Li, Zhaolei (Jolly)

Member Profile

Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS)
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Room 109, Science Lab Facility Building
Email: Zhaolei.Li@nau.edu

Education

Ph.D. Fudan University, China, 2007-2015

B.S. Qufu Normal University, China, 2003-2007

Work Experience

2017/11-2019/9, Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

2019/10- present Visiting Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, USA.

Research Interest

Soil carbon and nitrogen cycle

Peer-reviewed Publications (# co-first author, * corresponding author)

Li, Z., Tian, D., Wang, B., Wang, J., Wang, S., Chen, H.Y. H., Xu, X., Wang, C., He, N., Niu, S.*, 2019. Microbes drive global soil nitrogen mineralization and availability. Global Change Biology, GCB14557, 25,1078-1088. doi:10.1111/gcb.14557.

Li Z.*, Wang B., Tian D., Wang, J., 2018. Bt rice cultivation does not cause soil biological degradation in terms of C, N, and P cycles. Land Degradation & Development, 1-6. doi:org/10.1002/idr.3163

Li, Z., Cui, J., Mi, Z., Tian, D., Wang, J., Ma, Z., Wang, B., Chen, H.Y. H., Niu, S.*, 2019. Responses of soil enzymatic activities to transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops - A global meta-analysis. Science of The Total Environment 651, 1830-1838. doi:org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.073

Li, Z., Bu, N.#, Chen, X., Cui, J., Xiao, M., Song, Z., Nie, M., Fang, C.*, 2018. Soil incubation studies with Cry1Ac protein indicate no adverse effect of Bt crops on soil microbial communities. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 152, 33-41. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.12.054

Lee, Z., Bu, N., Cui, J., Chen, X., Xiao, M., Wang, F., Song, Z., Fang, C.*, 2017. Effects of long-term cultivation of transgenic Bt rice (Kefeng-6) on soil microbial functioning and C cycling. Scientific Reports 7. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04997-8

Zeng, Z., Wu, W. *, Li, Z.*, Zhou Y., Huang H. Quantitative assessment of agricultural drought risk in southeast Gansu Province, Northwest China. Sustainability (accepted).

Shen, Y., Tian D.*, Jiang L., Wang J., Chen X., Li Y., Wang B., Li, Z., Fu Y., Hou J.*, Niu S., Different responses and links of N:P ratio among ecosytem compoents under nutrient addition in a temperate forest. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005080

Yang, J., Xiao, X., Dai, J., Wu, C., Xia, J., Zhao, G., Zhao, M., Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Ge, Q., Dong, J.*, Divergent shifts of peak photosynthesis timing in temperate and alpine grasslands of China. Remote Sensing of Environment doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111395.

Wang, J., Song, B., Ma, F., Tian, D., Li, Y., Quan, Q., Zhang, F., Li, Z., Wang, B., Gao, Q., Chen, W., Nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration but increases the relative contribution of heterotrophic respiration in an alpine meadow. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13433.

Wang, J., Sun, J., Yu, Z., Li, Y., Tian, D., Wang, B., Li, Z., Niu, S.*, Vegetation control of root turnover time in global grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography. GEB12866. doi: 10.1111/geb.12866

Tian, D., Xiang, Y., Wang, B., Li, M., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Li, Z., Niu, S.*, 2018. Cropland abandonment enhances soil inorganic nitrogen retention and carbon stock in China: A meta‐analysis. Land Degradation & Development. doi:org/10.1002/ldr.3137

Tang, S., Ma, L., Wei, X., Tian, D., Wang, B., Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Shao, X., 2019. Methane emissions in grazing systems in grassland regions of China: a synthesis. Science of The Total Environment, STOTEN 29451. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.102

Cheng M., Tian D., Hui Z., Li Z., Yi C., Niu S.*. 2019. Global soil acidification impacts on belowground processes. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 1-11. Doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab239c

Zeng Z., Wu W.*, Li Z., Zhou Y., Guo Y., Huang H., 2019. Agricultural drought risk assessment in Southwest China. Water, 11 (5), 1064. Doi: 10.3390/w11051064

Zhang, X., Gu, Q., Long, X., Li, Z., Liu, D, Ye, D., He, C., Liu, X., Vaananen, K., Chen, X.*, 2016. Anthropogenic activities drive the microbial community and its function in urban river sediment. Journal of Soils and Sediments 16, 716-725. doi:10.1007/s11368-015-1246-8

Xiao, M., Dong, S., Li, Z., Tang, X., Chen, Y., Yang, S., Wu, C., Ouyang, D., Fang, C., Song, Z.*, 2015. Effects of water management practices on residue decomposition and degradation of Cry1Ac protein from crop-wild Bt rice hybrids and parental lines during winter fallow season. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 122, 275-289. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.08.008

Bu, N., Qu, J., Li, Z., Li, G., Zhao, H., Zhao, B., Li, B., Chen, J., Fang, C.*, 2015. Effects of Spartina alterniflora Invasion on Soil Respiration in the Yangtze River Estuary, China. Plos One 10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121571

Cui, J., Zhang, R., Bu, N., Zhang, H., Tang, B., Li, Z., Jiang, L., Chen, J., Fang, C.*, 2013. Changes in soil carbon sequestration and soil respiration following afforestation on paddy fields in north subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology 6, 240-252. doi:10.1093/jpe/rts023

Cui, J., Liu, C., Li, Z., Wang, L., Chen, X., Ye, Z., Fang, C.*, 2012. Long-term changes in topsoil chemical properties under centuries of cultivation after reclamation of coastal wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary, China. Soil & Tillage Research 123, 50-60. doi:10.1016/j.still.2012.03.009

Cui, J., Meng, H., Nie, M., Chen, X., Li, Z., Bu, N., Li, B., Chen, J., Quan, Z., Fang, C.*, 2012. Bacterial succession during 500 years of soil development under agricultural use. Ecological Research 27, 793-807. doi:10.1007/s11284-012-0955-3