Li Hui, female, born in May 1977, native of Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. Doctoral supervisor, Leading Researcher. She graduated from the Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005 with a Ph.D. in Microbiology, and is an expert in soil microbial ecology. Her main research interests include the impacts of global change and human activities on terrestrial ecosystem services and functions and their microbial driving mechanisms, as well as the development of bioremediation technologies for fragile/degraded ecosystems based on "synthetic microbial communities," aiming to provide theoretical and technical support for environmental protection and sustainable development in Northeast China. She has presided 8 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); 2 sub-projects of the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program, 2 sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, 1 sub-project of the 973 Program, and 5 other provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects. Currently, she has published over 50 papers as the first author or corresponding author, with an H-Index of 29. As the first inventor, she has applied for 8 invention patents (4 authorized) and co-applied for over 20 invention patents. She has co-edited 3 monographs. Among the graduate students she has supervised, one received the National Scholarship and one received the CAS Di-Ao Scholarship. She was selected for the "1000-level" of the Liaoning Province Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Project and as a Shenyang Top-tier Talent, and was included in the World's Top 2% Scientists. She is a member of the Ecological Society of China, the Molecular Biology Society of China, and the Soil Science Society of Liaoning Province. She serves as an editorial board member for the international soil science journal Applied Soil Ecology, the mainstream microbiology journal Frontiers in Microbiology, and the Chinese Journal of Ecology.

2002.09-2005.06, Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Microbiology, Ph.D. 1999.09-2002.07, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Microbial and Biochemical Pharmacy, Master's degree. 1995.09-1999.07, China Pharmaceutical University, Biopharmaceutics, Bachelor's degree.

2014.12–Present, Professor of Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2007.12–2014.11, Associate Professor of Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2005.07–2007.11, Assistant Professor of Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2016.12–2017.12, Visiting Scholar of Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, ID, USA 2014.03–2014.06,Visiting Scholar of Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, OK, USA 2009.05–2009.11, Visiting Scholar of Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, ID, USA

Soil microbial ecology; Global change microbiology; Soil biogeocycling; Microbial metagenomics; Soil organic carbon

2025: Second Prize of the Liaoning Forestry Science and Technology Award. 2021: Third Prize of the Liaoning Provincial Natural Academic Achievement Award (Ranked 1st). 2009: Selected for the "1,000-level" of the 5th Batch of the Liaoning Provincial "100-1000-10000 Talent Project."

2023–2027: Sub-project Principal Investigator (PI), Incentive Strategies for Black Soil Protection Based on Long-term Stability of Soil Carbon Content and Biodiversity, Sub-project of the Strategic Priority Research Program (Category A) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) . 2022–2025: Principal Investigator (PI), Impact of Snow Depth and Snowmelt Timing on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Meadow Steppes and Their Microbial Driving Mechanisms, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). 2019–2022: Sub-project Principal Investigator (PI), Material and Energy Processes and Regulation Mechanisms for Sand-fixation, Soil-enrichment, and High-yield of Cyperus esculentus (Tiger Nut), Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program of China. 2019–2022:Principal Investigator (PI), Microbial Ecological Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Erman's Birch (Betula ermanii) Timberline on the Northern Slope of Changbai Mountain, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). 2018–2019:Principal Investigator (PI), Microbial Mechanisms of Temperature Sensitivity in Soil Organic Matter Transformation in Forest Ecosystems: Metabolic Activity, Genetic Diversity, and Community Structure, NSFC-RFBR (China-Russia) International Cooperation Project. 2016–2020:Sub-project Principal Investigator (PI), Impact of the Interaction Between Climate Change and Human Activities on Meadow Steppe Degradation, Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program of China. 2016–2019:Principal Investigator (PI), Microbial Ecological Mechanisms Underlying the Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization in Temperate Forests, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). 2015–2018: Principal Investigator (PI), Response and Driving Mechanisms of Soil Biological Characteristics to Nutrient Addition in Cool-Temperate Meadow Steppes, Youth Group Project of the State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology. 2014–2019:Sub-project Principal Investigator (PI), Soil Microbial Composition and Its Vertical Patterns in Typical Forests, Sub-project of the Strategic Priority Research Program (Category B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 2013–2016: Topic Leader, Mechanisms of Carbon-Nitrogen Interaction in Straw Returning to Improve Fertilizer Utilization Efficiency, Sub-topic of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program). 2012–2014: Project Leader, Preliminary Study on Soil Microbial Diversity Resources and Evolution in Primary Forests of Changbai Mountain, Open Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution. 2011–2013: Principal Investigator (PI), Isolation of Broad-Host-Range Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Metabolizing Plasmids and Their Mediated Bioremediation in the Shen-Fu Sewage Irrigation Area, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). 2010–2010: Principal Investigator (PI), Microbial Transformation Processes of Soil Hydrocarbons: Ecology and Application Research, NSFC-RFBR (China-Russia) International Cooperation Project. 2009–2011: Principal Investigator (PI), Population Structure and Diversity of Sphingomonas in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Contaminated Soils of the Shen-Fu Irrigation Area, Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

1. Wang C, Hu Y, Wu H, Wang Z, Cai J, Liu H, Ren W, Yang N, Wang ZW, Jiang Y, Li H*. 2025. No-tillage practice enhances soil total carbon content in a sandy Cyperus esculentus L. field. Ecological Processes, 14: 9 2. Dang N, Wu H, Liu HY, Ma RA, Wang C, Xu L, Wang ZW, Jiang Y, Li H*. 2024. Ecological strategies of soil microbes along climatic gradients: contrasting patterns in grassland and forest ecosystems. Plant & Soil. 505, 645–665 3. Semenov M*, Li H*, Luo Y, Deng Y and Kuzyakov Y. 2023. Editorial: Microbial regulation of soil carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Front. Microbiol. 14:1295624 4. Yang S, Wu H, Wang ZR, Semenov M, Ye J, Yin LM, Wang XG, Kravchenko I, Semenov V, Kuzyakov Y, Jiang Y, Li H*. 2022. Linkages between temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and microbial ecological strategy are dependent on sampling season. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 172, 108758 5. Wang ZH#, Wang ZR#, Li TP, Wang C, Dang N, Wang RZ, Jiang Y, Wang HY*, Li H*. 2021. N and P fertilization enhanced carbon decomposition function by shifting microbes towards an r-selected community in meadow grassland soils. Ecological Indicators, 132:108306 6. Li H#, Yang S#, Semenov M, Yao F, Ye J, Bu RC, Ma RA, Lin JJ, Kurganova I, Wang XG, Deng Y, Kravchenko I, Jiang Y*, Kuzyakov Y. 2021. Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K-selected microbial community. Global Change Biology, 27: 2763–2779 7. Wang ZR#, Yang S#, Wang RZ, Xu ZW, Feng K, Feng X, Li TP, Liu HY, Ma RA, Li H*, Jiang Y. 2020. Compositional and functional responses of soil microbial communities to long-term nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a calcareous grassland. Pedobiologia, 78: 150612 (IF: 2.0) 8. Li H#, Zhang YY#, Yang S, Wang ZR, Feng X, Liu HY, Jiang Y*. 2019. Variations in soil bacterial taxonomic profiles and putative functions in response to straw incorporation combined with N fertilization during the maize growing season. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 283, 106578 9. Yang S, Yao F, Ye J, Fang S, Wang ZR, Wang RZ, Zhang QL, Ma RO, Wang XG, Jiang Y, Dorodnikov M, Li H*, Zou HT*. 2019. Latitudinal pattern of soil lignin/cellulose content and the activity of their degrading enzymes across a temperate forest ecosystem. Ecological Indicators, 102: 557-568 10. Li H, Xu ZW, Yan QY, Yang S, Van Nostrand J, Wang ZR, Zhou JZ, Jiang Y*, Deng Y*. 2018. Soil microbial beta-diversity is linked with compositional variation in aboveground plant biomass in a semi-arid grassland. Plant and Soil, 423: 465-480 11. Li H, Yang S, Xu ZW, Yang QY, Li XB, van Nostrand JD, He ZL, Yao F, Han XG, Zhou JZ, Deng Y*, Jiang Y*. 2017. Responses of soil microbial functional genes to global changes are indirectly influenced by aboveground plant biomass variation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 104: 18-29 12. Yang S, Xu ZW, Wang RZ, Zhang YY, Yao F, Zhang YG, Turco RF, Jiang Y, Zou HT, Li H*. 2017. Variations in soil microbial community composition and enzymatic activities in response to increased N deposition and precipitation in Inner Mongolian grassland. Applied Soil Ecology, 119: 275-285 13. Yao F, Yang S, Wang ZR, Wang X,Ye J, Wang XG, DeBruyn JM, Feng X, Jiang Y, Li H*. 2017. Microbial taxa distribution is associated with ecological trophic cascades along an elevation gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8: 2071 14. Li H, Xu ZW, Yang S, Li XB, Top E, Wang RZ, Zhang YG, Cai JP, Yao F, Han XG, Jiang Y*. 2016. Responses of soil bacterial communities to nitrogen deposition and precipitation increment are closely linked with aboveground community variation. Microbial Ecology, 71:974-989 15. Li XB, Wang YF, Brown C, Yao F, Jiang Y, Top E, Li H*. 2016. Diversification of broad host range plasmids correlates with the presence of antibiotic resistance genes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92(1): fiv151 16. Zhou LS, Li H*, Zhang Y, Han SQ, Xu H. 2016. Sphingomonas from petroleum-contaminated soils in Shenfu, China and their PAHs degradation abilities. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 47:271-278 17. Li H, Wang XG, Liang C, Hao ZQ, Zhou LS, Ma S, Li XB, Yang S, Yao F, Jiang Y*. 2015. Aboveground-belowground biodiversity linkages differ in early and late successional temperate forests. Scientific Reports, 5: no. 12234 18. Li XB, Top EM, Wang YF, Brown C, Yao F, Yang S, Jiang Y，Li H*. 2015. The broad-host-range plasmid pSFA231 isolated from petroleum-contaminated sediment represents a new member of the PromA family. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5: 777 19. Li H, Ye DD, Wang XG, Settles M, Wang J, Hao ZQ, Zhou LS, Dong P, Jiang Y, Ma ZS*. 2014. Bacterial communities in soils under different types of natural forest in Northeast China. Plant and Soil, 383: 203-216 20. Zhou LS, Li H*, Zhang Y, Han SQ, Xu H. 2014. Development of genus-specific primers for better understanding the diversity and population structure of Sphingomonas in soils. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 54(8): 880-888 21. Li H, Ai MQ, Han SQ, Guo YL, Li NN, Shi RJ, Zeng XL, Leng SB, Zhao JY, Liu XB, Zhang Y. 2012. Microbial diversity and functionally distinct groups in produced water from the Daqing Oilfield, China. Petroleum Science, 9(4): 469-484 22. Zhou LS, Li H*, Zhang Y, Wang YF, Han SQ, Xu H. 2012. Abundance and diversity of Sphingomonas in Shenfu petroleum-wastewater irrigation zone, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 19: 282-294 23. Li H, Zhang Y, Li DS, Xu H, Chen GX, Zhang CG. 2009. Comparisons of different hypervariable regions of rrs genes for fingerprinting of microbial communities in paddy soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41: 954-968 24. Li H, Zhang Y, Kravchenko I，Xu H, Zhang CG. 2007. Dynamic changes in microbial activity and community structure during biodegradation of petroleum compounds: A laboratory experiment. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 19(8): 1003~1013 25. Li H, Zhang Y, Zhang CG, Chen GX. 2005. Effect of petroleum-containing wastewater irrigation on bacterial diversities and enzymatic activities in paddy soil irrigation area. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34(3): 1073~1080 26. 党宁，马望，代泽成，胡玉香，王志瑞，王正文，姜勇，李慧*. 2024. 积雪变化对陆地生态系统植被特征和土壤碳氮过程的影响. 生态学报，44(1)：18-35 27. 代泽成，刘月秀，党宁，王志瑞，蔡江平，张玉革，宋永波，李慧*，姜勇. 2023. 长期氮水添加对温带草原土壤化学性质和微生物学特性的短期遗留效. 应用生态学报，34(7): 1834-1844 28. 姜勇，张勇勇，李天鹏，王汝振，王聪，张玉革，高洪军，朱平，李慧*. 2022. 玉米秸秆还田和有机配施提高黑土酸中和容量. 地理学报，77(7): 1701-1712 29. 王聪，马锐骜，王斌，顾柏滔，冯雪，刘贺永，姜勇，李慧*. 不同种植和管理方式对油莎豆叶片性状及地上地下生物量的影响.中国土壤与肥料，2022, 10: 104-110. 30. 马锐骜，吴辉，王志瑞，戴冠华，于大炮，姜勇，李慧*. 2021. 长白山林线过渡带树岛土壤微生物群落结构和生态功能. 生态学报, 41(24): 9847-9856 31. 王志瑞，杨山，马锐骜，王汝振，冯雪，李慧*，姜勇. 2019. 内蒙古草甸草原土壤理化性质和微生物学特性对刈割和氮添加的响应. 应用生态学报, 30(9): 3010-3018 32. 杨山, 李小彬, 王汝振, 蔡江平, 徐柱文, 张玉革, 李慧*. 2015. 氮水添加对中国北方草原土壤细菌多样性和群落结构的影响. 应用生态学报, 26(3)：739-746 33. 王亚菲, 李慧*, 李小彬. 2013. 沈抚灌区广宿主石油烃代谢质粒的分离和鉴定. 应用生态学报, 24(11): 3289-3299 34. 李慧, 周丽莎, 王亚菲, Eva M. Top, 张颖, 徐慧. 2011. 携带污染物降解基因的可移动基因元件及其介导的生物修复. 应用生态学报, 22(2): 526-536 35. 周丽沙, 李慧*, 张颖, 王亚菲, 徐慧. 2011. 石油污染土壤鞘氨醇单胞菌遗传多样性16S rDNA-PCR- DGGE分析. 土壤学报, 48(4): 804-812 36. 李慧, 何晶晶, 张颖, 徐慧, 陈冠雄. 2008. 宏基因组技术在开发未培养环境微生物基因资源中的应用. 生态学报, 28 (4)：1762-1773 37. 何晶晶, 李慧*, 张颖, 王纯利. 2008. 沈抚灌区石油污染土壤微生物多样性的研究. 新疆农业大学学报, 31(4): 33-37 38. 李慧，陈冠雄，张颖，徐慧，张成刚. 2007. 高效石油烃降解菌的分离鉴定及降解特性初步考察. 哈尔滨工业大学学报 (EI)，39（10）：1664-1669 39. 杨伟超, 南黎, 李慧*, 徐慧, 吕曼祺, 杨柯. 2007. 含铜奥氏体抗菌不锈钢抗菌性能和机理初步研究. 功能材料 (EI), 38(A09): 3415-3418 40. 李慧，张颖，苏振成，张成刚，陈冠雄. 2006. 沈抚石油污水灌区稻田土壤细菌遗传多样性16S rDNA -PCR-DGGE分析. 土壤学报, 43 (6)：972-980 41. 李慧，陈冠雄，杨涛，张成刚. 2005. 沈抚灌区含油污水灌溉对稻田土壤微生物种群及土壤酶活性的影响. 应用生态学报，16(7)：1355-1359 42. 李慧，陈冠雄，张颖，张成刚. 2004. 分子生物学方法在污染土壤微生物多样性研究中的应用. 土壤学报，41(4)：612-617 43. 李慧, 夏焕章. 2002. 提高抗生素有效组分产量的生物学方法. 药物生物技术, 9(3): 183-186

1. Li Hui, et al. A method for soil improvement and nutrient regulation to promote vegetation restoration in sandy grassland. Filing Date: June 28, 2023. Application No. CN2023107683198. 2. Li Hui, et al. A no-tillage fertilization method for Cyperus esculentus in semi-arid sandy areas. Filing Date: July 9, 2022. Application No. CN202210803252.2. 3. Li Hui, et al. A method for bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil. Authorized Date: April 19, 2017. Patent No. ZL 201310738330.6. 4. Li Hui, et al. A method for screening self-transferable broad-host-range plasmids carrying petroleum hydrocarbon degradation genes using triparental mating with petroleum hydrocarbons as the sole carbon source. Authorized Date: March 23, 2016. Patent No.: ZL 201110439161.7. 5. Li Hui, et al. An improved solid double-layer plate method for rapid and high-throughput screening of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degrading bacteria. Authorized Date: March 20, 2013. Patent No. ZL 200810010561.4. 6. Li Hui, et al. An Atrazine-degrading bacterium and the preparation method of its inoculant. Authorized Date: March 31, 2010. Patent No.: ZL 200710012981.1. 7. Li Hui, et al. A method for specific isolation of Acidobacteria from soil. Filing Date: May 22, 2017. Application No. CN201710362569.6. 8. Li Hui, et al. A method for specific isolation of Sphingomonas based on genus-specific primers-PCR combined with streptomycin resistance plates. Filing Date: April 25, 2012. Application No. CN201210125014.7.