HOU Shuangli, Female, born in May 1989, native of Changchun, Jilin Province. Master supervisor, Associate Researcher. Her main research interests include ecological stoichiometry, ecosystem nutrient cycling, and litter decomposition. She has published over twenty papers in international journals, including New Phytologist, Biogeochemistry, Ecosystems, and Plant and Soil. She has served as Principal Investigator for one General Program and one Young Scientists Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and one General Program of Science and Technology Planning Project of Liaoning. Additionally, she has participated as a key member in one Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

2015.09 — 2018.06 Ph.D. degree in Ecology from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. 2012.09 — 2015.06 Master’s degree in Ecology from Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China. 2008.09 — 2012.06 bachelor's degree in Plant Science and Technology from Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.

2023.12–present Associate Professor of Soil Ecology and Agricultural Eco-engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2018.07–2023.11 Assistant Professor of Soil Ecology and Agricultural Eco-engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

Ecological stoichiometry; Nutrient cycling; Litter decomposition

1、2026–2029: Project Leader, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Effects of Litter Input on Soil Organic Carbon in Semi-arid Grasslands and Underlying Mechanisms. 2、2022–2026: Project Leader, Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program of China. Development of Optimal Mowing Techniques for Coordinating Ecological and Production Functions in Meadow Steppes. 3、2023–2025: Project Leader, General Program of Science and Technology Planning Project of Liaoning. Effects of Aboveground and Belowground Litter Decomposition on Soil Organic Carbon in Grasslands of Northwestern Liaoning and Underlying Mechanisms. 4、2020–2022: Project Leader, Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Mixed Decomposition of Stem and Leaf Litter in Semi-arid Grasslands and Its Response Mechanism to Nitrogen Deposition. 5、2023–2027: Core Member, Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Key Surface Processes: Responses of Different Plant Organ Litter Decomposition to Global Change in Grasslands and Underlying Mechanisms. 6、2023–2026: Core Member, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Effects of Long-term Nitrogen and Phosphorus Supplementation on the Restoration Process and Community Stability of Degraded Grasslands and Underlying Mechanisms.

1. Hou SL#, Hättenschwiler S#, Yang JJ#, Sistla S, Wei HW, Zhang ZW, Hu YY, Wang RZ, Cui SY, Lü XT*, Han XG (2021) Increasing rates of long-term nitrogen deposition consistently increased litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland. New Phytologist, 229: 296-307. 2. Hou SL, Lü XT*, Yin JX, Yang JJ, Hu YY, Wei HW, Zhang ZW, Yang GJ, Liu ZY, Han XG (2019) The relative contributions of intra- and inter-specific variation in driving community stoichiometric responses to nitrogen deposition and mowing in a grassland. Science of the Total Environment, 666: 887-893. 3. Hou SL, Dijkstra FA, Lü XT*, Han XG (2023) Increases in the dominance of species with higher N:P flexibility exacerbate community N–P imbalances following N inputs. Biogeochemistry, 163: 279-288. 4. Hou SL, Yang JJ, Yin JX, Wei HW, Hu YY, Zhi Z W, Yang GJ, Lü XT* (2022) Changes of community composition strengthen the positive effects of nitrogen deposition on litter N:P stoichiometry in a semi-arid grassland. Plant Soil, 473: 63-71. 5. Hou SL, Lü XT* (2021) Mixing effects of litter decomposition at plant organ and species levels in a temperate grassland. Plant Soil, 459: 387-396. 6. Hou SL, Yin JX, Yang JJ, Wei HW, Yang GJ, Hu YY, Han XG, Lü XT* (2017) Consistent responses of litter stoichiometry to N addition across different biological organization levels in a semi-arid grassland. Plant Soil, 421: 191-202. 7. Hou SL, Freschet GT, Yang JJ, Zhang YH, Yin JX, Hu YY, Wei HW, Han XG, Lü XT* (2018) Quantifying the indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on grassland litter chemical traits. Biogeochemistry, 139: 261-273. 8. Hou SL, Lü XT*, Yang JJ (2022) Neutral responses of community Ca concentration to nitrogen enrichment in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Plant Ecology, 15: 286-293. 9. Hou SL, Yin JX, Sistla S, Yang JJ, Sun Y, Li YY, Lü XT*, Han XG (2017) Long-term mowing did not alter the impacts of nitrogen deposition on litter quality in a temperate steppe. Ecological Engineering, 102: 404-410. 10. Mo XM, Zhou Y, Hou SL, Hu ZM, Zheng G, Cui SY (2025) Altered energy dynamics of soil nematode food web modify multifunctionality under precipitation regime change in a temperate grassland. Plant Soil, 511: 1473-1483. 11. Lü XT*, Reed SC, Hou SL, Yang GJ (2023). Assessing community assembly controls over community-scale nutrient resorption responses to nitrogen deposition. Oecologia, 202: 549-559 12. Zhang ZW, Li Q, Hu YY, Wei HW, Hou SL, Yin JX, Lü XT* (2022). Nitrogen and phosphorus additions interactively affected composition and carbon budget of soil nematode community in a temperate steppe. Plant Soil, 473: 109-121. 13. Zhang ZW, Li Q, Gao B, Hu YY, Wei HW, Hou SL, Yin JX*, Lü XT (2022) Immediate responses of soil nematode community to addition of multiple nutrients in a degraded grassland. Plant Soil, 473: 123-136. 14. Yang YR, Hou SL, Zhang ZW, Hu YY, Ding C, Yang GJ, Lü XT* (2021) Effects of N addition on plant manganese nutrition in a temperate steppe. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 184: 688-695. 15. Hu YY, Zhang ZW, Hou SL, Yang JJ, Lü XT* (2021) Annual mowing mitigates the negative legacy effects of N enrichment on grassland nutrient use efficiency. Journal of Plant Ecology, 14: 959-969. 16. Ding C, Yang GJ, Wang XG, Zhang ZJ, Hu YY, Zhang ZW, Hou SL, Lü XT* (2021) Mowing weakens the positive effects of nitrogen deposition on fundamental ecosystem service of grassland. Ecological Processes, 10: 2. 17. Lü XT*, Liu ZY, Sistla S, Yang GJ, Hu YY, Zhang HY, Hou SL, Ding C (2021) Linking changes of forage production and digestibility with grassland community assembly under nitrogen enrichment. Ecological Processes, 10: 33. 18. Lü XT, Hou SL, Reed S, Yin JX, Hu YY, Wei HW, Zhang ZW, Yang GJ, Liu ZY, Han XG (2020) Nitrogen enrichment reduces nitrogen and phosphorus resorption through changes to species resorption and plant community composition. Ecosystems, 24: 602-612. 19. Hu YY, Wei HW, Zhang ZW, Hou SL, Yang JJ, Wang JF, Lü XT* (2020) Changes of plant community composition instead of soil nutrient status drive the legacy effects of historical nitrogen deposition on plant community N:P stoichiometry. Plant Soil, 453: 503-513. 20. Hu YY, Sistla S, Wei HW, Zhang ZW, Hou SL, Yang JJ, Wang ZW, Wang JF, Lü XT* (2019) Legacy effects of nitrogen deposition on plant nutrient stoichiometry in a temperate grassland. Plant Soil, 446: 503-513. 21. Zhang ZW, Li Q, Zhang HY, Hu YY, Hou SL, Wei HW, Yin JX*, Lü XT (2019) The impacts of nutrient addition and livestock exclosure on the soil nematode community in a degraded grassland. Land Degradation & Development, 30: 1574-1583. 22. Wang HY, Wang ZW, Ding R, Hou SL, Yang GJ, Lü XT*, Han XG (2018) The impacts of nitrogen deposition on community N:P stoichiometry do not depend on phosphorus availability in a temperate meadow steppe. Environment Pollution, 242: 82-89. 23. Lü XT*, Hu YY, Zhang HY, Wei HW, Hou SL, Yang GJ, Liu ZY, Wang XB (2018) Intraspecific variation drives community-level stoichiometric responses to nitrogen and water enrichment in a temperate steppe. Plant Soil, 423: 307-315. 24. Lü XT*, Reed S, Hou SL, Hu YY, Wei HW, Lu FM, Cui Q, Han XG (2017) Temporal variability of foliar nutrients: responses to nitrogen deposition and prescribed fire in a temperate steppe. Biogeochemistry, 133: 295-305.