Soil biogeochemistry

Soil organic matter chemistry

2002-2006 B.Sc. (Environmental Sciences), Shandong Agricultural University, China

2006-2009 M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences), Institute of Soil Science, CAS, China

2010-2013 Ph.D. (Environmental Soil Sciences), Massey University, New Zealand

2013.7-2014.8 Research officer, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University
2014.11-2016.10 Postdoc, Department of Biology Microbial Ecology Group, Lund University, Lund Sweden
2016.11-2020.3 Researcher, Department of Biology Microbial Ecology Group, Lund University
2020.10-present Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Chengdu China

Refereed papers

Wang, T., Persson, P., and Tunlid, A.* (2021) A widespread mechanism in ectomycorrhizal fungi to access nitrogen from mineral-associated proteins. Environ Microbiol https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15539.

​Wang, T.*, Tian, Z., Tunlid, A., and Persson, P. (2020) Nitrogen acquisition from mineral-associated proteins by an ectomycorrhizal fungus. New Phytol 228: 697-711. (Highlighted with commentary: Keiluweit and Kuyper, New Phytol 228: 406–408.)

Tian, Z.#, Wang, T.#, Tunlid, A., and Persson, P.* (2020) Proteolysis of iron oxide-associated bovine serum albumin. Environ Sci Technol 54: 5121-5130. (#equal contribution).

Li, Y. *, Wang, T., Camps-Arbestain, M., Suárez-Abelenda, M., and Whitby, C.P. (2020) Lime and/or phosphate application affects the stability of soil organic carbon: Evidence from changes in quantity and chemistry of the soil water-extractable organic matter. Environ Sci Technol 54: 13908-13916.

Wang, T.*, Tian, Z., Tunlid, A., and Persson, P. (2019) Influence of ammonium on formation of mineral-associated organic carbon by an ectomycorrhizal fungus. Appl Environ Microbiol 85: e03007-03018. 

Wang, T., Tian, Z., Bengtson, P., Tunlid, A.*, and Persson, P.* (2017) Mineral surface-reactive metabolites secreted during fungal decomposition contribute to the formation of soil organic matter. Environ Microbiol 19: 5117-5129.

Wang, T., Camps-Arbestain, M.*, and Hedley, C. (2016) Factors influencing the molecular composition of soil organic matter in New Zealand grasslands. Agric, Ecosyst Environ 232: 290-301.

Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., and Hedley, M. (2014) The fate of phosphorus of ash-rich biochars in a soil-plant system. Plant Soil 375: 61-74.

Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., and Hedley, M. (2013) Predicting C aromaticity of biochars based on their elemental composition. Org Geochem 62: 1-6.

Wang, T.*, Camps Arbestain, M., Hedley, M., and Bishop, P. (2012) Chemical and bioassay characterisation of nitrogen availability in biochar produced from dairy manure and biosolids. Org Geochem 51: 45-54.

Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., Hedley, M., and Bishop, P. (2012) Predicting phosphorus bioavailability from high-ash biochars. Plant Soil 357: 173-187. (ESI highly cited)

Book chapters

Camps-Arbestain, M., Shen, Q., Wang, T., van Zwieten, L. and Novak, J. (2017) Available nutrients in biochar. Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods, CRC Press, 109-125. 

Pereira, R., Camps-Arbestain, M., Wang, T., Enders, A. (2017) Inorganic carbon. Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods, CRC Press, 51-63. 

Camps-Arbestain, M., Amonette, J.E., Singh, B., Wang, T., and Schmidt, H.P. (2015) A biochar classification system and associated test methods. Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation. Taylor and Francis, London, 165-194.

Soil microbe–organic matter–mineral interactions controlling soil carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling