Rong Xiao

Biograhpy

I am mainly engaged in the research of wetland soil/sediment environmental ecology and biogeochemical processes, including the migration and transformation of typical pollutants such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wetland soils/sediments and ecological risk assessment;

Carbon allocation and transfer in wetland plant-soil system and the ecological effects of biochar addition;

Effects of natural factors such as vegetation conditions and soil characteristics or human activities such as reclamation and water replenishment on microbial communities in soil/sediments;

Characterization of degradation and restoration processes of wetland ecosystems (soil environment, water environment), assessment frameworks/methods and mechanisms of remediation /restoration technologies, etc..

Education

 
 7/2019-8/2020 Studying in School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State Univ. Agricultural Center.

9/2008 - 6/2013    Studying in School of Environment, Beijing Normal University.Ph.D Dissertation  (Supervisor: Prof. Junhong Bai): Characteristics of typical pollutants in soil and soil degradation assessment in reclaimed wetlands of Pearl River estuary, south China

8/2010-2/2011 Studying in School of Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida. Soil Microbial Ecology Lab.

9/2005-6/2007    Studying English and taking a Bachelor degree in English  in  Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

9/2004 - 6/2008    Studying in School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and taking a Bachelor degree in Resources and Environment & Urban and Rural Planning Management.

Experience

 
 5/2019-Present, Associate professor of the Soil Biogeochemistry at the College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University.

7/2013-4/2019, Lecturer of the Soil Biogeochemistry at the School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University

Teaching

 
 "Wetland Hydrology"

Reasearch Project

 
 International (regional) Joint Projects on Water Resources Management“Spatial-temporal patterns of bacterial communities in sediments of Villarrica and Baiyangdian lakes and their potential as environmental and public health indicators in water resources management policies for southern Chilean and northern Chinese lakes”supported by National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF) of China (1/2020-12/2023) 

Response mechanism of soil aggregate-associated organic carbon stock to ecological water supplement in the Yellow River Delta and its indication significance for wetland restoration, NNSF (01/2017-12/2019)

Response mechanism of estuarine wetland under multiple threatens, National Key Research and Development Program of China(7/2017-12/2020)

Awards

Books

Journal Publications

  
 2020
Xiao R⁎, Guo YT, Zhang MX, Pan WB, Wang JJ. Stronger network connectivity with lower diversity of soil fungal community was presented in coastal marshes after sixteen years of freshwater restoration. Science of the Total Environment 2020,744, 140623.  

Xiao R*, Wang Q, Zhang MX, Pan WB, Wang JJ. Plankton distribution patterns and the relationship with environmental gradients and hydrological connectivity of wetlands in the Yellow River Delta. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2020.01.002.

Cui Y, Xiao R*, Zhang MX, Wang C, Ma ZW, Xiu YJ, Wang Q, Guo YT. Hydrological connectivity dynamics and conservation priorities for surface-water patches in the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve, China.Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2020.03.005.

2019
Wang Chen#, Xiao Rong #*, Cui Yuan, Ma Ziwen, Guo Yutong, Wang Qian, Xiu Yujiao, Zhang Mingxiang. Photosynthate-13C allocation in the plant-soil system after 13C–pulse labeling of Phragmites australis in different salt marshes. Geoderma 2019 (347), 252-261.

Wang Chen, Cui Yuan, Ma Ziwen, Guo Yutong, Wang Qian, Xiu Yujiao, Xiao Rong*, Zhang Mingxiang. Simulating Spatial Variation of Soil Carbon Content in the Yellow River Delta: Comparative Analysis of Two Artificial Neural Network Models. Wetlands 2019, 1-11.

2017
Ma Ziwen, Zhang Mingxiang, Xiao Rong*, Cui Yuan, Yu Feihai. Changes in soil microbial biomass and community composition in coastal wetlands affected by restoration projects in a Chinese delta. Geoderma 2017, 124–134. 

Cui Yuan, Xiao Rong*,Xie Ying, Zhang Mingxiang. Phosphorus fraction and phosphate sorption-release characteristics of the wetland sediments in the Yellow River Delta. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2017.06.005.

Zheng Lidi, Zhang Mingxiang, Xiao Rong*, Chen Jingxiao, Yu Feihai. Impact of salinity and Pb on enzyme activities of a saline soil from the Yellow River delta: A microcosm study. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 2017 (97) 77-87.

2016
Xiao Rong*, Zhang Mingxiang, Yao Xinying, Ma Ziwen, Yu Feihai, Bai Junhong. Heavy metal distribution in different soil aggregate size classes from restored brackish marsh, oil exploitation zone, and tidal mud flat of the Yellow River Delta. Journal of Soils and Sediments 2016, 821–830. 

Yao Xinying, Xiao Rong*, Ma Ziwen, Xie Ying, Zhang Mingxiang, Yu Feihai. Distribution and contamination assessment of heavy metals in soils from tidal flat, oil exploitation zone and restored wetland in the Yellow River Estuary. Wetlands (2016) 36 (Suppl 1), S153–S165.

2015
Xiao Rong, Bai Junhong*, Lu Qiongqiong, Zhao Qingqing , Gao Zhaoqin, WenXiaojun, Liu Xinhui. Fractionation, transfer, and ecological risks of heavy metals in riparian and ditch wetlands across a 100-year chronosequence of reclamation in an estuary of China. Science of the Total Environment 2015, 66–75.

2014
Xiao Rong, Bai Junhong*, Wang Junjing, Lu Qiongqiong, Zhao Qingqing, Cui Baoshan, Liu Xinhui. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in wetland soils under different land uses in a coastal estuary: Toxic levels, sources and relationships with soil organic matter and water-stable aggregates. Chemosphere 2014 (110), 8–16.

Bai Junhong*, Xiao Rong, Zhao Qingqing, Lu Qiongqiong, Wang Junjing, Reddy K. Ramesh.Seasonal Dynamics of Trace Elements in Tidal Salt Marsh Soils as Affected by the Flow-Sediment Regulation Regime. PLOS ONE 2014,DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107738.

Huang Laibin, Bai Junhong*, Xiao Rong, Shi Jianbin, Gao Haifeng, The soil nitrogen dynamics in an inland salt marsh as affected by various experimental water levels. Hydrological Processes 2014, 4708-4717.

Bai Junhong*, Xu Huifeng, Xiao Rong, Gao Haifeng, Zhang, Kejiang, Ding Qiuyi. Path Analysis for Soil Urease Activities and Nutrient Contents in a Mountain Valley Wetland, China. Clean-Soil Air Water 2014, 324-330.

2013
Xiao Rong, Bai Junhong*, Huang Laibin, Zhang Honggang, Cui Baoshan, Liu Xinhui.Distribution and pollution, toxicity and risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments from urban and rural rivers of the Pearl River delta in southern China. Ecotoxicology 2013 (22),1564–1575.

Bai Junhong*, Xiao Rong, Zhang Kejiang, Gao Haifeng, Cui Baoshan, Liu Xinhui. Soil organic carbon as affected by land use in young and old reclaimed regions of a coastal estuary wetland, China. Soil Use and Management 2013, 57–64.

Bai Junhong*, Xiao Rong, Ye Xiaofei, Yan Denghua, Gao Haifeng, Wang Junjing. Ammonium Transport Simulation in Horizontal Soil Columns from a Natural Inland Alkaline Wetland. Clean-Soil Air Water 2013,473-477.

2012
Bai Junhong*, Xiao Rong, Zhang Kejiang, Gao Haifeng. Arsenic and heavy metal pollution in wetland soils from tidal freshwater and salt marshes before and after the flow-sediment regulation regime in the Yellow River Delta, China. Journal of Hydrology 2012, 244–253. 

Xiao Rong, Bai Junhong*, Gao Haifeng, Huang Laibin, Deng Wei.Spatial distribution of phosphorus in marsh soils of a typical land/inland water ecotone along a hydrological gradient. Catena 2012 (98) 96–103.

2011
Bai Junhong*, Xiao Rong, Cui Baoshan, Zhang Kejiang, Wang Qinggai, Liu Xinhui, Gao Haifeng, Huang Laibin. Assessment of heavy metal pollution in wetland soils from the young and old reclaimed regions in the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Environmental Pollution 2011 (159), 817-824.

Xiao Rong, Bai Junhong*, Zhang Honggang, Gao Haifeng, Liu Xinhui, Wilkes A. Changes of P, Ca, Al and Fe contents in fringe marshes along a pedogenic chronosequence in the Pearl River estuary, South China, Continental Shelf Research 2011, 739-747.

2010
Bai Junhong*, Ouyang Hua, Xiao Rong, Gao Junqin, Gao Haifeng, Cui Baoshan. Spatial variability of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous content and storage in an alpine wetland in the Qinghai-Tibet Pateau, China. Australian Journal of Soil Research 2010,48(8),730-736.