Luan Zi Sun

　　 　　

　　Luan Zi Sun, Ph D, Lecturer

　　E-mail: sunluanzi@163.com 

　　Education:

　　2003/09-2007/07 Northwest A&F University, Grassland Science, Bachelor Degree.

　　2007/09-2010/07 Northwest A&F University, Grassland Science, Master Degree.

　　2010/10-2014/03, Technische Universit?t München, Ph.D.

　　Work Experience:

　　2014/08-     Lecturer, Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University

　　Research Interests:

　　My current main research interests concern the physiology of grassland plants. The research focus is centered on carbon and nitrogen metabolism (process of photosynthesis, carbohydrate metabolism and allocation).

　　Teaching Courses:

　　Forage Biology under Abiotic Stress, General Introduction to Forage Science

　　Project director:

　　(1)Mechanism of the effect of drought on root rhizosphere deposit. Introduction of Doctoral Funds in Shaanxi Province (A279021830), 2018.01-2020.12

　　(2)The accumulation of rhizosphere deposits and its re-utilization. National Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi (K3350218060), 2018.01-2020.12

　　(3)Geographical origin tracing of beef in national markets based on stable isotope. Funds for returned overseas Chinese scholars in Shaanxi (A289021601), 2016.01-2017.12

　　Project participants:

　　(1)Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU's and China's protein self-sufficiency’, collaborative research project between EU and China，of the European Commission H2020- SFS-2016, grant number: EUCLEG 727312, grant amount: 5 million euros, March 1st?2017---February 28th?2021.

　　Publications:

　　Refereed journal articles:

　　1.L. Z. Sun*, L. Liu, M. Zhang, L. Yang, T. Guo. Shoot δ13C values as an indicator of cumulative stress: the role of rewatering during drought and salinity stress. Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry, 2019, 33: 1006-1014.

　　2.L. Z. Sun, K. Auerswald, R. Wenzel, H. Schnyder. Drinking water intake of grazing steers: The role of environmental factors controlling canopy wetness. Journal of Animal Science, 2014, 92: 282-291.

　　3.L. Z. Sun, K. Auerswald, R. Sch?ufele, H. Schnyder. Oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition of silage water. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2014, 62: 4493-4501.