September 2014 - Professor, Deputy Director of the Research Center, Chongqing Green Intelligent Technology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

January 2014 - June 2014, Project Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland.

January 2013 - December 2013, Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar, University of Turku, Finland.

January 2010 - December 2012, Postdoctoral Researcher, Finnish Academy of Science, Finland.

February 2009 - October 2009, Visiting Scholar, University of Delhi, India.

January 2007 - December 2008, Project Research Assistant, University of Helsinki, Finland.

January 2001 - December 2003, Project Manager, University of Helsinki, Finland.

September 1990 - September 1997, Assistant Professor, Beijing Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

n Jinxia Huang, Xiaohong Li, Songlin Zhang, Shengjun Wu, Maohua Ma*, 2024, Response of riparian plant community to landscape matrix differs by taxonomic and functional diversity: implications for the planning of riparian landscapes regulated by dams. Science of the total environment , 907, 167768 (1区TOP)

n Ran, Y., Ma, M.*,et al., 2022.Shift from soil chemical to physical filters in assembling riparian floristic communities along a flooding stress gradient, Science of The Total Environment, 844,157116(二区TOP)

n Liu, Y., Ma, M.* et al.2022，Disentangling the effects of edaphic and vegetational properties on soil aggregate stability in riparian zones along a gradient of flooding stress. GEODREMA 385（一区TOP）

n Ran, Y. Ma, M* et al, 2022. Conservative agriculture facilitates soil carbon, nitrogen accumulation, and aggregate stabilization under periodic flooding regimes.  CATENA, 209, Part 1（一区TOP）

n 王言丰、马茂华* 等，2022.生态学中暂态过程的理论与应用：进展与展望.世界科技研究与发展, 44(5):  691-704.(中文核心)

n 黄金夏,易雪梅,贾伟涛,马茂华*等. 三峡库区消落带外来植物入侵与景观基质组成结构的关联性. 应用生态学报, 2022, 33(2):477-488(中文核心).

n 窦文清，贾伟涛，马茂华*等．2022. 三峡水库消落带植被现状、适生策略及生态修复研究进展．生态学杂志. https://kns.cnki.net/kcms/detail/21.1148.Q.20220728.1021.006.html（中文核心）

n 张久红，马茂华*等，景观基质对黑颈鹤觅食地选择的多尺度影响，生态学学报（中文核心）（该成果获得第十四届全国生物多样性科学与保护研讨会自然保护新秀奖）

n Zhou, X.; Ma, M.*; Chen, Q.; Qi, W.; Gao, Y.; Cui, J. Uneven Distribution of Ecosystem Services along the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin in Tibet Reveals the Quest for Multi-Target Policies of Rural Development in Less-Favored Areas. Land, 11, 1961（三区）. 

n Ran, Y. Ma, M* et al, 2022. A higher river sinuosity increased riparian soil structural stability on the downstream of a dammed river. Science of The Total Environment, 802:149886（二区TOP）

n Li, X.; Zhang, J.; Huang, J.; Lin, W.; Wu, S.; Ma, M*. To Preserve Green Buffer under Polarization and Diffusion Effects of a Fast-Developing Megalopolis. Land, 11, 724(三区).