男，1972年出生，博士。1992年于山东大学生物学系并获得学士，1995年和1998年分别于中国科学院动物研究所和中国科学院生态环境研究中心获得硕士、博士学位1998-2000年和2000-2002年分别在北京师范大学和复旦大学从事博士后研究。2002年至今任复旦大学生命科学学院副教授。2010年认定为博士生导师。
主要研究方向
鸟类生态学 (Avian ecology)。主要研究鸟类的迁徙停歇生态 (stopover ecology)、栖息地生态 (habitat ecology) 以及环境变化对鸟类的影响 (environmental change biology)。
获奖情况
郑作新鸟类青年研究奖(2008) (Cheng Tso-Hsin Young Ornithologist Prize)，上海市教学成果一等奖(2009，排名第3) (Shanghai Educational Achievements Award, 1st Prize)，上海市科技进步二等奖(2006，排名第2) (Shanghai Science and Technology Advancement Award, 2nd Prize), UNESCO Yong Scientist Award (2002).
代表性论文和专著
1. Ma Z.J.* Hua N., Zhang X., Guo H.Q., Zhao B., Ma Q., Xue W.J., Tang C.D. 2011. Wind conditions affect stopover decisions and fuel stores of shorebirds migrating through the south 黄色 Sea. Ibis, 153: 755-767.
2. Ma Z.J.*, Gan X.J., Cai Y.T., Chen J.K., Li B. 2011. Effects of exotic Spartina alterniflora on the habitat patch associations of breeding saltmarsh birds at Chongming Dongtan in the Yangtze River estuary, China. Biological Invasions, 13: 1673-1686.
3. Gan X.J., Choi C.Y., Wang Y., Ma Z.J.*, Chen J.K., Li B. 2010. Alteration of habitat structure and food resources by invasive smooth cordgrass affects habitat use by wintering saltmarsh birds at Chongming Dongtan of east China. The Auk, 127: 317-327.
4. Ma Z.J.*, Cai Y.T., Li B., Chen J.K. 2010. Managing wetland habitats for waterbirds: An international perspective. Wetlands, 30: 15-27.
5. Ma Z.J.*, Li B., Li. W.J., Han N.Y. Chen J.K., Watkinson. A. 2009. Conflicts between biodiversity conservation and development in a biosphere reserve. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46: 527-535.
6. Choi C.Y., Gan X.J., Ma Q., Zhang KJ, Chen J.K., Ma Z.J.* 2009. Body condition and fuel deposition patterns of calidrid sandpipers during migratory stopover. 鹭属, 97: 61-70.
7. Ma Z.J.*, Wang Y., Gan X.J., Li B., Cai Y.T., Chen J.K. 2009. Waterbird population changes in the wetlands at Chongming Dongtan in the Yangtze River estuary, China. Environmental Management, 43: 1187-1200.
8. Gan X.J., Cai Y.T., Choi C.Y., Ma Z.J.*, Chen J.K., Li B. 2009. Potential impacts of invasive Spartina alterniflora on spring 鸟纲 communities at Chongming Dongtan, a Chinese wetland of International Importance. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 83: 211-218.