Areas of Focus
- Atmosphere-Plant-Soil Interface Processes
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles and Their Regulatory Mechanisms
- Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Impact of Global Climate Change and Land Use Change on Soil Ecosystem Processes
- Soil Environmental and Carbon-Nitrogen Processes in Response to Environmental Changes and Human Interference
- Soil Ecological Models
Work Experience
- 1985-1994: Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in Ecology, Beijing Forestry University
- 1998-2001: Independent Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh
- 2001-2005: Researcher, University of Aberdeen
- 2005-Present: Professor, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1977-1981: Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Anhui Agricultural University
- 1984: Master's Degree in Forest Ecology, Beijing Forestry University
- 1997: PhD in Ecology, University of Edinburgh
Publications
- Impact of global warming on soil organic carbon, Smith P, Fang C, Dawson JJC and Moncrieff JB, 2008
- Similar response of labile and resistant soil organic matter pools to changes in temperature, Fang C, Smith P, Moncrieff JB and Smith JU, 2005
- Incorporating microorganisms as decomposers into models to simulate soil organic matter decomposition, Fang C, Smith P and Smith JU, 2005
- The dependence of soil CO2 efflux on temperature, Fang C, Moncrieff JB, 2001
- A model for soil CO2 production and transport. I: Model development, Fang C, Moncrieff JB, 1999
- Soil CO2 efflux and its spatial variation in a Florida slash pine ecosystem, Fang C, Moncrieff JB, Gholz HL and Clark KL, 1999
- An open-top chamber for measuring soil respiration and the influence of pressure difference on CO2 efflux measurement, Fang C, Moncrieff JB, 1998