Dr.Junfang Cui is a associate professor and master supervisor in the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS. Her main research interests include soil quality and soil hydrological processes. She was selected as a Sichuan Overseas High-level Talent in 2018. She has presided over and participated in a number of research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province.
Research Areas
Soil quality, Soil structure, Pedology in both agricuture and natural systems
Education
I finished my PhD study in University College Dublin in the year of 2015 in Bioengineering Systems.
Publications
1.Sun ZH., Cui JF*, Tang XY., et al. Tracing soil-water signatures from contrasting land uses in low-flow streamwater of a mixed headwater catchment, Journal of Hydrology, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.136590
2.Sun ZH., Cui JF*, Tang XY., Chen L., Tang JL. Temporal and spatial variability of soil dissolved organic matter under different land-use types in Southwest China, Journal of Soil Science and Nutrition, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-025-02938-3
3.Li CH., Cui JF.*, Wang T., Chen, L., Lu M., Tu, XD., Shi.ZH., Tang JL., Synergistic mineral-microbial regulation dominates mineral-associated organic carbon accrual by carbonate weathering, Catena, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2026.110174
4.Sun ZH., Cui JF.*, Cheng JH., Tang XY., A novel tool for tracing water sources of streamflow in a mixed land-use catchment, Science of the Total Environment, 2024，https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168800
5.Wang F., Wang GX.*, Cui JF.*, Guo L., Tang XY., Yang, RX., Huang KW., Hillslope-scale variability of soil water potential over humid alpine forests: Unexpected high contribution of time-invariant component, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 617, Part B, 2023,129036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.129036.
6. Wang, F., Wang, G*., Cui, J*, Guo, L., et al. Preferential flow patterns in forested hillslopes of east Tibetan Plateau revealed by dye tracing and soil moisture network. European Journal of Soil Science, 2022;73:e13294.
7.Zhang W., Cheng JH., Xian, QS., Cui JF.*, TangXY., Wang, GX.(2019).Dynamics and sources of colloids in shallow groundwater inlowland wells and fracture flow in sloping farmland.Water Research,156,252-263.
8.Cui JF, Tang XY, Zhang W, et al. The Effects of Timing of Inundation on Soil Physical Quality in the Water-Level Fluctuation Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China . Vadose Zone Journal, 2018, 17(1):UNSP 180043.
9.Cui JF, Nicholas M. Holden. The relationship between soil microbial activity and microbial biomass, soil structure and grassland management. Soil & Tillage Research,2015,146 (Part A):32-38.
10.Cui JF, Askari, Mohammad Sadegh,Holden, Nicholas M.. Grassland soil carbon and nitrogen stocks under temperate livestock grazing[J]. Soil Research, 2015,53(5):485-493.