Resume
2018– present, Associate researcher, Department of marine organism taxonomy & phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011– 2017, Assistant Professor, Department of marine organism taxonomy & phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education
Ph.D., 2011, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
B.S. , 2005, HeFei University of Technology, Hefei, China.

Research Interests
Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of benthic copepods; Ecology of macrobenthos

Selected Publications
Xu Yong, Sui Jixing, Ma Lin, Li Xinzheng, Wang Hongfa, Zhang Baolin, 2020. Temporal variation of macrobenthic community zonation over nearly 60 years and the effects of latitude and depth in the southern Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Science of the Total Environment 739: 139760.
Xu Yong, Ma Lin, Sun Yue, Li Xinzheng, Wang Hongfa, Zhang Huimin, 2019. Spatial variation of demersal fish diversity and distribution in the East China Sea: Impact of the bottom branches of the Kuroshio Current. Journal of Sea Research, 144: 22–32.
Liu Qinghe, Ma Lin, Li Xinzheng, 2019. A new species of the genus Haloschizopera Lang, 1944 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Miraciidae, Diosaccinae) from the East China Sea. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 37(5): 1698–1707
Ma L., Li X.-Z., 2018. First report of the genus Rhyncholagena Lang, 1944 from the South China Sea, with the description of a new species (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Miraciidae). Zookeys, 805: 15-31
Ma L., Li X.-Z., 2018. The first report of the genus Willenstenhelia (Copepoda:Harpacticoida: Miraciidae) from the China seas, with description of a new species. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37(10): 195-201.
Ma L., Li X.-Z., 2017. Benthic harpacticoid copepods of Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 35(5): 1127-1133, figs. 1-3
Ma L., Li X.-Z., 2017. A new species of the genus Typhlamphiascus (copepoda, harpacticoida, miraciidae) from the South China Sea. Crustaceana, 90 (7-10): 989-1004.
Xu Y., Li X.-Z., Ma L., Dong D., Kou Q., Sui J.-X., Gan Z.-B., Wang H.-F., 2017. Seasonal and spatial variations of macro- and megabenthic community characteristics in two sections of the East China Sea. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 35 (5): 1152-1164.
Ma, L., Li X.-Z., Wang H.-F., Dong D., Zhang B.-L., 2012. The ecology characterization of macrobenthic community from the intertidal zone of Dayudao Village, Shidao Town, Shandong Peninsula. Marine Sciences, 37(5): 87-93.
Ma L., Li X.-Z., 2011. Delavalia qingdaoensis sp. nov. (Harpacticoida, Miraciidae), a new copepod species from Jiaozhou Bay, Yellow Sea. Crustaceana, 84(9): 1085-1097.