Dr. Li Zhang is a native of Chengdu China. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental
Sciences from The Australian National University, Australia in 2000. She became a post-
doctoral researcher at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State
University in 2000-2002 then Assistant Director there from 2002 to 2012. She joined the
Everglades Wetland Research Park at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Kapnick Center in
Naples Florida as Assistant Director in 2012, where she continued university research,
administration, and teaching to this day. Her research focuses on wetland and ecosystem
restoration, ecological engineering, ecosystem modeling, and watershed and GIS
modeling. She has travelled extensively around the world for professional meetings and
teaching and has research experience in several countries besides the USA such as China,
Germany, Australia, and Canada. She serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Ecological
Indicators and peer reviewers for scientific journals: Ecological Modelling; Wetlands;
Ecohydrology; Environmental Quality; Environmental Management; Marine Geodesy,
Ecological Engineering; Ecosystems; and Environmental Modelling & Software.