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Huang, Wenjuan

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Wenjuan Huang, Ph.D.
Postdoc Research Associate
School of Integrative Plant Science, CALS
Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, NY
wh486@cornell.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecosystem Ecology; Climate Change; Soil Science; Biogeochemistry; Carbon and Nutrient Cycles; Greenhouse Gas Emission; Plant-soil interactions; Ecosystem Modelling; Data-Model Fusion

WORK EXPERIENCE
2023–Now Postdoc Research Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University

2020–2023 Assistant Scientist, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (EEOB), Iowa State University (ISU)

2016–2020 Postdoc Research Associate, EEOB, ISU

2015–2016 Associate Professor, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

2013–2015 Postdoc Research Associate, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences


EDUCATION
2007–2013 Ph.D. in Ecology, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2003–2007 B.S. in Ecology, China Agricultural University


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mar 2015–Jun 2015 Visiting Scholar, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Oct 2013–Dec 2013 Visiting Scholar, Department of Soil Science, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Aug 2012–Feb 2013 Visiting Scholar, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, USA

Feb 2011–Feb 2012 Joint PhD Student, School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Australia

Jun 2011 Visiting Scholar, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

PUBLICATIONS
57. Yi B, Lu C, Huang W, Yu W, Yang J, Howe A, Weintraub-Leff SR, Hall SJ. Resolving the influence of lignin on soil organic matter decomposition with mechanistic models and continental-scale data. Global Change Biology, 00: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111.gcb.16875.

56. Huang W, Yu W, Yi Bo, Raman E, Yang J, Hammel KE, Timokhin VI, Lu C, Howe AC, Weintraub-Leff SR, Hall SJ. (2023) Contrasting geochemical and fungal controls on decomposition of lignin and soil carbon at continental scale. Nature Communications, 14: 2227.

55. Huang W, Mirabito A, Tenesaca C, Mejia W, Lawrence N, Kaleita AL, VanLoocke A, Hall SJ. (2023) Controls on organic and inorganic soil carbon in poorly drained agricultural soils with subsurface drainage. Biogeochemistry, 163: 121–137.

54. Hall SJ, Huang W, Napieralski SA, Roden E. (2022) Shared microbial taxa respond predictably to cyclic time-varying oxygen limitation in two disparate soils. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 866828.

53. Liao C*, Huang W*, Wells J, Zhao R, Allen K, Hou E, Huang X, Qiu H, Tao F, Jiang L, Aguilos M, Lin L, Luo Y (2022). Microbe-iron interactions control lignin decomposition in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 173: 108803. (*equal contributors)

52. Lie Z, Zhou G, Huang W, Kadowaki K, Tissue DT, Yan J, Penuelas J., Sardans J, Li Y, Liu S, Chu G, Meng Z, He X, Liu J. (2022) Warming drives sustained plant phosphorus demand in a humid tropical forest. Global Change Biology, 28: 4085–4096.

51. Ye C, Huang W, Hall SJ, Hu S. (2022) Association of organic carbon with reactive iron oxides driven by soil pH at the global scale. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36: e2021GB007128

50. Yu W, Huang W, Weintraub-Leff S, Hall SJ. (2022) Where and why do particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) differ among diverse soils? Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 172: 108756.

49. Huang W, Wang K, Ye C, Hockaday W, Wang G, Hall SJ. (2021) High carbon losses from oxygen-limited soils challenge biogeochemical theory and model assumptions. Global Change Biology, 27: 6166¬¬–6180.

48. Lie Z, Huang W, Liu X, Zhou G, Yan J, Huang C, Wu T, Fang X, Zhao M, Liu S, Chu G, Kadowaki K, Pan X, Liu X. (2021) Warming leads to more closed night cycling in nitrogen-rich tropical forests. Global Change Biology, 27: 664–674.

47. Wang G, Li W, Wang K, Huang W. (2021) Uncertainty quantification of the soil moisture response functions for microbial dormancy and resuscitation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 160: 108337.

46. Fang X, Zhou G, QU C, Huang W, Zhang D, Li Y, Yi Z, Liu J. (2020) Translocating subtropical forest soils to a warmer region alters microbial communities and increases the decomposition of mineral-associated organic carbon. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 107707.

45. Hall S, Huang W, Timokhin VI, Hammel KE. (2020) Lignin lags, leads, or limits the decomposition of litter and soil organic carbon. Ecology, 101: e03113.

44. Huang W, Ye C, Hockaday W, Hall SJ. (2020) Tradeoffs in soil carbon protection mechanisms under aerobic and
anaerobic conditions. Global Change Biology, 26: 3726–3737.

43. Wang G, Huang W, Zhou G, Mayes MA, Zhou J. (2020) Modeling the processes of soil moisture in regulating microbial and carbon-nitrogen cycling. Journal of Hydrology, 585: 124777.

42. Hao J, Yang W, Huang W, Xu Y, Lin Y, Changela H. (2019) NanoSIMS measurements of sub-micrometer particles using the local thresholding technique. Surface and Interface Analysis, 52:234–239.

41. Huang W, Hammel KE, Hao J, Thompson A, Timokhin VI, Hall SJ. (2019) Enrichment of lignin-derived carbon in mineral-associated soil organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology, 53: 7522–7531.

40. Lie Z, Lin W, Huang W, Fang X, Huang C, Wu T, Chu G, Liu S, Meng Z, Zhou G, Liu J. (2019) Warming changes soil N and P supplies in model tropical forests. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 55: 751–763.

39. Liu J, Fang X, Tang X, Wang W, Zhou G, Xu S, Huang W, Wang G, Yan J, Ma K, Du S, Li S, Han S, Ma Y. (2019) Patterns and controlling factors of plant nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry across China’s forests. Biogeochemistry, 143: 191–205.

38. Wang G*, Huang W*, Mayes MA, Liu X, Zhang D, Zhang Q, Han T, Zhou G. (2019) Soil moisture drives microbial controls on carbon decomposition in two subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 130: 185-194. (*The authors contributed equally to this work.)

37. Wu T, Lin W, Li Y, Liu Z, Huang W, Liu J. (2019). Nitrogen addition method affects growth and nitrogen accumulation in seedlings of four subtropical tree species: Schima superba Gardner & Champ., Pinus massoniana Lamb., Acacia mangium Willd., and Ormosia pinnata Lour. Annals of Forest Science, 76: 23.

36. Zhou G, Xu Shan, Ciais P, Manzoni S, Fang J, et al., Huang W, Ren H, Lu X, Chen X. (2019) Climate and litter C/N ratio constrain soil organic carbon accumulation. National Science Review, 6: 746–757.

35. Hall SJ, Reyes L, Huang W, Homyak PM. (2018) Wet spots as hotspots: Moisture responses of nitric and nitrous oxide emissions from poorly drained agricultural soils. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123: 3589-3602.

34. Huang W, Hall SJ. (2018) Large impacts of small methane fluxes on carbon isotope values of soil respiration. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 124: 126–133.

33. Hall SJ, Huang W, Hammel KE. (2017) An optical method for carbon dioxide isotopes and mole fractions in small gas samples: Tracing microbial respiration from soil, litter, and lignin. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 31: 1938–1946.

32. Hall SJ, Huang W. (2017) Iron reduction: A mechanism for dynamic cycling of occluded cations in tropical forest soils? Biogeochemistry, 136: 91–102.

31. Huang W, Hall SJ. (2017) Elevated moisture stimulates carbon loss from mineral soils by releasing protected organic matter. Nature Communications, 8: 1774.

30. Huang W, Hall SJ. (2017) Optimized high-throughput methods for quantifying iron biogeochemical dynamics in soil. Geoderma, 306: 67–72.

29. Huang W, Liu J, Han T, Zhang D, Huang S, Zhou G. (2017) Different plant covers change soil respiration and its sources in subtropics. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 53: 469–478.

28. Liu J, Li Y, Xu Y, Liu S, Huang W, Fang X. (2017). Phosphorus uptake in four tree species under nitrogen addition in subtropical China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24: 20005–20014.

27. Huang W, Han T, Liu J, Wang G, Zhou G. (2016) Changes in soil respiration components and their specific respiration along three successional forests in the subtropics. Functional Ecology, 30: 1466–1474.

26. Li Y, Liu J, Zhou G, Huang W, Duan H. (2016). Warming effects on photosynthesis of subtropical tree species: a translocation experiment along an altitudinal gradient. Scientific Reports, 6, 24895.

25. Li Y, Zhou G, Huang W, Liu J, Fang X. (2016) Potential effects of warming on soil respiration and carbon sequestration in a subtropical forest. Plant and Soil, 409: 247–257.

24. Fang X, Zhao L, Zhou G, Huang W, Liu J. (2015) Increased litter input increases litter decomposition and soil respiration but has minor effects on soil organic carbon in subtropical forests. Plant and Soil, 392: 139–153.

23. Han T*, Huang W*, Liu J, Zhou G, Xiao Y. (2015) Different soil respiration responses to litter manipulation in three subtropical successional forests. Scientific Reports, 5: 18166. (*The authors contributed equally to this work.)

22. Huang W, Houlton BZ, Marklein AR, Liu J, Zhou G. (2015) Plant stoichiometric responses to elevated CO2 vary with nitrogen and phosphorus inputs: Evidence from a global-scale meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 5: 18225.

21. Huang W, Spohn M. (2015) Effects of long-term litter manipulation on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in a temperate deciduous forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 83: 12–18.

20. Huang W, Zhou G, Deng X, Liu J, Duan H, Zhang D, Chu G, Liu S. (2015) Nitrogen and phosphorus productivities of five subtropical tree species in response to elevated CO2 and N addition. European Journal of Forest Research, 134: 845–856.

19. Huang W, Zhou G, Liu J, Zhang D, Liu S, Chu G, Fang X. (2015) Mineral elements of subtropical tree seedlings in response to elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition. PLoS ONE, 10: e0120190.

18. Li Y, Liu J, Chen G, Zhou G, Huang W, Yin G, Zhang D, Li Y. (2015) Water-use efficiency of four native trees under CO2 enrichment and N addition in subtropical model forest ecosystems. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8: 411–419.

17. Liu J, Fang X, Deng Q, Han T, Huang W, Li Y. (2015) CO2 enrichment and N addition increase nutrient loss from decomposing leaf litter in subtropical model forest ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 5, 7952.

16. Liu S, Li Y, Fang X, Huang W, Long F, Liu J. (2015) Effects of the level and regime of nitrogen addition on seedling growth of four major tree species in subtropical China (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 39: 950–961.

15. Huang W, Zhou G, Liu J, Duan H, Liu X, Fang X, Zhang D. (2014) Shifts in soil phosphorus fractions under elevated CO2 and N addition in model forest ecosystems in subtropical China. Plant Ecology, 215: 1373–1384.

14. Liu J, Zhang D, Huang W, Zhou G, Li Y, Liu S. (2014) Quantify the loss of major ions induced by CO2 enrichment and nitrogen addition in subtropical model forest ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 119: 676–686.

13. Long F, Li Y, Fang X, Huang W, Liu S, Liu J. (2014) Effects of elevated CO2 concentration and nitrogen addition on soil carbon stability in southern subtropical experimental forest ecosystems (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 38: 1053–1063.

12. Zhou G, Houlton BZ, Wang W, Huang W, Xiao Y, Zhang Q, Liu S, Cao M, Wang X, Wang S, Zhang Y, Yan J, Liu J, Tang X, Zhang D. (2014) Substantial reorganization of China’s tropical and subtropical forests: based on the permanent plots. Global Change Biology, 20: 240–250.

11. Zhou S, Huang W*. (2014). Phosphorus balance for the different natural succession stages of monsoon evergreen broadleaved forest in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve. Journal of Ecological Science, 33: 1030–1034. (*Corresponding author)

10. Huang W, Liu J, Wang Y, Zhou G, Han T, Li Y. (2013) Increasing phosphorus limitation along three successional forests in southern China. Plant and Soil, 364: 181–191.

9. Huang W, Xu Z, Chen C, Zhou G, Liu J, Abdullah KM, Reverchon F, Liu X. (2013) Short-term effects of prescribed burning on phosphorus availability in a suburban native forest of subtropical Australia. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 13: 869–876.

8. Liu J*, Huang W*, Zhou G, Zhang D, Liu S, Li Y. (2013) Nitrogen to phosphorus ratios of tree species in response to elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition in subtropical forests. Global Change Biology, 19: 208–216. (*The authors contributed equally to this work.)

7. Huang W, Liu J, Zhang D, Li Y, Otieno D, Xu Z, Li Y, Liu S, Chu G, Zhou G. (2012) Responses of soil acid phosphomonoesterase activity to simulated nitrogen deposition in three forests of subtropical China. Pedosphere, 22: 698–706.

6. Huang W, Zhou G, Liu J, Zhang D, Xu Z, Liu S. (2012) Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition on foliar stoichiometry of nitrogen and phosphorus of five tree species in subtropical model forest ecosystems. Environmental Pollution, 168: 113–120.

5. Huang W, Zhou G, Liu J. (2012) Nitrogen and phosphorus status and their influence on aboveground production under increasing nitrogen deposition in three successional forests. Acta Oecologica, 44: 20–27.

4. Li Y, Huang W, Zhao L, Fang X, Liu J. (2012) Effects of elevated CO2 concentration and N deposition on leaf element contents of major native tree species in southern subtropical China (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 36: 447–455.

3. Huang W, Liu J, Zhou G, Zhang D, Deng Q. (2011) Effects of precipitation on soil acid phosphatase activity in three successional forests in southern China. Biogeosciences, 8: 1901–1910.

2. Li Y, Zeng S, Huang W*. (2011) Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil acid phosphomonoesterase activity and soil available phosphorus content in subtropical forests in Dinghushan Mountain (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 22: 631–636. (*Corresponding author)

1. Huang W, Liu J, Tang X, Huang Y, Liu S, Chu G, Zhou G. (2009) Inorganic nitrogen and available phosphorus concentrations in the soils of five forests at Dinghushan, China (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 15: 441–447.