2008/09-2011/11:丹麦科技大学，数学与计算机学院，丹麦海洋研究所(National Institute of Aquatic Resources)，博士

2005/09-2008/06:扬州大学，数学科学学院，硕士

2001/09-2005/06: 扬州大学，数学科学学院，本科

2017/09-至今：扬州大学，数学科学学院，校特聘教授(教授2018/3/37) 2017/06-2017/08：瑞典，于默奥大学，数学与统计学院，研究员（终身岗） 2016/09-2017/05：瑞典，于默奥大学，数学与统计学院，副教授 2011/12-2016/08：瑞典，于默奥大学，数学与统计学院，博士后

8.国家自然科学基金面上项目(项目编号11871065)：气候变暖对具尺度结构的水生态系统的影响机制研究，51万元，2019/01-2022/12，主持。

7.国家重点研发计划项目(项目编号2018YFD0500500)：重要人畜共患食源性病原微生物在动物养殖和屠宰过程中的风险监测和防控技术研究，1335万元，2019/01-2020/12，参与，项目骨干。

6.江苏省自然科学基金面上项目(项目编号SBK20181450)：气候变暖对湖泊生态系统的影响机制研究，10万元，2018/07-2021/06，主持。

5.江苏省特聘教授计划：气候变暖对水生态系统功能的影响评估，100万元，2018/10-2021/09，主持。

4.扬州市 “绿扬金凤计划”：空间模式在高维水生态系统中的应用研究，6万元，2018/01-2020/12，主持。

3.扬州大学科研启动经费：60万元，2017/09-2021/08，主持。

2.瑞典Wallenberg科研基金重点项目：Climate change induced regime shifts in Northern lake ecosystem，3600万瑞典克朗，2016/01-2020/12，参与, 项目骨干。

1.国家自然科学基金面上项目(项目编号11571301)：种群入侵的扩张准则及边沿特征， 55万元，2016/01-2019/12，参与, 项目骨干。

37. Lai Zhang*, Xavier Thibert-Plante, Jörgen Ripa, Richard Svanbäck, Åke Brännström, 2019, Biodiversity loss through speciation collapse: mechanisms, warning signals, and possible rescue. To appear. JCR = 2, IF = 4.268. 进化论国际顶级期刊。

36. Magnus Lindh, Daniel S. Falster, Lai Zhang, Ulf Dieckmann, Ake Brannstrom, 2018, Latitudinal effects on crown shape evolution. Ecology and Evolution 8, 8149-8158. JCR = 3, IF = 2.340.

35.Lai Zhang*, Daisuke Takahashi, Martin Hartvig, Ken Haste Andersen, 2017. Food-web dynamics under climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Science, Doi: org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1772. JCR = 2, IF = 4.949, Top 期刊，自然指数遴选期刊.

34. Zhi Ling, Lai Zhang, Min Zhu*, Malay Banerjee, 2017. Dynamical behavior of a generalist predator-prey model with free boundary. Boundary Value Problems. 2017:139. JCR = 3, IF = 0.819.

33. Lai Zhang*, Ulf Dieckmann, Åke Brännström, 2017. On the performance of four methods for the numerical solutions of ecologically realistic size-structured population models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8, 948-956. JCR =1, IF = 6.363. 理论生态学国际顶级杂志。

32. Canrong Tian, Ling Lin, Lai Zhang*, 2017. Additive noise induced phase transition in a plankton model. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 46, 423-432, JCR = 1, IF =2.291.

31. Canrong Tian, Zhi Ling*, Lai Zhang, 2017. Nonlocal interaction driven pattern formation in a prey-predator model. Applied and Mathematical Computations. IF =1.345. JCR = 2, Top 期刊。

30. Jing Ge*, Ling Lin, Lai Zhang, 2017. A diffusive SIS epidemic model incorporating the media coverage impact in the heterogeneous environment. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series B. 22, 2763-2776. IF = 1.227, JCR = 3.

29. Lai Zhang*, Jia Liu, Malay Banerjee, 2017. Hopf and steady state bifurcation analysis in a ratio-dependent predator-prey model. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations 44, 52-73. IF =2.834, JCR =2, Top 期刊。

28. Jia Liu*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Bifurcation analysis in a pre-predator model with nonlinear predator harvesting. Journal of Franklin Institute 353, 4701-4714. IF =2.327, JCR = 2.

27. Malay Banerjee*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Stabilizing role of nonlocal interaction on spatial pattern formation. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomenon 11: 135-150. IF = 0.725, JCR = 3.

26. Malay Banerjee*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Time delay can enhance spatio-temporal chaos in a prey-predator model. Ecological Complexity 27:17-18. IF = 1.797, JCR = 3.

25. Sebastien* M. Portalier, Mehdi Cherif, Lai Zhang, Gregor F. Fussmann, Michael Loreau, 2016. Size-related effects of physical factors on phytoplankton. Ecological Modeling 323, 41-50. IF = 2.275, JCR = 3.

24. Hong Zhang, Paul Georgescu*, Lai Zhang, 2016. Periodic patterns and Pareto efficiency of state dependent impulsive controls regulating interactions between wild and transgenic mosquito populations. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations 31, 83-107. IF =2.834. JCR =2, Top 期刊

23. Xinzhu Meng, Lai Zhang*, 2016 Evolutionary dynamics in a Lotka-Volterra competition model with impulsive periodic disturbance. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 39, 177-188. IF =1.002, JCR = 3.

22. Lai Zhang*, Michael Pedersen, Zhigui Lin, 2015. Stability patterns for a size-structured population model and its stage-structured counterpart. Mathematical Bioscience 267, 109-123. IF =1.256, JCR = 4.

21. Lai Zhang*, Ken Haste Andersen, Ulf Dieckmann, Åke Brännström, 2015. Four types of interference and their impacts on the ecology and evolution of size-structured populations and communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology 380, 280-290. IF =2.049, JCR = 3.

20. Zhanghua Cao, Shibing Zhang, Xiaodong Ji*, Lai Zhang, 2015. Secure random linear network coding on a wiretap network. International Journal of Electronics and Communications 69, 467-472. IF =0.786, JCR = 4.

19. Lai Zhang, Canrong Tian*, 2014. Turing pattern dynamics in an activator-inhibitor system with superdiffusion. Physical Review E 90, 062915. IF =2.252, JCR = 3.

18. Zhi Ling*, Lai Zhang, 2014. Dynamical behavior of a harvest single species model on growing habitat. Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society 5, 1357-1368. IF = 0.297, JCR = 4.

17. Lai Zhang*, Uff Høgsbro Thygensen, Malay Banerjee, 2014. Size-dependent diffusion promotes the emergence of spatiotemporal patterns. Physical Review E 90, 012904. IF =2.252, JCR = 3.

16. Malay Banerjee, Lai Zhang*, 2014. Bifurcation analysis in a delay-diffusion in a ratio-dependent predator-prey model. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 67, 73-81. IF=1.611, JCR = 3.

15. Magnus Lindus*, Lai Zhang, Daniel Falster, Oscar Franklin, Åke Bränströmm, 2014. Plant diversity and drought: the role of deep roots. Ecological Modelling 290, 85-93. IF = 2.275, JCR = 3.

14. Zhi Ling*, Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin, 2014. Turing pattern formation in a predator-prey system with cross diffusion. Applied Mathematical Modelling 38, 5022- 5032. IF = 2.291, JCR = 1, Top 期刊.

13. Lai Zhang, Martin Hartvig, Kim Knudsen, Ken Haste Andersen*, 2014. Size-based predictions of food web patterns. Theoretical Ecology 7, 23-33. IF =2.085. JCR = 4.

12. Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang*, 2013. Hopf bifurcation analysis in a diffusive food-chain model with time delay. Computers and Mathematics with Applications 66, 2139-2153. IF =1.398, JCR = 2.

11. Canrong Tian*, Lai Zhang, 2013. Delay-driven spatiotemporal chaos in a plankton system. Physical Review E 88, 012713. IF =2.252, JCR = 3.

10. Lai Zhang*, Uff Høgsbro Thygensen, Kim Knudsen, Ken Haste Andersen, 2013. Trait diversity promotes stability of community dynamics. Theoretical Ecology 6, 57-69. IF =2.085, JCR = 4.

9. Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang*, 2012. Travelling wave governs the stability of spatial patterns in a model of allelopathic competition interactions. Chaos 22, 043136. IF =2.188, JCR = 3.

8. Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin, Michael Pedersen*, 2012. Effects of growth curve plasticity on size-structured population dynamics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 74, 327-345. IF =1.326, JCR = 4.

7. Jia Liu*, Hua Zhou, Lai Zhang, 2012. Cross-diffusion induced Turing patterns in a sex-structured predator-prey model. International Journal of Biomathematics 5, 1250016. IF=0.938, JCR = 3.

6. Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang, Lin Zhigui*, 2011. Pattern formation for a model of plankton allelopathy with cross-diffusion. Journal of the Franklin Institute 358, 1947-1964. IF =2.327, JCR = 2.

5. Qiulin Tang, Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin*, 2011. Asymptotic profile of species migrating on a growing habitat. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 116, 227-235. IF =0.853. JCR = 3.

4. Lai Zhang, Zhigui Lin*, 2011. A Holling’s type II prey-predator model with stage structure and nonlocal delay. Applied Mathematics and Computation 21, 5000-5010. IF =1.345. JCR = 2, Top 期刊.

3. Zhigui Lin*, Michael Pedersen, Lai Zhang, 2010. A predator-prey system with stage-structure for predator and nonlocal delay. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Application 72, 2019-2030. IF =2.238. JCR = 1, Top 期刊.

2. Kim Kwang, Zhigui Lin*, Lai Zhang, 2010. Avian-human influence epidemic model with diffusion, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Application 11, 313-322. IF =2.238. JCR = 1, Top 期刊.

1. Canrong Tian, Lai Zhang, Zhi Ling*, 2009. Stability of a diffusion model of plankton allelopathy with spatio- temporal delays. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Application 10, 2036-2046. IF =2.238. JCR = 1, Top 期刊.