Areas of Focus
- Urban green space ecosystem services and functions
- Solid waste aerobic composting technology
- Environmental microbial ecology
Work Experience
- 2016-03 to 2018-12: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki
- 2019-05 to 2021-07: Laboratory Technician, Analytical Testing Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2021-08 to present: Assistant Researcher, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-2016: PhD in Environmental Ecology, University of Helsinki
- Published over 20 SCI papers in top journals on soil-plant-microbe interactions
Publications
- Improved Short-Term Microbial Degradation in Circulating Water Reducing High Stagnant Atrazine Concentrations in Subsurface Sediments, Xinxin Liu; Nan Hui; Merja Kontro, 2020
- Over Twenty Years Farmland Reforestation Decreases Fungal Diversity of Soils, but Stimulates the Return of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities, Nan Hui; Xinxin Liu; Ari Jumpponen; Heikki Setälä; D Johan Kotze; Liliya Biktasheva; Mart in Romantschuk, 2018
- Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Urban Parks Are Similar to Those in Natural Forests but Shaped by Vegetation and Park Age, Nan Hui; Xinxin Liu; D. Johan Kotze; Ari Jumpponen; Gaia Francini; Heikki Setälä, 2017
- Meat and Bone Beal as a Novel Biostimulation Agent in Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils, Xinxin Liu; Ville Selonen; Kari Steffen; Mea Surakka; Anna-Lea Rantalainen; Martin Romantschuk; Aki Sinkkonen, 2019
- Habitat Elevation Shapes Microbial Community Composition and Alter the Metabolic Functions in Wild Sable (Martes zibellina) Guts, Lantian Su; Xinxin Liu; Guangyao Jin; Yue Ma; Haoxin Tan; Muhammed Khalid; Martin Romantschuk; Shan Yin; Nan Hui, 2021