Areas of Focus
- Synthetic Microbial Ecology
- Global Change Biology
Work Experience
- 2013- Present: Professor at Zhejiang University, School of Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-2010 PhD: North Carolina State University, Plant Pathology
- 2010-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Oklahoma, Plant and Microbial Department
- 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Researcher: Pennsylvania State University, Ecosystem Management and Administration
- Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2020)
Publications
- Coupled anaerobic methane oxidation and metal reduction in soil under elevated CO2, Chenchao Xu, Naifang Zhang, Kaihang Zhang, Shuyao Li, Qing Xia, Jing Xiao, Maojun Liang, Weilei Lei, Junpan He, Gaiping Chen, Chengjun Ge, Xunhua Zheng, Jianguo Zhu, Shuijin Hu, Roger T. Koide, Mary K. Firestone, Lei Cheng, 2023
- Synthetic microbial consortia with programmable ecological interactions, S Li, J Xiao, T Sun, F Yu, K Zhang, Y Feng, C Xu, B Wang, Lei Cheng, 2022
Awards
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2020)
- National Excellent Youth Science Fund (2014)
- Zhejiang Outstanding Youth Science Fund (2014)
- Ecological Society of America Elizabeth Sulzman Award (2013)
- Ecological Society of America Early Career Ecologist Award (2013)
- Ecological Society of America Agroecology Award (2008)