General Information
Name: Chen Zengming
Title: Associate Professor
Work Email: zmchen@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881526
Research Fields
My research focuses on soil carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and greenhouse gas emissions using field and laboratory experiments with various techniques.
(1)Organic matter compositions and its microbial decomposition process in soils
(2)Formation and stabilization mechanisms and sequestration measures of soil organic matter
(3)Nitrogen cyclings and the involved microbial processes
(4)Nitrogenous gases productions, emissions and mitigation practices
(5)Soil respiration and GHGs emissions in responses to managements and global change
Education Background
(1)2010–2016, Ph.D., Soil Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2006–2010, Bachelor, Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
Professional Experience
(1)2019–Present, Associate Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2016–2019, Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Social Positions
(1)2021–Present, Members of the Editorial Board, Geoderma
(2)2021–Present, Members of the Editorial Board, Agronomy
(3)2021–Present, Guest Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology
(4)2020–Present, Member, Soil Science Society of China
(5)2020–Present, Member, Soil Science Society of Jiangsu Province
Projects
(1)Improving both the quantity and quality of soil organic matter by targeted application of manures, 2022.11–2027.10, National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2022YFD1500303-4) (PI)
(2)Mechanisms and regulations of the trade-offs between SOC sequestration and N2O emissions from croplands under organic amendments in Northeast China, 2022.10–2024.10, Independent Research Deployment Projects during the 14th Five-Year by Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. ISSASIP2212) (PI)
(3)Carbon and nitrogen cycling process and regulation mechanism in Mollisols, 2022.01–2025.12, Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2022313) (PI)
(4)Key biogeochemical processes of degradation for Mollisols in typical water erosion areas of Northeast China, 2021.12–2024.11, National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2021YFD1500801-1) (PI)
(5)Precise application of manures with matched components for targeted elevation of soil organic matter of Mollisols, 2021.06–2026.07, Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA28010302-4) (PI)
(6)Responses of soil greenhouse gases emissions to extreme rainfall events, 2021.07–2024.06, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (No. BK20211610) (PI)
(7)Driving mechanism of nitrous oxide emissions by organic carbon characteristics in the upland Mollisols, 2021.01–2024.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42077029) (PI)
(8)Regulation of soil organic carbon on nitrogen transformation processes, 2019.12–2022.12, Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology (No. YESS20200124) (PI)
(9)Mechanisms for nitrous oxide emissions as affected by freeze-thaw in the cultivated black soil 2018.01–2020.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41701297) (PI)
(10)Microbial processes contributing to soil nitrous oxide production as induced by the freeze-thaw cycles, 2017.07–2020.06, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (No. BK20171105) (PI)
Patents
Liu Deyan, Obemah David Nartey, Yuan Junji, Chen Zengming, Ding Weixin. Method for Preventing and Controlling Ammonia Volatilization in Fermentation Process of Dairy Manure Sewage by Using Modified Corncobs: AMCZ-2110391081, 2021-08-24
Publications
(1)Li Y, Chen ZM*, Chen J, Castellano MJ, Ye CL, Zhang N, Miao YC, Zheng HJ, Li JJ, Ding WX. Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation. Global Change Biology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16445.
(2)Miao YC, Niu YH, Luo RY, Li Y, Zheng HJ, Kuzyakov Y, Chen ZM*, Liu DY, Ding WX*. Lower microbial carbon use efficiency reduces cellulose-derived carbon retention in soils amended with compost versus mineral fertilizers. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2021, 156, 108227.
(3)Chen ZM, Li Y, Xu YH, Lam SK, Xia LL, Zhang N, Castellano MJ, Ding WX. Spring thaw pulses decrease annual N2O emissions reductions by nitrification inhibitors from a seasonally frozen cropland. Geoderma, 2021, 403, 115310.
(4)Chen ZM, Xu YH, Castellano MJ, Fontaine S, Wang WJ, Ding WX. Soil respiration components and their temperature sensitivity under chemical fertilizer and compost application: the role of nitrogen supply and compost substrate quality. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2019, 124, 556–571.
(5)Chen ZM, Xu YH, Cusack DF, Castellano MJ, Ding WX. Molecular insights into the inhibitory effect of nitrogen fertilization on manure decomposition. Geoderma, 2019, 353, 104–115.
(6)Chen ZM, Xu YH, He YJ, Zhou XH, Fan JL, Yu HY, Ding WX. Nitrogen fertilization stimulated soil heterotrophic but not autotrophic respiration in cropland soils: A greater role of organic over inorganic fertilizer. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018, 116, 253–264.
(7)Chen ZM, Xu YH, Fan JL, Yu HY, Ding WX. Soil autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration in response to different N fertilization and environmental conditions from a cropland in Northeast China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 110, 103–115.
(8)Xu YH, Chen ZM*, Fontaine S, Wang WJ, Luo JF, Fan JL, Ding WX*. Dominant effects of organic carbon chemistry on decomposition dynamics of crop residues in a Mollisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 115, 221–232.
(9)Chen ZM, Xu YH, Zhou XH, Tang JW, Kuzyakov Y, Yu HY, Fan JL, Ding WX. Extreme rainfall and snowfall alter responses of soil respiration to nitrogen fertilization: a 3-year field experiment. Global Change Biology, 2017, 23, 3403–3417.
(10)Chen ZM, Ding WX, Xu YH, Müller C, Yu HY, Fan JL. Increased N2O emissions during soil drying after waterlogging and spring thaw in a record wet year. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016, 101, 152–164.
(11)Chen ZM, Ding WX, Xu YH, Müller C, Rütting T, Yu HY, Fan JL, Zhang JB, Zhu TB. Importance of heterotrophic nitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in a cropland soil: evidences from a 15N tracing study to literature synthesis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2015, 91, 65–75.
(12)Chen ZM, Ding WX, Luo YQ, Yu HY, Xu YH, Müller C, Xu X, Zhu TB. Nitrous oxide emissions from cultivated black soil: a case study in Northeast China and global estimates using empirical model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2014, 28, 1311–1326.
Awards & Honors
(1)2022, High Level Talent Project (the third level) of Jiangsu Province, China
(2)2022, Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
(3)2020, Outstanding Young Scholar Award by Soil Science Society of China
(4)2020, Youth Elite Scientists Sponsorship Programme by CAST
(5)2017, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences
(6)2016, Excellent Dean Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences
(7)2014, National Scholarship from Ministry of Education of China
(8)2010, Excellent Graduate Award of Shandong Province, China
(9)2009, National Scholarship from the Ministry of Education of China
(10)2007, Scholarship from the Government of Shandong Province, China
