Dr. Xiaobo Wang
Professor, Lanzhou University
E-mail:wangxiaobo@lzu.edu.cn
xbwang1999@gmail.com
Address：South Tianshui Rd. 222,
Lanzhou 730000, China
Educational Background:
lPh.D. 2011-2015, Microbial Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
lM.S. 2003-2006,Plant Pathogenic Microbiology,Southwest Forestry University
lB.S. 1999-2003,Biotechnology,Southwest Forestry University
Professional Experiences:
lProfessor, 2020/09-present,State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agroecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, and College of Pastoral, Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
lPost doc, 2019/04-2020/08, Institute of Armond-Frappier, INRS Center, Laval, Quebec, Canada
lPostdoctoral Research Scholar, 2017/09-2019/03,UF/IFASNorth Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, USA
lVisiting Scholar, 2013/04-2013/12,Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
lAssistant Professor, 2011/07-2015/09, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, China
Research Interests:
lSoil microbial ecology, microbial biogeography, functional genomics, grassland community ecology, and global change biology.
During the past few years, I mainly focus on thestudiesofthe generation, maintenance, and consequences ofmicrobialbiodiversityin China’s natural grassland and the promotion of crop growth using microbe-mediatedmethodologiesin North America agroecosystems.I have great interests in microbial biogeography, plant-soil microbiome interactions, and linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (e.g., nitrogen cycling, plant productivity and soil fertility) under different scenarios of environmental change (e.g., climate change and agricultural management).Istudy a variety ofmicrobialsystems including grassland bacteriaarchaeaand fungibased on omicsurveys of natural communitiesandlong-termfield experiments.
Honors:
Awarded“Top 100 Excellent PhD Dissertation”in Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017).
Academic Contributions:
Reviewer for the following journals
lISME Communications
lGlobal Ecology and Biogeography
lJournal of Soil and Sediments
lMolecular Ecology
lMicrobial Ecology
lScience of the Total Environment
lOikos
lEcological research
lAgriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Research Grants:
lThe Starting Research Fund for the Introduction ofTalent of Lanzhou University, 2020-2025. (Principal Investigator)
lGeneral program(NSFC):Mechanisms of plant growth promotion mediated by hydrogen gas (H2) released from nitrogen-fixing nodules. 2023-2026. (Principal Investigator)
lSub-project of the ThirdXinjiang ComprehensiveScientificExpeditionprogram. 2022-2025. (Principal Investigator)
lSub-project oftheNationalKeyResearch andDevelopmentProgram.2021-2026.(Principal Investigator)
lOutstanding young scholarsof Xingliao Talent Program in Liaoning Province of China (2019). 2020-2023. (Principal Investigator)
lGeneral program(NSFC): Effects of different forms of nitrogen addition on the soil microbial communities and functional genes of N cycling in the meadow steppe. 2017-2020. (Principal Investigator)
lSub-projectof theSTSproject of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2017-2019.(Principal Investigator)
lMajor International Joint Project (NSFC): The response of grassland ecosystems toclimate extremes at local to regional scales: comparing grassland networks betweenChina and USA. 2014-2018.(Collaborator)
lMajor Program ofNatural Science Foundation of China (NSFC):Mechanisms ofnitrogen deposition onlinkages between above- and below-ground ecological processes in grassland ecosystems. 2013-2016.(Collaborator)
lThe Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy Sciences:China Soil Microbiome Initiative(CSMI), Mechanisms of temporal and spatial distribution patterns of soil microorganisms regulated by stoichiometry. 2014-2018. (Collaborator)
Selected Publications:
1.Chao Wang#,Xiaobo Wang#, Dongwei Liu, Honghui Wu, Xiaotao Lü, Yunting Fang, Weixin Cheng, Wentao Luo, Ping Jiang,Jason Shi, Huaqun Yin,Jizhong Zhou, Xingguo Han, Edith Bai. 2014. Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands.Nature Communications, 5:4799. [#Equal contributions] (IF=17.694)
2.Xiao-Bo Wang, Xiao-Tao Lü, Jing Yao, Zheng-Wen Wang, Ye Deng, Wei-Xin Cheng, Ji-Zhong Zhou, Xing-Guo Han. 2017. Habitat-specific patterns and drivers of bacterial β-diversity in China’s drylands.The ISME Journal, 11:1345-1358.(IF=11.217)
3.Shang Wang#,Xiaobo Wang#, Xingguo Han, Ye Deng. 2018. Higher precipitation strengthens the microbial interactions in semiarid grassland soils.Global Ecology and Biogeography,27:570-580. [#Equal contributions] (IF=6.909)
4.Xiaobo Wang, Joy D.VanNostrand, Ye Deng, Xiaotao Lü, Chao Wang, Jizhong Zhou, Xingguo Han. 2015. Scale-dependent effects of climate and geographic distance on bacterial diversity patterns across northern China’s grasslands.FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91:fiv133. (IF=4.519)
5.Xiao-Bo Wang, Jing Yao, Hai-Yang Zhang, Xiao-Guang Wang, Kai-Hui Li, Xiao-Tao Lü, Zheng-Wen Wang, Ji-Zhong Zhou, Xing-Guo Han. 2018. Environmental and spatial variables determine the taxonomic but not functional structure patterns of microbial communities in alpine grasslands.Science of the Total Environment, 654: 960-968. (IF=10.753)
6.Dongwei Liu#, Weixing Zhu,Xiaobo Wang#, Yuepeng Pan, Chao Wang, Dan Xi, Edith Bai, Yuesi Wang, Xingguo Han, Yunting Fang. 2017. Abiotic versus biotic controls on soil nitrogen cycling in drylands along a 3200 km transect.Biogeosciences, 14:989-1001. [#Equal contributions] [#Equal contributions] (IF=5.092)
7.Xiao-Tao Lü, Yan-Yu Hu, Hai-Yang, Zhang, Hai-Wei Wei, Shuang-Li Hou, Guo-Jiao Yang, Zhuo-Yi Liu,Xiao-Bo Wang. 2018. Intraspecific variation drives community-level stoichiometric responses to nitrogen and water enrichment in a temperate steppe.Plant and soil, 423:307-315. (IF=4.993)
8.Jing Tian, Nianpeng He, Weidong Kong, Ye Deng, Kai Feng, Sophie M. Green,Xiaobo Wang, Jizhong Zhou, Yakov Kuzyakov, Guirui Yu. 2018. Deforestation decreases spatial turnover and alters the network interactions in soil bacterial communities.Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 123:80-86. (IF=8.546)
9.Shanshan Zhu, Guohua Dai, Tian Ma, Litong Chen, Dima Chen, Xiaotao Lü,Xiaobo Wang, Juntao Zhu, Yangjian Zhang, Yongfei Bai, Xingguo Han, Jin-Sheng He, Xiaojuan Feng. 2019. Distribution of lignin phenols in comparison with plant-derived lipids in the alpine versus temperate grassland soils.Plant and soil, 439:325-338. (IF=4.993)
10.Hai-Yang Zhang, Xiao-Tao Lü, Alan Knapp, Henrik Hartmann, Edith Bai,Xiao-Bo Wang, Zheng-Wen Wang, Xiao-Guang Wang, Qiang Yu, Xing-Guo Han. 2017. Facilitation by leguminous shrubs increases along a precipitation gradient.Functional Ecology,32:203-213. (IF=6.282)
11.Xiao-GuangWang,Seeta A.Sistla,Xiao-BoWang,Xiao-TaoLü,Xing-GuoHan. 2016. Carbon and nitrogen contents in particle-size fractions of topsoil along a 3000 km aridity gradient in northern China.Biogeosciences, 13:3635-3646. (IF=5.092)
12.Guohua Dai, Tian Ma, Shanshan Zhu, Zongguang Liu, Dima Chen, Yongfei Bai, Litong Chen, Jin-sheng He, Juntao Zhu, Yangjian Zhang, Xiaotao Lv,Xiaobo Wang, Xingguo Han, Xiaojuan Feng. 2018. Large-scale distribution of molecular components in Chinese grassland soils: The influence of input and decomposition processes.Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,123:239-255. (IF=4.432)
13.Tian Ma, Guohua Dai, Shanshan Zhu, Dima Chen, Litong Chen, Xiaotao Lü,Xiaobo Wang, Juntao Zhu, Yangjian Zhang, Wenhong Ma, Jin-Sheng He, Yongfei Bai, Xingguo Han, Xiaojuan Feng. 2019. Distribution and preservation of root and shoot derived carbon components in soils across the Chinese-Mongolian grasslands.Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,124:420-431.(IF=4.432)
14.Chao Wang, Dongwei Liu, Wentao Luo, Yunting Fang,Xiaobo Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Yong Jiang, Xingguo Han, Edith Bai. 2015. Variations in leaf carbon isotope composition along an arid and semi-arid grassland transect in Northern China.Journal of Plant Ecology,5:576-585. (IF=1.774)
15.Menghou Liu, Zhengwen Wang, Shanshan Li, Xiaotao Lü,Xiaobo Wang, Xingguo Han. 2017. Changes in specific leaf area of dominant plants in temperate grasslands along a 2500-km transect in northern China.Scientific Reports, 7:10780. (IF=4.379)
16.Dan Xiong, Cunzheng Wei, E.R. Jasper Wubs, G.F. Ciska Veen, Wenju Liang,Xiaobo Wang, Qi Li, Wim van der Putten, Xingguo Han. 2019. Non-linear responses of soil nematode community composition to increasing aridity.Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29:117-126. (IF=6.909)
17.Xiaoguang Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Feike A. Dijkstra, Haiyang Zhang,Xiaobo Wang, Yunna Wu, Zhengwen Wang, Jiao Feng, Xingguo Han. 2019. Changes of plant N:P stoichiometry across a 3000-km aridity transect in grasslands of northern China.Plant and soil, 443:107-119. (IF=4.993)
18.Zhiquan Cai,Xiaobo Wang, Screetama Bhadra, Qi Gao. 2020. Distinct factors drive the assembly of quinoa-associated microbiomes along elevation.Plant and Soil,448:55-69. (IF=4.993)
19.Xiao-Bo Wang, Chih-Ming Hsu, JoseC.B. Dubeux Jr, Xing-Guo Han, Hui-Ling Liao. 2019. Effects of rhizome peanut cultivars (Arachis glabrataBenth.) on the soil bacterial diversity and predicted function in nitrogen fixation.Ecology and Evolution, 9:12676-12687. (IF=3.167)
20.Xiaoguang Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Haiyang Zhang, Feike A. Dijkstra, Yangao Jiang,Xiaobo Wang, Jiayu Lu, Yunna Wu, Zhengwen Wang, Xingguo Han. 2020.Changes in soil C:N:P stoichiometry along an aridity gradient in drylands of northern China.Geoderma,361:114087.(IF=7.422)
21.Tian Ma, Guohua Dai, Shanshan Zhu, Dima Chen, Litong Chen, Xiaotao Lü,Xiaobo Wang, Juntao Zhu, Yangjian Zhang, Jinsheng He, Yongfei Bai, Xingguo Han, Xiaojuan Feng. 2020.Vertical variations in plant- and microbial-derived carbon components in grassland soils.Plant and soil, 446:441-455. (IF=4.993)
22.Xiao-Bo Wang, Ruth Schmidt,Etienne Yergeau, Philippe Constant. 2020. Field H2infusion alters bacterial and archaeal communities but not fungal communities nor nitrogen cycle gene abundance.Soil Biology & Biochemistry,151:108018(IF=8.546).
23.Jing Yao, Miao Liu, Nina Chen,Xiaobo Wang, Xingyuan He, Yuanman Hu, Xueyan Wang, Wei Chen. 2020. Quantitative assessment of demand and supply of urban ecosystem services in different seasons.Landscape Ecology,36: 1971-1986(IF=5.043).
24.Dan Xiong, Cunzheng Wei, Xugao Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Shuai Fang, Yingbin Li,Xiaobo Wang, Wenju Liang, Xingguo Han,Thiemo MartijnBezemer,Qi Li. 2020. Spatial patterns and ecological drivers of soil nematodeβ-diversityin natural grasslandsvary amongvegetation typesand trophic position.Journal of Animal Ecology,90:1367-1378(IF=5.606).
25.Ruzhen Wang, Junjie Yang, Heyong Liu, Jordi Sardans, Yunhai Zhang,Xiaobo Wang, Cunzheng Wei, Xiaotao Lü, Feike A Dijkstra, Yong Jiang, Xingguo Han,Josep Peñuelas. 2021.Nitrogenenrichment buffers phosphorus limitation by mobilizingmineral-bound soil phosphorus in grasslands.Ecology,https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.nzs7h44pb.(IF=6.431).
26.Victor A.Guerra,Lukas Beule, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Jose C.B. Dubeux Jr., Ann R.S. Blount,Xiao-Bo Wang, Diane L. Rowland, Hui-Ling Liao.2021.Soilbacterialcommunityresponse torhizomapeanutincorporation into Floridapastures.Journal of Environmental Quality,https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20307.(IF=3.866).
27.Jing Yao, Miao Liu, Nina Chen, Wei Chen, Chunping Miao,Xiaobo Wang, Xingyuan He. 2021. The spatial variation of air purification benefit provided by street tree assemblages in Shenyang, China.Urban Ecosystems,https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-021-01183-7.(IF=2.683).
28.Ruth Schmidt,Xiao-Bo Wang*, Paolina Garbeva andÉtienne Yergeau*.2022.The nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin hasnon-targeteffects on the soil microbial community structure, composition, and functions.Applied Soil Ecology,171: 104350.(IF=5.509)
29.Zhen-Hui Yang, Ying Xing, Jian-Guo Ma, Yu-Man Li, Xiao-Qian Yang,Xiao-Bo Wang*. 2022.Epichloëfungal endophytes have more host-dependent effects on the soil microenvironment than on the initial litter quality.Journal of Fungi,8: 237.(IF=5.724)
30.Xiao-Bo Wang,Hamed Azarbad,Laura Leclerc, Jessica Dozois, Eugenie Mukula,Étienne Yergeau*.2022.A dry-rewetting cycle imposes more important shifts on soil microbial communities than does reduced precipitation.mSystems,https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00247-22.(IF=7.324)
31.Haiyang Zhang,Xiao-Tao Lü, Cunzheng Wei, Powell Jeff,Xiaobo Wang, Dingliang Xing, Xingguo Han. 2023.β-diversity in temperate grasslands is driven by stronger environmental filtering of plant species with large genomes.Ecology,Accept.(IF=6.431)
32.Numan Asad,Xiao-Bo Wang,Jessica Dozois,Hamed Azarbad,Philippe Constant,Étienne Yergeau*.2023.Early season soil microbiome best predicts wheat grain quality.FEMS Microbiology Ecology,99: 1-13.(IF=4.519)
