HE, Xinhua
Title: Professor
Address: College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400716, China
Tel: 86-18723289058
Email: xinhua.he@uwa.edu.au
Background:
Dr. He has focused on nitrogen use efficiency in C3 and C4 cereals, carbon and nitrogen movement in agricultural and natural ecosystems, roles of nitrogen fixing microbes and plant beneficial mycorrhizal fungi in plant ecophysiology/nutrition and soil health. Dr. He is currently exploring emerging technologies such as 454 Pyrosequencing, High Resolution Optical and/or Electron Microscopy, Nano-scale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (nanoSIMS), RNA/DNA Stable Isotope Probing (DNA/RNA-SIP) and Synchrotron Radiation Facility, etc., to address above-mentioned topics in a variety of plant-microbial-soil systems under global environmental change scenarios.
Education background:
PhD Plant Ecophysiology, University of Queensland, Australia
MS Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, South China Agricultural University, China
BS Soil Science & Agrochemistry, Southwest Agricultural University, China
Work Experience:
2015 Professor & Director, Centre of Excellence of Soil Biology, Southwest University, China
2014 Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia
2008-2014 Research Fellow/Associate Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo, Japan
2002-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Davis, USA
1997-2001 Research Assistant, University of Queensland, Australia
Research Interests:
Availability of soil nutrients and their use efficiency in C3 and C4 plants
Integrations of aboveground performance and belowground process
Nanominerals in soil organic carbon sequestration and functionality of organic matter
Network theory to address resource facilitation via mycorrhizal fungi and/or bacteria
Tracking 2H, 13C, 15N and/or 18O movement in plant-microbial-soil systems
Wax-layer simulation to enhance root hardpan penetration and micronutrient biofortification
Peer Review:
Manuscripts from >70 international journals
PhD and Masters theses from a range of global universities around the world
Funding bodies in Australia (ARC, GRDC), China (NSFC, etc.), UK (BBSRC sLoLa) and USA (NSF, USDA), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
