Xu, Zhiwei

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School of Geographic Sciences, Northeast Normal University
NO.5268 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin province, China
Tel: +86-18343086328
Email: xuzw647@nenu.edu.cn

Education
Ph.D. in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2015
Concentration: Microbial geography and soil enzyme activity

M.S. in School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changhcun, China, 2012

B.S. in School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, 2009

Employment
● 2018.4-present: Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University
● 2015.10-2018.3: Post doctor, Northeast Normal University, China

Primary research interests
● Microbial biological geography
● Soil enzyme activities and ecological stoichiometry
● Peatland carbon and nitrogen cycle and microbial mechanism

Papers
1. Zhiwei Xu, Guirui Yu, Qiufeng Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Ruili Wang, Ning Zhao, Nianpeng He, and Ziping Liu. Divergence of dominant factors on soil microbial communities and functions in forest ecosystems along a climatic gradient. Biogeosicences, 16(17), 3333-3349, 2019.

2. Zhiwei Xu, Guirui Yu, Xinyu Zhang, Nianpeng He, Qiufeng Wang, Shengzhong Wang, Xiaofeng Xu, Ruili Wang, Ning Zhao. Divergence of dominant factors on soil microbial communities and functions in forest ecosystems along a climatic gradient. Biogeosicences, 15, 1217-1228, 2018.

3. Zhiwei Xu, Guirui Yu*, Xinyu Zhang, Nianpeng He, Qiufeng Wang, Shengzhong Wang, Xiaofeng Xu, Ruili Wang, Ning Zhao. Biogeographical patterns of soil microbial community as influenced by soil characteristics and climate across Chinese forest biomes. Applied Soil Ecology, 124, 298-305, 2018.

4. Zhiwei Xu, Guirui Yu, Nianpeng He, Qiufeng Wang, Shengzhong Wang, Ruili Wang, Ning Zhao, Yanlong Jia, Chunyan Wang. Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity along the North South Transect of East China (NSTEC). Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 104, 152-163.

5. Zhiwei Xu, Guirui Yu, Xinyu Zhang, Jianping Ge, Nianpeng He, Qiufeng Wang, Dan Wang. The variation of soil microbial community and enzyme activity and their relationship with soil organic matter decomposition. Applied Soil Ecology, 2015, 89, 19-29.

6. Zhiwei Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Juan Xie, Guofu Yuan, Xinzhai Tang,Xiaomin Sun, Guirui Yu. Total nitrogen concentrations in surface water of typical agro- and forest ecosystems in China, 2004-2009. PLOS one, 2014, 9(3), e92850.

7. Yufen Ren, Zhiwei Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Xiaoke Wang, Xiaomin Sun, D. J. Ballantine, Shengzhong Wang. Nitrogen pollution and source identification of urban ecosystem surface water in Beijing. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2014, 8(1), 106-116. (co-first author)

8. Xinyu Zhang, Zhiwei Xu, Xiaomin Sun, Wenyi Dong, Deborah Ballantine. Nitrate in shallow groundwater in typical agricultural and forest ecosystems in China, 2004-2010. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2013, 25(5), 1007-1014.

9. Juan Xie, Xinyu Zhang, Zhiwei Xu, Xiaomin Sun, D. J. Ballantine. Total Phosphorus concentrations in surface water of typical agro- and forest ecosystems in China, 2004-2010. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2014, 8(4), 561-569.

10. Ruili Wang, Qiufeng Wang, Ning Zhao, Zhiwei Xu, Xianjin Zhu, Cuicui Jiao, Guirui Yu, Nianpeng He. Different phylogenetic and environmental controls of first-order root morphological and nutrient traits: Evidence of multidimensional root traits. Functional Ecology, 2018, 32(1), 29-39.

11. Zhuo Hao, Xin Yu Zhang, Yang Gao, Zhi Wei Xu, Feng Ting Yang, et al. Nitrogen source track and associated isotopic dynamic characteristic in a complex ecosystem: A case study of a subtropical watershed, China. Environmental Pollution, 2018, 236, 177-187.

12. Ning Zhao, Huiming Liu, Qiufeng Wang, Ruili Wang, Zhiwei Xu, Cuicui Jiao, Jianxing Zhu, Guirui Yu, Nianpeng He. Root elemental composition in Chinese forests: Implications for biogeochemical niche differentiation. Functional Ecology, 2018, 32(1), 40-49.

13. Zhiwei Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Guiyu Yu, Xiaomin Sun, Xuefa Wen, Xiaoke Wang, Shengzhong Wang. Review of stable isotope methods for nitrate source identification in surface- and groundwater in China. Environmental Science, 2014, (08), 3230-3238. (In Chinese)

14. Zhiwei Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Yufen Ren, Xiaomin Sun, Xuefa Wen, Xiaoke Wang, Shengzhong Wang. Spatial changes and sources of nitrate in beijing urban ecosystem surface water, Environmental Science, 2012, 8, 2569-2573. (In Chinese)

15. Zhiwei Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Xiaomin Sun, Guofu Yuan, Shengzhong Wang, Wenhua Liu. Assessment of Groundwater Nitrate-N on Typical Terrestrial Ecosystem of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CREN) During 2004-2009. Environmental Science, 2011, (10), 2827-2833. (In Chinese)

Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Carbon Emissions and Its Microbial Mechanism of the Peat Mire During the Freezing-thawing Process in Northeastern", No.41601084, 2017-2019.

2. Technology Research Project of Jilin Province Education Department, "Spatial Pattern and influencing factors of soil microbial community in peatland of Changbai Mountain", JJKH20190283KJ, 2019-2020.

3. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, "Effect of Freezing and thawing interface migration on soil carbon potential in peatland", 2412016KJ029, 2015-2017.

4. National Key Specific Project of Science and Technology Ministry, "the Promotion of Soil Carbon storage of Drainage peatland", 2016YFC0500407, 2016-2020.