Name 

Xuyang LU 

  

   

Professional 

Title 

Professor 

Address 

No. 9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, People’s Republic of China 

E-mail 

xylu@imde.ac.cn 

Professional 

Expertise 

Biogeochemical cycle and its microbial mechanism in mountain ecosystems. 

Education 

2006.9~2009.6 Ph.D. in Physical Geography                                       

Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 

2003.9~2006.6 M.S. in Plant Physiology and Ecology   

College of life science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China 

1999.9~2003.6 B.S. in Biology   

College of life science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China 

  

Employment Record(including international working experience ) 

2019.1 to present, Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2012.12 to 2018.12, Associate Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences                                         

2014.5 to 2015.5, Visiting Researcher, Geological Sciences Department and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado at Boulder 

2009.7 to 2012.11, Assistant Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

  

Running Projects 

National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2019-2022. Effect of soil organic matter chemistry on functional molecular ecological networks for soil N transformation in alpine grasslands. (PI) ￥610,000 (≈$89,051) 

National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2017-2020. Effect of soil organic matter chemistry on soil N transformation in alpine grasslands. (PI) ￥800,000 (≈$116,788) 

Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2016-2018. Soil organic matter chemistry in alpine grassland ecosystems based on Py-GC/MS. (PI) ￥80,000 (≈$11,678) 

National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2013-2017. Influence of litter chemical composition and diversity on soil N transformation in alpine steppe of northern Tibet. (PI) ￥800,000 (≈$116,788) 

Action Plan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Western Development. 2012-2015. Effects of grazing exclusion on vegetation and soil dynamics in alpine grassland ecosystems of Tibet. (co-PI) ￥500,000 (≈$72,993) 

135 Strategic Program of the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2012-2015. Biomass allocation and its scenario simulation of alpine grassland ecosystems. (PI) ￥400,000 (≈$58,384) 

National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2011-2013. Responses of soil N transformation processes to warming and precipitation variability in semi-arid alpine steppe in northern Tibet. (PI) ￥220,000 (≈$32,116) 

The Research Project of President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2010-2013. Soil carbon process processes to climate change in semi-arid alpine steppe in northern Tibet. (PI) ￥100,000 (≈$14,598) 

  

Academic Society Activities 

Scientific ReportsEditorial Board Member (2017.1 - present) 

  

Awards 

Candidate for academic and technological leadership in Sichuan,2018 

Science and Technology Award, Tibet Autonomous Region, China,2016 

President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009 

President Scholarship of Chengdu Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences,2008 

  

Publications 

Youchao Chen, Shuqin Ma, Hongmao Jiang, Degyi Yangzom, Genwei Cheng, Xuyang Lu. 2019.Decomposition time, chemical traits and climatic factors determine litter-mixing effects on decomposition in an alpine steppe ecosystem in Northern Tibet. Plant and Soil doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04131-9. 

Youchao Chen, Shuqin Ma, Jing Liu, Genwei Cheng, Xuyang Lu. 2018. Soil C and N dynamics and their non-additive responses to litter mixture under different moisture conditions from an alpine steppe soil, Northern Tibet. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 125: 231–238. 

Xuyang Lu, Shuqin Ma, Youchao Chen, Degyi Yangzom, Hongmao Jiang. 2018. Squalene Found in Alpine Grassland Soils under a Harsh Environment in the Tibetan Plateau, China. Biomolecules 8: 154. 

Genwei Cheng, Xuyang Lu, Xiaodan Wang, Jian Sun. 2018. Rebirth after death: forest succession dynamics in response to climate change on Gongga Mountain, Southwest China. Journal of Mountain Science 15: 1671–1681. 

Shuqin Ma, Youchao Chen, Xuyang Lu, Xiaodan Wang. 2018. Soil organic matter chemistry: based on pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry 15: 389–403. 

Jian Sun, Tiancai Zhou, Miao Liu, Youchao Chen, Hua Shang, Liping Zhu, Arshad Ali Shedayi, Huan Yu, Genwei Cheng, Guohua Liu, Ming Xu, Wei Deng, Jihui Fan, Xuyang Lu, Yukun Sha. 2018. Linkages of the dynamics of glaciers and lakes with the climate elements over the Tibetan Plateau. Earth-Science Reviews 185, 308–324. 

Jian Sun, Baibing Ma, Xuyang Lu. 2018. Grazing enhances soil nutrient effects: trade-offs between above and below-ground biomass in alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. Land Degradation and Development 29: 337–348. 

Xuyang Lu, Kathy C. Kelsey, Yan Yan, Jian Sun, Xiaodan Wang, Genwei Cheng, Jason C. Neff. 2017. Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function of alpine grasslands in Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: a synthesis. Ecosphere 8: e01656. 

Youchao Chen, Shuqin Ma, Jian Sun, Xiaodan Wang, Genwei Cheng, Xuyang Lu. 2017. Chemical diversity and incubation time affect non-additive responses of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling to litter mixtures from an alpine steppe soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 109: 124–134. 

Ma Xingxing, Yan Yan, Hong Jiangtao, Lu Xuyang, Wang Xiaodan. 2017. Impacts of warming on root biomass allocation in alpine steppe on the north Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Mountain Science 14: 1615-1623. 

Xiaojing Qin, Jian Sun, Miao Liu, Xuyang Lu. 2016. The impact of climate change and human activity on net primary production in Tibet. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 25: 2113–2120. 

Xiaoke Zhang, Xuyang Lu, Xiaodan Wang. 2016. Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Methods Based on Rain Gauges for Annual Precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 25: 25, 1339–1345. 

X. Lu, Y. Yan, J. Sun, X. Zhang, Y. Chen, X. Wang, G. Cheng. 2015. Short-teim grazing exclusion has no impact on soil properties and nutrients of degraded alpine grassland in Tibet, China. Solid Earth 6: 1195–1205. 

Xuyang Lu, Yan Yan, Jian Sun, Xiaoke Zhang, Youchao Chen, Xiaodan Wang and Genwei Cheng. 2015. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus storage in alpine grassland ecosystems of Tibet: effects of grazing exclusion. Ecology and Evolution 5: 4492–4504. 

Youchao Chen, Jian Sun, Fangting Xie, Xiaodan Wang, Genwei Cheng, Xuyang Lu. 2015. Litter chemical structure is more important than species richness in affecting soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics including gas emissions from an Alpine soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 51: 791–800. 

Youchao Chen, Jian Sun, Fangting Xie, Yan Yan, Xiaodan Wang, Genwei Cheng, Xuyang Lu. 2015. Non-additive effects of litter diversity on greenhouse gas emissions from alpine steppe soil in Northern Tibet. Scientific Reports 5: 17664; doi: 10.1038/srep17664. 

Xiaoke Zhang, Xuyang Lu, Xiaodan Wang. 2015. Spatial-temporal NDVI variation of different alpine grassland classes and groups in Northern Tibet from 2000 to 2013. Mountain Research and Development 35: 254–263. 

Yan Yan, Xuyang Lu. 2015. Is grazing exclusion effective in restoring vegetation in degraded alpine grasslands in Tibet, China? PeerJ 3:e1020; DOI : 10.7717/peerj.1020 

Yanjiang Cai, Xiaodan Wang, Linlin Tian, Hui Zhao, Xuyang Lu, Yan Yan. 2014. The impact of excretal returns from yak and Tibetan sheep dung on nitrous oxide emissions in an alpine steppe on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 76: 90-99. 

Jihui Fan, Xiaoke Zhang, Xuyang Lu, Yan Yan, Xiaodan Wang. 2014. Leaf litter decomposition in three subalpine forests along an Elevation gradient in Tibet. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 23: 1137-1146. 

Xuyang Lu, Jihui Fan, Yan Yan, Xiaodan Wang. 2013. Responses of soil CO2 fluxes to short-term experimental warming in alpine steppe ecosystem, Northern Tibet. Plos One 8: e59054. 

Xuyang Lu, Jihui Fan, Yan Yan, Xiaodan Wang. 2013. Comparison of Soil Microbial Biomass and Enzyme Activities among Three Alpine Grassland Types in Northern Tibet. Polish journal of Environmental Studies 22: 437–443. 

Yanjiang Cai, Xiaodan Wang, Weixin Ding, Linlin Tian, Hui Zhao, Xuyang Lu. 2013. Potential short-term effects of yak and Tibetan sheep dung on greenhouse gas emissions in two alpine grassland soils under laboratory conditions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 49: 1212-1226. 

Jianbo Wu, Jiangtao Hong, Xiaodan Wang, Jian Sun, Xuyang Lu, Jihui Fan, Yanjiang Cai. 2013. Biomass partitioning and its relationship with the environmental factors at the alpine steppe in Northern Tibet. Plos One 8: e81986. 

Yan Yan, Xiaodan Wang, Xuyang Lu, Jihui Fan. 2013. Seasonal variations in alpine grassland biomass and nutrient accumulation under different grazing systems in Xainza, Tibet. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment 11: 2273-2278. 

Cao Yingzi, Wang Xiaodan, Lu Xuyang, Yan Yan, Fan Jihui. 2013. Soil organic carbon and nutrients along an alpine grassland transect across Northern Tibet. Journal of Mountain Science 10: 564–573. 

Xuyang Lu, Yan Yan, Jihui Fan, Xiaodan Wang. 2012. Gross nitrification and denitrification in alpine grassland ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44: 188–196. 

Jihui Fan, Yingzi Cao, Yan Yan, Xuyang Lu, Xiaodan Wang. 2012. Freezing–thawing cycles effect on the water soluble organic carbon, nitrogen and microbial biomass of alpine grassland soil in Northern Tibet. African Journal of Microbiology Research 6: 562–567. 

Lu Xuyang, Yan Yan, Fan Jihui, Cao Yingzi, Wang Xiaodan. 2011. Dynamics of above- and below-ground biomass and C, N, P accumulation in the alpine steppe of Northern Tibet. Journal of Mountain Science 8: 838–844. 

Xuyang Lu, Jihui Fan, Yan Yan, Xiaodan Wang. 2011. Soil water soluble organic carbon under three alpine grassland types in Northern Tibet, China. African Journal of Agricultural Research 6: 2066–2071. 

Huo Changfu, Cheng Genwei, Lu Xuyang, Fan Jihui. 2010. Simulating the effects of climate change on forest dynamics in Gongga Mountain, Southwest China. Journal of Forest Research 15: 176-185. 

Xuyang Lu, Genwei Cheng. 2009. Climate change effects on soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in Abies fabri forest of subalpine, Southwest China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41: 1015–1021. 

Lu Xuyang, Cheng Genwei, Xiao Feipeng, Fan Jihui. 2008. Modeling effects of temperature and precipitation on carbon characteristics and GHGs emissions in Abies fabri forest of subalpine. Journal of Environmental Sciences 20: 339–346. 

Lu Xuyang, Cheng Genwei, Xiao Feipeng, Huo Changfu. 2008. Simulating carbon sequesteration and GHGs emissions in Abies fabri forest on Gongga Mountains using a biogeochemical process model Forest-DNDC. Journal of Mountain Science 5: 249–256. 

Li Chun-Xi, Feng Shu-Li, Shao Yun, Jiang Li-Na, Lu Xu-Yang, Hou Xiao-Li. 2007. Effects of arsenic on seed germination and physiological activities of wheat seedlings. Journal of Environmental Sciences 19: 725–732.