Ding Weixin

General Information
Name: Ding Weixin 
Title: Professor
Work Email: wxding@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 0086-25-8688-1527
Research Fields
(1)Greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) emission
(2)Soil organic carbon
(3)Soil nitrogen cycling
(4)Wetland and agricultural ecosystem
Education Background
(1)2000-2003, Ph. D., Soil Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)1984-1987, Master, Soil Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
(3)1980-1984, Bachelor, Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Professional Experience
(1)2006–Present, Professor, Soil Science, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2004–2006, JSPS Research Fellow, Soil Science, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
(3)1999–2004, Associate Professor, Soil Science, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(4)1997–1998, Visiting Scholar, Soil science, Queensland Forestry Research Institute, Queensland, Australia
(5)1995–1997, Associate Professor, Soil Science, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(6)1987–1995, Intern Researcher and Research Assistant, Soil science, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Social Positions
(1)2022–Present, Associate editor, Frontier in Soil Science
(2)2022–Present, Editor, Wetland Science
(3)2018–Present, Members of the First Teaching Committee, College of Modern Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(4)2017–Present, Vice Chairman of Environmental Geoscience Branch, Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences, China
(5)2017–2021, Vice Chairman of Wetland Resources Protection Committee, Natural Resources Society of China, China
(6)2021–Present, Editor, Agriculture-Basel
(7)2021–Present, Editor, Methane-Basel
(8)2017–Present, Senior Editor, Scientific Reports
(9)2017–Present, Editor, Journal of Soil and Sediments
(10)2012–Present, Directors of Soil Society of China
(11)2007–Present, Editor, Acta Pedologica Sinica
Projects
(1)Accumulation process and enhanced technology of soil organic matter in the black land, 2022.10-2027.09, National key R&D Projects (PI)
(2)Formation mechanism and regulation countermeasures of carbon Sink in coastal wetland ecosystem, 2022.01-2024.12, Jiangsu Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund (PI)
(3)Attenuation process and key enhancement technologies of organic matter in black soil, 2021.07-26.06, Topic of Science and Technology Innovation Project of Black Land Protection and Utilization, Strategic Priority Science and Technology Program (Type A) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (PI)
(4)Evaluating land use, inhibitors and biochar effect on greenhouse gases emissions from agricultural field in China, 2020.07-2025.08, International Atomic Energy Agency (PI)
(5)Effect of alien plant invasion and doubled atmospheric CO2 concentration on carbon output of coast wetlands in the Yellow River Delta, 2020.01-2023.12, Key Program of NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(6)Microbial modulation of conversion of exogenous organic materials into soil organic matter in intensively cultivated upland, 2018.01-0222.12, Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(7)Effect of conversion of wetlands into farmland on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions, 2016.01-2020.12, Inter-organizational Agreement Cooperation Research Project of NSFC-CGIAR, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(8)Soil carbon biochemistry, 2008.01-2012.12, National Outstanding Youth Scholar fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
Patents
(1)Ding Weixin, Cai Zucong. Automatic measurement system for CO2 emission from the cultivated soils, ZL200510094913.5, 2005-10.
Publications
(1)Li Y, Chen Z*, Chen J, Castellano MJ, Ye C, Zhang N, Miao Y, Zheng H, Li J, Ding W. Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation. Global Change Biology, 2022, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16445.
(2)Zheng H, Liu D, Liao X, Miao Y, Li Y, Li J, Yuan J, Chen Z, Ding W*. Field-aged biochar enhances soil organic carbon by increasing recalcitrant organic carbon fractions and making microbial communities more conducive to carbon sequestration. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2022, 340: 108177.
(3)Bezabih B, Li J, Yuan J*, Dong Y, Liu D, Chen Z, Kim J, Kang H, Freeman C, Ding W*. Non-native plant invasion can accelerate global climate change by increasing wetland methane and terrestrial nitrous oxide emissions. Global Change Biology, 2022, 28: 5453-5468.
(4)Miao Y, Li J, Li Y, Niu Y, He T, Liu D, Ding W*.Long-term compost amendment spurs cellulose decomposition by driving shifts in fungal community composition and promoting fungal diversity and phylogenetic relatedness. mBio, 2022, 13(3): e0032322. 
(5)He T, Yuan J, Xiang J, Lin Y, Luo J, Lindsey S, Liao X, Liu D, Ding W*. Combined biochar and double inhibitor application offsets NH3 and N2O emissions and mitigates N leaching in paddy fields. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 292: 118344.
(6)Lin Y, Yuan J*, Liu D, Kang H, Freeman C, Hu H, Ye G, Ding W. Divergent responses of wetland methane emissions to elevated atmospheric CO2 dependent on water table. Water Research, 2021, 205: 117682.
(7)Miao Y, Niu Y, Luo R, Li Y, Zheng H, Kuzyakov Y, Chen Z*, Liu D, Ding W*. 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.
(8)Liao X, Müller C, Jansen-Willems A, Luo J, Lindsey S, Liu D, Chen Z, Niu Y, Ding W*. Field-aged biochar mitigates N2O emissions by reducing autotrophic nitrification in a sandy loam soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2021, 57: 471-483.
(9)Yuan J, Liu D, Xiang J, He T, Kang H, Ding W*. Methane and nitrous oxide have separated production zones and distinct emission pathways in freshwater aquaculture ponds. Water Research, 2021, 190: 116739.
(10)Liao X, Niu Y, Liu D, Chen Z, He T, Luo J, Lindsey S, Ding W*. Four-year continuous residual effects of biochar application to a sandy loam soil on crop yield and N2O and NO emissions under maize-wheat rotation. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, 2020, 302: 107109.  
(11)Luo R, Kuzyakov Y, Liu D, Fan J, Luo J, Lindsey S, He J, Ding W*. Nutrient addition reduces carbon sequestration in a Tibetan grassland soil: disentangling microbial and physical controls. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020, 144: 107764.
(12) Yuan J, Xiang J, Liu D, Kang H, He T, Kim S, Lin Y, Freeman C*, Ding W*. Rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the adoption of industrial-scale aquaculture. Nature Climate Change, 2019, 9: 318–322. 
(13)Yuan J, Liu D, Ji Y, Xiang J, Lin Y, Wu M, Ding W*. Spartina alterniflora invasion shifts methanogenesis from hydrogenotrophic to methylotrophic pathway by altering methanogenic community composition in a coastal marsh, Eastern China. Journal of Ecology, 2019, 107: 2436–2450. 
(14)Ye G, Lin Y, Kuzyakov Y, Liu D, Luo J, Lindsey S, Wang W, Fan J, Ding W*. Manure over plant residues increases soil organic matter but decreases microbial necromass relative contribution in upland Ultisols: Results of a 27-year field experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019, 134: 15–24.
(15)Lin Y, Ye G, Kuzyakov Y, Liu D, Fan J, Ding W*. Long-term manure application increases soil organic matter and aggregation, and alters microbial community structure and keystone taxa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019, 134: 187–196.
(16)Chen Z, Xu Y, Castellano MJ, Fontaine S, Wang W, Ding W*. 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.
(17)Lin Y, Ye G, Liu D, Ledgard S, Luo J, Fan J, Yuan J, Chen Z, Ding W*. Long-term application of lime or pig manure rather than plant residues suppressed diazotroph abundance and diversity and altered community structure in an acidic Ultisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018, 123: 218–228.
(18)Chen Z, Xu Y, He Y, Zhou X, Fan J, Yu H, Ding W*. 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: 253–254.
(19)Lin Y, Ye G, Luo J, Di H, Liu D, Fan J, Ding W*. Nitrosospira cluster 8a play a predominant role in ammonia oxidation in subtropical acidic Ultisols subjected to long-term inorganic and organic fertilization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018, 84(18) : e01031–18.
(20)Kim S, Kang J, Megonigal JP, Kang H*, Seo J, Ding W. Impacts of Phragmites australis invasion on soil enzyme activities and microbial abundance of tidal marshes. Microbial Ecology, 2018, 76: 782–790.
(21)Chen Z, Xu Y, Zhou X, Tang J, Kuzyakov Y, Yu H, Fan J, Ding W*. Extreme rainfall and snowfall alter responses of soil respiration to nitrogen fertilization: a 3-year field experiment. Global Change Biology, 2017, 23: 3403–3417.
(22)Xu Y, Chen Z, Fontaine S, Wang W, Luo J, Fan J, Ding W*. Dominant effects of organic carbon chemistry on decomposition dynamics of crop residues in a Mollisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 115: 221–232.
(23)Lin Y, Ding W*, Liu D, He T, Yoo G, Yuan J, Chen Z, Fan J. Wheat straw-derived biochar amendment stimulated N2O emissions from rice paddy soils by regulating the amoA genes of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 113: 89–98.
(24)Chen Z, Ding W*, Xu Y, Müller C, Yu H, Fan J. Increased N2O emissions during soil drying after waterlogging and spring thaw in a record wet year. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016, 101: 152–164.
(25)Chen Z, Ding W*, Xu Y, Müller C, Rütting T, Yu H, Fan J, Zhang J, Zhu T. 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.
(26)Yuan J, Ding W*, Liu D, Kang H, Freeman C, Xiang J, Lin Y. Exotic Spartina alterniflora invasion alters ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of CH4 and N2O and carbon sequestration in a coastal salt marsh in China. Global Change Biology, 2015, 21: 1567–1580.
(27)Ding W*, Chen Z, Yu H, Luo J, Yoo G, Xiang J, Zhang H, Yuan J. Nitrous oxide emission and nitrogen use efficiency in response to nitrophosphate, N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide and dicyandiamide of a wheat cultivated soil under sub-humid monsoon conditions. Biogeosciences, 2015, 12: 803–815. 
(28)Chen Z, Ding W*, Luo Y, Yu H, Xu Y, Müller C, Xu X, Zhu T. Nitrous oxide emissions from cultivated black soil: A case study in Northeast China and global estimates using empirical model. Global Biogeochemical Cycle, 2014, 28: 1311–1326.
(29)Lu W, Ding W*, Zhang J, Li Y, Luo J, Bolan N, Xie Z. Biochar suppressed the decomposition of organic carbon in a cultivated sandy loam soil: a negative priming effect. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014, 76: 12–21.
(30)Ding W*, Luo J, Li J, Yu H, Fan J, Liu D. Long-term compost and fertilization effects on background N2O and fertilizer-induced N2O emissions from an intensively cultivated soil. Science of the Total Environment, 2013, 465: 115–124.
(31)Cai Y, Ding W*, Luo J. Spatial variation of nitrous oxide emission between interrow soil and interrow plus row soil in a maize cultivated sandy loam soil. Geoderma, 2012, 181/182: 2–10.
(32)Ding W*, Yu H, Cai Z. Impact of urease and nitrification inhibitors on nitrous oxide emissions from fluvo-aquic soil in the North China Plain. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2011, 47: 91–99.
(33)Zhang Y, Ding W*, Luo J, Donnison A. Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics in an Eastern Chinese coastal wetland following invasion by a C4 plant Spartina alterniflora. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2010, 42: 1712–1720.
(34)Ding W*, Cai Y, Cai Z, Yagi K, Zheng X. Soil respiration under maize crops: effects of water, temperature, and nitrogen fertilization. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2007, 71: 944–951.
(35)Ding W*, Meng L, Yin Y, Cai Z, Zheng X. CO2 emission in an intensively cultivated loam as affected by long-term application of organic manure and nitrogen fertilizer. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2007, 39: 669–679.
(36)Meng L, Ding W*, Cai Z. Long-term application of organic manure and nitrogen fertilizer on N2O emission, soil quality and crop productivity in a sandy loam soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2005, 37: 2037–2045.
(37)Ding W*, Cai Z, Tsuruta H. Cultivation, nitrogen fertilization and set-aside effects on methane uptake in a drained marsh soil in Northeast China. Global Change Biology, 2004, 10: 1801–1809.
(38)Ding W*, Cai Z, Tsuruta H, Li X. Key factors affecting spatial variation of methane emissions from freshwater marshes. Chemosphere, 2003, 51: 167–173.
Awards & Honors
(1)2017, Recipient of Excellent Mentors Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(2)2016, Recipient of Government Special Allowances, Chinese Government, China
(3)2014, Recipient of Second-class prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award (Listed No. 9), Balanced enhancing technique for soil fertility and crop production in the Huanghuai region, Chinese Government, China
(4)2008, Recipient of Second-class prize of National Natural Science Award (listed NO. 5), Greenhouse gas (CH4 and N2O) emissions from wetland ecosystem in China, Chinese Government, China
(5)2007, Nominee of National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (soil organic C biochemistry), National Natural Science Foundation of China
(6)2006, Nominee of Hundred Talents Project, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(7)2005, Recipient of National Top-Hundred Best Dissertation in China, Ministry of Education, China
(8)2004, Recipient of Excellent Ph D dissertations in Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, China

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