CAI Zu-cong,Ph.D
Professor,
School of Geography Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
No.1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023
Tel: 025-85891203
Email: zccai@njnu.edu.cn
Education
1988 Doctor of soil chemistry, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
1985 Master of soil ecology, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
1982 Bachelor of soil science and agrochemistry, Zhejiang Agricultural University
Professional positions
2011-Present Professor of School of Geography Sciences, Nanjing Normal
University
2006-2011 Chief of Soil and Global Change Center, Institute of Soil
Science, CAS
2000-2005 Executive director of State Key Laboratory of Soil and
Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
1993-2011 Professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
1998.6-12 Visiting scholar, USDA/ARS, Ft Collins, CO, USA
1996.9-1997.3 Visiting scholar, Department of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
1992-1993 Associate Professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
1989-1992 PostDoc, Department of Environmental Science, Rotgers
University, NJ, USA
Service to the Profession
2017-present Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Agro-Environmental Sciences
2013-present Editor of Journal of Environmental Sciences
2010-present Editor of Plant and Soil
2010-present Editor of Journal of Soils and Sediments
2008-present Editor of Soil Science and Plant Nutriition
2005-2007 Editor of Biogeosciences
2004-2011 Director of East Asian Nitrogen Center, INI
2004-2007 Lead-author of IPCC WGIII AR4
2003-2011 Editor-in-Chief of Acta Pedologica Sinica
2001-present Vice Editor-in-Chief of Soil
2000-2010 Member of IGBP-China Committee
1999-2020 Member of council of Soil Science Society of China
Recent Research Grants
Major research projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.42093194013): Regulation principle and technology of soil biological co-contamination. 2021.1-2025.12. Budget: 3.5 Million RMB
Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41977032): Nitrate fates during the reductive soil treatment and legacy effects. 2020.1-2023.12. Budget: 0.62 Million RMB
The National Key Basic Research Program (2014CB953800): Sources of reactive nitrogen and its impacts on air quality and climate change in China. 2014.1-2018.12.Budget：15.0 Mellon RMB
The State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41330744): The roles of characteristics of nitrogen transformation in allocation of soil nitrogen. 2014.1-2018.12. Budget：3.10 Million RMB.
The Chinese academy of sciences strategic leading science and technology projects (XDA05020000): Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from land use change and livestock. 2011.1-2015.12. Budget: 45.0 Millon RMB
Recent Publication
Wang YH; Cai ZC; Lang XL; Yan XY; Xu KQ; Nitrogen cascade in the agriculture-food-environment system of the Yangtze Delta, 1998-2018. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147442
Chen ZX; Tu XS; Meng H; Chen C; Chen YJ; Elrys AS; Cheng Y; Zhang JB; Cai ZC; Microbial process-oriented understanding of stimulation of soil N2O emission following the input of organic materials. Environmental Pollution, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117176
Wang BY; Xia Q; Li YL; Zhao J; Yang SZ; Wei FG; Huang XQ; Zhang JB; Cai ZC; Root rot-infected Sanqi ginseng rhizosphere harbors dynamically pathogenic microbiotas driven by the shift of phenolic acids. Plant and Soil, 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05034-4
Zhang PY; Wen T; Hu YM; Zhang JB; Cai ZC; Can N fertilizer addition affect N2O isotopocule signatures for soil N2O source partitioning? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18095024
He XX; Chi QD; Zhao C; Cheng Y; Huang XQ; Zhao J Cai ZC; Zhang JB; Muller C; Plants with an ammonium preference affect soil N transformations to optimize their N acquisition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108158
Liu LL; Huang XQ; Zhang JB; Cai ZC; Jiang K; Chang YY; Deciphering the relative importance of soil and plant traits on the development of rhizosphere microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107909
