Shuijin Hu

Bio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013—present: Professor, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Plant & Microbial Biology, NC State University
2006—2012:   Associate Professor, Plant Pathology & Plant Biology, NC State University
1999—2005:   Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology & Plant Biology, NC State University
1996—1999:   NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Integrative Biology/ESPM, UC Berkeley
1994—1996:   Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Plant Pathology, UC Davis

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Plant-microbial interactions; Microbial controls over global biogeochemical cycles; Climate change effects on plant-microbe interactions; Ecosystem C sequestration; Organic farming and greenhouse gas emissions from agroecosystems.

CURRENT PROJECTS

1. Greenhouse gas emissions from conventional and organic agroecosystems;
2. Endophytic bacteria in switchgrass and their effects on soil C and N cycling

TEACHING

 Ecology of Soil Ecosystems: PP727

 

Area(s) of Expertise

Soil Microbial Ecology

Publications

• Canopy and understory nitrogen additions differently affect soil microbial residual carbon in a temperate forest , GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY (2024)
• Intermediate soil acidification induces highest nitrous oxide emissions , NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2024)
• Long-term organic amendments increase the vulnerability of microbial respiration to environmental changes: Evidence from field and laboratory studies , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2024)
• Multi-amplicon nitrogen cycling gene standard: An innovative approach for quantifying N-transforming soil microbes in terrestrial ecosystems , SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY (2024)
• Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Increases Plant Phylogenetic Diversity and Regulates Community Assembly in Grasslands , ECOLOGY LETTERS (2024)
• Nitrogen availability mediates the effects of roots and mycorrhizal fungi on soil organic carbon decomposition: A meta-analysis , PEDOSPHERE (2024)
• Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships , NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2024)
• Precipitation- rather than temperature-driven pattern in belowground biomass and root:shoot ratio across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2024)
• Alkalinity exacerbates phosphorus deficiency in subtropical red soils: Insights from phosphate-solubilizing fungi , SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT (2023)
• Climate warming suppresses abundant soil fungal taxa and reduces soil carbon efflux in a semi-arid grassland , MLIFE (2023)

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