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. National Key R&D Program of China (Strategic International Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation), Project No. 2018YFE0207800, Development of Forest and Grassland Combustibility Assessment Models, 2019–2022, Concluded, Principal Investigator
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 32572070, Evolution Characteristics and Carbon Pump Effect Mechanisms of Fire-Source Microbial Aerosols in Subtropical Regions, 2026–2029, Ongoing, Principal Investigator
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 32171807, Mechanisms of Exogenous Deposition of Forest Fire Smoke on Carbon and Nitrogen Stoichiometry in Forest Ecosystems, 2022–2025, Ongoing, Principal Investigator
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 31770697, Purification Mechanisms and Critical Loads of Forest Fire Particulate Matter in Typical Subtropical Forest Ecosystems, 2018–2021, Concluded, Principal Investigator
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 31400552, Emission Mechanisms and Potential Haze-Forming Capacity of Fine Particulate Matter from Prescribed Burning (Lianshan), 2015–2017, Concluded, Principal Investigator
6. Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology University–Industry Collaboration Project, AI-Based Forest Fire Prevention and Control Technology System for Fujian Province, 2024–2027, Ongoing, Principal Investigator
7. Fujian Provincial Forestry Bureau Forestry Science and Technology Research Project, Forest Fire Occurrence Early Warning and Fire Behavior Prediction in Fujian Province, 2025–2027, Ongoing, Principal Investigator
8. Key Project of Fujian Provincial Department of Education, Emission Characteristics of Particulate Matter from Prescribed Burning in Fujian, 2015–2017, Concluded, Principal Investigator
9. Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, Spatial Distribution of Future Forest Fire-Released Particulate Matter Concentrations in Fujian under Climate Change, 2015–2017, Concluded, Principal Investigator
10. Fujian Provincial Forestry Department Science and Technology Extension Project, Promotion of Accelerated Forest Surface Fuel Degradation Technology, 2014–2016, Concluded, Principal Investigator
11. Major Project of Fujian Provincial Undergraduate University Education and Teaching Research, New Quality Productivity-Driven Industry–Education and Science–Education Integration for Classified Cultivation of Forestry Graduate Students, Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026, Principal Investigator
12. Thematic Case Project of the Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center, Ministry of Education (2025), AI-Empowered Forest Fire Management and Precision Prevention and Control (No. ZT-2510389005), Principal Investigator

1.       Yuanfan Ma, Yuxuan Guo, Mulualem Tigabu, Qiaoling Lan, Guangyu Wang, Jiayu Chen, Zhehan Li, Futao Guo*.Effects of forest ffre smoke deposition on C, N, P stoichiometry, physicochemical and biological properties of litter/soils in Schima superba biological firebreaks.Forest Ecology and Management 606 (2026) 123551

2.       Yuanfan Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Jiayu Chen, Zhehan Li, Pingxin Zhao, Mark Bayo Turay, Guangyu Wang, Futao Guo*.Impacts of in-situ wildffre smoke deposition on soil carbon stoichiometry, enzymatic activities and bacterial community structure in Cunninghamia lanceolata forests.Applied Soil Ecology 218 (2026) 106770

3.         Mao Wei, Mengxia Liu, Yuanfan Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Keyan Fang, Xinbin Guo, Wenxia Zheng, and Futao Guo*. Stable isotope analysis in tree rings of conifer species relevant to fire history study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2025, 380, 1924.

4.         Zhan  XY, Huang  ZY,  Tigabu  M, Chen  JY, Li  ZH,  Wang  GY, Futao Guo*. Rhizosphere carbon reaction in response to wildfire smoke deposition. Biology and Fertility of Soils2025.  

5.         Xiaoyu Zhan, Ziyan Huang, Mulualem Tigabu, Pingxin Zhao, Yan He, Futao Guo*. Plants can directly absorb carbon derived from deposition of wildfre smoke. Plant and Soil (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07213-z

6.         Ziyan Huang, Xiaoyu Zhan, Mulualem Tigabu, Yan He, Zhehan Li, Guangyu Wang, Futao Guo*.Rhizosphere soil microbial communities and nitrogen transformation response to forest fire smoke. Applied Soil Ecology, 2025, 208,105990.

7.         Chunhui Li, Zhangwen Su, Rongyu Ni, Guangyu Wang, Yiyun Ouyang, Aicong Zeng, Futao Guo*.Integrated spatial generalized additive modeling for forest fre prediction: a case study in Fujian Province, China.Journal of Forestry Research (2025) 36:30  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-025-01822-1

8.         Yao, Q., Zheng, B., Fang, K. Amy Hudson, Feifei Zhou, Haonan Chen, Haiming Tan, Futao Guo*, Valerie Trouet. Modulations of NAO on the interplay between monsoon and westerlies in Asia on interdecadal timescales. Climate Dynamics 62, 4031–4040 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07115-3

9.         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.

10.      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. 

11.      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.

12.      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.

13.      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.

14.      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

15.      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.

16.      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.

17.      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.

18.      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.

19.      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

20.      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.

21.      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.

22.      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.

23.      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

24.      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.

25.      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.

26.      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.

27.      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.

28.      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

29.      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.

30.      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 .

31.      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.

32.      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.

33.      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.