2011-2015: PhD in Agricultural Ecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
2009-2011: Master's in Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Soil Science
2005-2009: Bachelor's in Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Agricultural Resources and Environment
Postdoctoral Researcher - Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Sustainable Agriculture Group
PhD - Aarhus University, Agricultural Ecology
Master's - China Agricultural University, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences
Bachelor's - Shandong Agricultural University, Agricultural Resources and Environment
2019: Innovation Team Award, Chinese Society of Crop Science
2018: Young Reporter Excellence Award, Chinese Crop Physiology Ecology Conference
2023: Excellent Report Award, Chinese Society of Crop Science Wheat Cultivation Conference
Research
High-yield, high-quality crop production technologies based on efficient resource management Soil enhancement and green carbon reduction technologies in agricultural systems Molecular mechanisms of crop-soil-microbe interactions
Novel water-saving cultivation system maintains crop yield while reducing environmental costs in North China Plain, Liu, Y., Cao, H., Du, C., Zhang, Z., Zhou, X., Yao, C., Sun, W., Xiao, X., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Z.*, Sun, Z.*, Wang, Z*., 2023
Trade-off between soil carbon emission and sequestration for winter wheat under reduced irrigation: The role of soil amendments, Liu, Y., Zhou, X., Du, C., Liu, Y., Xu, X., Ejaz, I., Hu, N., Zhao X., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z*, Sun, Z.*., 2023
The use of manure shifts the response of α-diversity and network while not β-diversity of soil microbes to altered irrigation regimes, Sun, Z., Lin, M., Du, C., Hao, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., 2022
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer application under reduced irrigation strategies for winter wheat of the north China plain, Liu, Y., Han, M., Zhou, X., Li, W., Du, C., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Sun, Z.*, Wang, Z*., 2022
Papiliotrema flavescens colonized in biochars inhibits wheat crown rot and Fusarium head blight, Liu, Z., Li, X., Sun, Z.*, Wang, Z., Li, G., 2021
Biochar altered native soil organic carbon by changing soil aggregate size distribution and native SOC in aggregates based on an 8-year field experiment, Sun, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhu, K., Wang, Z., Zhao, X., Lin, Q., Li, G., 2020
Suppressed ABA signal transduction promotes sucrose utility in stem and reduces grain number in wheat under water stress, Zhang, Z., Huang, J., Gao, Y., Liu, Y., Li, J., Zhou, X., Yao, C., Wang, Z., Sun, Z., Zhang, Y., 2020
Optimum water and nitrogen management increases grain yield and resource use efficiency by optimizing canopy structure in wheat, Liu, Y., Yang, M., Yao, C., Zhou, X., Li, W., Zhang, Z., Gao, Y., Sun, Z., Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., 2021
Contrasting resilience of soil microbial biomass, microbial diversity and ammonification enzymes under three applied soil fumigants, Sun, Z., Li, G., Zhang, C., Wang, Z., Lin, Q., Zhao, X., 2020
Participation of urea-N absorbed on biochar granules among soil and tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and its potential environmental impact, Zhang, L., Liu, Y., Sun, Z., He, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Cai, H., Li, G., 2021
Effect of manure on topsoil and subsoil organic carbon depend on irrigation regimes in a 9-year wheat-maize rotation, Sun, Z., Qin, W., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Li, G., Wang, Z., 2021
Direct and indirect short-term effects of biochar on physical characteristics of an arable sandy loam, Sun, Z., Moldrup, P., Elsgaard, L., Arthur, E., Bruun, E.W., Hauggaard-Nielsen, H., de Jonge, L.W., 2013
Effect of biochar on aerobic processes, enzyme activity, and crop yields in two sandy loam soils, Sun, Z., Bruun, E.W., Arthur, E., de Jonge, L.W., Moldrup, P., Hauggaard-Nielsen, H., Elsgaard, L., 2014
Pore structure characteristics after 2 years of biochar application to a sandy loam field, Sun, Z., Arthur, E., de Jonge, L.W., Elsgaard, L., Moldrup, P., 2015
Impact of wood biochar and its interactions with mycorrhizal fungi, phosphorus fertilization and irrigation strategies on potato growth, Liu, C., F. Liu, S. Ravnskov, G. Rubæk, Sun Z, and M. Andersen., 2016
Contrasting effects of biochar on N2O emission and N uptake at different levels on a temperate sandy loam, Sun, Z., A. Sanger, P. Rebensburg, P. Lentzsch, S. Wirth, M. Kaupenjohann and A. Meyer-Aurich., 2017
Does soil amendment alter reactive soil N dynamics following chloropicrin fumigation?, Sun, Z., Zhang, C., Li, G., Lin, Q., and Zhao, X., 2018
Significance of disposable presowing irrigation in wheat in increasing water use efficiency and maintaining high yield under winter wheat-summer maize rotation in the North China Plain, Sun, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Gao, Y., Yang, Y., Han, M., and Wang, Z., 2019
Limited irrigation influence on rotation yield, water use, and wheat traits, Zhang, M., Gao, Y., Zhang, Z., Liu, Y., Han, M., Hu, N., Wang, Z., Sun, Z., Zhang, Y., 2020
Effects of micro-sprinkling with different irrigation amount on grain yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain, Li, J., Zhang, Z., Liu, Y., Yao, C., Song, W., Xu, X., Zhang, M., Zhou, X., Gao, Y., Wang, Z., Sun, Z., Zhang, Y., 2019
Spike growth affects spike fertility through the number of florets with green anthers before floret abortion in wheat, Zhang, Z., Li, J., Hu, N., Li, W., Qin, W., Li, J., Gao, Y., Liu, Y., Sun, Z., Yu, K., Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., 2021
Predicting micronutrients of wheat using hyperspectral imaging, Hu, N., Li, W., Du, C., Zhang, Z., Gao, Y., Sun, Z., Yang, L., Yu, K., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., 2021
