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• 2017-, Professor, Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  2011-2017, Associate Professor, Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences,China

  2008-2011, Assistant Professor, Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Professional specialty：

• * Wetland vegetation ecology

  * Wetland nitrogen cycles

  * Wetland resotration

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Major publications：

• 1. Ding, B., Xu, D., Wang, S., Liu, W.*, & Zhang, Q. (2025). Additive effects of multiple global change drivers on terrestrial nitrogen cycling worldwide. Global Change Biology, 31(4), e70176.
  2. He, G., Deng, D., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M.*, Liu, W.*, & Zhang, Q. (2025). Global Relative Importance of Denitrification and Anammox in Microbial Nitrogen Loss Across Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. Advanced Science, 2406857.
  3. He, G., Lu, M., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M.*, Yang, Y.*, Ma, L., Li, S., & Liu, W*. (2024). The global‐scale impacts of metallic nanoparticles on soil carbon dioxide emissions. Global Change Biology, 30(2), e17164.
  4. Deng, D., He, G., Ding, B., Liu, W*., Yang, Z*., & Ma, L*. (2024). Denitrification dominates dissimilatory nitrate reduction across global natural ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 30(3), e17256.
  5. Deng, D., He, G., Yang, Z., Xiong, X.*, & Liu, W*. (2024). Activity and community structure of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in nitrogen-polluted rivers along a latitudinal gradient. Water Research, 254, 121317.
  6. Deng, D., Yang, Z., Yang, Y., Wan, W., Liu, W.*, & Xiong, X*. (2024). Metagenomic insights into nitrogen-cycling microbial communities and their relationships with nitrogen removal potential in the Yangtze River. Water Research, 265, 122229.
  7. Lu, M., He, G., Fan, L., Liu, G., Wu, J., Liu, W.*, & Ma, L*. (2024). Temperature sensitivity of aerobic and anaerobic organic carbon mineralization varies with climate and soil depth in riparian zones. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 195, 109455.
  8. Xiong, X., Feng, L., Huang, J., Wan, W., Yang, Y., & Liu, W*. (2024). Species pool and local assembly processes drive β diversity of ammonia‐oxidizing and denitrifying microbial communities in rivers along a latitudinal gradient. Molecular Ecology, 33(19), e17516.
  9. Cai, M., Zhang, C., Ndungu, C. N., Liu, G., Liu, W*., & Zhang, Q. (2024). Linking ecosystem multifunctionality to microbial community features in rivers along a latitudinal gradient. Msystems, 9(4), e00147-24.
  10. He G, Yang Y, Liu G, Zhang Q*, Liu W*. 2023. Global analysis of the perturbation effects of metal-based nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling. Global Change Biology, 29: 4001-4017.
  11. Zhou Y, He G, Bhagwat G, Palanisami T, Yang Y*, Liu W*, Zhang Q. 2023. Nanoplastics alter ecosystem multifunctionality and may increase global warming potential. Global Change Biology, 29: 3895-3909.
  12. Deng D, Ding B, He G, Ji M, Yang Y, Liu G, Zhang Q*, Liu W*. 2023. The contribution of anammox to nitrogen removal is greater in bulk soils than in rhizosphere soils in riparian wetlands along the Yangtze River. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37: e2022GB007576.
  13. Wan W, Gadd GM, Yang Y*, Yuan W, Gu J, Ye L, Liu W*. 2021. Environmental adaptation is stronger for abundant rather than rare microorganisms in wetland soils from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Molecular Ecology, 30:2390–2403.
  14. Ma L, Jiang X, Liu G, Yao L, Liu W*, Pan Y, Zuo Y. 2020. Environmental factors and microbial diversity and abundance jointly regulate soil nitrogen and carbon biogeochemical processes in Tibetan wetlands. Environmental Science & Technology, 54: 3267–3277.
  15. Zhou Y, Yang Y, Liu G, He G, Liu W*. 2020. Adsorption mechanism of cadmium on microplastics and their desorption behavior in sediment and gut environments: The roles of water pH, lead ions, natural organic matter and phenanthrene. Water Research, 184: 116209.
  16. Liu W, Jiang X, Zhang Q, Li F, Liu G. 2018. Has submerged vegetation loss altered sediment denitrification, N2O production and denitrifying microbial communities in subtropical lakes? Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32: 1195–1207.
  17. Xiong Z, Guo L, Zhang Q, Liu G*, Liu W*. 2017. Edaphic conditions regulate denitrification directly and indirectly by altering denitrifier abundance in wetlands along the Han River, China. Environmental Science & Technology, 51: 5483–5491.
  18. Liu W, Liu G, Liu H, Song Y, Zhang Q. 2013. Subtropical reservoir shorelines have reduced plant species and functional richness compared with adjacent riparian wetlands. Environmental Research Letters, 8: 044007.