YANG Yali, Female, born in August 1992, a native of Linfen, Shanxi Province. Ph.D., Associate Professor. She has made a series of achievements in the study of microbially mediated carbon sequestration mechanisms under conservation tillage, and proposed a low-rate, high-frequency straw application strategy as well as a liquid manure–straw incorporation technology, providing strong support for the simultaneous improvement of soil fertility and productivity in the black soils of Northeast China. She has published more than 20 papers in leading soil and agricultural journals, including Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. She has served as associate editor of two monographs related to conservation tillage and participated in the compilation of one additional volume. As the first inventor, she has filed two patent applications and participated in six others. She has also presided over several research projects, including a subproject of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, an NSFC Category C grant, and a China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Program grant.

09/2015-06/2022. M.S. & Ph.D. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. Supervisor: Prof. Chao Liang. 09/2011-06/2015. B.S., Bioscience, Shanxi University, Taiyuan

12/2025-present. Associate Professor. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. 10/2025-12/2025. Assistant Professor. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. 07/2022-09/2025. Postdoc. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.

Soil Microbial Ecology; Soil Fertility; Soil Health

1.President Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2022, CAS, China 2.Merit Student in forum on black soil conservation, 2017 and 2018, Lishu government, Jilin, China

1.2025–2028: Project Leader, Lvye Outstanding Young Scientist Program, Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2.2025–2027: Project Leader, Young Scientists Fund Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Effects of Combined Application of Recycled Liquid Manure and Straw on Soil Microbial Assimilatory Carbon Sequestration and the Mechanisms of Carbon–Nitrogen Synergy. 3.2023–2028: Project Leader, Subproject of the National Key Research and Development Program, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Integrated Fertility Improvement Technologies and Equipment for Alleviating Soil Structural Constraints and Enhancing Water and Nutrient Retention and Use Efficiency in Black Soils. 4.2024–2025: Project Leader, 73rd Batch of General Program, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Effects of Conservation Tillage Coupled with Recycled Liquid Manure Utilization on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation and the Underlying Microbial Regulatory Mechanisms. 5.2022–2023: Project Leader, Youth Start-up Fund, Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mechanisms of Pathogen and Microbial Community Dynamics during the Resource Utilization of Livestock Manure. 6.2023–2025: Project Leader, Doctoral Research Start-up Project, Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Effects of Conservation Tillage Coupled with Recycled Liquid Manure Utilization on Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation in Degraded Soils of the Black Soil Region and the Underlying Microbial Regulatory Mechanisms.

1.Yali Yang; Hongtu Xie; Zhun Mao; Xuelian Bao; Hongbo He; Xudong Zhang; Chao Liang*. Fungi determine increased soil organic carbon more than bacteria through their necromass inputs in conservation tillage croplands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022, 108587. 2.Yali Yang; Xuelian Bao*; Hongtu Xie; Hongbo He; Xudong Zhang; Pengshuai Shao; Xuefeng Zhu; Yuji Jiang; Chao Liang*. Frequent stover mulching builds healthy soil and sustainable agriculture in Mollisols. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 2022, 326, 107815. 3.Yali Yang; Xuesong Ma; Hongtu Xie; Xuelian Bao; Chao Liang; Xuefeng Zhu*; Hongbo He; Xudong Zhang. Effects of conservation tillage on soil microbial community and the function of soil carbon cycling. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(8): 2675-2684. (in Chinese with English abstract) 4.Yali Yang#; Zhe Zhao#; Dengchao Lei; Hongbo He; Hongtu Xie*; Xudong Zhang; Shijun Sun; Xuelian Bao; Yulan Zhang*. Microbial inoculant accelerated pig slurry maturation at low-temperature anaerobic digestion: Performance and Mechanism, Bioresource Technology, 2025, 132532. 5.Yali Yang#; Dengchao Lei#; Yulan Zhang; Zhe Zhao; Hongtu Xie, Fangbo Deng; Xuelian Bao; Xudong Zhang; Hongbo He*. Effects of pig slurry coupled with straw mulching on soil nitrogen dynamics and maize growth, Agronomy-Basel, 2025, 15(5): 1062. 6.Xin Xu; Yali Yang; Xuelian Bao; Hainan Huo; Hongbo He; Chao Liang*; Hongtu Xie*. Subsoil tillage with straw mulching enhances top-down control of deep soil carbon accumulation via fungal pathways. Land Degradation and Development, 2025, 36(15):5353-5364. 7.Zhe Zhao; Yali Yang*; Hongtu Xie; Yixin Zhang; Hongbo He; Xudong Zhang; Shijun Sun*. Enhancing sustainable agriculture in China: A meta-analysis of the impact of straw and manure on crop yield and soil fertility, Agriculture-Basel, 2024, 14(3): 480. 8.Weina Jia; Tiantian Zheng; Yu Zhao; Fangbo Deng; Yali Yang; Chao Liang; Hongbo He; Xudong Zhang. Nitrogen application influences the effect of bacteria on the belowground allocation of photosynthesized carbon under elevated CO2. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023, 180, 109021. 9.Yüze Li; Shengnan Wang; Yali Yang; Liang Ren; Ziting Wang; Yuncheng Liao; Taiwen Yong. Global synthesis on the response of soil microbial necromass carbon to climate-smart agriculture. Global Change Biology, 2024, 30(5): e17302.

1.Yang Yali; Xie Hongtu; Huo Hainan, et al. Precision fertilization technology and supporting equipment for soil improvement through the combined application of straw and liquid manure. Invention Patent, CN 120917968 B, 2025. 2.Yang Yali; He Hongbo; Zhou Feng, et al. A method for calculating the land carrying capacity of livestock and poultry manure. Invention Patent, CN 121068552 B, 2026.