Areas of Focus
- Efficient use of water resources in dryland agriculture
- Soil carbon sequestration and emission reduction
- Nitrogen use efficiency in agriculture
- Climate change impacts on agricultural ecosystems
- Meta-analysis in agricultural ecology
Work Experience
- 2017 - Present: Professor at Northwest A&F University
- 2017 - 2020: Associate Professor at Northwest A&F University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2016 - PhD in Ecology from Lanzhou University
- Joint PhD training at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre
Publications
- Soil water balance dynamics under plastic mulching in dryland rainfed agroecosystem across the Loess Plateau, Ren, A. T., Zhou, R., Mo, F., Liu, S. T., Li, J. Y., Chen, Y., ... & Xiong, Y. C., 2021
- Responses of rainfed wheat productivity to varying ridge-furrow size and ratio in semiarid eastern African Plateau, Luo, C. L., Zhang, X. F., Duan, H. X., Zhou, R., Mo, F., Mburu, D. M., ... & Xiong, Y. C., 2021
