LI Qi, Doctoral supervisor, Researcher. Her main research interests include the soil ecology, soil biodiversity and soil food web and their functions.

2004.09–2007.07 Ph.D. degree in Soil Science from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2000.09–2003.07 Master's degree in Ecology from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1996.09–2000.07 Bachelor degree in Ecology from Northeast Normal University

2012.10–present Professor of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2009.07–2012.10 Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2005.07–2009.07 Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2003.07–2005.07 Research Intern, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Soil Biodiversity; Soil Food Web; Soil Nematode Ecology

2024–2027: Project Leader, Key Technologies for Enhancing Soil Biological Health and Productivity in Dryland Croplands of the Songliao Plain, National Key R&D Program. 2023–2026: Project Leader, Response and Adaptation Mechanisms of Soil Micro-Food Web Mediated by Trophic Cascade to Resource and Nutrient Limitation, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2021–2023: Project Leader, Effects of plant soil feedback mediated by soil micro food web on the restoration of degraded grassland, Key International Cooperation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2019–2022: Project Leader, Influence Mechanisms of Soil Biota on the Restoration of Degraded Grassland Ecosystems, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

1. Li Yuhui, Li Yingbin, Han Xu, Li Qi*, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn. 2026. Does soil inoculation truly steer the composition of native soil communities? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 215:110105 2. Li Yuhui#, Sun Yixin#, Li Yingbin, Han Xu, Li Bing, Du Xiaofang, Li Qi*, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn. 2025. Small-sized soil organisms drive the legacy of soil addition in a degraded grassland. Functional Ecology 39:1031–1045 3. Kou Xinchang, Morien Elly, Tian Yijia, Zhang Xiaoke*, Lu Caiyan, Xie Hongtu, Liang Wenju, Li Qi*, Liang Chao. 2023. Exogenous carbon turnover within the soil food web strengthens soil carbon sequestration through microbial necromass accumulation. Global Change Biology 29: 4069-4080 4. Zhang Guizong#, Yang Hao#, Zhang Weiping, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn, Liang Wenju*, Li Qi*, Li Long*. 2023. Interspecific interactions between crops influence soil functional groups and networks in a maize/soybean intercropping system. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 355:108595 5. Li Yuhui, Han Xu, Li Bing, Li Yingbin, Du Xiaofang, Sun Yixin, Li Qi*, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn. 2023. Soil addition improves multifunctionality of degraded grasslands through increasing fungal richness and network complexity. Geoderma 437:116607 6. Li Bing, Li Yingbin*, Fanin Nicolas, Veen (Ciska) G.F., Han Xu, Du Xiaofang, Li Yuhui, Sun Yixin, Li Qi*. 2023. Stoichiometric imbalances between soil microorganisms and their resources regulate litter decomposition. Functional Ecology 37: 3136-3149 7. Liu Hanwen, Du Xiaofang, Li Yingbin, Han Xu, Li Bing, Zhang Xiaoke, Li Qi*, Liang Wenju*. 2022. Organic substitutions improve soil quality and maize yield through increasing soil microbial diversity. Journal of Cleaner Production 347: 131323 8. Li Bing#, Li Yingbin#, Fanin Nicolas, Han Xu, Du Xiaofang, Liu Hanwen, Li Yuhui, Li Qi*. 2022. Adaptation of soil micro-food web to elemental limitation: evidence from the forest-steppe ecotone. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 170:108698 9. Du Xiaofang#, Liu Hanwen#, Li Yingbin*, Li Bing, Han Xu, Li Yuhui, Mohammad Mahamood, Li Qi*. 2022. Soil community richness and composition jointly influence the multifunctionality of soil along the forest-steppe ecotone. Ecological Indicators 139:108900 10. Xiong Dan#, Wei Cunzheng#, Wang Xugao, Lü Xiaotao, Fang Shuai, Li Yingbin*, Wang Xiaobo, Liang Wenju, Han Xingguo, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn, Li Qi*. 2021. Spatial patterns and ecological drivers of soil nematode β-diversity in natural grasslands vary among vegetation types and trophic position. Journal of Animal Ecology 90(5): 1367-1378 11. Xiong Dan#, Wei Cunzheng#, Wubs E.R.Jasper#, Veen (Ciska) G.F., Liang Wenju, Wang Xiaobo, Li Qi*, van der Putten Wim H., Han Xinguo. 2020. Non-linear response of soil nematode community composition to increasing aridity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29:117–126 12. Li Yingbin, Veen (Ciska) G.F., W.H.Gera Hol, Vandenbrande Simon , Hannula S.Emilia, Hooven Freddy C. ten, Li Qi*, Liang Wenju, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn. 2020. ‘Home’ and ‘away’ litter decomposition depends on the size fractions of the soil biotic community. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 144:107783 13. Li Yingbin, Bezemer Thiemo Martijn, Yang Junjie, Lü Xiaotao, Li Xinyu, Liang Wenju*, Han Xingguo, Li Qi*. 2019. Changes in litter quality induced by N deposition alter soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 130:33-42 14. Li Qi, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke, Mohammad Mahamood. 2017. Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press and London: Academic Press 15. Li Qi, Liang Wenju, Sánchez-Moreno Sara. 2026. Nematodes as Environmental Indicators: From Theory to Practice (2nd Edition)-Chapter 11. Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon

Li Q, Li YB, Du XF, Liang WJ, Bai Y, Sun YX, Jiang SW. A method and system for assessing cropland soil biological health based on exploratory factor analysis. Authorization Date: 2025-10-10, Patent No.: CN 120594804 B