Resume：

• 2024.08- Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Associate Professor)

  2018.07-2024.05 Huazhong Agricultural University (PostDoc)

  2012.09-2018.06 Huazhong Agricultural University (ph.D for Microbiology)

  2008.09-2012.06 Hubei University of Technology (Bachelor of Bioengineering)

Professional specialty：

• Carbon and nitrogen cycle of Aquatic-Terrestrial Ecotones;

  Soil microbial diversity and carbon cycle

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Major publications：

• 1. Liao H^#, Hao X^#, Li Y, Ma S, Gao S, Cai P, Chen W^*, Huang Q^*. 2023 Protists regulate microbially-mediated organic carbon turnover in soil aggregates. Global Change Biology, 30: e17102.
  2. Liao H^#, Hao X^#, Qin F, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Liu Y, Zhou J, Cai P, Chen W^*, Huang Q^*. 2023. Microbial autotrophy explains large-scale soil CO₂ fixation. Global Change Biology, 29:231-242.
  3. Liao H^#, Hao X^#, Zhang Y, Qin F, Xu M, Cai P, Chen W, Huang Q^*. 2022. Soil aggregate modulates microbial ecological adaptations and community assemblies in agricultural soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 172:108769.
  4. Liao H, Gao S, Hao X^*, Qin F, Ma S, Chen W, Huang Q . 2021. Soil aggregate isolation method affects interpretation of protistan community. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 161:108388.
  5. Liao H, Zhang Y, Wang K, Hao X, Chen W, Huang Q^*. 2020. Complexity of bacterial and fungal network increases with soil aggregate size in an agricultural Inceptisol.  Applied Soil Ecology, 154:103640.