Joint PIs

Ming Nie is currently deputy Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Fudan University. He received his PhD in ecology from Fudan University in 2010. He then completed postdoctoral researches at the University of Wyoming and the University of Aberdeen.

Microbial Ecology and Evolution

1.    Chen, H., Xu, X., Fang, C., Li, B., & Nie, M.# (2021). Differences in the temperature dependence of wetland CO2 and CH4 emissions vary with water table depth. Nature Climate Change, 11, 766-771.
2.    Zhang, Y., Li, J.-T., Xu, X., Chen, H., Zhu, T., Xu, J., Xu X. -N., Li, J., Liang, C, Li, B., Fang, C., & Nie, M.# (2023). Temperature fluctuation promotes the thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7, 205-213.
3.    Chen, H., Zhu, T., Li, B., Fang, C., & Nie, M.# (2020). The thermal response of soil microbial methanogenesis decreases in magnitude with changing temperature. Nature Communications, 11, 5733.
4.    Li, J., Pei, J., Pendall, E., Reich, P. B., Noh, N. J., Li, B., Fang, C., & Nie, M.# (2020). Rising temperature may trigger deep soil carbon loss across forest ecosystems. Advanced Science, 7, 2001242.
5.    Chen, H., Jing, Q., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Fang, C., Li, B., Zhou, S., & Nie, M.# (2022). Microbial respiratory thermal adaptation is regulated by r-/K-strategy dominance. Ecology Letters, 25, 2489-2499.
6.    Li, J., Jiang, M., Pei, J., Fang, C., Li, B., & Nie, M.# (2023). Convergence of carbon sink magnitude and water table depth in global wetlands. Ecology Letters, 26, 797-804.
7.    Li, J., Pei, J., Fang, C., Li, B., & Nie, M.# (2023). Opposing seasonal temperature dependencies of CO2 and CH4 emissions from wetlands. Global Change Biology, 29, 1133-1143.
8.    Li, J.-T., Zhang, Y., Chen, H., Sun, H., Tian, W., Li, J., Liu, X., Zhou, S., Fang, C., Li, B., & Nie, M.# (2023). Low soil moisture suppresses the thermal compensatory response of microbial respiration. Global Change Biology, 29, 874-889.
9.    Sun, H., Li, J., Liu, H., Fang, C., Li, B., & Nie, M.# (2023). Global change factors regulate the apparent thermal acclimation of soil respiration: a meta-analysis. Applied Soil Ecology, 183, 104741.
10.    Sun, H., Chen, H., Li, J.-T., Zhang, Y., Liu, X., Li, J., Li, B., Zhou, S., & Nie, M.# (2023). Nitrogen enrichment enhances thermal acclimation of soil microbial respiration. Biogeochemistry, 162, 343-375.
11.    Tian, W., Sun, H., Zhang, Y., Xu, J., Yao, J., Li, J., Li, B., & Nie, M.# (2022). Thermal adaptation occurs in the respiration and growth of widely distributed bacteria. Global Change Biology, 28, 2820-2829.
12.    Li, J., Bååth, E., Pei, J., Fang, C., & Nie, M.# (2021a). Temperature adaptation of soil microbial respiration in alpine, boreal and tropical soils: An application of the square root (Ratkowsky) model. Global Change Biology, 27, 1281–1292.
13.    Li, J., Zhu, T., Singh, B. K., Pendall, E., Li, B., Fang, C., & Nie, M.# (2021b). Key microorganisms mediate soil carbon-climate feedbacks in forest ecosystems. Science Bulletin, 66, 2036–2044.
14.    Li, J., Pei, J., Liu, J., Wu, J., Li, B., Fang, C., & Nie, M.# (2021c). Spatiotemporal variability of fire effects on soil carbon and nitrogen: a global meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology, 27, 4196–4206.
15.    Zhu, T., Yao, J., Liu, H., Zhou, C.-H., Liu, Y.-Z., Wang, Z.-W., Quan, Z.-X., Li, B., Yang, J., Huang, W.-C., & Nie, M.# (2021). Cross-phytogroup assessment of foliar epiphytic mycobiomes. Environmental Microbiology, 23, 6210–6222.