近年来，主持国家级面上基金2项和青年项目1项，陕西省科技厅基金1项，以及多项横向课题，主要项目如下：

1.国家自然科学基金面上项目，32371744，青海湖流域入湖河流大型底栖动物多样性与地质多样性关系研究，2024.01-2027.12, 50万元, 在研, 主持

2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，31770460, 南水北调中线水源地河流大型无脊椎动物多样性对人类干扰的响应, 2018.01-2021.12, 62万元, 结题, 主持

3. 陕西省自然科学基金面上项目，2018JM5088，高阶分类单元在汉江上游底栖动物环境监测和评价中的替代性研究，2018.01-2019.12，3万元，已结题，主持。

4. 青海湖浮游动植物及底栖动物监测，2022.03-2022.12，45万元，结题，主持。

近年来的代表性论文：

1)     Zheng P., Jiang X.*, Cao L., Mao J., Zhang K., Zhang F., GarcíaGirón J., Alahuhta J. & Heino J. (2025). Ecological uniqueness of fishassemblages and species contributions to beta diversity are affected byriver-lake disconnection. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, in press.

2)     Wei C., Li H., Heino J. & Jiang X.*2025. Seasonal variation and driving factors of beta diversity ofmacroinvertebrate assemblages in subtropical Chinese high-mountain streams.Water Biology and Security, 100379.

3)     Mao J., JiangX. *, Tang W., Heino J., Alahuhta J. & Huang X. 2024.Context-dependent effects of geographic, climate and land cover factors onhemipteran assemblages in different ecoregions of China. Insect Conservationand Diversity 17: 1127-1142.

4)     Zheng P., Jiang X. *, Shu F., Zhang K., Xiang H., Alahuhta J.& Heino J. 2024. Comparative effects of river–lake disconnection ontaxonomic and functional composition of molluscan assemblages in floodplainlakes. Hydrobiologia, in press.

5)     Yang P., Jiang X. *, Xie Z. &Heino J. 2024. Eutrophication is better indicated by functional traits thantaxonomic composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages in floodplain lakes.Biodiversity and Conservation 33 (14): 4257-4274.

6)     Jiang X., Peng D., Sun Z.,Alahuhta J., Heino J., Li Z. & Xie Z*. 2024. Eutrophicationmodifies the relationships between multiple facets of macroinvertebrate betadiversity and geographic distance in freshwater lakes. Diversity andDistributions 30, e13830.

7)     Jiang X., Mao J., Sun Z.,Alahuhta J., Heino J. & He D. 2024. Disentangling the effects of geographicdistance, environment and history on beta diversity of freshwater fish at abiogeographical crossroads. Journal of Environmental Management 355, 120490.

8)     Zhang K., Jiang X.*,Zheng P. 2023. Revealing a conservation challenge towards floodplaindisconnection: Decreasing turnover and increasing nestedness of molluscmetacommunities. Biodiversity and Conservation 32, 2893–2908.

9)     Li Z., García-Girón J., Zhang J.,Jia Y., Jiang X*. & Xie Z. 2023. Anthropogenic impacts onmultiple facets of macroinvertebrate α and β diversity in a largeriver-floodplain ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 874, 162387.

10)  Zheng P., Jiang X*., Shu F., Li Z., Zhang S.,Alahuhta J. & Heino J. 2022. Loss of lateral hydrological connectivityimpacts multiple facets of molluscan biodiversity in floodplain lakes. Journalof Environmental Management 320, 115885.

11)  Jiang X., Zheng P., Soto I., Haubrock P.J., Chen J. & Ji L. 2022. Globaleconomic costs and knowledge gaps of invasive gastropods. Ecological Indicators145, 109614.

12)  Jiang X., Sun X., Alahuhta J., Heino J. & Xie Z. 2022. Responses ofmultiple facets of macroinvertebrate alpha diversity to eutrophication infloodplain lakes. Environmental Pollution 306, 119410.

13)  Jiang X., Li Z., Shu F. & Chen J. 2022. Effects of river-lakedisconnection and eutrophication on freshwater mollusc assemblages infloodplain lakes: Loss of congeneric species leads to changes in bothassemblage composition and taxonomic relatedness. Environmental Pollution, 292,118330.

14)  Jiang X., Wang J., Pan B., Li D., Wang Y. & Liu X.2022. Assessment of heavy metal accumulation in freshwater fish of DongtingLake, China: Effects of feeding habits, habitat preferences and body size.Journal of Environmental Sciences, 112, 355-365.

15)  Jiang X., Zheng P., Cao L., Pan B. 2021. Effects of long-term floodplaindisconnection on multiple facets of lake fish biodiversity: Decline of alphadiversity leads to a regional differentiation through time. Science of theTotal Environment, 763, 144177.

16)  Jiang X., Pan B., Jiang W., Hou Y., Yang H., Zhu P. & Heino J.2021. The role of environmental conditions, climatic factors and spatialprocesses in driving multiple facets of stream macroinvertebrate beta diversityin a climatically heterogeneous mountain region. Ecological Indicators, 124,107407.

17)  Wang J., Chen L., Tang W., Heino J. & Jiang X*. 2021.Effects of dam construction and fish invasion on the species, functional andphylogenetic diversity of fish assemblages in the Yellow River Basin. Journalof Environmental Management, 293, 112863.

18)  Jiang X., Xu X., Tao M., Li Z., Ying Z., Li H. 2021. The effects of dispersalability on metacommunity structure of macroinvertebrates in subtropical Chinesehigh-mountain streams: seasonal shifts in relative contribution of localenvironment and spatial processes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research28:38573–38583.

19)  Jiang, X., Wang, J., Tang, W., Sun, Z., & Pan, B. 2021. Non-native freshwaterfish species in the Yellow River Basin: origin, distribution and potentialrisk. Environmental Biology of Fishes 104, 253–264.

20)  Jiang, X., Pan, B., Sun, Z., Cao, L., Lu, Y., 2020. Application of taxonomicdistinctness indices of fish assemblages for assessing effects of river-lakedisconnection and eutrophication in floodplain lakes. Ecological Indicators110, 105955.