HUO Changfu, Male, born in October 1981 in Benxi, Liaoning Province. Ph.D, Master's supervisor, Associate researcher. His research focuses on tree fine root turnover and rhizosphere effects. He has published 7 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author, as well as 12 Chinese core journals.

2007.09-2010.06 Ph.D, in Physical Geography, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2004.09-2007.06 Master, in Siviculture, Northeast Forestry University. 2000.09-2004.06 Bachelor, in Forestry, Northeast Forestry University.

2022.11-present Associate Professor in Belowground Ecological Processes, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2011.11-2022.11 Assistant Professor in Belowground Ecological Processes, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010.9-2011.10 Forest Engineer, Liaoning Academy of Forestry Sciences

Fine root; Rhizosphere priming; Root turnover; Rhizotrons

1. 2026-2029 Project Leader, Rhizosphere priming in permafrost forest ecosystems in Northeast China and their response to warming, National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2. 2025-2026 Project Leader, Study fine root decomposition in situ using a new rhizotron approach, National Natural Science Foundation of China.

1. Wang YF, Lu FH, Huo CF*. Improved U-Shaped Convolutional Neural Network with Convolutional Block Attention Module and Feature Fusion for Automated Segmentation of Fine Roots in Field Rhizotron Imagery. Sensors 2025, 25, 4956. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25164956 2. Huo CF, Lu JY, Yin LM, Wang P*, Cheng WX. Coupled of carbon and nitrogen mineralization in rhizosphere soils along a temperate forest altitudinal gradient. Plant and Soil 2024,500(7):197-211 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05611-1 3. Huo CF, Lu JY, Yin LM, Wang P*, Cheng WX. Rhizosphere effects along an Altitudinal Gradient of the Changbai Mountain, China. Forests 2022, 13, 1104. https:// doi.org/10.3390/f13071104 4. Huo CF, Gu JC, Yu LZ, Wang P*, Cheng WX. Temporal dynamics of fine root production, mortality and turnover deviate across branch orders in a larch stand. Oecologica 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05206-8 5. Huo CF, Liang JY, Zhang WD*, Wang P*, Cheng WX. Priming effect and its regulating factors for fast and slow soil organic carbon pools: A meta-analysis. Pedosphere 2022, 32(1): 140-148 6. Huo CF*, Cheng WX. Improved root turnover assessment using field scanning rhizotrons with branch order analysis. Ecosphere 2019, 10(8): e02793. 7. Huo CF, Luo YQ, Cheng WX*. Rhizosphere priming effect meta-analysis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2017, 111:78-84 8. Huo CF, Cheng GW*, Lu XY, Fan JH. Simulating the effects of climate change on forest dynamics in Gongga Mountain, Southwest China. Journal of Forest research 2010,15(3)：176-185