My research interests include wildfire prediction, wildfire ecology and fire smoke. The detailed research direction is as follows:

·  Identify fire drivers and predict future trend of fire regimes in different forest ecosystems of China by using modeling approaches.

·  Analyze the physical and chemical compounds of smoke (especially particulate matters) from wildland fires.

·  Reveal the influence of fire smoke on forest ecosystems. 

Wildfire Ecology and Management (Spring and Fall Semester)        Undergraduate Level

Wildfire Research Advances (Fall Semester)                                     Graduate Level

1. Ziyan Huang, Xiaoyu Zhan, Yuanfan Ma, Pingxin Zhao, Mulualem Tigabu, Guangyu Wang, Haichuan Lin, Futao Guo*. Do plants directly absorb nitrogen derived from deposition of wildfire smoke? Forest Ecology and Management, 561 (2024) 121882. (Top)

2. Yuxuan Guo, Yuanfan Ma, Zhongpan Zhu, Mulualem Tigabu, Peter Marshall, Zhen Zhang, Haichuan Lin, Ziyan Huang, Guangyu Wang* , Futao Guo*. Release of biogenic volatile organic compounds and physiological responses of two sub-tropical tree species to smoke derived from forest fire. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 275 (2024) 116250. (Top)

3.  Zhongpan Zhu, Yuanfan Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Guangyu Wang, Zhigang Yi, Futao Guo*. Effects of forest fire smoke deposition on soil physico-chemical properties and bacterial community. Science of the Total Environment,909 (2024) 168592.(Top)

4. Xiaoyu Zhan, Yuanfan Ma, Ziyan Huang, Chenyue Zheng, Haichuan Lin, Mulualem Tigabu, Futao Guo*. Temporal and spatial dynamics in emission of water-soluble ions in fine particulate matter during forest fires in Southwest China. Front. For. Glob. Change 2023, 6:1250038.

5. Haichuan Lin, Yuanfan Ma, Pingxin Zhao, Ziyan Huang, Xiaoyu Zhan, Mulualem Tigabu, Futao Guo*. Nitrogen allocation in PM2.5 smoke-exposed plants: implications for ecosystem nitrogen cycling and stress response. Fire Ecology (2023) 19:69.

6. Ziyan Huang, Yuanfan Ma, Xiaoyu Zhan, Haichuan Lin, Chenyue Zheng,  Mulualem Tigabu, Futao Guo*. Composition of inorganic elements in fine particulate matter emitted  during surface fire in relation to moisture content of forest  floor combustibles.Chemosphere. 312 (2023) 137259.(Top)

7. Song Yang, Aicong Zeng, Mulualem Tigabu, Guangyu Wang, Zhen Zhang, He Zhu, and Futao Guo*. Investigating Drought Events and Their Consequences in Wildfires: An Application in China.Fire 2023, 6, 223

8. Wenxia Zheng,Yuanfan Ma,MulualemTigabu,Zhigang Yi,Yuxuan Guo,Haichuan Lin,Ziyan Huang,Futao Guo*.Capture of smoke particles by leaves of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Schima superba, and importance of leaf  characteristics. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 156772.(Top)

9. Yuanfan Ma, Song Yang, Zhongpan Zhu, Guangyu Wang, Mulualem Tigabu, Yuxuan Guo, Wenxia Zheng, Futao Guo*.Emissions of gaseous pollutants released by forest fire in relation to litter fuel moisture content. Atmospheric Environment. 2022, 284:119215.(Top)

10. Quanfeng Jin, Weiwei Wang, Wenxia Zheng, John L. Innes, Guangyu Wang**, Futao Guo*.Dynamics of pollutant emissions from wildfires in Mainland China. Journal of Environmental Management. 2022, 318:115499.(Top)

11. Yuanfan Ma, Wenxia Zheng, Xinbin Guo, Mulualem Tigabu, Futao Guo*. Effect of forest floor fuel moisture content on chemical components of PM2.5 emitted during combustion. Chemosphere. 2021, 279(9):130547.(Top)

12. Zhangwen Su, Lujia Zheng, Sisheng Luo, Mulualem Tigabu, Futao Guo*. Modeling wildfire drivers in Chinese tropical forest ecosystems using global logistic regression and geographically weighted logistic regression. Natural Hazards. 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-021-04733-6

13. Xiang Li, Pengfei Wu, Futao Guo*, Xisheng Hu*. A geographically weighted regression approach to detect divergent changes in the vegetation activity along the elevation gradients over the last 20 years. Forest Ecology and Management. 2021, 490:119089.(Top)

14. Qianqian Cao, Lianjun Zhang, Zhangwen Su, Guangyu Wang, Futao Guo*. Comparing four regression techniques to explore factors governing the number of forest fires in Southeast, China. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 2021, 12(1):499-521.

15. Linfei Guo, Yuanfan Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Xinbin Guo, WenxiaZheng, Futao Guo*. Emission of atmospheric pollutants during forest fire in boreal region of China. Environmental Pollution. 2020, 264:114709.(Top)

16. Qianqian Cao, Lianjun Zhang,Zhangwen Su, Guangyu Wang, Futao Guo*. Exploring spatially varying relationships between forest fire and environmental factors at different quantile levels. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2020. doi.org/10.1071/WF19010

17. Zhangwen Su, Mulualem Tigabu, Qianqian Cao, Guangyu Wang, Haiqing Hu, Futao Guo*. Comparative analysis of spatial variation in forest fire drivers between boreal and subtropical ecosystems in China. Forest Ecology and Management. 2019, 454.(Top)

18. Xiajie Yang, Yuanfan Ma, Guangyu Wang, Ernesto C. Alvarado, Mulualem Tigabu,Yuanhua Ju, Futao Guo*. Characterization of pollutants emitted during burning of eight main tree species in subtropical China. Atmospheric Environment. 2019, 215.(Top)

19. Futao Guo, YuanhuaJu, Guangyu Wang*, et al. Inorganic chemical composition of PM2.5 emissions from the combustion of six main tree species in subtropical China, Atmospheric Environment. 2018, 189:107–115.(Top)

20. QuanfengJin, Xiangqing Ma, Guangyu Wang, Xiajie Yang, Futao Guo*. Dynamics of major air pollutants from crop residue burning in mainland China 2000-2014. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2018, 70:190-205.

21. Zhangwen Su, Haiqing Hu, Guangyu Wang, Yuanfan Ma, Xiajie Yang, Futao Guo*. Using GIS and Random Forests to identify fire drivers in a forest city, Yichun, China. Journal of Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 2018. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2018.1505667

22. Futao Guo, Zhangwen Su, Guangyu Wang*, et al. Understanding fire drivers and relative impacts in different Chinese forest ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment. 2017, 605-606, 411-425.(Top)

23. Futao Guo, Guangyu Wang, Zhangwen Su, et al. What drives forest fire in Fujian, China? Evidence from logistic regression and Random Forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire.2016,25,505-519 .

24. Futao Guo, Selvaraj Selvalakshmia, Fangfang Lin, et al. Geospatial information on geographical and human factors improved anthropogenic fire occurrence modeling in the Chinese boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2016,46,582-594.

25. Futao Guo, Zhangwen Su, Guangyu Wang*, et al. Wildfire ignition in the forests of southeast China: Identifying drivers and spatial distribution to predict wildfire likelihood. Applied Geography. 2016, 66: 12-21.

26. Futao Guo, John L. Innes, Guangyu Wang* et al. Historic distribution and driving factors of human-caused fires in the Chinese boreal forest between 1972 and 2005. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2015,8:480-490.