Liang, Junyi

Research Interests

Terrestrial carbon cycling and climate change

Nature-based climate solutions

Ecosystem responses to extreme climate events

Soil ecology and biogeochemistry

Quantitative data-driven modeling and data-model integration

 

Education

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2016

M.S., Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2012

B.S., Agronomy, China Agricultural University, China, 2009

 

Professional Experience

2019 – present: Professor (level 4), China Agricultural University, China

   Since 2020: Team lead of interdisciplinary research on nature-based climate solutions

2017 – 2019: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

2013 – 2016: Research Assistant (half-time), University of Oklahoma, USA

 

Awards / Honors

2023: Top Innovative Talents under 40, National Forestry and Grassland Administration

2023: Excellent Supervisor Award, China Agricultural University

2020:Rising Youth Scientist (level A), China Agricultural University

 

Teaching

Undergraduate level

2023 – present: Grassland Ecological Civilization and Sustainability, China Agricultural University

 

Graduate level

2023 – present: Grassland Ecosystem Modeling, China Agricultural University

2020 – present: Soil Microbial Ecology, China Agricultural University

2020 – 2022: Research Techniques in Grassland Science, China Agricultural University

2015: Ecological Modeling, University of Oklahoma (Teaching Assistant)

Publications (Lab member; Corresponding author^*)

Book Chapters

2. Liang, J., & Jiang, J. 2022. Application of Data Assimilation to Soil Incubation Data. In Y. Luo & B. Smith (Eds.), Land Carbon Cycle Modeling: Matrix Approach, Data Assimilation, & Ecological Forecasting (pp. 189-196): CRC Press.

1. Jiang, L., Jiang, J., Liang, J., et al. 2017. Frontiers of Ecosystem Modeling and Large-Scale Experiments. In A. Chabbi & H. W. Loescher (Eds.), Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Infrastructures: Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 137-162): CRC Press.

 

Selected Journal Articles

12. Ren, S., Huo, T., Wang, D., Liang, J.^* 2024. Losses  of native mineral-associated organic nitrogen through microbial  mineralization and gaseous emissions induced by ammonium and nitrate  addition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 193, 109420.

11. Huo, T., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Wei, B., Chen, K., Zhuang, M., Liu, N., Zhang, Y., Liang, J.^* 2024. Temperate grassland vegetation restoration influenced by grazing exclusion and climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 912, 168842.

10. Chen, K., Huo, T., Zhang, Y., . . . Liang, J.^* 2023.    Response of Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition to Intensified Water    Variability Co-Determined by the Microbial Community and Aggregate    Changes in a Temperate Grassland Soil of Northern China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 176, 108875.

9. Zhang, Y. W., Zhang, Y. L., Huo, T., . . . Liang, J.^* 2023. Vegetation Restoration Constrained by Nitrogen Availability in Temperate Grasslands in Northern China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 16, rtac087.

8. Liang, J.^*, Chen, K., Siqintana, et al. 2022. Towards Improved Modeling of SOC Decomposition: Soil Water Potential Beyond the Wilting Point. Global Change Biology, 28, 3665-3673.

7. Liang, J.^*, Wang, G., Singh, S., . . . Mayes, M. A.^* 2021. Intensified Soil Moisture Extremes Decrease Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition: A Mechanistic Modeling Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2021JG006392.

6. Liang, J.^*, Wang, G.^*,    Ricciuto, D. M., et al. 2019. Evaluating the E3SM Land Model Version 0    (ELMv0) at a Temperate Forest Site Using Flux and Soil Water    Measurements. Geoscientific Model Development, 12, 1601-1612.

5. Liang, J.^*, Zhou, Z. G., Huo, C. F., . . . Luo, Y. Q.^* 2018. More Replenishment than Priming Loss of Soil Organic Carbon with Additional Carbon Input. Nature Communications, 9, 3175.

4. Liang, J.^*, Xia, J. Y., Shi, Z., . . . Luo, Y. Q.^* 2018. Biotic Responses Buffer Warming-Induced Soil Organic Carbon Loss in Arctic Tundra. Global Change Biology, 24, 4946-4959.

3. Liang, J.^*, Qi, X., Souza, L., & Luo, Y.^* 2016. Processes Regulating Progressive Nitrogen Limitation under Elevated Carbon Dioxide: A Meta-Analysis. Biogeosciences, 13, 2689-2699.

2. Liang, J.^*, Li, D., Shi, Z., . . . Luo, Y.^* 2015.    Methods for Estimating Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Organic Matter    Based on Incubation Data: A Comparative Evaluation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 80, 127-135.

1. Liang, J., Xia, J., Liu, L., & Wan, S.^* 2013.    Global Patterns of the Responses of Leaf-level Photosynthesis and    Respiration in Terrestrial Plants to Experimental Warming. Journal of Plant Ecology, 6, 437-447.

Other Publications

34. Sun, X., Yu, Y., Liang, J.^* 2023. Effects of Grazing on Nutritional Quality of Natural Grassland Communities in Northern China:a Meta-analysis. Acta Agrestia Sinica, 31, 2843-2852.

33.    Ma, S., Jiang, L., Wilson, R. M., Chanton, J., Niu, S., Iversen, C.   M.,  Malhotra, A., Jiang, J., Huang, Y., Lu, X., Shi, Z., Tao, F., Liang, J.,    Ricciuto, D., Hanson, P. J., & Luo, Y. 2023. Thermal acclimation   of  plant photosynthesis and autotrophic respiration in a northern    peatland. Environmental Research: Climate, 2, 025003.

32. Huo, C. F., Liang, J.,    Zhang, W. D., Wang, P., & Cheng, W. X. 2022. Priming effect and   its  regulating factors for fast and slow soil organic carbon pools: A    meta-analysis. Pedosphere, 32, 140-148.

31. Jiang, L., Liang, J.,    Lu, X., Hou, E., Hoffman, F. M., & Luo, Y. 2021. Country-level   land  carbon sink and its causing components by the middle of the    twenty-first century. Ecological Processes, 10, 1-13.

30. Jung, C. G., Du, Z., Hararuk, O., Xu, X., Liang, J.,    Zhou, X., Li, D., Jiang, L., & Luo, Y. 2021. Long-term   measurements  in a mixed-grass prairie reveal a change in soil organic   carbon  recalcitrance and its environmental sensitivity under warming. Oecologia, 197, 989–1002.

29. Singh, S., Jagadamma, S., Liang, J.,    Kivlin, S. N., Wood, J. D., Wang, G., Schadt, C. W., Dupont, J. I.,    Gowda, P., & Mayes, M. A. 2021. Differential organic carbon    mineralization responses to soil moisture in three different soils    orders under mixed forested system. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 223.

28. Zhou, J., Chen, S., Yan, L., Wang, J., Jiang, M., Liang, J.,    Zhang, X., & Xia, J. 2021. A Comparison of Linear Conventional  and   Nonlinear Microbial Models for Simulating Pulse Dynamics of Soil    Heterotrophic Respiration in a Semi‐Arid Grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2020JG006120.

27. He, Z., Deng, Y., Xu, M., Li, J., Liang, J.,    Xiong, J., Yu, H., Wu, B., Wu, L., Xue, K., Shi, S., Carrillo, Y.,  Van   Nostrand, J. D., Hobbie, S. E., Reich, P. B., Schadt, C. W., Kent,  A.   D., Pendall, E., Wallenstein, M., Luo, Y., Yan, Q., & Zhou, J.   2020.  Microbial functional genes commonly respond to elevated carbon   dioxide.  Environment International, 144, 106068.

26. Jian, S., Li, J., Wang, G., Kluber, L. A., Schadt, C. W., Liang, J.,    & Mayes, M. A. 2020. Multi-year incubation experiments boost    confidence in model projections of long-term soil carbon dynamics. Nature Communications, 11, 5864.

25. Liu, X. P., Liang, J.,    & Gu, L. H. 2020. Photosynthetic and environmental regulations of    the dynamics of soil respiration in a forest ecosystem revealed by    analyses of decadal time series. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 282, 107863.

24. Jung, C. G., Xu, X., Niu, S. L., Liang, J.,    Chen, X. C., Shi, Z., Jiang, L. F., & Luo, Y. Q. 2019.   Experimental  warming amplified opposite impacts of drought vs. wet   extremes on  ecosystem carbon cycle in a tallgrass prairie. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 276, 107635.

23. Stuble, K. L., Ma, S., Liang, J.,    Luo, Y. Q., Classen, A. T., & Souza, L. 2019. Long-term impacts  of   warming drive decomposition and accelerate the turnover of labile,  not   recalcitrant, carbon. Ecosphere, 10, e02715.

22. Wang, J., Xia, J. Y., Zhou, X. H., Huang, K., Zhou, J., Huang, Y. Y., Jiang, L. F., Xu, X., Liang, J.,    Wang, Y. P., Cheng, X. L., & Luo, Y. Q. 2019. Evaluating the    simulated mean soil carbon transit times by Earth system models using    observations. Biogeosciences, 16, 917-926.

21. Du, L., Mikle, N., Zou, Z. H., Huang, Y. Y., Shi, Z., Jiang, L. F., McCarthy, H. R., Liang, J.,    & Luo, Y. Q. 2018. Global patterns of extreme drought-induced  loss   in land primary production: Identifying ecological extremes from    rain-use efficiency. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 611-620.

20.    Li, Z., Xia, J. Y., Ahlstrom, A., Rinke, A., Koven, C., Hayes, D. J.,    Ji, D. Y., Zhang, G. L., Krinner, G., Chen, G. S., Cheng, W. Y.,  Dong,   J. W., Liang, J.,    Moore, J. C., Jiang, L. F., Yan, L. M., Ciais, P., Peng, S. S., Wang,    Y. P., Xiao, X. M., Shi, Z., McGuire, A. D., & Luo, Y. Q. 2018.    Non-uniform seasonal warming regulates vegetation greening and    atmospheric CO₂ amplification over northern lands. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 124008.

19. Liu, W. J., Chen, S. Y., Liang, J.,    Qin, X., Kang, S. C., Ren, J. W., & Qin, D. H. 2018. The effect  of   decreasing permafrost stability on ecosystem carbon in the   northeastern  margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Scientific Reports, 8.

18. Zhou, S., Liang, J.,    Lu, X. J., Li, Q. Y., Jiang, L. F., Zhang, Y., Schwalm, C. R.,  Fisher,   J. B., Tjiputra, J., Sitch, S., Ahlström, A., Huntzinger, D.  N.,  Huang,  Y. F., Wang, G. Q., & Luo, Y. Q. 2018. Sources of   Uncertainty in  Modeled Land Carbon Storage within and across Three   MIPs: Diagnosis with  Three New Techniques. Journal of Climate, 31, 2833-2851.

17.    Chen, J., Luo, Y. Q., Xia, J. Y., Wilcox, K. R., Cao, J. J., Zhou, X.    H., Jiang, L. F., Niu, S. L., Estera, K. Y., Huang, R. J., Wu, F.,  Hu,   T. F., Liang, J.,    Shi, Z., Guo, J. F., & Wang, R. W. 2017. Warming Effects on    Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes Are Modulated by Plant Functional Types. Ecosystems, 20, 515-526.

16. Feng, W. T., Liang, J.,    Hale, L. E., Jung, C. G., Chen, J., Zhou, J. Z., Xu, M. G., Yuan, M.    T., Wu, L. Y., Bracho, R., Pegoraro, E., Schuur, E. A. G., & Luo,   Y.  Q. 2017. Enhanced decomposition of stable soil organic carbon and    microbial catabolic potentials by long-term field warming. Global Change Biology, 23, 4765-4776.

15. Jiang, L., Shi, Z., Xia, J., Liang, J.,    Lu, X., Wang, Y., & Luo, Y. 2017. Transient Traceability Analysis    of Land Carbon Storage Dynamics: Procedures and Its Application to  Two   Forest Ecosystems. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9, 2822-2835.

14. Luo, Y. Q., Shi, Z., Lu, X. J., Xia, J. Y., Liang, J.,    Jiang, J., Wang, Y., Smith, M. J., Jiang, L. F., Ahlström, A., Chen,    B., Hararuk, O., Hastings, A., Hoffman, F., Medlyn, B., Niu, S. L.,    Rasmussen, M., Todd-Brown, K., & Wang, Y. P. 2017. Transient    dynamics of terrestrial carbon storage: mathematical foundation and  its   applications. Biogeosciences, 14, 145-161.

13.    Wilcox, K. R., Shi, Z., Gherardi, L. A., Lemoine, N. P., Koerner, S.    E., Hoover, D. L., Bork, E., Byrne, K. M., Cahill, J., Collins, S. L.,    Evans, S., Gilgen, A. K., Holub, P., Jiang, L., Knapp, A. K., LeCain,    D., Liang, J.,    Garcia-Palacios, P., Penuelas, J., Pockman, W. T., Smith, M. D., Sun,    S., White, S. R., Yahdjian, L., Zhu, K., & Luo, Y. Q. 2017.    Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation  extremes:  A  synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation  experiments. Global Change Biology, 23, 4376-4385.

12.    Xia, J. Y., McGuire, A. D., Lawrence, D., Burke, E., Chen, G. S.,   Chen,  X. D., Delire, C., Koven, C., MacDougall, A., Peng, S. S.,  Rinke,  A.,  Saito, K., Zhang, W. X., Alkama, R., Bohn, T. J., Ciais,  P.,  Decharme,  B., Gouttevin, I., Hajima, T., Hayes, D. J., Huang, K.,  Ji,  D. Y.,  Krinner, G., Lettenmaier, D. P., Miller, P. A., Moore, J.  C.,  Smith, B.,  Sueyoshi, T., Shi, Z., Yan, L. M., Liang, J.,    Jiang, L. F., Zhang, Q., & Luo, Y. Q. 2017. Terrestrial ecosystem    model performance in simulating productivity and its vulnerability to    climate change in the northern permafrost region. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 122, 430-446.

11. Chen, L. Y., Liang, J.,    Qin, S. Q., Liu, L., Fang, K., Xu, Y. P., Ding, J. Z., Li, F., Luo,  Y.   Q., & Yang, Y. H. 2016. Determinants of carbon release from the    active layer and permafrost deposits on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 7, 13046.

10. Feng, W. T., Shi, Z., Jiang, J., Xia, J. Y., Liang, J., Zhou, J. Z., & Luo, Y. Q. 2016. Methodological uncertainty in estimating carbon turnover times of soil fractions. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 100, 118-124.

9. Hu, J., Zhou, J., Zhou, G., Luo, Y., Xu, X., Li, P., & Liang, J. 2016.    Improving Estimations of Spatial Distribution of Soil Respiration   Using  the Bayesian Maximum Entropy Algorithm and Soil Temperature as    Auxiliary Data. PloS one, 11, e0146589.

8.    Luo, Y., Ahlström, A., Allison, S. D., Batjes, N. H., Brovkin, V.,    Carvalhais, N., Chappell, A., Ciais, P., Davidson, E. A., Finzi, A.,    Georgiou, K., Guenet, B., Hararuk, O., Harden, J. W., He, Y., Hopkins,    F., Jiang, L., Koven, C., Jackson, R. B., Jones, C. D., Lara, M. J., Liang, J.,    McGuire, A. D., Parton, W., Peng, C., Randerson, J. T., Salazar, A.,    Sierra, C. A., Smith, M. J., Tian, H., Todd-Brown, K. E. O., Torn, M.,    van Groenigen, K. J., Wang, Y. P., West, T. O., Wei, Y., Wieder, W.  R.,   Xia, J., Xu, X., Xu, X., & Zhou, T. 2016. Toward more  realistic   projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30, 40-56.

7. Shi, Z., Xu, X., Souza, L., Wilcox, K., Jiang, L. F., Liang, J.,    Xia, J. Y., Garcia-Palacios, P., & Luo, Y. Q. 2016. Dual   mechanisms  regulate ecosystem stability under decade-long warming and   hay harvest.  Nature Communications, 7, 11973.

6. Xu, X., Shi, Z., Li, D., Rey, A., Ruan, H., Craine, J. M., Liang, J.,    Zhou, J., & Luo, Y. 2016. Soil properties control decomposition  of   soil organic carbon: Results from data-assimilation analysis. Geoderma, 262, 235-242.

5. Chen, J., Luo, Y., Xia, J., Jiang, L., Zhou, X., Lu, M., Liang, J., Shi, Z., Shelton, S., & Cao, J. 2015. Stronger warming effects on microbial abundances in colder regions. Scientific Reports, 5, 18032.

4. Shi, Z., Sherry, R., Xu, X., Hararuk, O., Souza, L., Jiang, L. F., Xia, J. Y., Liang, J., & Luo, Y. Q. 2015a. Evidence for long-term shift in plant community composition under decadal experimental warming. Journal of Ecology, 103, 1131-1140.

3. Shi, Z., Xu, X., Hararuk, O., Jiang, L., Xia, J., Liang, J.,    Li, D., & Luo, Y. 2015b. Experimental warming altered rates of    carbon processes, allocation, and carbon storage in a tallgrass   prairie.  Ecosphere, 6, 210.

2. Xu, Y., Zhang, J., Franklin, S. B., Liang, J.,    Ding, P., Luo, Y., Lu, Z., Bao, D., & Jiang, M. 2015. Improving    allometry models to estimate the above- and belowground biomass of    subtropical forest, China. Ecosphere, 6, 289.

1. Liang, J.,    Xia, J. Y., Liu, L. L., & Wan, S. Q. 2015. Testing for  temperature   acclimation of plant carbon exchange: a comment on 'Global  patterns of   the responses of leaf-level photosynthesis and  respiration in   terrestrial plants to experimental warming' by Liang et  al. Response. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8, 335-335.

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