General Information
Name: Peng Xinhua
Title: Professor
Office Email: xhpeng@issas.ac.cn
Office Phone: 025-86881198
Research Fields
(1) Soil structure formation, stabilization and its functions on carbon sequestration, soil fertility and soil erosion
(2) Hydrological processes and their driving C/N biogeochemical cycling at multiple scales
Education Background
(1) 2000 – 2003, Ph.D., Soil Science, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China
(2) 1997 – 2000, Master, Soil Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
(3) 1991 – 1995, Bachelor, Geography, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
Professional Experience
(1) 2008 ― 2009, Marie Curie Experienced Fellow, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
(2) 2004 ― 2007, Postdoctoral Fellow, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
Social Positions
(1) 2017-Present, Editor in Chief of Soil & Tillage Research
(2) 2012-2015, President of 20th International Soil & Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO)
(3) 2012 –2020, Chair of Soil Physics Society of China
(4) Editorial board member of Geoderma, CATENA, Acta Pedologica Sinica and so on
(5) Membership of Chinese Soil Science Society, America Soil Science Society, International Soil and Tillage Research Organization.
Projects
(1) Dynamics of soil structure of Shajiang Black Soil and its impact on crop root growth, 2020.01-2024.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(2) Mechanisms of soil aggregate turnover using rare earth oxides (REO) as tracers 2018.01-2022.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(3) Hydrological processes, mass movement and modelling at multi-scales in the Red Soil Critical Zone, 2016.01-2019.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(4) Physical degradation of Red Soil and soil quality improving measures (2022.10-2024.9), The S&T department of Jiangxi Province (PI)
(5) Soil structure degradation of Mollisols (Black Soil) in NE China and its impact on crop growth, 2022.01-2026.12, Minister of S&T, China (Co)
Publications
List of 10 publications in the past 3 years
(1) Chen, Y.M., Zhang Z.B., Guo, Z.C., Gao, L., Peng, X.H., Impact of calcareous concretions on soil shrinkage of a Vertisol and their relation model development. Geoderma, 2022, 420: 115892
(2) Xiong, P., Zhang, Z.B., Guo Z.C., Peng, X.H., Macropores in a compacted soil impact maize growth at the seedling stage: Effects of pore diameter and density. Soil Tillage Research. 2022, 220: 105370.
(3) Halder, M., Liu, S., Zhang, Z.B., Guo, Z.C., Peng, X.H., Effects of organic matter characteristics on soil aggregate turnover using rare earth oxides as tracers in a red clay soil. Geoderma, 2022, 421: 115908.
(4) Wang, Y.K, Zhang, Z.B., Tian Z.C., Lu, Y.L., Ren, T.S., Peng, X.H., Determination of soil bulk density dynamics in a Vertisol during wetting and drying cycles using combined soil water content and thermal properties sensors. Geoderma, 2022, 428: 116119.
(5) Zhang, Z.B., Yan, L., Wang, Y.K., Ruan, R.J., Xiong, P., Peng, X.H., Bio-tillage improves soil physical properties and maize growth in a compacted Vertisol by cover crops. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2022, 86: 324-337.
(6) Wang, Y.J, Gao, L., Huang, S.H., Peng, X.H., Combined effects of rainfall types and antecedent soil moisture on runoff generation at a hillslope of red soil region. European Journal of Soil Science, 2022, 73; e13274.
(7) Zhang, Z.B., Peng, X.H., Bio-tillage: A new perspective for sustainable agriculture. Soil & Tillage Research.2021, 206: 104844.
(8) Wang, Y.K., Zhang, Z.B., Jiang, F.H., Guo, Z.C., Peng, X.H., Evaluating soil physical quality indicators of a Vertisol as affected by different tillage practices under wheat-maize system in the North China Plain. Soil & Tillage Research. 2021, 209: 104970.
(9) Pang, Z., Jia, Y.H., Peng, X.H., Ju, X.N., Gao, L., Applicability of cosmic-ray neutron sensing for measuring soil water content to heterogeneous landscapes under subtropical hydroclimatic conditions. Journal of Hydrology. 2021, 596: 126098.
(10) Liu, S., Guo, Z.C., Halder, M., Zhang, H.X., Six, J., Peng, X.H., Impacts of residue quality and soil texture on soil aggregation pathways by using rare earth oxides as tracers. Geoderma, 2021, 399: 115114.
