Current Position                                          

2020.9-present, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Lecturer

Education                                                    

2017.12-2020.5 PhD in Biology, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Supervisors: Ivan A. Janssens；Matteo Campioli

2015.9-2020.6  PhD (MD-PhD) in Ecology, Lanzhou University, China

Supervisors: James F. Reynolds; Fengmin Li; Jiansheng Ye

2012.9-2015.6  M.S. in Ecology, Lanzhou University, China

Supervisors: Fengmin Li; Jiansheng Ye

2008.9-2012.6  B.S. in Biological Science & Technology, China University of Geoscience, China

Visiting Student                                           

2018.1 -2018.2  University of Tartu, Estonia

Supervisor：Ivika Ostonen

Research interests                                        

l  Soil carbon flux in field experiments

l  Soil microbial composition

l  Plant nutrient resorption

l  Root phenology (agriculture and forest)

l  Ecosystem process modeling

Funding Project                                             

2022.1-2024.12, National Science Foundation of China- 42107248, Principal Investigator: “The mechanisms underlying the responses of soil respiration and root growth to warming and ozone pollution in a rice-wheat rotation system”.

2021.3-2024.2, Talent Start-up Fund Project of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology- 1521022101002, Principal Investigator: “Responses of soil respiration to warming and ozone pollution in a rice-wheat rotation farmland”.

Publications                                                    

First author（#co-first author）

1.        Chao Fang, Fengmin Li, Jiuying Pei, Jiao Ren, Yanhong Gong, Ziqiang Yuan, Wenbin Ke, Yang Zheng, Xiaoke Bai, Jiansheng Ye*. 2018. Impacts of warming and nitrogen addition on soil autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration in a semi-arid environment. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 248, 449-457. (IF2021=5.734)

2.        Chao Fang, Jiansheng Ye*, Yanhong Gong, Jiuying Pei, Ziqiang Yuan, Chan Xie, Yusi Zhu, Yueyuan Yu. 2017. Seasonal responses of soil respiration to warming and nitrogen addition in a semi-arid alfalfa-pasture of the Loess Plateau, China. Science of the Total Environment, 590-591, 729-738. (IF2021=7.963)

3.        Chao Fang, Wenbin Ke, Matteo Campioli, Jiuying Pei, Ziqiang Yuan, Xin Song, Jian-sheng Ye*, Fengmin Li*, Ivan A. Janssens. 2020. Unaltered soil microbial community composition, but decreased metabolic activity in a semi-arid grassland after two years of passive experimental warming. Ecology and Evolution, 10(21), 12327-12340. (IF2021=2.912)

4.        Ziqiang Yuan, Chao Fang^#, Rong Zhang, Fengmin Li*, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid, Ivan A. Janssens. 2019. Topographic influences on soil properties and aboveground biomass in lucerne-rich vegetation in a semi-arid environment. Geoderma, 344, 137-143. (IF2021=6.114)

5.        Xin Song, Chao Fang^#, Ziqiang Yuan, Fengmin Li*. 2021. Long-term growth of alfalfa increased soil organic matter accumulation and nutrient mineralization in a semi-arid environment. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 649346. (IF2021=4.581)

6.        Chao Fang, Ziqiang Yuan, Xuewei Liu, Jiuying Pei, Dongmin Zhao, Jiansheng Ye*. 2015. Effects of slope on soil properties and the interaction of Caragana tibetica shrub species in Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Desert Research, 35(6), 1607-1611. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

Co-author

1.        Ya-Nan Han, Min Wei, Fang Han, Chao Fang, Dong Wang, Yu-Jie Zhong, Chao-Li Guo, Xiao-Yan Shi, Zhong-Kui Xie, Feng-Min Li*. 2020. Greater Biofilm Formation and Increased Biodegradation of Polyethylene Film by a Microbial Consortium of Arthrobacter sp. and Streptomyces sp.. Microorganisms, 8(12), 1979. (IF2021=4.128)

2.        Yanhong Gong, Dongmin Zhao, Wenbin Ke, Chao Fang, Jiuying Pei, Guojun Sun, Jiansheng Ye*. 2020. Legacy effects of precipitation amount and frequency on the aboveground plant biomass of a semi-arid grassland. Science of the Total Environment, 705, 135899. (IF2021=7.963)

3.        Jian-Zhou Wei, Kai Zheng, Feng Zhang, Chao Fang, Yu-Yu Zhou, Xue-Cao Li, Feng-Min Li, Jian-Sheng Ye. 2019. Migration of Rural Residents to Urban Areas Drives Grassland Vegetation Increase in China’s Loess Plateau. Sustainability, 11 (23), 6764. (IF2021=3.251)

4.        Jiansheng Ye *, Jiuying Pei, Chao Fang. 2018. Under which climate and soil conditions the plant productivity–precipitation relationship is linear or nonlinear? Science of the Total Environment, 616-617, 1174-1180. (IF2021=7.963)

5.        Yue-Yuan Yu, Neil C. Turner, Yan-Hong Gong, Feng-Min Li, Chao Fang, Li-Juan Ge, Jian-Sheng Ye*. 2018. Benefits and limitations to straw- and plastic-film mulch on maize yield and water use efficiency: A meta-analysis across hydrothermal gradients. European Journal of Agronomy, 99, 138-147. (IF2021=5.124)

6.        Ziqiang Yuan, Kailiang Yu, Xiaokang Guan, Chao Fang, Ming Li, Xiaoyan Li, Fengmin Li*. 2016. Medicago sativa improves soil carbon sequestration following revegetation of degraded arable land in a semi-arid environment on the Loess Plateau, China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 232, 93-100. (IF2021=5.567)

7.        Ziqiang Yuan, Kailiang Yu, Howard Epstein, Chao Fang, Junting Li, Qianqian Liu, Xuewei Liu, Wenjuan Gao, Fengmin Li*. 2016. Effects of legume species introduction on vegetation and soil nutrient development on abandoned croplands in a semi-arid environment on the Loess Plateau, China. Science of the Total Environment, 541, 692-700. (IF2021=7.963)

Invited Reviewer                                      

Geoderma，European Journal of Agronomy, Environmental Pollution, Science of the Total Environment, Scientific Reports.

Honors                                                     

2020, Excellent Graduate

2018, Outstanding academic graduate student of State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems

2018, Wang Dong Grass-Science Scholarship

2018, National scholarship for doctoral students

2018, article first prize, Graduate student academic annual meeting, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University

2017, National scholarship for doctoral students

2017, Award of Merit Postgraduate, Lanzhou University

2017, Yan Hanxi Career Enhancement Award, The 7^th International Young Ecologist Forum

2016, article first prize, Graduate student academic annual meeting, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University

2016, excellent report award, Graduate student academic annual meeting, School of Life science, Lanzhou University

2016, Award of Merit Postgraduate, Lanzhou University

2015, Award of Merit Postgraduate, Lanzhou University

2014, Award of Merit Postgraduate, Lanzhou University