长期从事土壤微生物生态学研究，围绕微生物调节的生态系统-气候变化反馈，开展了微生物分布格局、调节反馈机制与管理调控的系统探索。共发表SCI论文百余篇，总他引5257次；其中以通讯或第一作者在Nature Climate Change、PNAS 和 eLife等学术期刊发表论文26篇。

   

090301-土壤学
071300-生态学
083001-环境科学

环境微生物技术与分子生态学
土壤生态学
微生物生态

2004-08--2009-01   康奈尔大学（美国）   博士
2001-09--2004-06   中国科学院生态环境研究中心   硕士
1997-09--2001-06   北京化工大学   学士

   

2021-12~现在, 中国科学院大学, 教授
2018-09~2021-12,中国科学院大学, 长聘教轨
2017-04~2021-12,中国科学院大学, 副教授
2009-02~2017-03,环境基因组研究所（美国）, 博士后

2018-11-09-今,中国生态学会微生物生态专业委员会, 副秘书长

现代环境微生物学
生态学
生态试验设计与统计

   

[1] Tang, Li, Xue, Kai, Pang, Zhe, Jiang, Lili, Zhang, Biao, Wang, Weijing, Wang, Shiping, Xu, Zhihong, Rui, Yichao, Zhong, Lei, Che, Rongxiao, Li, Tong, Zhou, Shutong, Wang, Kui, Du, Jianqing, Wang, Zongsong, Cui, Xiaoyong, Hao, Yanbin, Wang, Yanfen. Plant Community Associates with Rare Rather than Abundant Fungal Taxa in Alpine Grassland Soils. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY[J]. 2023, 第 2 作者  通讯作者  89(1): 
[2] Wang, Kui, Xue, Kai, Wang, Zongsong, Liu, Wenjing, Zhao, Runchen, Wu, Wenchao, Tang, Li, Zhang, Biao, Zhou, Shutong, Hao, Yanbin, Cui, Xiaoyong, Jiang, Lili, Wang, Shiping, Wang, Yanfen. Accelerated temporal turnover of the soil nematode community under alpine grassland degradation. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT[J]. 2023, 第 2 作者34(4): 1171-1181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4524.
[3] Liu, Wenjing, Xue, Kai, Hu, Runpeng, Zhou, Jizhong, Van Nostrand, Joy D, Dimitrou, Jannis, Giagnoni, Laura, Renella, Giancarlo. Long-Term Effects of Soil Remediation with Willow Short Rotation Coppice on Biogeographic Pattern of Microbial Functional Genes. MICROORGANISMS[J]. 2022, 第 2 作者  通讯作者  10(1): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010140.
[4] Biao Zhang, Kai Xue, Shutong Zhou, Kui Wang, Wenjing Liu, Cong Xu, Lizhen Cui, Linfeng Li, Qinwei Ran, Zongsong Wang, Ronghai Hu, Yanbin Hao, Xiaoyong Cui, Yanfen Wang, David Donoso, Detlef Weigel. Environmental selection overturns the decay relationship of soil prokaryotic community over geographic distance across grassland biotas. ELIFE[J]. 2022, 第 2 作者  通讯作者  11: https://elifesciences.org/articles/70164.
[5] Zhong, Lei, Qing, Jinwu, Liu, Min, Cai, Xiaoxian, Li, Gaoyuan, Li, Frank yonghong, Chen, Guanyi, Xu, Xingliang, Xue, Kai, Wang, Yanfen. Fungi and Archaea Control Soil N2O Production Potential in Chinese Grasslands Rather Than Bacteria. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY[J]. 2022, 第 9 作者  通讯作者  13: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.844663.
[6] Trogisch Stefan, Liu Xiaojuan, Rutten Gemma, Xue Kai, Bauhus Juergen, Brose Ulrich, Bu Wensheng, Cesarz Simone, Chesters Douglas, Connolly John, Cui Xiaoyong, Eisenhauer Nico, Guo Liangdong, Haider Sylvia, Haerdtle Werner, Kunz Matthias, Liu Lingli, Ma Zeqing, Neumann Steffen, Sang Weiguo, Schuldt Andreas, Tang Zhiyao, van Dam Nicole M, von Oheimb Goddert, Wang MingQiang, Wang Shaopeng, Weinhold Alexander, Wirth Christian, Wubet Tesfaye, Xu Xingliang, Yang Bo, Zhang Naili, Zhu ChaoDong, Ma Keping, Wang Yanfen, Bruelheide Helge. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TREE-TREE INTERACTIONS FOR FOREST ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY[J]. 2021, 第 4 作者  通讯作者  55: 33-52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.003.
[7] Rmy Beugnon, Jianqing Du, Simone Cesarz, Stephanie D Jurburg, Zhe Pang, Bala Singavarapu, Tesfaye Wubet, Kai Xue, Yanfen Wang, Nico Eisenhauer. Tree diversity and soil chemical properties drive the linkages between soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning. ISME COMMUNICATIONS[J]. 2021, 第 8 作者  通讯作者  1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723754/.
[8] Zhou, Shutong, Xue, Kai, Zhang, Biao, Tang, Li, Pang, Zhe, Wang, Fang, Che, Rongxiao, Ran, Qinwei, Xia, Anquan, Wang, Kui, Li, Linfeng, Dong, Junfu, Du, Jianqing, Hu, Ronghai, Hao, Yanbin, Cui, Xiaoyong, Wang, Yanfen, 薛凯. Spatial patterns of microbial nitrogen-cycling gene abundances along a precipitation gradient in various temperate grasslands at a regional scale. GEODERMA[J]. 2021, 第 2 作者  通讯作者  404: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115236.
[9] Wang, Yanfen, Xue, Kai, 薛凯. Linkage between microbial shift and ecosystem functionality. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY[J]. 2021, 第 2 作者  通讯作者  27(14): 3197-3199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15615.
[10] MingHui Wu, ShengYun Chen, JianWei Chen, Kai Xue, ShiLong Chen, XiaoMing Wang, Tuo Chen, ShiChang Kang, JunPeng Rui, Janice E Thies, Richard D Bardgett, YanFen Wang. Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America[J]. 2021, 第 4 作者  通讯作者  118(25): 
[11] Xue, Kai, Van Nostrand, Joy D, Zhou, Jizhong, Neu, Silke, Mueller, Ingo, Giagnoni, Laura, Renella, Giancarlo. Phytomanagement Reduces Metal Availability and Microbial Metal Resistance in a Metal Contaminated Soil. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY[J]. 2020, 第 1 作者  通讯作者  11: https://doaj.org/article/28b99c50ee2946449ac34939af8afd70.
[12] Chen, Shengyun, Li, Xiangfei, Wu, Tonghua, Xue, Kai, Luo, Dongliang, Wang, Xiaoming, Wu, Qingbai, Kang, Shichang, Zhou, Huakun, Wei, Dengxian. Soil thermal regime alteration under experimental warming in permafrost regions of the central Tibetan Plateau. Geoderma[J]. 2020, 第 4 作者  通讯作者  372: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114397.
[13] Zhang, Biao, Xue, Kai, Zhou, Shutong, Che, Rongxiao, Du, Jianqing, Tang, Li, Pang, Zhe, Wang, Fang, Wang, Di, Cui, Xiaoyong, Hao, Yanbin, Wang, Yanfen. Phosphorus mediates soil prokaryote distribution pattern along a small-scale elevation gradient in Noijin Kangsang Peak, Tibetan Plateau. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY[J]. 2019, 第 2 作者  通讯作者  95(6): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz076.
[14] Tang, Li, Zhong, Lei, Xue, Kai, Wang, Shiping, Xu, Zhihong, Lin, Qiaoyan, Luo, Caiyun, Rui, Yichao, Li, Xiangzhen, Li, Ming, Liu, Wentso, Yang, Yunfeng, Zhou, Jizhong, Wang, Yanfen. Warming counteracts grazing effects on the functional structure of the soil microbial community in a Tibetan grassland. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY[J]. 2019, 第 3 作者  通讯作者  134: 113-121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.02.018.
[15] Xue, Kai, Zhou, Jizhong, Van Nostrand, Joy, Mench, Michel, Bes, Clemence, Giagnoni, Laura, Renella, Giancarlo. Functional activity and functional gene diversity of a Cu-contaminated soil remediated by aided phytostabilization using compost, dolomitic limestone and a mixed tree stand. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION[J]. 2018, 第 1 作者242: 229-238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.057.
[16] Xue, Kai, Xie, Jianping, Zhou, Aifen, Liu, Feifei, Li, Dejun, Wu, Liyou, Deng, Ye, He, Zhili, Van Nostrand, Joy D, Luo, Yiqi, Zhou, Jizhong. Warming Alters Expressions of Microbial Functional Genes Important to Ecosystem Functioning. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY[J]. 2016, 第 1 作者7: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00668.
[17] Kai Xue, Mengting M Yuan, Jianping Xie, Dejun Li, Yujia Qin, Lauren E Hale, Liyou Wu, Ye Deng, Zhili He, Joy D Van Nostrand, Yiqi Luo, James M Tiedje, Jizhong Zhou, 薛凯. Annual Removal of Aboveground Plant Biomass Alters Soil Microbial Responses to Warming. MBIO[J]. 2016, 第 1 作者7(5): https://doaj.org/article/0129c222431b4f3eb63ad035a57451a2.
[18] Xue, Kai, Yuan, Mengting M, Shi, Zhou J, Qin, Yujia, Deng, Ye, Cheng, Lei, Wu, Liyou, He, Zhili, Van Nostrand, Joy D, Bracho, Rosvel, Natali, Susan, Schuur, Edward A G, Luo, Chengwei, Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T, Wang, Qiong, Cole, James R, Tiedje, James M, Luo, Yiqi, Zhou, Jizhong, 薛凯. Tundra soil carbon is vulnerable to rapid microbial decomposition under climate warming. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE[J]. 2016, 第 1 作者6(6): 595-+, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2940.
[19] Xue, K, van Nostrand, J D, Vangronsveld, J, Witters, N, Janssen, J O, Kumpiene, J, Siebielec, G, Galazka, R, Giagnoni, L, Arenella, M, Zhou, J Z, Renella, G. Management with willow short rotation coppice increase the functional gene diversity and functional activity of a heavy metal polluted soil. CHEMOSPHERE[J]. 2015, 138: 469-477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.062.
[20] Kai Xue, Benjamin R. Diaz, Janice E. Thies. Stability of Cry3Bb1 protein in soils and its degradation in transgenic corn residues. SOIL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. 2014, 第 1 作者76: 119-126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.04.031.
[21] Xue, Kai, Wu, Liyou, Deng, Ye, He, Zhili, Van Nostrand, Joy, Robertson, Philip G, Schmidt, Thomas M, Zhou, Jizhong. Functional Gene Differences in Soil Microbial Communities from Conventional, Low-Input, and Organic Farmlands. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY[J]. 2013, 第 1 作者79(4): 1284-1292, https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000314891500025.
[22] Zhou, Jizhong, Xue, Kai, Xie, Jianping, Deng, Ye, Wu, Liyou, Cheng, Xiaoli, Fei, Shenfeng, Deng, Shiping, He, Zhili, Van Nostrand, Joy D, Luo, Yiqi. Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE[J]. 2012, 第 2 作者2(2): 106-110, http://202.127.146.157/handle/2RYDP1HH/802.
[23] Xue, Kai, Serohijos, Raquel C, Devare, Medha, Duxbury, John, Lauren, Julie, Thies, Janice E. Short-term carbon allocation and root lignin of Cry3Bb Bt and NonBt corn in the presence of corn rootworm. APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY[J]. 2012, 第 1 作者57: 16-22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.02.014.
[24] Xue, Kai, Serohijos, Raquel C, Devare, Medha, Thies, Janice E, 薛凯. Decomposition Rates and Residue-Colonizing Microbial Communities of Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Protein Cry3Bb-Expressing (Bt) and Non-Bt Corn Hybrids in the Field. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY[J]. 2011, 第 1 作者77(3): 839-846, https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000286597100017.
[25] Xue, K, Luo, HF, Qi, HY, Zhang, HX. Changes in soil microbial community structure associated with two types of genetically engineered plants analyzing by PLFA. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES[J]. 2005, 17(1): 130-134, http://lib.cqvip.com/Qikan/Article/Detail?id=11352001.