Prof Dr, Huang Yimei
Dean of Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University
Tel: 029-87050055 Fax: 029-87080055
Email: ymhuang1971@nwsuaf.edu.cn; ymhuang1971@163.com
Address: Xinong Road 3#, Yangling, Shaanxi Postcode: 712100
Research Interests
u The mechanism and evaluation of solid waste treatment (especially about composting)
u Evaluation of environmental effect of ecological engineering
u Biogeochemistry of carbon and nitrogen cycling (Microbial mechanism of soil carbon and nitrogen transformation during revegetation)
education
l 2002.09 - 2008.07: Ph.D., Plant Nutrition, Dept. of Resource & Environmental Sci., Northwest A&F University (NWAU).( title: soil microbial indices response to vegetation natural rehabilitation on the loess hilly-gully area)
l 1996.09 - 2000.07: M.Sc., Soil Science, Dept. of Resource & Environmental Sci., Northwest A&F University.( title: Study on composting of animal manure)
l 1990.09 - 1994.07: B.Sc., Soil and Plant nutrition, Dept. of Resource & Environmental Sci., Northwest A&F University.
Experiences
Academic work experience:
l 2019.01 - now, Professor, College of Natural Resources & Environment, Northwest A&F University.
l 2007.04 - 2007.12; 2008.11 - 2009.04, Visiting scholar, Joint Research and Training Centre for Rorest Natural Disasters and Landscapes(BFW), Austria. Adviser: Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern.
l 2006.01 - 2018.12, Associate professor, College of Natural Resources & Environment, Northwest A&F University.
l 2000.01 - 2005.12, Lecture, College of Natural Resources & Environment, Northwest A&F University.
l 1994.07 - 1999.12, Assistant Professor, Department of Agrochemistry, Northwest Agricultural University.
Subjects of Teaching:
(1) Environmental chemistry (for undergraduate students)
(2) Environmental monitoring (for undergraduate students)
(3) Environmental engineering (for undergraduate students)
(4) solid waste treatment and utilization (for undergraduate students)
(5) instrumental analysis (for undergraduate students)
(6) Environmental pollution chemistry (for graduate students)
(7) Agricultural non-point source pollution and ecological treatment (for graduate students)
(8) Soil pollution and prevention and control (for graduate students)
(9) Environmental biology (for graduate students)
Graduate Advisory Experience
1+ Doctoral students, 9, MSc students, 30+ MSc students (graduated).
Referee for journals
Waste Management, Science of the Total Environment, Applied Soil Ecology, Land Degradation & Development, Catena, European Journal of Soil Biology, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, Environmental Technology, Ecological Engineering, Journal of Environmental, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Arid Land Research and Management, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal., et al.
Professional Activities:
-Member of Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, MOA
- Member of Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences and Soil Society
Research Experiences
Some projects as principal investigator:
1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (41877074): CO2-fixation microorganisms and their contribution to soil organic carbon accumulation in the Loess Plateau. (2019.01 - 2022.12, 610,000 RMB, Project leader).
2) Shaanxi province shelterbelt construction station fund project: Soil ecological effect evaluation of the construction of shelterbelt in northern shaanxi province. (2018.01 - 2019.12, 20, 000 RMB, Project leader).
3) Special scientific research project of public welfare industry of ministry of water resources (201501045) sub-topic of research on monitoring and evaluation technology of ecological effect of soil and water conservation in northwest loess plateau region: Research on monitoring and evaluation technology of terraced fields' ecological environment effect in northwest loess plateau region. (2015.01 - 2017.12, 400,000 RMB, completed, sub-topic in charge).
4) National Technology R&D Pillar Program in the 12th Five Year Plan of China (2012BAD15BO4-4): Utilization of agricultural waste and prevention and control of non-point source pollution in Qinling mountains. (2012.01 - 2016.12, 150,000 RMB, completed, sub-project in charge).
5) National natural science foundation of China (Youth project: 41101254): Effects of ammoniated microbial community on nitrogen mineralization and its mechanism in vegetation restoration in the mountains of southern Ningxia. (2012.01 - 2014.12，260,000 RMB, completed, and presided over).
6) Foundation project of state key laboratory of soil erosion and dryland agriculture in the loess plateau (k318009902-1321): Characteristics of soil ammoniation microorganisms and their effects on nitrogen transformation in vegetation restoration in loess hilly region. (2013.01 - 2014.12, 50,000 RMB, completed, presided over).
7) Northwest agriculture and forestry university, central university basic research fee project (QN2011020): Contribution of ammoniated microorganisms to soil nitrogen accumulation during vegetation restoration in the mountains of southern Ningxia. (2011.09 - 2014.09, 100,000 RMB, completed, presided over).
8) The international science and technology cooperation fund of northwest agriculture and forestry university: Research on the mechanism of soil release and storage of greenhouse gases in loess hilly region. (2010.09 - 2012.11, 4,000 RMB, completed and presided over).
9) Shaanxi province social development science and technology project (2010k11-02-09): Ecological restoration and environmental governance technology research. (2010.01 - 2011.12, 60,000 RMB, completed, presided over).
Participated in scientific research projects:
1) International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (161461KYSB20170013): Impact of climate change on agricultural soil and water resources and corresponding countermeasures in the middle reaches of China’s Yellow River and Serbian Sava basin. (2018-2020).
2) National natural science foundation of China (Youth project, 51108377): Study on the synchronous removal effect and mechanism of manganese zeolite on the combined pollution of antibiotic heavy metals in livestock and poultry breeding wastewater. (2012.01 - 2014.12).
3) National natural science foundation of China general project (41171226): Impact mechanism of litter on soil microbial diversity and carbon fixation in loess hilly region. (2012.01 - 2015.12).
4) National natural science foundation of China (40701095): Evolution of soil microbial diversity during vegetation restoration in loess hilly region. (2008.01 - 2010.12).
Publications
1.Original papers in journals with peer-reviewed (Major articles published in the last 5 years)
Papers published in English
[1] Qian Huang, Feng Jiao, Yimei Huang*, Na Li, Baorong Wang, Han Gao, Shaoshan An. Response of soil fungal community composition and functions on the alteration of precipitation in the grassland of Loess Plateau. Science of The Total Environment. 2021, 751,142273.
[2] Mengli Chen, Yimei Huang*, Cong Wang, Han Gao. The conversion of organic nitrogen by functional bacteria determines the end-result of ammonia in compost. Bioresource Technology, 2020, 299. 122599.
[3] Han Gao, Yimei Huang*. Impacts of the Three-North shelter forest program on the main soil nutrients in Northern Shaanxi China: A meta-analysis. Forest Ecology and Management, 2020, 458. 117808.
[4] Li Xiao, Yimei Huang*, Junfeng Zhao, Junying Zhou, FakherAbbas. Effects of planting structure on soil water-stable aggregates, microbial biomass and enzyme activity in a catchment of Loess Plateau terraces, China. Applied Soil Ecology, 2020,103819.
[5] Mengli Chen, Cong Wang, Baorong Wang, Xuejuan Bai, Han Gao, Yimei Huang*. Enzymatic mechanism of organic nitrogen conversion and ammonia formation during vegetable waste composting using two amendments. Waste Management 95 (2019) 306-315.
[6] Mengli Chen, Yimei Huang*, Huijuan Liu, Shuwen Xie, Fakher Abbasb，Impact of different nitrogen source on the compost quality andgreenhouse gas emissions during composting of garden waste. Process Safety and Environmental Protection124 (2019) 326–335.
[7] Dong Liu, Yimei Huang*, Dynamics of soil nitrogen fractions and their relationship with soil microbial communities in two forest species of northern China. PLoS ONE, 2018,13(5): 1-19.
[8] Li Xiao, Yimei Huang*, Soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass response to crop types on the terraces of the Loess Plateau, China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2018, 18:1971-1980.
[9] Jishao Jiang, Yimei Huang*, Relationship between maturity and microbial communities during pig manure composting by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and correlation analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 2018, 206, 532-539.
[10] Zeng Quanchao , Liu Yang , Xiao Li and Huang Yimei *. How Fencing Affects the Soil Quality and Plant Biomass in the Grassland of the Loess Plateau. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1117:1-12.
[11] Zeng Quanchao, Liu Yang, Fang Ying, Ma Rentian, Rattan Lal, An Shaoshan, Huang Yimei *. Impact of vegetation restoration on plants and soil C:N:P stoichiometry on the Yunwu Mountain Reserve of China. Ecological Engineering 109 (2017) 92-100.
Papers published in Chinese
[12] GUO Qing-bo, HUANG Yi-mei*, JIA Peng-hui, et al. Evaluation of water quality status in the main oasis agricultural areas of the Qaidam Basin, China. Journal of Agro-Environment Science, 2021, 40(3): 650-658.
[13] Han Gao, Li Xiao,Yimei Huang*.Effects of Returning Farmland to Forest and Grassland on Soil Nitrogen Composition and Invertase Activity in Southern Ningshan Mountains. Environmental Science, 2019, 40 (8):3825-3832.
[14] Mengli Chen, Quanchao Zeng, Yimei Huang*, Effects of Returning Cropland to Forest and Grassland on Soil Bacterial Community Structure in Loess Hilly Region. Environmental Science, 2018, 39 (4):1824-1832.
[15] Shumeng Zhang, Yimei Huang*. Effects of artificial forest and grass on soil fungal community in mountainous area of southern Ningning. China Environmental Science, 2018, 38(4): 1449-1458.
[16] XIAO Li, HUANG Yi-mei*, ZHAO Jun-feng, ZHOU Jun-ying, GUO Ze-hui, LIU Yang. High-throughput sequencing sevealed soil fungal communities under three terrace agrotypes on the loess plateau. China Environmental Science, 2017,37(8)：3151~3158.
[17] LIU Yang，ZENG Quan-chao，AN Shao-shan，LI Xin，HUANG Yi-mei*.Ecological stoichiometry of leaf and litter of herbaceous plants in loess hilly and gully re-gions，China．Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology，Jun． 2017，28( 6) : 1793－1800.
[18] GUO Ze-hui, LIU Yang, HUANG Yi-mei*, et al. Effects of rainfall and fertilization on water quality of the Yujia River watershed in the northern Qinling Moun－tains[J]. Journal of Agro-Environment Science, 2017, 36（1）：158-166.
[19] ZHAO Junfeng，XIAO Li，HUANG Yimei*，ZHOU Junying，LIU Yang. Distribution Characteristics of Organic Carbon in 2m Soil Layers Under Difference Planting Types in Terraced Fields on Loess Hilly Region. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.2017,31(5):253-259.
[20] Zhao J F，Xiao L，An S S，Fang Y，Ma Ｒ T，Huang Y M*． Ecological stoichiometry characteristics of leaves and litter in plant communities in the Yongli colliery reclamation area．Acta Ecologica Sinica，2017，37( 9) : 3036-3045．
*="Correspondence" author
2. Contribution to Books
(1) An Shaoshan, Huang Yimei, Zhu zhaolong. Soil environmental effects of vegetation restoration on the Loess Platea. Science Press of China, Beijing, 2020. 10.
(2) Environmental Monitoring, published in 2007 by China Agriculture Press, Prepare chapters viii and x and Five experimental.
(3) Experimental techniques in environmental biology. Northwest A&F university press, 2013. Write part iii and be the deputy editor.