RESEARCHERS
Liang Xiaolong / 男
Professional Title：Professor
Education：Ph.D
Phone：024-83970360
Email：liangxiaolong@iae.ac.cn
Resume
LIANG Xiaolong，Male, native of Yantai, Shandong Province. Doctoral supervisor, Researcher.
His main research interests include soil viral ecology and biogeochemistry.
He has published more than 60 papers in journals such as npj Biofilms & Microbiomes, Soil Biology & Biogeochemistry, ISME Communications.
Educational Experience
2015.09 — 2019.09 Ph.D. degree in Micorbiology from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA; 2012.09 — 2015.07 Master degree in Micorbiology from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China; 2008.09 — 2012.07 Bachelar degree in Encironmental Engineering from Sichuan Normal University, Chendu, Sichuan Province, China.
Work Experience
2023–present Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China; 2021–2023 Associate Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China; 2019–2022 Postdoc, Washington University in Saint Louis.
Research Interests
Soil viral ecology; Biogeochemistry; Microbial diversity; Plant-bacteria-phage intereactions
Awards and Honors
1、2023 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Mechanisms by which Soil Viruses Drive Microbial Community Succession and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation
Selected Publications
1、Liang, Xiaolong; Yang, Shuo; Radosevich, Mark; Wang, Yongfeng; Duan, Ning; Jia, Yongfeng; Bacteriophage-driven microbial phenotypic heterogeneity: ecological and biogeochemical
importance, npj Biofilms & Microbiomes, 2025, 11: 82. 2、Liang, Xiaolong; Radosevich, Mark; DeBruyn, Jennifer M.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; McDearis,
Regan; Zhuang, Jie; Incorporating viruses into soil ecology: A new dimension to understand
biogeochemical cycling, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2024, 54(2):
117-137. 3、Wang, Shuo; Arcondo, Jose Luis Lopez; Xie, Ninghui; Wang, Yongfeng; Zhang, Ying; Radosevich, Mark; Dutilh, Bas E.; Liang, Xiaolong; Exogenous carbon-to-nitrogen imbalance drives soil viral roles in microbial carbon mineralization and necromass accrual, Soil Biology &
Biochemistry, 2025, 210: 109952. 4、Zhong, Y., Zhang, Y., Arcondo, J.L.L., Xu, R., Radosevich, M., Dangl, J.L., Dutilh, B.E. and Liang, Xiaolong*, 2025. Prophage induction drives soybean rhizobacterial community differentiation and nutrient cycling benefiting root development. ISME Communications, ycaf203.
