General Information
Name: Shen Yazhen
Title: Associate Professor
Work Email: yzshen@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881019
Research Fields
Development of new fertilizers
Education Background
(1)2007 – 2012, Ph.D., Plant Nutrition, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2003 – 2007, Bachelor, Bioengineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Professional Experience
(1)2019 ― Present, Associate Professor, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2012 ― 2019, Research Assistant，State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Projects
(1)Study on the mechanisms and models of nutrient release from coated fertilizers using synchrotron-based techniques, 2022.01-2025.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(2)Development of Nano Self-Assembly Coordination Complexes in Modifying Aqueous Acrylic Emulsions for Coated Fertilizer and its Application in Rice Paddy, 2016.01-2018.12, Forefront Project of Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences (PI)
(3)Modeling for nutrient release from waterborne polymer coated controlled release fertilizers, 2015.01-2017.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
Patents
(1)Du Changwen, Shen Yazhen, Zhou Jianmin. Nano-SiO2 modification waterborne polymer coated controlled release fertilizer: ZL201710217281.X, 2017-04-05
(2)Du Changwen, Shen Yazhen, Zhou Jianmin. Development of Nano Self-Assembly Coordination Complexes in Modifying Aqueous Acrylic Emulsions for Coated Fertilizer: ZL2015104772033.0, 2015-08-04
(3)Du Changwen, Shen Yazhen, Zhou Jianmin. Method for preparing controlled release fertilizer with water-based coating the basis of closed circulation fluidized bed, and device therefor: ZL201310530377.3, 2013-10-31
(4)Du Changwen, Shen Yazhen, Zhou Jianmin. Method for preparing controlled release fertilizer with water-based coating the basis of closed circulation fluidized bed, and device therefor: US 9561988B2, 2012-11-01
(5)Du Changwen, Shen Yazhen, Zhou Jianmin. Development of waterborne polymer coated controlled release fertilizer using reacted layer technology: ZL201010157430.6, 2010-04-27
Publications
(1)Yazhen Shen, Baichun Wang, Sixi Zhu, Wei Xie, Shenqiang Wang, Xu Zhao*. Single application of a new polymer-coated urea improves yield while mitigates environmental issues associated with winter wheat grown in rice paddy soil. Field Crops Research, 2022, 285: 108592.
(2)Yazhen Shen, Jianmin Zhou, Changwen Du*, Zijun Zhou. Hydrophobic modification of waterborne polymer slows urea release and improves nitrogen use efficiency in rice. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 794: 148612.
(3)Yazhen Shen, Baichun Wang, Shenqiang Wang*, Xu Zhao. Triple coupling modification to prevent adhesion and delay the release of waterborne polymer coated fertilizer. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, 2021, 27(12): 2196–2204.
(4)Baichun Wang, Yazhen Shen, Wei Xie, Sixi Zhu, Xu Zhao*, Shenqiang Wang. FeIII-tannic acid-modified waterborne polymer-coated urea has agronomic, environmental and economic benefits in flooded rice paddy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 321: 129013. (co-first authors)
(5)Yazhen Shen, Jianmin Zhou, Changwen Du*. Development of a Polyacrylate/Silica Nanoparticle Hybrid Emulsion for Delaying Nutrient Release in Coated Controlled-Release Urea. Coatings, 2019, 9(2): 88–99.
(6)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Fei Ma. Release Pro？le Predictions of Controlled Release Fertilisers: Least Squares Support Vector Machines. Biosystems Engineering, 2018, 172: 67–74.
(7)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Fei Ma. The Facile Modification of Polyacrylate Emulsion via Hexadecane to Enhance Controlled-release Profiles of Coated Urea. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 12279–12288.
(8)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Fei Ma. Application of Nano FeⅢ-Tannic Acid Complexes in Modifying Aqueous Acrylic Latex for Controlled-Release Coated Urea. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2017, 65(5): 1030–1036.
(9)Zijun Zhou, Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Yusheng Qin, Yuejin Wu. Economic and Soil Environmental Benefits of Using Controlled-release Bulk Blending Urea in the North China Plain. Land Degradation & Development, 2017, 28(8): 2370–2379. (co-first authors)
(10)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Fei Ma. Modeling Nutrient Release from Swelling Polymer-Coated Urea. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 2015, 31(2): 247–254.
(11)Yazhen Shen, Cong Zhao, Jianmin Zhou, Changwen Du*. Application of Waterborne Acrylic Emulsions in Coated Controlled Release Fertilizer Using Reacted layer Technology. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 23: 309–314.
(12)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Fei Ma. Characterization of the Release of Urea from Coated Fertilizer by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy with Attenuated Total Reflectance. Analytical Letters, 2015, 48: 2380–2390.
(13)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou. Aqueous Polyacrylate/poly (silicone-co-acrylate) Emulsions-Coated Fertilizers for Slow Nutrient Release Application. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014, 131(12): 40369–40376.
(14)Yazhen Shen, Changwen Du*, Jianmin Zhou, Huoyan Wang, Xiaoqin Chen. Evaluation of Nutrient Release Profiles from Polymer Coated Fertilizers Using Fourier Transform Mid-infrared Photoacoutic Spectroscopy. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2012, 32(2): 330–333.
Awards & Honors
(1)2014, The Second Prize of Contribution to Science and Technology Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(2)2014-2015, The First Prize of China Agriculture Award, Ministry of Agriculture, China
