现任土壤所研究员，中科院研究生院教授，博士生导师，973项目首席科学家，土壤养分管理国家工程实验室主任，封丘农业生态国家试验站站长。
1957年出生于江苏高邮。1982年毕业于南京农业大学，1985年在中国科学院南京土壤研究所获硕士学位，1990年在国际水稻研究所农业工程系/菲律宾大学获土壤物理学博士学位后，回中国科学院南京土壤研究所工作。1992年晋升为副研究员，1997年被评聘为研究员、中科院研究生院教授、博士生导师。1994～1995年在美国加州大学(Riverside)合作研究1年；1997～2002间，分别赴澳大利亚墨尔本大学土地与粮食学院、CSIRO 水土研究所Griffith实验室；德国Hohenhem大学土壤系、Heidelberg大学环境物理所；日本九州大学生物生长环境模拟实验室等开展为期2～3个月短期合作研究共8次。2005年和2011年两次被科技部聘任为国家重点基础研究计划－973项目首席科学家。目前兼任中国生态系统研究网络（CERN）科学委员会副主任，中国土壤学会土壤物理专业委员会主任，中国土壤学会理事；《Environmental Science and Pollution Research》、《土壤肥料与植物营养学报》、《生态学杂志》、《土壤》和《土壤与作物》等期刊编委等。
获奖与荣誉：
曾获得国家科技进步二等奖、省级科技进步一二三等奖、省级发明二等奖、农业部丰收奖各1项，周光召基金“农业科学奖”，江苏省有突出贡献中青年专家，江苏省“中青年科技领军人才”称号。
主要研究方向：
（1）农田和区域水循环及物质迁移转化过程、生态环境效应与系统模拟；
（2）农田生态过程长期演变规律与地力提升机理；
（3）土壤信息快速获取与数字农业。
承担的科研项目:
“十一五”完成的项目:
（1）国家973项目：我国农田生态系统重要过程与调控对策研究（2005.12～2010.11），2800万元，首席科学家；
（2）国家863精准农业课题：车载农田土壤信息采集快速采集关键技术与产品开发（2006.12～2010.11），508万元，课题负责人；
（3）中国科学院知识创新方向项目：黄淮海平原农田水碳氮协同循环和盐分长期运移规律研究（2006.11～2009.10），300万元，项目负责人；
（4）国家基金面上项目：基于GPR的土壤剖面特征解析与溶质运移的有效模拟（2006.01～2008.12），45万元，负责人。
“十二五”正在执行的项目：
（1）国家973项目：我国粮食主产区农田地力提升机理与定向培育对策（2011～2015），3000万元，首席科学家；
（2）国家现代农业产业技术体系稳定支持项目：国家小麦产业体系－土壤改良岗位（2011～2015），350万元，岗位科学家。
研究团队成员：
朱安宁，博士，副研究员
马东豪，博士，副研究员
信秀丽，博士，助理研究员
张丛志，博士，助理研究员
黄 平，博士，助理研究员
联系方式：Tel: ，Fax: ，Email: jbzhang@issas.ac.cn

2007年以来发表的学术论文（SCI）：
[1]Huang Ping; Zhang Jiabao; Zhu Anning; Xin Xiuli; Zhang Congzhi; Ma Donghao.Atmospheric deposition as an important nitrogen load to a typical agroecosystem in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. 1. Measurement and preliminary results. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2011, 45: 3400-3405. 　
[2]Zhang Congzhi; Zhang Jiabao; Zhao Bingzi; Zhu Anning; Zhang Hui; Huang Ping; Li Xiaopeng. Coupling a two-tip linear mixing model with a delta D-delta(18)O plot to determine water sources consumed by maize during different growth stages. FIELD CROPS RESEARCH, 2011, 123: 196-205.　
[3]Li Xiaopeng; Zhang, Jiabao; Liu, Jintao; Liu, Jianli; Zhu, Anning; Lv, Fei; Zhang, Congzhi. A modified checkbook irrigation method based on GIS-coupled model for regional irrigation scheduling. IRRIGATION SCIENCE, 2011, 29: 115-126. 　
[4]Zhang Xiaoke; Li Qi; Zhu Anning; Liang Wenju; Zhang Jiabao; Y. Steinberger. Effects of tillage and residue management on soil nematode communities in North China ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 2011, 13: 75-81. 　
[5]Hu Junli; Lin Xiangui; Wang Junhua; Dai Jue; Chen Ruirui; Zhang Jiabao; Wong Ming Hung. Microbial functional diversity, metabolic quotient, and invertase activity of a sandy loam soil as affected by long-term application of organic amendment and mineral fertilizer. JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS, 2011, 11: 271-280. 　
[6]Chen Ruirui; Hu Junli; Dittert Klaus; Wang Junhua; Zhang Jiabao; Lin Xiangui. Soil total nitrogen and natural 15nitrogen in response to long-term fertilizer management of a maize-wheat cropping system in northern China. COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS, 2011, 42: 322-331.
[7]Zhao Bingzi; Chen Ji; Zhang Jiabao; Qin Shengwu. Soil microbial biomass and activity response to repeated drying-rewetting cycles along a soil fertility gradient modified by long-term fertilization management practices. GEODERMA, 2010, 160: 218-224. 　
[8]Donghao Ma, Mingan Shao, Jiabao Zhang, Quanjiu Wang. Validation of an analytical method for determining soil hydraulic properties of stony soils using experimental data. GEODERMA, 2010, GEODERMA, 159: 262-269.
[9]Hui Zhang, Jiabao Zhang, Bingzi Zhao and Congzhi Zhang. Removal of bacteriophages MS2 and phiX174 from aqueous solutions using a red soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, 2010, 180:640-647.
[10]Wang HZ, Xu JM, Yates SR, Zhang JB, Gan J, Ma JC, Wu JJ, Xuan RC. Mineralization of metsulfuron-methyl in Chinese paddy soils. CHEMOSPHERE, 2010, 78:335-341.
[11]Hu JL, Lin XG, Wang JH, Dai J, Cui XC, Chen RR, Zhang JB. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus enhances crop yield and P-uptake of maize (Zea mays L.): A field case study on a sandy loam soil as affected by long-term P-deficiency fertilization. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 2009, 41(12): 2460-2465.
[12]Hu JL, Lin XG, Wang JH, Chu HY, Yin R, Zhang JB. Population size and specific potential of P-mineralizing and -solubilizing bacteria under long-term P-deficiency fertilization in a sandy loam soil. PEDOBIOLOGIA, 2009, 53(1): 49-58.
[13]Liu JT, Chen X, Zhang JB, Flury M. Coupling the Xinanjiang model to a kinematic flow model based on digital drainage networks for flood forecasting. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 2009, 23(9): 1337-1348.
[14]Zhao Bingzi, Zhang Jiabao, Gong Jiandong, Zhang, Hui, Zhang Congzhi. Glyphosate mobility in soils by phosphate application: Laboratory column experiments. GEODERMA, 2009, 149(3-4): 290-297.
[15]Chen T, Liu XM, Li X, Zhao KL, Zhang JB, Xu JM, Shi JC, Dahlgren RA. Heavy metal sources identification and sampling uncertainty analysis in a field-scale vegetable soil of Hangzhou, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2009, 157(3): 1003-1010.
[16]Du CW, Zhou JM, Wang HY, Chen XQ, Zhu AN, Zhang JB. Determination of soil properties using Fourier transform mid-infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy. VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY, 2009, 49(1): 32-37.
[17]Wang HZ, Gan J, Zhang JB, Xu JM, Yates SR, Wu JJ, Ye QF. Kinetic Distribution of C-14-Metsulfuron-methyl Residues in Paddy Soils under Different Moisture Conditions. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, 2009, 38(1): 164-170.
[18]GF Ge, ZJ Li, J Zhang, LG Wang, MG Xu, JB Zhang, JK Wang, XL Xie, YC Liang. Geographical and climatic differences in long-term effect of organic and inorganic amendments on soil enzymatic activities and respiration in field experimental stations of China. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY, 2009, 6: 421–431.
[19]Bingzi Zhao, Hui Zhang, Jiabao Zhang, Yan Jin. Virus Adsorption and inactivation in soil as influenced by autochthonous microorganisms and water content. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 2008, 40：649－659.
[20]Jintao Liu, Jiabao Zhang, Jie Feng. Green–Amt model for layered soils with nonuniform initial water content under unsteady infiltration. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL, 2008, 72: 1041-1047.
[21]Shen Ju-pei, Zhang Li-mei, Zhu Yong-guan, Zhang Jia-bao, He Ji-zheng Abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea communities of an alkaline sandy loam. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2008, 10(6): 1601-1611.
[22]Ge Yuan, Zhang Jiabao, Zhang Limei, Yang Min, He Jizheng. Long-term fertilization regimes affect bacterial community structure and diversity of an agricultural soil in northern China. JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS, 2008, 8(1): 43-50.
[23]Ge Yuan, He Ji-zheng, Zhu Yong-guan, Zhang Jia-bao, Xu Zhihong, Zhang Li-mei, Zheng Yuan-ming. Differences in soil bacterial diversity: driven by contemporary disturbances or historical contingencies? The ISME JOURNAL (Nature Publishing Group), 2008, 2(3): 254-264.
[24]Du Chang-wen, Zhou Jian-min, Wang Huo-yan, Zhang Jia-bao, Zhu An-ning. Study on the soil mid-infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy. SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2008, 28(6): 1242-1245.
[25]Bingzi Zhao, Jiabao Zhang, Markus Flury, Anning Zhu, Qiao Jiang, Jinwei Bi.Groundwater contamination with NO3-N in a wheat-corn cropping system in the North China Plain. PEDOSPHERE, 2007, 17:721-731.
[26]X. L. Xin, F. A. Xu, J. B. Zhang, and M. X. Xu. A new resistance sensor for monitoring soil matric potential. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL, 2007, 71: 866-871.
[27]Yong Li, Robert White, Deli Chen, Jiabao Zhang, Baoguo Li, Yuming Zhang, Yuanfang Huang, Robert Edis. A spatially referenced water and nitrogen management model (WNMM) for (irrigated) intensive cropping systems in the North China Plain. ECOLOGICAL MODELING, 2007, 203: 3950-423.
[28]Y. Li, D. Chen, R.E. White, A. Zhu, J. Zhang. Estimating soil hydraulic properties of Fengqiu County soils in the North China Plain using pedo-transfer functions. GEODERMA, 2007, 138: 261–271.
[29]Haiyan Chu, Xiangui Lin, Takeshi Fujii, Sho Morimoto, Kazuyuki Yagi, Junli Hu, Jiabao Zhang. Soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity, bacterial community structure in response to long-term fertilizer management. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 2007, 39: 2971-2976.
[30]Haiyan Chu, Takeshi Fujii, Sho Morimoto, Xiangui Lin, Kazuyuki Yagi, Junli Hu, and Jiabao Zhang. Community structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria under long-term application of mineral fertilizer and organic manure in a sandy loam soil. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2007, 73 (2): 485-491.
[31]Yongping Wei, Brian Davidson, Deli Chen, Robert White, Baoguo Li, and Jiabao Zhang. Can contingent valuation method be effective to measure the in-situ value of groundwater in the North China Plain? WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, 2007, 21:1735–1749.
[32]Wei YP, White RE, Chen D, Davidson BA and Zhang JB. Farmers’ perception of sustainability indicators for crop production on the North China Plain. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, 2007, 30: (3) 129-147.