Location:
Zhaohai Bai, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7685-5441
Education
2009-2015 PhD, China Agricultural University
2004-2008 Bachelor, China Agricultural University
Professional Experience
Jul. 2015 – Jan. 2026: Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), successively served as Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, and Researcher.
Feb. 2026 – Present: School of Environment, Nanjing University, Professor.
Research Interests
Agroecology, environmental science and policy analysis, sustainable development of food systems
Academic Service
Youth Editorial Board Member, Journal of Chinese Ecological Agriculture, 2024–2027
Teaching
Multi-system collaborative management and carbon neutrality
Selected Publications
1. Bai, Z., Ma, W., Ma, L*., Velthof, G. L., Wei, Z., Havlík, P., Oenema, O., Lee, M.R.F., Zhang, F. (2018). China’s livestock transition: Driving forces, impacts, and consequences. Science Advances, 4(7), eaar8534.
2. Bai, Z., Jin, S., Wu, Y., Ermgassen, E., Oenema, O., Chadwick, D., Lassaletta, l., Velthof, G., Zhao, J., Ma, L*. (2019). China’s pig relocation in balance. Nature Sustainability, 2(10), 888.
3. Bai, Z., Ma, W., Zhao, H., Guo, M., Oenema, O., Smith, P., Velthof, G., Liu, X., Hu, C., Wang, P., Zhang, N., Liu, L., Guo, S., Fan, X., Winiwarter, W., Ma, L*. (2021). Food and feed trade has greatly impacted global land and nitrogen use efficiencies over 1961–2017. Nature Food, 2, 780–791.
4. Bai, Z., Fan, X., Jin, X., Zhao, Z., Wu, Y., Oenema, O., Velthof, G., Hu, C., Ma, L*. (2022). Relocate 10 billion livestock to reduce harmful nitrogen pollution exposure for 90% of China’s population. Nature Food, 3, 152-160.
5. Bai, Z.H., Liu, L., Obersteiner, M., Mosnier, A., Chen, X.P., Yuan, Z.W., Ma, L*. (2023). Agricultural trade impacts global phosphorus use and partial productivity. Nature Food, 4, 762–773.
6. Bai, Z., Wu, X., Lassalett, L., Haverkamp, A., Li, W., Yuan, Z., Aguilera, E., Uwizeye, A., Sanz-Cobena, A., Zhang, N., Fan, X., Zhu, F., Dicke, M., Wang, X*., Ma, L*. (2023). Investing in mini-livestock production for food security and carbon neutrality in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,120(43), e2304826120.
7. Liu, L., Bai, Z*., Yang, J., Yuan, Z., Lun, F., Wang, M., Strokal, M., Kroeze, C., Cui, Z., Chen, X., Ma, L*. (2024). Optimized crop-livestock system can achieve safe and just planetary boundary of phosphorus at sub-basin level in China. Nature Food, 5, 499–512.
8. Bai, Z., Zhang, N., Winiwarter, W., Luo, J., Chang, J., Smith, P., Ledgard, S., Wu, Y., Hong, C., Conchedda, G., Ma, L*. (2024). Decline in carbon emission intensity of global agriculture has stagnated recently. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(34), e2317725121.
9. Wang, R#., Bai, Z#., Chang, J., Li, Q., Hristov, A.N., Smith, P., Yin, Y., Tan, Z., Wang, M*. (2022). China’s low emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods. The Innovation, 100220.
