Main Focus
• Investigate soil carbon cycling and microbial carbon processing in terrestrial ecosystems
• Understand how plant diversity influences soil carbon stabilization and biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF)
• Quantify carbon allocation across microbial-derived carbon pools, including microbial biomass, microbial necromass, and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
Curriculum Vitae
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC), Jena, Germany
Since 06/2026 – Guest Postdoctoral Researcher
• Application of stable isotope tracing approaches to quantify carbon allocation across microbial-derived carbon pools
• Focus on microbial biomass, microbial necromass, and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany
Since 09/2025 – Postdoctoral Researcher (CSC–DAAD Funded)
• Research on soil carbon cycling, soil microbial ecology, and biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF)
• Coordination and implementation of the microbial carbon pool component within the ResCUE experiment
• Investigation of plant diversity effects on carbon allocation and soil carbon stabilization
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
09/2020 – 06/2025 – Ph.D. in Microbiology
• Research on agricultural management practices, soil microbial communities, and soil carbon sequestration
• Investigation of tillage effects on soil organic carbon dynamics and ecosystem functioning
• Application of molecular and biochemical approaches to study soil microbial processes