Name: Xingkai XU
Address:
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, CHINA
Tel: 0086-10-82085510
Fax: 0086-10-62041393
E-mail: xingkai_xu@yahoo.com.cn

Brief Experences

Education:
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph, D., 1998
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.S., 1995
Anhui Agricultural University, China, B.S., 1993
Professional experiences
Professor, State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2004-present
Research scientist, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan. 2002-2004
Associate professor, State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2000-2002
Research scientist, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1998-2000
Visiting researcher, Laboratory for Process Equipment, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, 2000
Visiting researcher, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium, 1997

Ongoing Projects

1. The Hundred Talents Project from the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Production and consumption of greenhouse gases in forest soils and driving mechanisms"
2. Project supported by The National Natural Sciences Foundation of China "Methane and ethylene consumption in a temperate old-growth forest soil and influencing mechanisms"
3. Project supported by The National Natural Sciences Foundation of China "Production and consumption of ethylene in forest soils and the associated driving mechanisms"

Publications

1. Xingkai Xu, Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2007. Production and consumption of ethylene in temperate volcanic forest surface soils. European Journal of Soil Science, 58: 668-679.
   
   
2. Xingkai Xu, Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2007. Effects of nitrogen sources and glucose on the consumption of ethylene and methane by temperate volcanic forest surface soils. Chinese Science Bulletin, in press.
   
   
3. Xingkai Xu, Lin Han, Yuesi Wang, Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2007. Influence of vegetation types and soil properties on microbial biomass carbon and metabolic quotients in temperate volcanic and tropical forest soils. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 53: 430-440.
   
   
4. Xingkai Xu, Zijian Wang. 2007. Phosphorus uptake and translocation in field-grown maize after application of rare earth-containing fertilizer. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 30: 557-568.
   
   
5. Xingkai Xu, Kazuyuki Inubushi, Sakamoto K. 2006. Effect of vegetations and temperature on microbial biomass carbon and metabolic quotients of temperate volcanic forest soils. Geoderma, 136: 310-319.
   
   
6. Xingkai Xu and Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2005. Contribution of mineralization of nitrogen to N2O production in some acid forest soils under controlled aerobic conditions. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 54: 726-729.
   
   
7. Xingkai Xu, Pascal Boeckx, Oswald Van Cleemput and Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2005. Mineral nitrogen in a rhizosphere soil and in standing water during rice (Oryza sativa L.) growth: effect of hydroquinone and dicyandiamide. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 109: 107-117.
   
   
8. Pascal Boeckx, Xingkai Xu and Oswald Van Cleemput. 2005. Mitigation of N2O and CH4 emission from rice-wheat cropping systems using dicyandiamide and hydroquinone. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 72: 41-49.
   
   
9. Yao Huang, Jianwen Zou, Xunhua Zheng, Yuesi Wang and Xingkai Xu. 2004. Nitrous oxide emissions as influenced by amendment of plant residues with different C:N ratios. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 36: 973-981.
   
   
10. Xingkai Xu and Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2004. Effects of N sources and methane concentrations on methane uptake potential of a typical coniferous forest and its adjacent orchard soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 40: 215-221.
    
    
11. Xingkai Xu, Zijian Wang, Yuesi Wang and Kazuyuki Inubushi. 2003. Urea hydrolysis and inorganic-N in a luvisol after application of fertilizer containing rare-earth elements. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 41: 741-748.
    
    
12. Xingkai Xu, Wangzhao Zhu, Zijian Wang and Geert-Jan Witkamp. 2003. Accumulation of rare earth elements in maize plants (Zea mays L.) after application of mixtures of rare earth elements and lanthanum. Plant and Soil, 252: 267-277.
    
    
13. Xingkai Xu, Pascal Boeckx, Likai Zhou and Oswald Van Cleemput. 2002. Inhibition experiments on nitrous oxide emission from paddy soils. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16, 10.1029/2001GB001397.
    
    
14. Xingkai Xu, Pascal Boeckx, Yuesi Wang, Yao Huang, Xunhua Zheng, Fei Hu and Oswald Van Cleemput. 2002. Nitrous oxide and methane emissions during rice growth and through rice plants: effect of dicyandiamide and hydroquinone. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 36: 53-58.
    
    
15. Xunhua Zheng, Congbin Fu, Xingkai Xu, Xiaodong Yan, Yao Huang, Shenghui Han, Fei Hu and Guanxiong Chen. 2002. The Asian nitrogen cycle case study. Ambio, 31: 79-87.
    
    
16. Xingkai Xu, Pascal Boeckx, Oswald Van Cleemput and Likai Zhou. 2002. Urease and nitrification inhibitors to reduce emissions of CH4 and N2O in rice production. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 64: 203-211.
    
    
17. Xingkai Xu, Yao Huang, Yuesi Wang, Xunhua Zheng, Mingxing Wang, Likai Zhou and Oswald Van Cleemput. 2002. One possible strategy for mitigation of CH4 and N2O emissions during rice growth: application of urease and nitrification inhibitors. World Resource Review, 13: 385-396.
    
    
18. Xingkai Xu, Wangzhao Zhu, Zijian Wang and Geert-Jan Witkamp. 2002. Distributions of rare earths and heavy metals in field-grown maize after application of rare earth-containing fertilizer. The Science of the Total Environment, 293: 97-105.
    
    
19. Xingkai Xu and Zijian Wang. 2001. Effects of lanthanum and mixtures of rare earths on ammonium oxidation and mineralization of nitrogen in soil. European Journal of Soil Science, 52: 323-330.
    
    
20. Xingkai Xu, Yao Huang, Likai Zhou, Guohong Huang and Oswald Van Cleemput. 2001. Effect of urease/nitrification inhibitors on the transformations of urea-nitrogen-15 in soil cropped to wheat. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 34: 286-290.
    
    
21. Xingkai Xu, Yuesi Wang, Xunhua Zheng, Mingxing Wang, Zijian Wang, Likai Zhou and Oswald Van Cleemput. 2000. Methane emission from a simulated rice field ecosystem as influenced by hydroquinone and dicyandiamide. The Science of the Total Environment, 263: 243-253.
    
    
22. Xingkai Xu, Liaki Zhou, Oswald Van Cleemput and Zijian Wang. 2000. Fate of urea-15N in a soil-wheat system as influenced by urease inhibitor hydroquinone and nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide. Plant and Soil, 220: 261-270.