General Information
Name: Ma Donghao
Title: Associate Professor
Work Email: dhma@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881262
Research Fields
(1)Soil structure characterization
(2)Soil hydrological process model
(3)Soil improvement and utilization
Education Background
(1)2005 – 2008, Ph.D., Physical Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academic Sciences, Beijing, China
(2)2002 – 2005, Master, Hydrology and Water Resources, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
(3)1998 – 2002, Bachelor, Environmental Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Professional Experience
(1)2012 ―Present, Associate research fellow, Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of soil science, Chinese Academic Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2010 ― 2011, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environnement Méditerranéen et Modélisation des Agro-Hydrosystèmes(EMMAH), National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), Avignon, France
(3)2008 ― 2010, Research Assistant, State Experimental Station of Agro-Ecosystem in Fengqiu, State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of soil science, Chinese Academic Sciences, Nanjing, China
Social Positions
(1)2020 – Present, Member, Soil Science Society of China (SSSC)
(2)2020 – Present, Committee member, The Professional Committee on Soil Physics,Soil Science Society of China (SSSC)
Projects
(1)Response of the shallow groundwater recharge in the well-irrigated area with pedons of complex configuration along Yellow River to changing environment, 2022.01-2025.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(2)Study on root-zone soil water percolation process at field scale with high time resolution, 2017.01-2020.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(3)Applications of Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Monitoring Heterogeneous Soil Properties and Studying Soil Hydrological Process, 2013.01-2016.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(4)Uncertainty study of soil water infiltration mechanism and simulation in plain area on grid scale, 2010.01-2012.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
Patents
(1)Jiabao Zhang; Shuyin Fan; Ming Luo; Rui Zhu; Wenjun Yun; Jun Tan; Congzhi Zhang; Zhenshan Ju; Donghao Ma; Jun Liang; Bingzi Zhao; Yajun Li; Yong Yao; Construction materials, method and application of the high-quality tillage layer of new cultivated land, ZL 2018 1 0419329.X., 2019-04-16
(2)Donghao Ma, Sicong Wu, Jiabao Zhang, Lianghong Chen. A portable device for the rapid determination of soil hydraulic properties in the field, ZL 2021 2 2414262.0, 2022-04-05
(3)Donghao Ma, Sicong Wu, Jiabao Zhang, Lianghong Chen. A method for rapid determination of soil hydraulic properties based on upper infiltration process, 202111621220.2, 2021-12-28
(4)Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang. Intelligent management software for pot experiment –Zhuyun V1.0, 2022SR0235432, 2022-02-16
Publications
(1) Wu, S.C., Ma, D.H., Liu, Z.P., Zhang, J.B.*, Chen, L., Pan, X.C., Chen, L.H., 2022. An approximate solution to one-dimensional upward infiltration in soils for a rapid estimation of soil hydraulic properties. Journal of Hydrology 612, 128188.
(2) Fangfang Wang, Donghao Ma*, Wenju Zhao, Yunxuan Lu, Ding Zhou, Jiabao Zhang*, Lin Chen, Ping Huang. A validation of eddy covariance technique for measuring crop evapotranspiration on different time scales in the North China Plain. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2021, 101(1): 134-146.
(3) Xicai Pan*, Yudi Han, Kwok Pan Chun, Jiabao Zhang*, Donghao Ma, Hongkai Gao. On the laboratory calibration of dielectric permittivity models for agricultural soils: Effect of systematic porosity variation. Vadose Zone Journal, 2021, 20(1): e20096.
(4) Qi Ning, Lin Chen, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Daming Li, Xiaori Han, Zejiang Cai, Shaomin Huang and Jiabao Zhang*. Saprotrophic fungal communities in arable soils are strongly associated with soil fertility and stoichiometry. Applied Soil Ecology, 2021, 159: e103843.
(5) Chengshi Guo, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang*, Taiyi Cai, Lin Chen, Xiuli Xin. The mechanism dominating the color of the Calci-Aquic Vertisols in China. Soil and Tillage Research, 2021, 208: e104875.
(6) Zhenghong Yu, Yanyun Zheng, Jiabao Zhang*, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Lin Chen, Taiyi Cai. Importance of soil interparticle forces and organic matter for aggregate stability in a temperate soil and a subtropical soil. Geoderma, 2020, 362: e114088.
(7) Qi Ning, Lin Chen, Zhongjun Jia, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Fang Li, Jiabao Zhang*, Daming Li, Xiaori Han, Zejiang Cai, Shaomin Huang, Wenzhao Liu, Bo Zhu, Yan Li. Multiple long-term observations reveal a strategy for soil pH-dependent fertilization and fungal communities in support of agricultural production. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2020, 293: e106837.
(8) Lin Chen, Fang Li, Wei Li, Qi Ning, Jingwang Li, Jiabao Zhang*, Donghao Ma, Congzhi Zhang. Organic amendment mitigates the negative impacts of mineral fertilization on bacterial communities in Shajiang black soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 2020, 150: e103457.
(9) Guixiang Zhou, Xiuwen Qiu, Lin Chen, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang*. Succession of organics metabolic function of bacterial community in response to addition of earthworm casts and zeolite in maize straw composting. Bioresource Technology, 2019, 280:229-238.
(10) Zhenghong Yu, Lin Chen, Jiabao Zhang*, Yanyun Zheng, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Guixiang Zhou. Contributions of biotic and abiotic processes to the presence of an aggregate hierarchy in three different mineral soils in an experimental incubation study. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019, 19(6): 2809-2822.
(11) Lin Chen, Marc Redmile-Gordon, Jingwang Li, Jiabao Zhang*, Xiuli Xin, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Yanfang Zhou. Linking cropland ecosystem services to microbiome taxonomic composition and functional composition in a sandy loam soil with 28-year organic and inorganic fertilizer regimes. Applied Soil Ecology, 2019, 139:1-9.
(12) Li Ruan, Xiuli Xin, Jiabao Zhang*, Bingzi Zhao, Hao Cheng, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Lin Chen. Potential Root Foraging Strategy of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for Potassium Heterogeneity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9: e1755.
(13) Yunxuan Lu, Donghao Ma, Xiaomin Chen*, Jiabao Zhang*. A Simple Method for Estimating Field Crop Evapotranspiration from Pot Experiments. Water, 2018, 10(12): e1823.
(14) Zhipeng Liu*, Donghao Ma, Wei Hu, Xuelin Li. Land use dependent variation of soil water infiltration characteristics and their scale-specific controls. Soil and Tillage Research, 2018, 178:139-149.
(15) Ping Huang, Jiabao Zhang*, Anning Zhu, Xiaopeng Li, Donghao Ma, Xiuli Xin, Congzhi Zhang, Shengjun Wu, Gina Garland, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira. Nitrate accumulation and leaching potential reduced by coupled water and nitrogen management in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 610-611:1020-1028.
(16) Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang*, Yunxuan Lu. Derivation and Validation of a New Soil Pore-Structure-Dependent Flux–Saturation Relationship. Vadose Zone Journal, 2017, 16(5). doi:10.2136/vzj2016.11.0117.
(17) Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang*, Robert Horton, Quanjiu Wang, Jianbin Lai. Analytical Method to Determine Soil Hydraulic Properties from Vertical Infiltration Experiments. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2017, 81(6): 1303-1314.
(18) Ping Huang, Jiabao Zhang, Donghao Ma, Zhaofei Wen, Shengjun Wu, Gina Garland, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Anning Zhu, Xiuli Xin, Congzhi Zhang. Response to discussion of "Atmospheric deposition as an important nitrogen load to a typical agro-ecosystem in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain" by Huang et al. (2016). Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 153:236-239.
(19) Qingyun Wang, Jiabao Zhang*, Xiuli Xin, Bingzi Zhao, Donghao Ma, Hailin Zhang. The accumulation and transfer of arsenic and mercury in the soil under a long-term fertilization treatment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2016, 16(2): 427-437.
(20) Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang*, Jianbin Lai, Quanjiu Wang. An improved method for determining Brooks-Corey model parameters from horizontal absorption. Geoderma, 2016, 263:122-131.
(21) Ping Huang, Jiabao Zhang*, Donghao Ma, Zhaofei Wen, Shengjun Wu, Gina Garland, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Anning Zhu, Xiuli Xin, Congzhi Zhang. Atmospheric deposition as an important nitrogen load to a typical agro-ecosystem in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. 2. Seasonal and inter-annual variations and their implications (2008-2012). Atmospheric Environment, 2016, 129:1-8.
(22) Li Ruan, Jiabao Zhang, Xiuli Xin, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Lin Chen, Bingzi Zhao. Comparative analysis of potassium deficiency-responsive transcriptomes in low potassium susceptible and tolerant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Scientific Reports, 2015, 5:e10090.
(23) Donghao Ma, Jiabao Zhang*, Yunxuan Lu, Laosheng Wu, Quanjiu Wang. Derivation of the Relationships between Green-Ampt Model Parameters and Soil Hydraulic Properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2015, 79(4): 1030-1042.
(24) Ping Huang, Jiabao Zhang, Xiuli Xin, Anning Zhu, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Qianggen Zhu, Shan Yang, Shengjun Wu. Proton accumulation accelerated by heavy chemical nitrogen fertilization and its long-term impact on acidifying rate in a typical arable soil in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015, 14(1): 148-157.
(25) Ping Huang, Jiabao Zhang*, Anning Zhu, Xiuli Xin, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Shan Yang, Zakaria Mirza, Shengjun Wu. Coupled water and nitrogen (N) management as a key strategy for the mitigation of gaseous N losses in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2015, 51(3): 333-342.
(26) Donghao Ma, Mingan Shao, Jiabao Zhang and Quanjiu Wang. Validation of an analytical method for determining soil hydraulic properties of stony soils using experimental data. Geoderma, 2010, 159:262–269.
(27) Donghao Ma, Quanjiu Wang and Mingan Shao. Analytical Method for Estimating Soil Hydraulic Parameters from Horizontal Absorption. Soil Science Society of American Journal, 2009, 73 (3): 727-736.
(28) Donghao Ma and Mingan Shao. Simulating Infiltration into Stony Soils with a Dual-porosity Model. European Journal of Soil Science, 2008, 59(5):950-959.
Meeting Paper:
(29) Donghao Ma, Claude Doussan, Arnaud Chapelet, Francois Charron, and Albert Olioso. Monitoring soil to groundwater preferential flow during border irrigation using time-lapse ERT,European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria.
(30) Ma D., Doussan C., Charon F., Olioso A. & A. Chapelet (2011). Caractérisation de la recharge de la nappe a l'echelle parcellaire par l'irrigation par submersion: une approche couplée Hydrologie-géophysique, Milieux poreux et transferts hydriques. Bulletin du GFHN, 57:162-167.
(31) Ma D., Doussan C., Chapelet A., Charron F. & A. Olioso (2011). Monitoring soil to groundwater preferential ?ow during border irrigation using time-lapse ERT. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-9097, EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienne (AUT), Austria. (poster + résumé).
(32) Ma D., Doussan C., Chapelet A., Charron F. &A. Olioso (2011). Suivi des transferts hydriques préférentiels dans les sols lors des irrigations gravitaires en utilisant la tomographie de résistivité électrique. Colloque des 10 ans de la Réserve des Coussouls de Crau. ? La plaine de Crau: écologie et conservation d'une steppe méditerranéenne ?. Bilan des travaux scientifiques récents. Définition des perspectives de recherche. Enjeux de territoire, 24-25 nov. 2011, Saint Martin De Crau (FRA).
(33) Olioso A., Ruy S., Chanzy A., Courault D., Babic M., Banton O., Baret F., Bertrand N., Branquinho P., Bès B., Castillo-Reyes S., Chalikakis K., Chapelet A., Cognard-Plancq A.L., Debroux M., Desfonds V., Di Pietro L., Doussan C., Gallego-Elvira B., Garrigues S., Gaudu J.C., Guérif M., Lecerf R., Ma D., Marloie O., Mira M., Moulin S., Renard D., Ruget F. & Weiss M. (2011). Transferts hydriques aquifère-sol-végétation-atmosphère. In: Colloque des 10 ans de la Réserve des Coussouls de Crau. ? La plaine de Crau: écologie et conservation d’une steppe méditerranéenne ?. Bilan des travaux scientifiques récents. Définition des perspectives de recherche. Enjeux de territoire. Saint Martin De Crau, 24 -25 nov. 2011.
Awards & Honors
(1)2010, The Second Prize of Science and Technology Award, Shannxi Province, China