Completed)
  • Maryam Hajheidari, M.Sc. student (2016-2020, Completed)

Ongoing

  • Hongze Ma, Ph.D. student (2025-2029, ongoing)
  • Yueyue Xing, Ph.D. student (2025-2029, ongoing)
  • Yousef Olfatmiri, Ph.D. student (2024-2028, ongoing)
  • Ramisha Azhar, Ph.D. st3udent (2024-2028, ongoing)(Co-supervised with Dr. Mumtaz Cheema)
  • Celestine Neba Suh, Ph.D. student (2024-2028, ongoing)
  • Tuyet Anh Thi Le, Ph.D. student (2018-2026, ongoing)(Co-supervised with Dr. Kelly Vodden)
  • Jianan Du, Visiting Ph.D. student (2025-2026)
  • Prince C. Agyeman, post-doc (2024-2026, ongoing)

Dr. Wu’s research program welcomes self-motivated and dedicated graduate students (M.Sc., Ph.D.) to join his team, in particular in the field of hydrology, carbon cycling and greenhouse gas emissions in boreal peatlands. Please contact Dr. Wu at jianghuaw@mun.ca to discuss more details.