Biography

2011 –   Associate professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS

2009 – 2010  Assistant professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS

2013 – 2014  Postdoc, MPI-Marburg, Germany

2007 – 2009  Postdoc, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS

2004 – 2007  Ph.D., Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China

2000 – 2003  M.S., Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

1994 – 1998  B.A., Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

Research Areas

[1] Microbial transformation and environmental fate of persistent organic pollutants in soil.

[2] Influence of pollution on soil microbiome.

Awards and Honours

Science and Technology Award of Soil Science Society of China (2016, Rank 5th)

Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province (2012, Rank 8th)

Fellow of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (2011-2014)

K.C.Wong Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 – 2009)

Selected Publications

[1] Yue Sun, Linmeng Liu, Jun Zeng, Yucheng Wu*, Xiangui Lin. Enhanced cometabolism of benzo(a)anthracene by the lignin monomer vanillate is related to structural and functional responses of the soil microbiome. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2020, 149:107908.

[2] Yucheng Wu, Qingmin Ding, Qinghe Zhu, Jun Zeng, Rong Ji, Marc G Dumont, Xiangui Lin. Contributions of ryegrass, lignin and rhamnolipid to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dissipation in an arable soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2018, 118:27-34.

[3] Yucheng Wu, Xiubin Ke, Marcela Hernández, Baozhan Wang, Marc G. Dumont, Zhongjun Jia, Ralf Conrad. Autotrophic growth of bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizers in freshwater sediment microcosms incubated at different temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013, 79(9):3076-3084.

[4]  Xuanzhen Li, Yucheng Wu, Xiangui Lin, Jing Zhang, Jun Zeng. Dissipation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil microcosms amended with mushroom cultivation substrate. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2012, 47:191-197.

[5] Yucheng Wu, Ying Teng, Zhengao Li, Xuewei Liao, Yongming Luo. Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by fungal laccase and its potential in remediation of an aged PAHs-contaminated soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2008, 40(3): 789-796.

Representive Projetcs

[1] "Chemical and biological transformation mechanisms of persistent organic pollutants in contaminated industrial sites." National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1804203), 2020-2023

[2] "Microbial co-metabolism mechanisms underlying the lignin-enhanced transformation of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil." National Natural Science Foundation of China (41977132), 2020-2023

[3] "Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on agricultural soil nitrification and the underlying microbial mechanisms." National Natural Science Foundation of China (41671266), 2017-2020

[4] "Microbial mechanisms of remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated soil by spent mushroom substrate.” National Natural Science Foundation of China (41371310), 2014-2017