项目研究员，德国弗莱堡大学博士，先后在德国卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院、加拿大圭尔夫大学及国际家畜研究所开展博士后工作。主要从事陆地生态系统碳氮循环方面研究，以第一或通讯作者在Nature　Communications、Global　Change　Biology、Soil　Biology　and　Biochemistry和Global　Biogeochemical　Cycles等国际知名期刊发表多项研究成果。2019年受邀参加政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）第17届温室气体排放系数数据集专家会议，部分研究结果被IPCC收录。2024年回国，先后主持中国科学院率先行动青年人才项目（候选）、国家自然科学基金青年项目、四川省自然科学基金面上项目等科研课题。

陆地生态系统碳氮循环

1. Zhu, Y., Wan, L., Xia, L., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Dannenmann, M., Scheer, C., Ruehr, N.K., Wolf, B., Yan, X., Wei, Z., Reich, P.B., Luo, Y., Smith, P., Peñuelas, J., Schloter, M., Schulz, S., Kiese, R., 2026. Elevated CO2 and warming intensify plant reliance on soil nitrogen reserves despite intensive fertilization. Nature Communications 17.

2. Zhu, Y., Merbold, L., Oduor, C.O., Barthel, M., Fang, X., Six, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Ntinyari, W., Leitner, S.M., 2026. Manure management in African smallholder farms affects greenhouse gas emissions and leachate losses. Resources, Environment and Sustainability 26.

3. Zhu, Y., Li, Z., Zhao, D., Zhang, B., Zhu, B., Yao, Z., Kiese, R., Butterbach‐Bahl, K., Zhou, M., 2025. Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Soil N2O Emissions and Crop Yield in Global Cereal Cropping Systems. Global Change Biology 31.

4. Zhu, Y., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Merbold, L., Oduor, C.O., Gakige, J.K., Mwangi, P., Leitner, S.M., 2024. Greenhouse gas emissions from sheep excreta deposited onto tropical pastures in Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 359, 108724.

5. Zhu, Y., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Merbold, L., Leitner, S., Pelster, D.E., 2021. Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: A review of field-based studies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 322, 107637.

6. Zhu, Y., Merbold, L., Leitner, S., Wolf, B., Pelster, D., Goopy, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., 2021. Interactive effects of dung deposited onto urine patches on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya. Science of the Total Environment 761, 143184.

7. Zhu, Y., Merbold, L., Leitner, S., Xia, L., Pelster, D.E., Diaz-Pines, E., Abwanda, S., Mutuo, P.M., Butterbach-Bahl, K., 2020. Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 140, 107636.

8. Zhu, Y., Merbold, L., Leitner, S., Pelster, D.E., Okoma, S.A., Ngetich, F., Onyango, A.A., Pellikka, P., Butterbach-Bahl, K., 2020. The effects of climate on decomposition of cattle, sheep and goat manure in Kenyan tropical pastures. Plant and Soil 451, 325–343.

9. Zhu, Y., Merbold, L., Pelster, D., Diaz-Pines, E., Wanyama, G.N., Butterbach-Bahl, K., 2018. Effect of Dung Quantity and Quality on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Tropical Pastures in Kenya. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 32, 1589–1604.