Curriculum Vitae

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Education:

Ph.D.  2009.  Duke University Nicholas School of The Environment, Durham NC

B.A.   2001.  China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Academic Positions

Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University (TSU). 2020.07– present

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University (TSU). 2014.07– 2020.06

Visiting Faculty, Environmental Sciences Division, Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN. 2016.06 – 2016.08

Visiting Faculty, Environmental Sciences Division, Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN. 2015.06 – 2015.08

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Plant and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 2012.05 – 2014.06

Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. 2010.02-2010.04

Visiting Scientist, Duke Mycology Laboratory, Dept. of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC. 2011.06-2011.07

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, KS. 2009.03 – 2012.04

Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, 2003.08 – 2009.05 . Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Research Technician, Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences (CAAS), Beijing China. 2001.7-2003.7

Award and honor

Outstanding Service to Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas, 2010                                          

Oosting Student Fellow for Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture, Duke University 2009

Research Funding

Experimentally assessing and modeling thermal variations on the mineralization of soil organic carbon in agro-ecosystems. PI, USDA-NIFA Evans Allen Grant, $21,000, Project duration 2018.10.01-2021.09.31

Transgenerational adaptation of plants to acidic pH and toxic metals in soil. Co-PI with S Zhou (PI), USDA-NIFA Evans-Allen Grant, $500,000, Project duration 2018.09.01-2021.08.31.

Evaluation and Improvement of Microbial-Enzyme Mediated Model Against Multiple Soil Incubation Experiments. PI, Subcontract with ORNL DOE, $81,300, Project duration 2017.01-2019.12

Targeted Infusion Project-Academic Enhancement of Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences Programs at Tennessee State University. Co-PI with D Hui (PI) at TSU. National Science Foundation-HBCU-UP, $370,953, Project duration 2016.09-2019.08.

An Enhanced Study of Climate Warming on Soil Organic Carbon Using An Integrated Model-Data Approach. PI. USDA-NIFA Evans-Allen Grant, $21,000, Project duration 2016.01-2019.01

US early career young scientist travel award- Enzymes in the Environment, $1825. 2011   

Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) Workshop travel award, $1000, 2005.10              

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