Feng, Wenting
Member Profile
Professor
Address: Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
12 Zhongguancun South Street,
Haidian, 100081 Beijing, China
Email: fengwenting@caas.cn; wenting.fwt@gmail.com
Phone: +86-10-82105061
Websites: http://ecolab.ou.edu/?member_info&id=73; https://sites.google.com/site/fengwenting2012/
ORCID: 0000-0002-3189-3687
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research focuses on how ecosystem management options and climate change affect carbon cycling in the terrestrial ecosystems from molecular scale to landscape scale, particularly the processes and mechanisms of soil organic matter stabilization and decomposition and coupled nitrogen and phosphorous transformation and bioavailability. The techniques used include the chemical analyses of soil organic matter components, soil mineralogy, and the stability of soil organic matter, as well as data assimilation to study soil organic carbon dynamics.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Environmental Science, August 2012. Department of Earth and Environmental Science, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
M.S. Soil Ecology, July 2007. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
B.E. Environmental Engineering, July 2004. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Professor, since 2016 November, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Postdoctoral researcher, 2014-2016. Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA.
Postdoctoral researcher, 2012-2014. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Research assistant, 2008-2012. Department of Earth and Environmental Science, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Laboratory technician, 2007-2008. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Feng, W.*, Z Shi, J Jiang, J Xia, J Liang, J Zhou, Y Luo. 2016. Methodological uncertainty in estimating carbon turnover times of soil fractions. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 100, 118–124.
2. Feng, W.*, Klamnder, J., Boily, J.-F. 2015. Thermal stability of goethite-bound natural organic Matter is impacted by carbon loading. Journal of Physical Chemistry-A 19 (51), 12790-12796.
3. Feng, W., Aufdenkampe, A.K., Six, J., Plante, A.F. 2014. Soil organic matter stability in organo-mineral complexes as a function of increasing C loading. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 69, 398-405.
4. Feng, W., Plante, A.F., Six, J. 2013. Improving estimates of maximal organic carbon stabilization by fine soil particles. Biogeochemistry 112(1), 81-93.
5. Feng, W.*, Zou, X.M., Schaefer, D.A. 2009. Above- and belowground carbon inputs affect seasonal variations of soil microbial biomass in a subtropical monsoon forest of Southwest China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41, 978-983.
6. Feng, W., Zou, X.M., Sha, L.Q., Chen, J.H., Feng, Z.L., Li, J.Z. 2008. Comparisons between annual and diurnal patterns of soil respiration in a montane evergreen broad-leaved forest of Ailao Mountains. Journal of Plant Ecology 32, 31-39. (in Chinese with English abstract)
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
• Analytical Chemistry: TPD-FTIR-MS;
• Thermal analysis: TG and DSC;
• Mineralogy: SSA (BET), XRD
• Soil fractionation;
• Soil chemistry;
• Programming language skills: Matlab, R
SERVICE
I have served as a reviewer for the following peer-reviewed scientific journals: Global Change Biology, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Nature Communication, Biogeochemistry, Biogeosciences, Soil & Soil Discussions, Geoderma, Australia Journal of Soil Research, Acta Oecologica, and Scientific Reports.
