Summary

Name: Yaohong Zhang

Gender: Male

Phone:  (86)13851760430                         

E-mail: yhzhang@nuist.edu.cn; 13851760430@163.com

Institution: Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Sub-org./Dept: Agricultural Resources and Environment Department

Role: Faculty / Professor

Address: No.219, Ningliu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210044

Research Interests / Specializations

Soil carbon and nitrogen cycle and global change

Carbon and nitrogen exchange between the earth surface and atmosphere

Greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial ecosystems

Education

l   2003/9-2006/6，Ph.D., Nanjing Agricultural University, Plant Nutrition, China 

l   1999/9-2002/7，M.S., Shanxi Agricultural University, Plant nutrition, China

l   1995/9-1999/7, B.S., Shanxi Agricultural University, Agricultural resources and environment, China

Professional Experience

l   2015/7-present: Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

l   2009/7-2015/6: Associate professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

l   2006/7-2009/6: Lecturer,  Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Study abroad experience

l   2020/1-2021/1: Visiting scholar, University of Manitoba, Canada

l   2013/3-2014/3: Visiting scholar, Environmental model center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA

Academic position

l   A member of the ninth  professional  committee on biological and organic fertilizer,     Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Society of China

l   A member of the thirteenth Council of the Jiangsu Province Soil Society of China

l   A member of the academic committee of School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China

Research funding

l   Effect of terrigenous nitrogen input on sulfate-dependent anaerobic oxidation of  methane in coastal wetlands (2017-2020), Project leader

l   Effect of reclamation on anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal wetland (2017-2020), Project leader

l   Study on anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy field wetland in coastal reclamation area (2017-2018), Instructor

l   Characteristics and trend evaluation of the greenhouse gas concentration in the coastal wetland of the Yangtze River (2017-2017), Project leader

l   Effect of simulated warming on nitrification and denitrification in farmland soil (2014-2016), Instructor

l   Effect of the invasion of Spartina alterniflora on nitrification and denitrification of coastal wetlands (2012-2014), Project leader

l   Effect of exogenous nitrogen input on CH₄ emission in coastal wetland (2011-2013), Project leader

l   Effect of the invasion of Spartina alterniflora on CH₄ emission in coastal wetland (2009-2010), Project leader

l   Effects of tillage and fertilization on nitrogen primary transformation rate in black soil and its environmental influence (2012-2014), Project participant 

l   Effect of Bt transgenic rice on microbial transformation of carbon and nitrogen in rhizosphere soil (2010-2012), Project participant

l   Effect of enhanced UV-B radiation on microbial transformation of carbon and nitrogen in the rhizosphere soil of barley (2009-2011), Project participant

My Publications

[1] Yaohong Zhang, Fangyuan Wang, Zhongjun Jia., 2021. Electron shuttles facilitate anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to nitrous oxide reduction in paddy soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 153, 108091

[2] Zhang Y.H., Wang F.Y., 2021. Different impacts of an electron shuttle on nitrate- and nitrite-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy soil. Plant Soil and Environment  67, https://doi.org/10.17221/579/2020-PSE

[3] Yaohong Zhang, Xinlei Zhang, Fangyuan Wanga, Weiwei Xia, Zhongjun Jia., 2020. Exogenous nitrogen addition inhibits sulfate-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane in estuarine coastal sediments. Ecological Engineering 158, 106021

[4] Zhang,Y.H., Xu, X.J., Huang, L.D., Xie, X.J., Dong, J.M., Yang, S.Q., 2016. Effects of Spartina alterniflora invasion and exogenous nitrogen on soil nitrogen mineralization in the coastal salt marshes. Ecological Engineering 87, 281-287.

[5] Huang,L.D., Zhang,Y.H., Shi,Y.M., Liu,Y.B., Wang,L.,Yan,N., 2015. Comparison of phosphorus fractions and phosphatase activities in coastal wetland soils along vegetation zones of Yancheng National Nature Reserve, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 157, 93-98.

[6] Wang,Y.L., Gao,Z.Q., Wang,Y., Zhang,Y.H., 2015. Phosphorus availability and transformation as affected by repeated phosphorus additions in an Ultisol. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 46, 1922-1933.

[7] Huang,L.D., Li, Y.X., Zhang,Y.H., 2014. A simple method to separate phosphorus sorption stages onto solid mediums. Ecological Engineering 69, 63-69.

[8] Xie,X.J., Zhang,Y.H., Li, R.Y., Yang,X.H., Shen, S.H., Bao,Y.X., Jiang,X.D., 2014. Asymmetric warming effects on N dynamics and productivity in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 60，530-539.

[9] Zhang,Y.H., Chu,D.W., Li,Y.X., Wang,L., Wu,Y.H., 2013. Effect of elevated UV-B radiation on CH₄ emissions from the stands of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in a coastal salt marsh. Aquatic Botany 111,150-156.

[10] Zhang,Y.H., Wang,L., Xie,X.J., Huang,L.D., Wu,Y.H., 2013. Effects of invasion of Spartina alterniflora and exogenous N deposition on N₂O emissions in a coastal salt marsh. Ecological Engineering 58, 77-83.

[11] Zhang,Y.H., Li,R.Y., Wang,Y.L., 2013. Night-time warming affects N and P dynamics and productivity of winter wheat plants. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 93, 397-406.

[12] Xie,X.J., Li,Y.X., Li,R.Y., Zhang,Y.H., Huo,Y.T., Bao,Y.X., Shen,S.H., 2013. Hyperspectral characteristics and growth monitoring of rice (Oryza sativa) under asymmetric warming. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34, 8449-8462.

[13] Zhang,Y.H., Ding,W.X., 2011. Diel methane emissions in stands of Spartina alterniflora and Suaeda salsa from a coastal salt marsh. Aquatic Botany 95, 262-267.

[14] Zhang,Y.H., Ding, W.X., Cai, Z.C., Valerie, P., Han, F.X., 2010. Response of methane emission to invasion of Spartina alterniflora and exogenous N deposition in the coastal salt marsh. Atmospheric Environment 44, 4588-4594. 

[15] Zhang,Y.H., Ding, W.X., Luo, J.F., Donnison, A., 2010. Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics in an Eastern Chinese coastal wetland following invasion by a C₄ plant Spartina alterniflora. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42, 1712-1720.  

[16] Ding, W.X., Zhang,Y.H., Cai, Z.C., 2010. Impact of permanent inundation on methane emissions from a Spartina alterniflora coastal salt marsh. Atmospheric Environment 44, 3894-3900.  

[17] Zhang,Y.H., Fan,J.B., Zhang,Y.L., Shen,Q.R., 2007. Nitrogen Accumulation and Translocation in Four Japonica Rice Cultivars at Different Nitrogen Application Rates. PEDOSPHERE 17, 792-800.  

Teaching courses:

l   General ecology                            (compulsory course for undergraduates)

l   General environmental science     (compulsory course for undergraduates)

l   Plant nutrition                                (compulsory course for undergraduates)

l   Plant nutrition research method     (elective course  for undergraduates)

l   General biology                             (elective course  for undergraduates)

l   Plant physiological ecology           (elective course for postgraduates )