Areas of Focus
- High-yield, high-quality crop production technologies based on resource-efficient management
- Soil enhancement and green carbon reduction technologies in agricultural systems
- Molecular mechanisms of crop-soil-microbe interactions
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Germany, Sustainable Agriculture Group
Academic Background & Achievements
- 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
Publications
- 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
Awards
- 2019: Innovation Team Award, Chinese Society of Crop Science
- 2018: Young Reporter Excellence Award, Chinese Crop Physiology and Ecology Conference
- 2023: Excellent Report Award, Chinese Society of Crop Science Wheat Cultivation Conference