My research interests concentrate on soil ecology, biogeochemical cycles, especially carbon and nitrogen cycles in grassland ecosystem with experience in both laboratory and field-based studies. Currently, I focus on rhizosphere and soil microbial ecology and my projects investigate how soil microbe and plant as well as their interactions determine the cycles and related ecological processes.

Ph.D., Ecology, 1999. Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 

M.S., Agro-Environment Protection (Environmental chemistry, Soil contamination), 1994. China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. 

B.S., Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 1988. Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong Province, China.

Jul. 2004 to Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Oct. 2011 to Nov. 2011: Visiting Scholar, University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Jan. 2008 to Jun. 2008: Visiting Scholar, Tropical Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida.

Jul. 2002 to Jun. 2004: Postdoctor Fellow, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida.

Jul. 2001 to Jun. 2002: Postdoctor Fellow, Department of Ecology, Evolutionary and Biology, Tulane University.

Feb. 2000 to Jun. 2001: Visiting Scholar, Tropical Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida.

Jul. 1994 to Feb. 2000: Research Associate, Research Center for Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1.       Chen, D., Pan, Q., Bai, Y., Hu, S., Huang, J., Wang, Q., Naeem, S., Elser, J.J., Wu, J., Han, X., 2016. Effects of plant functional group loss on soil biota and net ecosystem exchange: a plant removal experiment in the Mongolian grassland. Journal of Ecology 104, 734-743.

2.       Hu, Y., Du, Z., Wang, Q., Li, G., 2016. Combined deep sampling and mass-based approaches to assess soil carbon and nitrogen losses due to land-use changes in karst area of southwestern China. Solid Earth 7, 1075-1084.

3.       Lin, L., Zhu, B., Chen, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, Q.*, He, J.*, 2016. Precipitation overrides warming in mediating soil nitrogen pools in an alpine grassland ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports 6, 31438.

4.       Pan, Q., Tian, D., Naeem, S., Auerswald, K., Elser, J.J., Bai, Y., Huang, J., Wang, Q., Wang, H., Wu, J., Han, X., 2016. Effects of functional diversity loss on ecosystem functions are influenced by compensation. Ecology 97, 2293-2302.

5.       Cao, J., Cheng, C., Yang, J., Wang, Q*., 2015. Pathogen infection drives patterns of nutrient resorption in citrus plants. Scientific Reports 5, 14675.

6.       Wang, C., Butterbach-Bahl, K., He, N., Wang, Q., Xing, X., Han, X., 2015a. Nitrogen addition and mowing affect microbial nitrogen transformations in a C4 grassland in northern China. European Journal of Soil Science 66, 485-495.

7.       Wang, Q.*, Li, Y.*, Zhang, M., 2015b. Soil recovery across a chronosequence of restored wetlands in the Florida Everglades. Scientific Reports 5, 17630.

8.       Wu, J., Naeem, S., Elser, J., Bai, Y., Huang, J., Kang, L., Pan, Q., Wang, Q., Hao, S., Han, X., 2015. Testing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in the world’s largest grassland: overview of the IMGRE project. Landscape Ecology 30, 1723-1736.

9.       Yang, A., Liu, N., Tian, Q., Bai, W., Williams, M., Wang, Q., Li, L., Zhang, W.-H., 2015. Rhizosphere bacterial communities of dominant steppe plants shift in response to a gradient of simulated nitrogen deposition. Frontiers in Microbiology 6.

10.    Zhang, L., Huo, Y., Guo, D., Wang, Q.*, Bao, Y., Li, L.*, 2014a. Effects of Multi-nutrient Additions on GHG Fluxes in a Temperate Grassland of Northern China. Ecosystems 17, 657-672.

11.    Zhang, Y., Han, X., He, N., Long, M., Huang, J., Zhang, G., Wang, Q., Han, X., 2014b. Increase in ammonia volatilization from soil in response to N deposition in Inner Mongolia grasslands. Atmospheric Environment 84, 156-162.

12.    Zhang, L., Wang, Q.*, Laanbroek, H.J., Wang, C., Guo, D., Li, L., 2013a. Effects of mowing on N2O emission from a temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia, Northern China. Biogeosciences Discuss. 10, 19219-19243.

13.    Zhang, Y., He, N., Zhang, G., Huang, J., Wang, Q., Pan, Q., Han, X., 2013b. Ammonia emissions from soil under sheep grazing in inner mongolian grasslands of China. Journal of Arid Land 5, 155-165.

14.    Bai, Y., Wu, J., Clark, C.M., Pan, Q., Zhang, L., Chen, S., Wang, Q., Han, X., Wisley, B., 2012. Grazing alters ecosystem functioning and C:N:P stoichiometry of grasslands along a regional precipitation gradient. Journal of Applied Ecology 49, 1204-1215.

15.    Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Gilliam, F.S., Bai, W., Han, X., Li, L., 2012. Effect of nitrogen fertilization on net nitrogen mineralization in a grassland soil, northern China. Grass and Forage Science 67, 219-230.

16.    Lu, X., Cui, Q., Wang, Q., Han, X., 2011. Nutrient resorption response to fire and nitrogen addition in a semi-arid grassland. Ecological Engineering 37, 534-538.

17.    Zhang, X., Bai, W., Gilliam, F.S., Wang, Q., Han, X., Li, L., 2011. Effects of in situ freezing on soil net nitrogen mineralization and net nitrification in fertilized grassland of northern China. Grass and Forage Science 66, 391-401.

18.    Bai, W., Wan, S., Niu, S., Liu, W., Chen, Q., Wang, Q., Zhang, W., Han, X., Li, L., 2010. Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: implications for ecosystem C cycling. Global Change Biology 16, 1306-1316.

19.    Chen, Q., Wang, Q., Han, X., Wan, S., Li, L., 2010. Temporal and spatial variability and controls of soil respiration in a temperate steppe in northern China. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24, GB2010, 2010.1029/2009gb003538 (co-first auhtor).

20.    Cui, Q., Lü, X., Wang, Q., Han, X., 2010. Nitrogen fertilization and fire act independently on foliar stoichiometry in a temperate steppe. Plant and Soil 334, 209-219.

21.    Zhao, H., Zhang, X., Xu, S., Zhao, X., Xie, Z., Wang, Q.*, 2010. Effect of freezing on soil nitrogen mineralization under different plant communities in a semi-arid area during a non-growing season. Applied Soil Ecology 45, 187-192.

22.    Wang, Q.*, Zhang, L., Li, L., Bai, Y., Cao, J., Han, X., 2009. Changes in carbon and nitrogen of Chernozem soil along a cultivation chronosequence in a semi-arid grassland. European Journal of Soil Science 60, 916-923.

23.    Zhang, X., Wang, Q.*, Li, L., Han, X., 2008. Seasonal variations in nitrogen mineralization under three land use types in a grassland landscape. Acta Oecologica 34, 322-330.

24.    Bai, Y., Wu, J., Pan, Q., Huang, J., Wang, Q., Li, F., Buyantuyev, A., Han, X., 2007. Positive linear relationship between productivity and diversity: evidence from the Eurasian Steppe. Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 1023-1034.

25.    Xu, Y., Li, L., Wang, Q., Chen, Q., Cheng, W., 2007. The pattern between nitrogen mineralization and grazing  intensities in an Inner Mongolian typical steppe. Plant and Soil 300, 289-300.