Professors

Yan, X.Y.，Zhou W., Device and method for field in-situ multi-plot synchronous monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes:US12130272B1,  2024-10-29

Zhou W., Yan X.Y., Zhao X., Li X.M., In-situ measurement device and method for denitrification rate of soil or sediment in environments: ZL201911416804.9, 2025-05-09

(1) Yang, J.R., Xia, L.L., van Groenigen, K.J., Zhao, X., Ti, C.P., Wang, W.L., Du, Z.L., Fan, M.S., Zhuang, M.H., Smith, P., Lal, R., Butterbach-Bahlh, K., Han, X.R., Meng, J., Liu, J., Cai, H.G., Cheng, Y.H., Liu, X.R., Shu, X.Y., Jiao, X.Y., Pan, Z.D., Tang, G.M., Yan, X.Y., 2025. Sustained benefits of long-term biochar application for food security and climate change mitigation. P Natl Acad Sci USA 122(33).

(2) Han, H.J., Yan, X., Li, X.H., Zhao, X.M., Qiu, J., Huang, Z.L., Yan, X.Y., Xia, Y.Q., 2025. Quantile regression reveals phosphorous overwhelms nitrogen in controlling high chlorophyll-a concentration in freshwater lakes. J Hydrol 654.

(3) Zhao, D., Qiu, J., Fan, Z., Ti, C.P., Huang, Z.L., Yan, X.Y., Xia, Y.Q., 2025. Global Warming Has Imbalance Impact on Soil Nitrogen Transformation Rates. Earths Future 13(3).

(4) Fan, Z., Ti, C.P., Yan, X., Qiu, J., Han, H.J., Wang, R.G., Liu, Y., Xu, R.L., Qi, C.Q., He, Z.M., Yan, X.Y., Xia, Y.Q., 2025. Elucidating nitrate sources in a karst watershed: Integrating isotope techniques, hydrochemical methods, and Bayesian model. J Environ Manage 392

(5) Yan, X., Xia, Y.Q., Zhao, X., Ti, C.P., Xia, L.L., Chang, S.X., Yan, X.Y., 2025. Coupling nitrogen removal and watershed management to improve global lake water quality. Nat Commun 16(1).

(6) Li, X.H., Yan, X., Han, H.J., Luo, G., Yan, X.Y., Xia, Y.Q., 2024. The trade-off effects of water flow velocity on denitrification rates in open channel waterways. J Hydrol 637.

(7) Peng, L.Y., Ti, C.P., Yin, B., Dong, W.X., Li, M., Tao, L.M., Yan, X.Y., 2024. Traceability of atmospheric ammonia in a suburban area of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Sci Total Environ 907.

(8) Wei, Z.J., Ma, X.F., Chai, Y.C., Senbayram, M., Wang, X.M., Wu, M., Zhang, G.B., Cai, S.J., Ma, J., Xu, H., Bol, R., Rillig, M.C., Ji, R., Yan, X.Y., Shan, J., 2024. Tire Wear Particles Exposure Enhances Denitrification in Soil by Enriching Labile DOM and Shaping the Microbial Community. Environ Sci Technol 59(2), 1209-1221

(9) Yan, X., Xia, Y.Q., Ti, C.P., Shan, J., Wu, Y.H., Yan, X.Y., 2024. Thirty years of experience in water pollution control in Taihu Lake: A review. Sci Total Environ 914.

(10) Yan, X., Han, H.J., Li, X.H., Rong, X.M., Xia, L.L., Yan, X.Y., Xia, Y.Q., 2024. Small water body significantly contributes to nitrous oxide emissions in China's aquaculture. J Environ Manage 364.

(11) Song, L., Tao, Y., van Groenigen, K.J., Chang, S.X., Peñuelas, J., Zhang, J.S., You, L.Z., Cai, C., Wang, S.H., Jiang, Y., Ma, C.Q., Yan, X.Y., Ni, K., Wang, D.M., Wang, Y., Zhu, C.W., 2024. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increase gaps of rice yields between low- and middle-to-high-income countries. Nat Food 5(9).

(12) Wei, Z.J., Well, R., Ma, X.F., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Rohe, L., Zhang, G.B., Li, C.L., Ma, J., Bol, R., Xu, H., Shan, J., Yan, X.Y., Senbayram, M., 2024. Organic fertilizer amendment decreased N2O/(N2O+N2) ratio by enhancing the mutualism between bacterial and fungal denitrifiers in high nitrogen loading arable soils. Soil Biol Biochem 198.

(13) Tang, Q., Moeskjaer, S., Cotton, A., Dai, W.X., Wang, X.Z., Yan, X.Y., Daniell, T.J., 2024. Organic fertilization reduces nitrous oxide emission by altering nitrogen cycling microbial guilds favouring complete denitrification at soil aggregate scale. Sci Total Environ 946

(14) Zhang, X., Sabo, R., Rosa, L., Niazi, H., Kyle, P., Byun, J.S., Wang, Y.Y., Yan, X.Y., Gu, B.J., Davidson, E.A., 2024. Nitrogen management during decarbonization. Nat Rev Earth Env 5(10), 717-731.

(15) Yan, X., Han, H.J., Li, X.H., Huang, J., Liu, X.M., Xia, Y.Q., Yan, X.Y., 2024. A new model to estimate shallow lake nitrogen removal rate based on satellite derived variables. Environ Res Lett 19(2).

(16) Zhao, X., Wang, Y.Y., Cai, S.Y., Ladha, J.K., Castellano, M.J., Xia, L.L., Xie, Y.X., Xiong, Z.Q., Gu, B.J., Xing, G.X., Yan, X.Y., 2024. Legacy nitrogen fertilizer in a rice-wheat cropping system flows to crops more than the environment. Sci Bull 69(9), 1212-1216.

(17) Wang, X.M., Wu, M., Wei, Z.J., Hazard, C., Nicol, G.W., Zhao, H.C., Liu, B.B., Zhang, J.B., Shan, J., Yan, X.Y., 2024. Investigating drivers of free-living diazotroph activity in paddy soils across China. Soil Biol Biochem 199.

(18) Wang, X.M., Zhang, Y.M., Zhou, H., Wu, M., Shan, J., Yan, X.Y., 2024. Investigating drivers of N2 loss and N2O reducers in paddy soils across China. Sci Total Environ 954.

(19) Ni, H.W., Hu, H., Zohner, C.M., Huang, W.G., Chen, J., Sun, Y.S., Ding, J.X., Zhou, J.Z., Yan, X.Y., Zhang, J.B., Liang, Y.T., Crowther, T.W., 2024. Effects of winter soil warming on crop biomass carbon loss from organic matter degradation. Nat Commun 15(1).

(20) Qin, W., Wei, S.P., Zheng, Y., Choi, E., Li, X.P., Johnston, J., Wan, X.H., Abrahamson, B., Flinkstrom, Z., Wang, B.Z., Li, H.Y., Hou, L., Tao, Q., Chlouber, W.W., Sun, X., Wells, M., Ngo, L., Hunt, K.A., Urakawa, H., Tao, X.Y., Wang, D.Y., Yan, X.Y., Wang, D.Z., Pan, C.L., Weber, P.K., Jiang, J.D., Zhou, J.Z., Zhang, Y., Stahl, D.A., Ward, B.B., Mayali, X., Martens-Habbena, W., Winkler, M.K.H., 2024. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea exhibit differential nitrogen source preferences. Nat Microbiol 9(2), 524-536.

(21) Wang, J.Y., Ciais, P., Smith, P., Yan, X.Y., Kuzyakov, Y., Liu, S.W., Li, T.T., Zou, J.W., 2023. The role of rice cultivation in changes in atmospheric methane concentration and the Global Methane Pledge. Global Change Biol 29(10), 2776-2789.

(22) Wang, Y., Huang, Y.Y., Song, L., Yuan, J.H., Li, W., Zhu, Y.G., Chang, S.X., Luo, Y.Q., Ciais, P., Peñuelas, J., Wolf, J., Cade-Menun, B.J., Hu, S.J., Wang, L., Wang, D.J., Yuan, Z.W., Wang, Y.J., Zhang, J.S., Tao, Y., Wang, S.Q., Liu, G., Yan, X.Y., Zhu, C.W., 2023. Reduced phosphorus availability in paddy soils under atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Nat Geosci 16(2), 162.

(23) Tang, Q., Xia, Y.Q., Ti, C.P., Shan, J., Zhou, W., Li, C.L., Yan, X., Yan, X.Y., 2023. Partial organic fertilizer substitution promotes soil multifunctionality by increasing microbial community diversity and complexity. Pedosphere 33(3), 407-420.

(24) Cai, S.Y., Zhao, X., Pittelkow, C.M., Fan, M.S., Zhang, X., Yan, X.Y., 2023. Optimal nitrogen rate strategy for sustainable rice production in China. Nature 615(7950), 73.

(25) Xia, Y.Q., Zhao, D., Yan, X., Hu, W., Qiu, J., Yan, X.Y., 2023. A new framework to model the distributed transfer and retention of nutrients by incorporating topology structure of small water bodies. Water Res 238.

(26) Xia, L.L., Yan, X.Y., 2023. Maximizing Earth's feeding capacity. Nat Food 4(5), 353-354.

(27) Xia, L.L., Cao, L., Yang, Y., Ti, C.P., Liu, Y.Z., Smith, P., van Groenigen, K.J., Lehmann, J., Lal, R., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Kiese, R., Zhuang, M.H., Lu, X., Yan, X.Y., 2023. Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production. Nat Food 4(3), 236-246

(28) Xia, L.L., Yan, X.Y., 2023. How to feed the world while reducing nitrogen pollution. Nature 613(7942), 34-35.

(29) Qian, H.Y., Zhu, X.C., Huang, S., Linquist, B., Kuzyakov, Y., Wassmann, R., Minamikawa, K., Martinez-Eixarch, M., Yan, X.Y., Zhou, F., Sander, B.O., Zhang, W.J., Shang, Z.Y., Zou, J.W., Zheng, X.H., Li, G.H., Liu, Z.H., Wang, S.H., Ding, Y.F., van Groenigen, K.J., Jiang, Y., 2023. Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in rice agriculture. Nat Rev Earth Env 4(10), 716-732.

(30) Xia, L.L., Chen, W.H., Lu, B.F., Wang, S.S., Xiao, L.S., Liu, B.B., Yang, H.Q., Huang, C.L., Wang, H.T., Yang, Y., Lin, L.T., Zhu, X.D., Chen, W.Q., Yan, X.Y., Zhuang, M.H., Kung, C.C., Zhu, Y.G., Yang, Y., 2023. Climate mitigation potential of sustainable biochar production in China. Renew Sust Energ Rev 175.