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WANG Xiaobo
Title:Assistant Professor
Subject:Soil microbial ecology
Phone:86-24-83970752(O)
Email:xbwang@iae.ac.cn
Address:Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Address: No.72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, China. 110016
Resume:

Educational Background:

Ph.D. 2011-2015, Microbial Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS

M.S. 2003-2006, Plant Pathogenic Microbiology, Southwest Forestry University

B.S. 1999-2003, Biotechnology, Southwest Forestry University

Academic Experience:

Assistant Professor, 2011.07-present, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science

Visiting Scholar, 2013.4-2013.12, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Visiting Scholar, 2017-2018, University of Florida, Quincy, USA.

  • Soil microbial ecology, microbial biogeography, functional genomics, grassland community ecology, and global change biology.

    I focus on the studies of the generation, maintenance, and consequences of microbial biodiversity. Currently I am investigating the mechanisms underlying microbial diversity patterns and the consequences of this diversity for ecosystem functioning, particularly in the face of global change. I use a combination of approaches, from genetic surveys of natural communities to long-term field experiments. I study a variety of systems including grassland bacteria and fungi.

  • 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, doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.11.

     

    Chao Wang, Xiaobo Wang (Co-first author), Dongwei Liu, Honghui Wu, Xiaotao Lü, Yunting Fang, Weixin Cheng, Wentao Luo, Jizhong Zhou, Ping Jiang, Xingguo Han, Edith Bai. 2014. Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands. Nature Communications, 5:4799.

     

    Xiaobo Wang, Joy D. Nostrand, 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.

     

    Dongwei Liu, Weixing Zhu, Xiaobo Wang (Co-first author), 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, doi: 10.5194/bg-14-989-2017.

     

    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, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw006.

     

    X.G. Wang, S.A. Sistla, X.B. Wang, X.T. Lü, X.G. Han. 2016. Carbon and nitrogen contents in particle-size fractions of topsoil along a 3000 km aridity gradient in northern China. Biogeosciences, doi:10.5194/bg-2015-651.

     

    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, doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12941.

     

    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 (Accept)