Wei Zhao

　　 　　

　　Wei Zhao, Ph D, Associate Professor

　　E-mail: aoei@nwafu.edu.cn

　　Education:

　　1999/09-2003/07 Huazhong Agricultural University, Applied Chemistry, BS.

　　2003/09-2009/07 Huazhong Agricultural University, Environmental Chemistry, Ph.D.

　　Work Experience:

　　2009/07-2019/04 Assistant researcher, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University

　　2019/04-present Associate researcher, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University

　　2015/07-2016/07, Visiting Scholar of Wageningen Universiy, Netherlands

　　Research Interests:

　　Soil environmental chemistry; soil mineralogy; soil ecology

　　Project director:

　　(1) The effects of interaction mechanism between organic and inorganic carbon on the stability of soil aggregates during grass restoration (41877037), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019/01-2022/12

　　(2) Chemical forms and structure charactieristics of soil iron oxides and their implication to pedogenesis on the Loess Plateau (41101218), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012/01-2014/12

　　(3) Formation process of soil aggregates driven by binding agents and their stabilization mechanism (41330852, subproject), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014/01-2018/12

　　(4) Composition and structure characteristics of iron oxides in soil profiles on the Loess Plateau, Western Light Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010/01-2013/12

　　Professional Memberships:

　　Member of Chinese Society of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences

　　Publications:

　　[1] Wei Zhao, Wenfeng Tan*, Mingxia Wang, Juan Xiong, Fan Liu, Liping Weng, Luuk K. Koopal. CD-MUSIC-EDL Modeling of Pb2+ Adsorption on Birnessites: Role of Vacant and Edge Sites. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52: 10522-10531.

　　[2] Wei Zhao, Wenfeng Tan*. Quantitative and structural analysis of minerals in soil clay fractions developed under different climate zones in China by XRD with Rietveld method, and its implications for pedogenesis. Applied Clay Science, 2018, 162: 351-361.

　　[3] Li Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Rui Zhang, Hua Cao, Wenfeng Tan. Profile distribution of soil organic and inorganic carbon following revegetation on the Loess Plateau, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25: 30301-30314.

　　[4] Wei Zhao, Rui Zhang, Chuanqin Huang, Baiqun Wang, Hua Cao, Luuk K. Koopal, Wenfeng Tan*. Effect of different vegetation cover on the vertical distribution of soil organic and inorganic carbon in the Zhifanggou Watershed on the loess plateau. Catena, 2016, 139: 191-198.

　　[5] Wei Zhao, Fan Liu, Xionghan Feng, Wenfeng Tan*, Guohong Qiu, Xiuhua Chen. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study of acid birnessites before and after Pb2+ adsorption. Clay Minerals, 2012, 47: 191-204.

　　[6] Wei Zhao, Wenfeng Tan, Xionghan Feng, Fan Liu*, Yaning Xie, Zhi Xie. XAFS studies on surface coordination of Pb2+ on birnessites with different average oxidation states. Colloids and Surfaces a-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2011, 379: 86-92.

　　[7] Wei Zhao, Qinqin Wang, Fan Liu*, Guohong Qiu, Wenfeng Tan, Xionghan Feng. Pb2+ adsorption on birnessite affected by Zn2+ and Mn2+ pretreatments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2010, 10: 870-878.

　　[8] Juan Xiong, Luuk K. Koopal, Wenfeng Tan*, Linchuan Fang, Mingxia Wang, Wei Zhao, Fan Liu, Jin Zhang, Liping Weng. Lead Binding to Soil Fulvic and Humic Acids: NICA-Donnan Modeling and XAFS Spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, 2013, 47: 11634-11642.