1. Education

2006-2009, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Microbial Ecology

2000-2003, Nanjing University of Technology, M.S. in Bioengineering

1996-2000, Nanjing University of Technology, B.S. in Microbial pharmaceutical

2. Professional experience

2016.06-Present, Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2011.12-2016.06, Associate Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009.06-2011.11, Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

3. Work achievements

Managed 3 National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and participated into several National Natural Science Foundation of China and National High Technology projects. These studies had led to the publication of over 70 papers, including over 40 peer reviewed SCI papers and authorized 2 national invention patents.

4. Scientific interests

My research focuses are on the mechanistic understanding regarding the soil microorganisms in response to the increase in soil fertility, whereby we can draw the general scenario to predict the trajectory of microbial responses under global changes in future and eventually to provide the possibility of harnessing microorganisms to feed the world. For these purposes, I am trying to understand the links among microbial community assembly, composition, and the ecological functions in context of soil organic matters, the integrated proxy of soil fertility, under different agricultural practices at the local scale. At the large scale, I am trying to disentangle the historical and the contemporary environmental factors governing soil microbial community and to find those specific common abundant taxa involved into nutrient cycles and improving soil fertility and sustainability of agroecosystems.

Soil microorganisms, Microbial ecology, Community ecology

1. 2014, Distinguished Young Scientists award of Soil Science Society of China

2. 2013, Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences

3. 2009, Zhu Li Yuehua award for excellent Ph.D. student, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Feng YZ, Chen RR, Stegen J, Guo ZY, Zhang JW, Li ZP, Lin XG. Two key features influencing community assembly processes at regional scale: Initial state and degree of change in environmental conditions. Molecular Ecology, 2018, 27, 5238-5251 (IF= 5.855) (SCI)

2. Feng YZ, Dolfing J, Guo ZY, Zhang JW, Zhang GL, Li SJ, Lin XG. Chronosequencing methanogenic archaea in ancient Longji rice terraces in China, Science Bulletin, 2017, 62, 879-887 (IF= 6.277) (SCI)

3. Feng YZ, Chen RR, Hu JL, Zhao F, Wang JH, Chu HY, Zhang JB, Dolfing J and Lin XG. Bacillus asahii comes to the fore in organic manure fertilized alkaline soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2015, 81, 186-194 (IF= 5.290) (SCI)

4. Feng YZ, Cui XC, He SY, Dong G, Chen M, Wang JH and Lin XG. The role of metal nanoparticles in influencing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi effects on plant growth. Environmental Science & Technology, 2013, 47, 9496-9504 (IF= 7.149) (SCI)

5. Feng YZ, Xu YP, Yu YC, Xie ZB and Lin XG. Mechanisms of biochar decreasing methane emission from Chinese paddy soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (IF= 5.290) (SCI)

1. Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2. Member of Committee of Soil Microorganisms, Jiangsu Soil Association

3. Vice director of department of soil biology and biochemistry, ISSAS

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (41671267), The microbial properties of the typical terrace ancient paddy soils in China, 2017-2020, PI 660,000 RMB

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (41271256), Changes in paddy CH4 emissions under elevated ground-level O3 and its microbial mechanism, 2013-2016, PI 750,000 RMB

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (41001142), Effects of elevated ground-level O3 concentration on purple phototrophic bacteria in paddy soil, 2011-2013, PI 220,000 RMB