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Name   Xu-Ri Home Page     
Highest Education      Ph.D. Office      Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Phone      Zip Code      100101
Fax      010-8409 7079 Email      xu-ri@itpcas.ac.cn

Education and Appointments:
Education
Ph.D. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2003
M. S. Institute of Natural Resources, Inner-Mongolia University, 1999
B. S. Department of Biology, Inner-Mongolia University, 1996
Appointments
Professor, Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019-present
Associate Professor, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016- present
Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 2006-2019
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, 2004-2006
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 2003-2004

Research Interest:
Research interests: Terrestrial ecosystem nitrogen cycle, biogenic trace gas emissions (CH4, NO, N2O) and their interaction with increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, changing climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition.
Research Fields: Terrestrial ecosystem nitrogen cycle.
Public Services:
Chairman:
Society/Commission 
Vice-President:
Executive Committee Member

Honors:

2017, Chinese government scholarship (CSC).

2009, K.C. Wong Education foundation scholarship.

2003-2006, Max-Planck society postdoctoral scholarship,

2004, “Xue-Du-Feng-Zheng” excellent doctoral thesis of Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1998, Japanese international scholarship, Shi-Chuan-Liang-Yi (笹川良一) Prize at Inner Mongolian University.

Selected Publications:

1. Qu, S.B., Xu-Ri*, Yu, J.N., Li, F.Z., Wei, D., Borjigidai A.*, 2020. Nitrogen deposition accelerates greenhouse gas emissions at an alpine steppe site on the Tibetan Plateau. Science of the Total Environment. (Accepted)  

2. Kou, D., Yang, G.B., Li, F., Feng, X.H., Zhang, D.Y., Mao, C., Zhang, Q.W., Peng, Y.F., Ji, C.J., Zhu, Q., Fang, Y.T., Liu, X.Y., Xu-Ri, Li, S.Q., Deng, J., Zheng, X.H., Fang, J.Y., Yang, Y.H., 2020. Progressive nitrogen limitation across the Tibetan alpine permafrost region, Nature Communications. 11, 1-9. 

3. Chen, H., Wang, F., Kong, W.D., Jia, H.Z., Zhou, T.Q., Xu-Ri, Wu, G.J., Wang, J.B., Wu, J.S., 2020. Soil microbial CO2 fixation plays a significant role in terrestrial carbon sink in a dryland ecosystem: A four-year small-scale field-plot observation on the Tibetan Plateau, Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143282. 

4. Chen, Q.Y., Yuan, Y.L., Hu, Y.L., Wang, J., Si, G.C., Xu-Ri, Zhou, J.Z., Xi, C.W., Hu, A., Zhang, G.X., 2020. Excessive nitrogen addition accelerates N assimilation and P utilization by enhancing organic carbon decomposition in a Tibetan alpine steppe, Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142848. 

5. Chen, Q.Y., Niu, B., Hu, Y.L., Wang, J., Lei, T.Z., Xu-Ri, Zhou, J.Z., Xi, C.W., Zhang, G.X., 2020. Multilevel nitrogen additions alter chemical composition and turnover of the labile fraction soil organic matter via effects on vegetation and microorganisms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.125, e2019JG005316.https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005316. 

6. Liu, Y.W. *, Geng, X.D., Tenzintarchen, Wei, D., Dai, D.X., Xu-Ri*, 2020. Divergence in ecosystem carbon fluxes and soil nitrogen characteristics across alpine steppe, alpine meadow and alpine swamp ecosystems in a biome transition zone. Science of the Total Environment. 748: 142453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142453. 

7. Liu, Y.W. *, Tenzintarchen, Geng, X.D., Wei, D., Dai, D.X., Xu-Ri*, 2020. Grazing exclusion enhanced net ecosystem carbon uptake but decreased plant nutrient content in an alpine steppe, Catena.195:104799.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104799 

8. Xu-Ri*, Wang, Y.S., Wang, Y.H., Niu, H.S., Liu, Y.W., Zhuang, Q.L., 2019. Estimating N2O emissions from soils under natural vegetation in China. Plant Soil. 434:271287. 

9. Xu-Ri*, Prentice, I. C., 2017. Modelling the demand for new nitrogen fixation by terrestrial ecosystems. Biogeosciences.14, 20032017, doi:10.5194/bg-14-2003-2017. 

10. Wei, D., Xu-Ri*, Tenzin-Tarchen, Wang, Y.S., Wang, Y.H., 2015a. Considerable methane uptake by alpine grasslands despite the cold climate: in situ measurements on the central Tibetan Plateau, 20082013. Global Change Biology. 21, 777788. 

11. Wei, D., Xu-Ri*, Tenzin-Tarchen, Dai, D.X., Wang, Y.S., Wang, Y.H., 2015b. Revisiting the role of CH4 emissions from alpine wetlands on the Tibetan Plateau: evidence from two in situ measurements at 4758 and 4320 m above sea level. Journal of Geophysical Research-biogeosciences. 120, 17411750, doi:10.1002/2015JG002974. 

12. Liu, Y.W., Xu-Ri*, Wang, Y.S., Pan, Y.P., Piao, S.L., 2015. Wet deposition of atmospheric inorganic nitrogen at five remote sites in the Tibetan Plateau, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 15, 11683-11700, doi:10.5194/acp-15-11683-2015. 

13. Wei, D., Xu-Ri*, Liu, Y.W., Wang, Y.H., Wang, Y.S., 2014. Three-year study of CO2 efflux and CH4/N2O fluxes at an alpine steppe site on the central Tibetan Plateau and their responses to simulated N deposition. Geoderma. 232-234, 88-96. 

14. Liu, Y.W., Xu-Ri*, Xu, X.L., Wei, D., Wang, Y.S., Wang, Y.H., 2013. Plant and soil responses of an alpine steppe on the Tibetan Plateau to multi-level nitrogen addition. Plant and Soil. 373:515-529. 

15. Stocker, B.D., Roth, R., Joos, F., Spahni, R., Steinacher, M., Zaehle, S., Bouwman, L., Xu-Ri, Prentice, I.C., 2013. Multiple greenhouse-gas feedbacks from the land biosphere under future climate change scenarios, Nature Climate Change. 3, 666-672. 

16. Liu, B., Kang, S.C., Sun, J.M., Zhang, Y.L., Xu-Ri, Wang, Y.J., Liu, Y.W., Cong, Z.Y., 2013. Wet precipitation chemistry at a high-altitude site (3,326 m a.s.l.) in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20, 5013-5027. 

17. Xu-Ri*, Prentic, I. C., Spahni, R., Niu, H.S., 2012. Modelling terrestrial nitrous oxide emissions and implications for climate feedback. New Phytologist. 196, 472-488. 

18. Wei, D., Xu-Ri*, Wang, Y.H., Liu, Y.W., Yao, T.D., 2012, 

. Responses of CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes to livestock exclosure in an alpine steppe on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Plant and Soil, 359, 45-55. 

19. Xu-Ri*, Prentice, I.C., 2008. Terrestrial nitrogen cycle simulated with a dynamic global vegetation model. Global Change Biology. 14, 17451764. 

20. Xu-Ri*, Niu, H.S., Li, C.S., Wang, Y.S., Wang, M.X., 2006. Uncertainties in up-scaling N2O flux from field to 1o×1o scale: a case study for Inner Mongolian grasslands in China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38, 633-643. 

21. Xu-Ri*, Wang, M.X., Wang, Y.S., 2003. Using a modified DNDC model to estimate N2O fluxes from semi-arid grassland in China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 35, 615-620. 

22. Xu-Ri*, Wang, Y.S., Zheng, X.H., Ji, B.M., Wang, M.X., 2003. A comparison between measured and modeled N2O emissions from Inner Mongolian semi-arid grassland. Plant and Soil. 255, 513-528. 


Supported Projects:

1.     2021-2024(Ongoing), “The response of soil nitrogen storage and the transformation processes to climate change since 1980s in Tibetan Plateau”, grant no 42075164, NSFC General Program, PI. 

2.     2019-2022(Ongoing), “Biogeochemical cycles and environmental health”, grant no 2019QZKK0606, Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program, main participant.  

3.     2018-2022(Ongoing), “Ecosystems carbon nitrogen cycle and climate effect”, Grant No. XDA20050102, The Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, main participant.  

4.     2018-2021(Ongoing), “Estimating soil NO emissions under natural terrestrial ecosystems in China and their responses to climate change”, grant no 41775161, NSFC General Program, PI. 

5.     2016-2019, “The comparison between observed and simulated biological nitrogen fixation and their reaction to increasing atmospheric N deposition—Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe as a case study”, grant no 41575152, NSFC General Program, PI. 

6.     2011-2016, “Carbon budget of Tibetan Plateau grassland”, grant No. XDA05050404, Strategic Priority Research Program — Climate Change: Carbon Budget and Related Issues" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, attend.  

7.     2011-2016, “CH4 and N2O emissions from Tibetan Plateau Alpine steppe”, grant No. XDA05020402, Strategic Priority Research Program — Climate Change: Carbon Budget and Related Issues" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Sub-project in charge. 

8.     2012-2015, “Observation and modeling the effect of increasing atmospheric N deposition on Tibetan plateau alpine ecosystems”, grant no 41175128, NSFC General Program, PI. 

9.     2010-2012, “Modelling the cumulative contribution of natural land N2O emissions to the increase in atmospheric N2O concentration over the 20th century”, grant no 40975096, NSFC General Program, PI. 

10. 2007-2009, “Modelling N2O emissions from natural soil sources of China, uncertainties, temporal and spatial variability”, grant no 40605032, NSFC General Program, PI.