RESEARCHERS
Yin Liming / 男
Professional Title：Associate professor
Education：Ph.D
Phone：024-83970613
Email：limingyin@iae.ac.cn
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YIN Liming，Male, born in November 1982, native of Feicheng, Shandong Province. Doctoral supervisor, Researcher.
His main research interests include the formation mechanisms of soil organic matter, rhizosphere priming, as well as global change and soil carbon sequestration.
He has published more than 50 papers in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, New Phytologist.
Educational Experience
2013.09 — 2018.07 Ph.D. degree in Ecology from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
2006.09 - 2009.07 M.S. degree in Agronomy from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liao ning Province, China.
2002.09 - 2006.07 B.Sc. degree in Agronomy from Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong Province, China.
Work Experience
2021- Associate Professor, Belowground Ecological Processes, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2018-2020 Assistant Professor, Belowground Ecological Processes, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2009-2013 Research Ecologist, Center of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research Interests
Rhizosphere priming; Rhizosphere ecology; Soil organic matter formation and stabilization
Research Projects
Root trait plasticity and rhizosphere priming of maize under conservation tillage versus conventional tillage. The Strategic priority research program of CAS.
Dynamic changes in root-derived C sequestration and rhizosphere priming effect, and underlying mechanisms of trees in a temperate forest. National Science Foundation of China.
Spatiotemporal patterns of microbial turnover and linkages with soil organic carbon mineralization in temperature forests. National Science Foundation of China.
The magnitude and mechanisms of rhizosphere priming effects of mature trees in a subtropical forest: A case study of Cunninghamia lanceolate and Pinus massoniana. National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China
Selected Publications
Yan Y#, Liming Yin#, Yan S, Fang Y, Wang A, Zhu F, Bai Y, Zhang Z, Zhang W. 2025. Similar mineral-associated organic carbon formation but distinct efficiencies by powdered wollastonite addition between two soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 211 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109979.
Ding J, He Y, Liming Yin, Huang C, Xue K, Yan S, Liu R, Wang P, Zhou X. 2025. Divergent Responses of Soil Positive and Negative Priming Effects to Experimental Warming. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 34: e70028
Yan S#, Liming Yin#, FA Dijkstra, P Wang, W Cheng. 2023. Priming effect on soil carbon decomposition by root exudate surrogates: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 178 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.108955
Yin Liming, FA Dijkstra, RP Phillips, B Zhu, P Wang, W Cheng. 2021. Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees cause a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio of soil organic matter decomposition via rhizosphere priming than ectomycorrhizal trees. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108246.
Yin Liming, FA Dijkstra, P Wang, B Zhu, W Cheng. 2018. Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics among tree species with and without intraspecific competition. New Phytologist, 218: 1036-1048.
