Talent details

Name：Mukan Ji

Title & Affiliation：Ph.D, Associate Professor

Tel：010-84097039

Email：jimukan@itpcas.ac.cn

Homepage in Chinese：http://sourcedb.itpcas.cas.cn/cn/expert/202007/t20200723_5642963.html

Address：Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China

Education and Appointments

Education

Ph.D. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2012-2016

M. S. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2009-2012

B. S. School of Life and Environmental Sciences

The University of Sydney, 2002-2006

Appointments

Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2019-present

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2017-2019

Research Interest

Bacterial diversity, community structure and functional changes in respond to climate change, with a special focus on the microorganisms in extreme environments including the Polar Regions and the Tibetan Plateau.

Selected Publications

1. Ji, M., Kong, W., Liang, C., Zhou, T., Jia, H., and Dong, X., 2020. The Cryosphere. 14, 3907–3916.

2. Ji, M., Kong, W.*, Stegen, J., Yue, L., Wang, F., Dong, X., Cowan, D.A. and Ferrari, B.C., 2020. Distinct assembly mechanisms underlie similar biogeographical patterns of rare and abundant bacteria in tibetan plateau grassland soils. Environmental Microbiology. 22, 2261-2272.

3. Ji, M., Kong, W.*, Yue, L., Wang, J., Deng, Y. and Zhu, L., 2019. Salinity reduces bacterial diversity, but increases network complexity in tibetan plateau lakes. Fems Microbiology Ecology 95, fiz190.

4. Ji, M., Greening, C., Vanwonterghem, I., Carere, C.R., Bay, S.K., Steen, J.A., Montgomery, K., Lines, T., Beardall, J., van Dorst, J., Snape, I., Stott, M.B., Hugenholtz, P. and Ferrari, B.C.*, 2017. Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in antarctic desert surface soil. Nature 552: 400-403.