Our research interests include two aspects: (i) Revealing the bottom-up effects of environmental variables (e.g. water, macroelement and salt) on plant-insect herbivore-natural enemy tri-trophic interactions. Our goal is to explore how those variables could induce bottom-up effects on the biological interactions (either directly or indirectly) among the organims from different trophic levels in a given food chain or simple food web. We currently use tomato plants-pests (suckers vs. chewers)-arthropod natural enemies as our study model; (ii) Monitoring, risk assessment and integrated management of invasive alien species (mainly insect pests). We specifically explore how the invasive species could trigger an indirect interaction with the endemic competing species, thus disrupting the community structure and dynamics of the food web in agro-ecosystems. 

Key words: bottom-up effects, tritrophic interactions, indirect interactions, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, invasive alien species, biological control, IPM. 

PhD:    2011-2014     INRA - University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Sophia Antipolis, France

MSc:    2008-2011     Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Beng:  2004-2008     Hunan Agricultural Univeristy, Changsha, China

2017-present: Full professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences / Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS.  

27. Chen CY, Han P, Yan WY, Wang SY, Shi XY, Zhou XG, Desneux N, Gao XW (2018) Uptake of quercetin reduces larval sensitivity to lambda-cyhalothrin in Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Pest Science 91:919-926

26. Mohammed AAH, Desneux N, Fan YJ, Han P, Ali A, Gao XW (2017) Impact of imidacloprid and natural enemies on cereal aphids: Integration or ecosystem service disruption? Entomologia Generalis 37: 47-61

25. Dong YC, Han P, Niu CY, Zappala L, Amiens-Desneux E, Bearez P, Lavoir AV, Biondi A, Desneux N (2017) Nitrogen and water inputs to tomato plant do not trigger bottom-up effects on a leafminer parasitoid through host and non-host exposures. Pest Management Science DOI 10.1002/ps.4750

24. Xian XQ, Han P, Wang S, Zhang GF, Liu WX, Desneux N, Wan FH (2017) The potential invasion risk and preventive measures against the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta in China. Entomologia Generalis 36(4): 319-333

23. Liu JH, Yan Y, Ali A, Han P, Ahmad F, YU MF (2017) Contrasting arthropod communities in wolfberry orchards of different management regimes in northwestern China. Pakistan Jounral of Agricultural Science 54: 595-605

22. Shah FM, Razaq M, Ali A, Han P, Chen JL (2017) Comparative role of neem seed extract, moringa leaf extract and imidacloprid in the management of wheat aphids in relation to yield losses in Pakistan. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184639.

21. Chen CY, Liu Y, Shi XY, Desneux N, Han P, Gao XW (2017) Elevated carboxylesterase activity contributes to the lambda-cyhalothrin insensitivity in quercetin fed Helicoverpa armigera (HuÈbner). PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183111.

20. Chen CY, Shi XY, Desneux N, Han P, Gao XW (2017) Detection of insecticide resistance in Bradysia odoriphaga Yang et Zhang (Diptera: Sciaridae) in China. Ecotoxicology doi:10.1007/s10646-017-1817-0

19. Han P, Desneux N, Amiens-Desneux E, Le Bot J, Bearez P, Lavoir AV (2016) Does Plant Cultivar Difference Modify the Bottom-Up Effects of Resource Limitation on Plant-Insect Herbivore Interactions? Journal of Chemical Ecology. 42(12):1293-1303 

18. Yao YS, Han P, Dong YC, Niu CY, Gao XW, Cui JJ, Desneux N (2016) Transgenic Bt cotton does not disrupt the top-down forces regulating the cotton aphid in central China. PloS ONE. 11(11), e0166771

17. Lu ZZ, Feng LK, Gao GZ, Gao, LL, Han P, Sharma S, Zalucki MP (2016) Differences in thermal tolerance of Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae) on cotton and soybean: implications for ecological niche switching among hosts. Applied Entomology and Zoology. 52(1): 9-18

16. Han P, Wang ZJ, Lavoir AV, Michel T, Seassau A, Zheng WY, Niu CY, Desneux N (2016) Increased water salinity applied to tomato plants accelerates the development of the leaf miner Tuta absoluta through bottom-up effects. Scientific Reports. 6: 32403; doi: 10.1038/srep32403 

15. Han P, Velasco-Hernández MC, Ramirez-Romero R, Desneux N (2016) Behavioral effects of insect-resistant genetically modified crops on phytophagous and beneficial arthropods: a review. Journal of Pest Science. 89(4): 859-883 

14. Larbat R, Adamowicz S, Robin C, Han P, Desneux N, Le Bot J (2016) Interrelated responses of tomato plants and the leaf miner Tuta absoluta to nitrogen supply. Plant biology. 18(3): 495-504

13. Han P, Dong YC, Lavoir AV, Adamowicz S, Bearez P, Wajnberg E, Desneux N (2015) Effect of plant nitrogen and water status on the foraging behavior and fitness of an omnivorous arthropod. Ecology and Evolution. 5(23): 5468-5477

12. Xiao D, Yang T, Desneux N, Han P, Gao XW (2015) Assessment of sublethal and transgenerational effects of pirimicarb on the wheat aphids Rhopalosiphum padi and Sitobion avenae. PloS ONE. 10(6), e0128936

11. Han P, Bearez P, Adamowicz S, Lavoir AV, Desneux N (2015) Nitrogen and water limitations in tomato plants trigger negative bottom-up effects on the omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus. Journal of Pest Science. 88(4):685-691 

10. Han P, Niu CY, Desneux N (2014) Identification of top-down forces regulating cotton aphid population growth in transgenic Bt cotton in central China. PloS ONE. 9(8): e102980

9. Han P, Lavoir AV, Le Bot J, Desneux N (2014) Nitrogen and water availability to tomato plants triggers bottom-up effects on the leafminer Tuta absoluta. Scientific Reports 4：4455; doi: 10.1038/srep04455

8. Chailleux A, Biondi A, Han P, Tabone E, Desneux N (2013) Suitability of the host-plant system Tuta absoluta-tomato for Trichogramma parasitoids and insights for biological control. Journal of Economic Entomology 106: 2310-2321

7. Biondi A, Chailleux A, Lambion J, Han P, Zappalà L, Desneux N (2013) Indigenous natural enemies attacking Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in southern France. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 23: 117-121

6. Guo L, Desneux N, Sonoda S, Liang P, Han P, Gao XW (2013) Sublethal and transgenerational effects of chlorantraniliprole on biological traits of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. Crop Protection. 4: 29-34

5. Zhou XW, Niu CY, Han P, Desneux N (2012) Field Evaluation of Attractive Lures for the Fruit Fly Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Their Potential Use in Spot Sprays in Hubei Province (China). Journal of Economic Entomology 105:1277-1284

4. Han P, Niu CY, Biondi A, Desneux N (2012) Does transgenic Cry1Ac+CpTI cotton pollen affect hypopharyngeal gland development and midgut proteolytic enzyme activity in the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae)? Ecotoxicology 21:2214-2221

3. Han P, Wang X, Niu CY, Dong YC, Zhu JQ, Desneux N (2011) Population dynamics, phenology and overwintering of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera:Tephritidae) in Wuhan (Hubei Province), China. Journal of Pest Science 84: 289-295 (top期刊)

2. Han P, Niu CY, Lei CL, Cui JJ, Desneux N (2010) Use of an innovative T-tube maze assay and the Proboscis Extension Response assay to assess sublethal effects of GM products and pesticides on learning capacity of the honey bee Apis mellifera L. Ecotoxicology. 19:1612-1619

1. Han P, Niu CY, Lei CL, Cui JJ, Desneux N (2010) Quantification of toxins in a Cry1Ac+CpTI cotton cultivar and its potential effects on the honey bee Apis mellifera L. Ecotoxicology. 19:1452-1459