Chen, Shengyun
Member Profile
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology
University of Oklahoma
101 David L. Boren Blvd., Norman, OK 73019-5300, USA
Lab Phone: (405) 325-8578
Email: sychen@lzb.ac.cn
Research Interests
Response processes of alpine ecosystem to permafrost change; Production and emission processes of soil greenhouse gases in alpine ecosystem; Molecular systematics and phylogeography of alpine plant species.
Education
2005-2008 Ph.D. in Ecology, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002-2005 M.Sc. in Botany, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1998-2002 B.S. in Soil and water conservation and desertification control, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
Academic Appointments
2011-Present Associate professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010-2011 Assistant professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008-2010 Post-doctoral fellow, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fundings
2014-2017 Restoration technology and experimental demonstration of the degraded grassland in the transitional regions of permafrost. National Science and Technology Pillar Program (2014BAC05B02)
2014-2017 Comprehensive analysis and influence research on the rapid changes of cryosphere. Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJZD-EW-G03-04)
2013-2017 The ecological processes of cryospheric changes and its influence on carbon cycle. National Basic Research Program of China (2013CBA01807)
2012-2015 Influence mechanism of soil freeze-thaw cycles in the different permafrost types on alpine ecosystem in the upstream region of Shule River Basin. National Natural Science Foundation of China (41171054)
2010-2012 Response of plant phenology of alpine grassland to climatic warming in the permafrost regions of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. National Natural Science Foundation of China (40901040)
2008-2011 The study on germplasm and molecular phylogeography of the endemic species Rhodiola chrysanthemifolia (Crassulaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. International Foundation for Science (D/4258-1)
Selected Publications
(1) Bin Zhang, Shengyun Chen, Jianfeng Zhang, et al. Depth-related responses of soil microbial communities to experimental warming in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. European Journal of Soil Science, 2015, 66: 496-504.
(2) Bin Zhang, Shengyun Chen, Xingyuan He, et al. Responses of soil microbial communities to experimental warming in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. PLoS ONE, 2014, 9(8): e103859. (Co-first author)
(3) Wenjie Liu, Shengyun Chen, Qian Zhao, et al. Variation and control of soil organic carbon and other nutrients in permafrost regions on central of the Qinghai- Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters, 2014, 9-114013. (Corresponding author)
(4) Shengyun Chen, Wenjie Liu, Xiang Qin, et al. Response characteristics of vegetation and soil environment to permafrost degradation in the upstream regions of the Shule River Basin. Environmental Research Letters, 2012, 7-045406.
(5) Wenjie Liu, Shengyun Chen, Xiang Qin, et al. Storage, patterns, and control of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai- Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters, 2012, 7-035401. (Corresponding author)
(6) Shengyun Chen, Wenjie Liu, Zhizhong Sun, et al. A quantitative study on the plant population phenology of alpine meadow in the permafrost regions of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2012, 34 (5): 1142-1148. (in Chinese)
(7) Wenjie Liu, Shengyun Chen, Qian Zhao, et al. Main greenhouse gases emissions during plant growing season in permafrost region of the upper reaches of Shule River, Qilianshan. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2012, 34 (5): 1149-1156. (corresponding author; in Chinese)
(8) Shengyun Chen, Wenjie Liu, Baisheng Ye, et al. Species diversity of vegetation in relation to biomass and environmental factors in the upper area of Shule River. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, 2011, 20 (3): 70-83. (in Chinese)
(9) Shengyun Chen, Guili Wu, Shilong Chen, et al. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the narrow endemic Coelonema and affinitive Draba (Brassicaceae) based on two DNA regions. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2010, 38 (4): 796-805.
(10) Shengyun Chen, Lin Zhao, Dahe Qin, et al. A Preliminary study of the relationships between alpine grassland biomass and environmental factors in the permafrost regions of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2010, 32 (2): 405-413. (in Chinese)
(11) Shengyun Chen, Guili Wu, Dejun Zhang, et al. Potential refugium on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau revealed by the Chloroplast DNA phylogeography of the alpine species Metagentiana striata (Gentianaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 157: 125-140.
(12) Shengyun Chen, Tao Xia, Yujin Wang, et al. Molecular systematics and biogeography of Crawfurdia, Metagentiana and Tripterospermum (Gentianaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal and plastid DNA sequences. Annals of Botany, 2005, 96: 413-424.
