Name  

Tao WANG  

   

Professional  

Title  

Professor  

Address  

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

E-mail  

wangtao@imde.ac.cn 

Professional  

Expertise  

Soil organic matter biogeochemistry 

Education  

2006.07 B.Sc. (Environmental Sciences), Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an China   

2009.07 M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences), Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing China  

2010.05-2013.08 Ph.D. (Soil Sciences), Massey University, Palmerston North New Zealand  

 

Employment Record(including international working experience )  

2013.07-2014.08 Research officer, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University 

2014.11-2016.10 Postdoc, Department of Biology Microbial Ecology Group, Lund University, Lund Sweden 

2016.11-2020.03 Researcher, Department of Biology Microbial Ecology Group, Lund University 

2020.10-present  Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Chengdu China 

  

Running Projects  

1. 2020.10-2023.10 Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Young Talents Plan B 

Academic Society Activities  

  

  

  

  

Awards  

   

   

   

Publications  

[1] Wang, T.*, Tian, Z., Tunlid, A., and Persson, P. (2020) Nitrogen acquisition from mineral-associated proteins by an ectomycorrhizal fungus. New Phytol 228: 697-711. (Highlighted with commentary: Keiluweit and Kuyper, New Phytol 228: 406–408.) 

[2]Tian, Z.#, Wang, T.#, Tunlid, A., and Persson, P. (2020) Proteolysis of iron oxide-associated bovine serum albumin. Environ Sci Technol 54: 5121-5130. (#equal contribution).  

[3]Li, Y, Wang, T, Camps-Arbestain, M., Suárez-Abelenda, M. and Whitby, C. P. (2020) Lime and/or phosphate application affects the stability of soil organic carbon: Evidence from changes in quantity and chemistry of the soil water-extractable organic matter. Environ Sci Technol,https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01341.   

[4]Li, X., Wang, T., Chang, S.X., Jiang, X., and Song, Y.* (2020) Biochar increases soil microbial biomass but has variable effects on microbial diversity: A meta-analysis. Sci Total Environ 749: 141593.  

[5]Wang, T.*, Tian, Z., Tunlid, A., and Persson, P. (2019) Influence of ammonium on formation of mineral-associated organic carbon by an ectomycorrhizal fungus. Appl Environ Microbiol 85: e03007-03018.  

[6]Gentile, L.*, Wang, T., Tunlid, A., Olsson, U., and Persson, P. (2018) Ferrihydrite nanoparticle aggregation induced by dissolved organic matter. J Phys Chem A 122: 7730-7738. 

[7]Wang, T., Tian, Z., Bengtson, P., Tunlid, A.*, and Persson, P.* (2017) Mineral surface-reactive metabolites secreted during fungal decomposition contribute to the formation of soil organic matter. Environ Microbiol 19: 5117-5129. 

[8]Wang, T., Camps-Arbestain, M.*, and Hedley, C. (2016) Factors influencing the molecular composition of soil organic matter in New Zealand grasslands. Agric, Ecosyst Environ 232: 290-301. 

[9]Wang, C.#, Wang, T.#, Li, W., Yan, J., Li, Z., Ahmad, R. et al. (2014) Adsorption of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by willow wood biochars produced at different pyrolysis temperatures. Biol Fertility Soils 50: 87-94. (#equal contribution). 

[10]Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., Hedley, M., Singh, B.P., Calvelo-Pereira, R., and Wang, C. (2014) Determination of carbonate-C in biochars. Soil Research 52: 495-504. 

[11]Wang, T., Jiang, X., Wang, C., Wang, F., Bian, Y., and Yu, G.*(2014) Adsorption of phenanthrene on Al (oxy)hydroxides formed under the influence of tannic acid. Environmental Earth Sciences 71: 773-782. 

[12] Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., and Hedley, M. (2014) The fate of phosphorus of ash-rich biochars in a soil-plant system. Plant Soil 375: 61-74. 

[13]Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., and Hedley, M. (2013) Predicting C aromaticity of biochars based on their elemental composition. Org Geochem 62: 1-6. 

[14]Wang, T.*, Camps Arbestain, M., Hedley, M., and Bishop, P. (2012) Chemical and bioassay characterisation of nitrogen availability in biochar produced from dairy manure and biosolids. Org Geochem 51: 45-54. 

[15]Wang, T.*, Camps-Arbestain, M., Hedley, M., and Bishop, P. (2012) Predicting phosphorus bioavailability from high-ash biochars. Plant Soil 357: 173-187. (ESI highly cited) 

 

Book chapters 

[1]Camps-Arbestain, M., Shen, Q., Wang, T., van Zwieten, L. and Novak, J. (2017) Available nutrients in biochar. Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods, CRC Press, 109-125. 

[2]Pereira, R., Camps-Arbestain, M., Wang, T., Enders, A. (2017) Inorganic carbon. Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods, CRC Press, 51-63. 

[3]Camps-Arbestain, M., Amonette, J.E., Singh, B., Wang, T., and Schmidt, H.P. (2015) A biochar classification system and associated test methods. Biochar for environmental management: science, technology and implementation. Taylor and Francis, London, 165-194.