04/2011-05/2016     Ph.D. in Geography, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany

09/2008-01/2011     MS in Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Germany

09/2002-06/2007     Bachelor of Science, Geography, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China

07/2016 to present    Postdoctoral Researcher , Xinjiang University

02/2016-06/2016      Research assistant Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany 

03/2011- 09/2014     Scientist working for SuMaRio Project at University of Greifswald, Germany

2009-2010                  Research assistant at University of Greifswald, Germany 

2005-2006                  English Teacher at Arzu Training School in Urumqi, China

1. Regulation mechanism of oasis urban green configuration structure towards atmospheric particulate matter, NSFC, 2018-2021. (31770750)
2. Public out reach for EcoCAR and promote Sino-German academic and cultural exchange. Volkswagen Group, 2017.
3. EcoCAR：Ecosystem Assessment and Capacity Building for Sustainable Management of Floodplains along the Central Asian Rivers Tarim/China and Naryn/Kyrgyzstan. Volkswagen Foundation， 2016-2017.
4. SuMaRiO: Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River, NW China. BMBF， 2011-2015. 
5. The Impact of Fiber Plant Utilization – Cotton and Kendir (Apocynum venetum) on Riparian and Locustrine Ecosystems in China’s Arid Northwest. Robert Bosch Stiftung， 2012-2014.
6. Project Personnel partnership (PPP) -Study on below ground ecosystem dynamics and ecosystem services of Tugai forests along the Tarim, Xinjiang, China. funded by DAAD and China Scholarship Council (CSC) , 2008.

Aihemaitijiang Rouzi, Ümüt Halik, Niels Thevs, Martin Welp, Tayierjiang Aishan (2017). Water Efficient Alternative Crops for Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim Basin: A Comparison of the Economic Potentials of Apocynum pictum, Chinese Red Date and Cotton in Xinjiang, China. Sustainability.

 Aihemaitijiang Rouzi, Niels Thevs, Ümüt Halik (2018). Biomass production of Apocynum pictum Schrenk.in continental-arid NW China in relation to ground water and soil salinization. Earth System Dynamics. (under evaluation)

Aynur Mamat, Ümüt Halik, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi (2018).Variations in ecosystem service value in response to oasis land-use change in the Kashgar region of northwest China. Sustainability.

Niels Thevs, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi, Kumarbek Aliev, Nuerbayi Abudushalike (2017). Evapotranspiration of riparian ecosystems and irrigated cotton agriculture at the middle reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China. Central Asian Journal of Water Research, 3(4): 1-15

Aynur Mamat, Ümüt Halik, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi (2017). Spatial Evaluation of environmental suitability for human settlements based on GIS: a case study in Kaidu River Basin, Northwest China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin.

Maierdang Keyimu, Ümüt Halik, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi (2017).  Relating Water Use to Tree Vitality of Populus euphratica Oliv. in the Lower Tarim River, NW China. Water, doi:10.3390/w9080622

Niels Thevs, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi (2015). Evapotranspiration of Cotton, Apocynum pictum and Zyzuphus jujaba in the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Water Resource and Protection.

Thevs N, Zerbe S, Peng H, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi (2014). Water allocation and water consumption of irrigation agriculture and natural vegetation in the Aksu and Tarim river basin, Xinjiang, China. Journal Of Arid Environments.

Thevs N, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi, Kubal C, Abdusalih N (2013). Water consumption of agriculture and natural ecosystems along the Tarim River, China. GEOÖKO. 34:50-76.

Niels Thevs, Aihemaitijiang Rouzi (2012). Apocynum venetum L. and Apocynum pictum Schrenk (Apocynaceae) as multi-functional and multi-service plant species in Central Asia: a review on biology, ecology, and utilization. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 85, 159 – 167.

Guljamal Ubul, Jianli Ding, Ahmatjan Rouzi (2008). A quantitative analysis of the grassland landscape pattern in arid oasis: a case study in the Qira. Geoinformatics 2008 and Joint Conference on GIS and Built Environment.

April 21^st, 2010 Continents under Climate Change Conference on the Occasion of the 200^th Anniversary of the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany;
poster “Impacts of water shortage on the land use System at Tarim River, China ”.

April 27^th, 2010 Workshop on Adaptation strategies to Climate Change and sustainable land use in Central Asia, Bolzano, Italy;
“Vegetation Mapping of the Tarim River Basin- Application of Remote Sensing”.

August 27^th, 2012 32^ndInternational Geographical Union conference in Cologne, Germany;
“Carbon Dynamics of Apocynum along the Tarim River, Northwest China”.

October 2^nd, 2012 International Eco Summit 2012, Columbus, USA; “
Above and below ground ecosystem services of Apocynum in sustainable agriculture along the Tarim River in Arid Northwest China”.

February 15^th, 2013 Reed as a renewable resource-conference, Greifswald, Germany;
“Reed utilization in Bosten Lake, Xinjiang, China”.

April 11^th, 2013 UNCCD 2nd scientific conference in Bonn, Germany;
side event presentation, “Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China”.

December 16^th, 2014 AGU fall meeting in San Francisco, USA;
presentation “Apocynum pictum and sustainable agriculture along the Tarim River in arid northwest China”.

January 13^th, 2015 Lecture series at Middleburry College, VT, USA;
presentation “Sustainable agriculture in Tarim Basin, China”.

September 22^nd, 2015 SuMaRiO implementation meeting in Urumqi, China;
“Sustainable Agriculture Along The Tarim Basin  -Water & Economic comparison of three plants”.

April 29th, 2016 Annual Central Asia GIS Conference (GISCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgizstan;
“Sustainable Agriculture Along the Tarim River in Xinjiang, China” 

August  19^th, 2016 EcoCAR International Summer School in Korla, China;
“World Café”

July 21^th, 2017 EcoCAR final conference, Naryn, Kyrgyzstan;
“Cultural ecosystem services of Urban green in oasis settlements – as an example of Aksu city along the Tarim River 

December 14^th, 2017 ESP 9^th world conference in Shenzhen, China;
“Valuation of ecosystem services of urban green space in emerging metropolis Urumqi, China „