Rui JIANG                                                                                                                                                                     

PhD, professor, doctoral supervisor  

Wechat: rubyrui2915

Email: ruijiang@suda.edu.cn

Research interests

1. Heritage monitoring, assessment, and early warning

2. Mechanism of heritage damage and ecological restoration technology

3. Ecological environment protection and restoration design for heritage sites

4. Nitrogen and carbon biogeochemical cycle

5. Agriculture non-point source pollution

6. Microplastic in soils

7. Hydrological and biogeochemical processin watershed and riparian forest zones

8. Modelling: SWAT, Hydrus

9. Intensive agricultural water and fertilizer management

Jiang Rui’s group focuses on the interdisciplinary fields of landscape architecture, heritage conservation science, geology, and ecology, with heritage as the research object. Using the methods of geology and ecology, the group focuses on heritage monitoring, evaluation, and early warning (heritage environment monitoring, heritage climate disaster risk assessment, heritage environment early warning system construction), heritage damage research and ecological restoration technology (heritage water environment pollution and prevention technology, pest control technology for heritage ancient trees, migratory bird habitat series heritage degradation and ecological restoration, stone carving weathering microbial mechanism and restoration technology), heritage ecological environment protection and restoration design (water ecological environment, soil ecological environment, biological habitat restoration design, and adaptive design under climate change background), landscape heritage protection, renewal, and utilization, etc. Welcome students with backgrounds in landscape architecture, heritage conservation science, ecology, geology, computer science, and other interdisciplinary fields, as well as those interested in these fields, to apply for doctoral and master's degrees in the research group. Postdoctoral fellows in related fields are also welcome to join the research group.

Education

2011  Ph.D.in Environmental Resources Science

          Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

2008 M.S.in Environmental Engineering

         College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

2006 B.S.in Environmental Engineering

         College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

2009.6-7, Hokkaido, Japan, GCOE-INeT Internationalsummerschoolon“Frontier in Ecosystem Ecology in Northern Forest”

2010.10-11, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ProSPER Net Young Researchers School on“A Sustainable Future for the Mekong Delta”

Career/Employment

1. 2023.11-present, professor, Gold Mantis School of Architecture, Soochow University, China

2. 2025.04-present, director of Research Institute for Heritage Monitoring and Ecological Restoration

3. 2024.04-2025.04, director of Rerearch Center of Landscape Heritage Protection and Ecological Restoration

4. 2021.01-2023.11, professor, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China

5. 2014.01-2020.12, Associate professor, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China

6. 2017.11-2018.10,Visiting scholar, Rothamsted Research, UK

7. 2011.10-2013.12, Lecturer, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China

List of Publication

1. Kai Wang, Markus Flury, Yakov Kuzyakov, Hao Zhang, Wei Zhu, Rui Jiang*. 2025. Aluminum and microplastic release from reffective agricultural fflms disrupt microbial communities and functions in soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 491, 137891.

2. Wang K, Flury M, Sun S, Cai J, Zhang A, Li Q, Jiang R*. 2025. In-field degradation of polybutylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) films, microplastic formation, and impacts on soil health. Environ Res, 272, 121086.

3. Hao Zhang, Wei Zhu, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller, Lifen Wang, Rui Jiang*, 2024. Enhancing soil gross nitrogen transformation through regulation of microbial nitrogen-cycling genes by biodegradable microplastics,Journal of Hazardous Materials, 478, 135528.

4. Hao Zhang, Duntao Shu, Jiaqi Zhang, Xuejun Liu, Kai Wang, Rui Jiang*. 2024. Biodegradable film mulching increases soil microbial network complexity and decreases nitrogen-cycling gene abundance. Science of the Total Environment, 933, 172874.

5. Hao Zhang, Zihao Zhang, Zhe Liu, Tingting Lei, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller, Abeer S Aloufi, Ekaterina Filimonenko, Yakov Kuzyakov, Rui Jiang*. 2024. Nitrogen transformations in plastic-film mulched soils, Plant & Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06520-1.

6. Wang, K., Min, W., Flury, M., Gunina, A., Lv, J., Li, Q., Jiang, R.*, 2024. Impact of long-term conventional and biodegradable film mulching on microplastic abundance, soil structure and organic carbon in a cotton field, Environmental Pollution, 356, 124367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124367.

7. Zhu, W.; Gu, S.; Jiang, R*.;Zhang, X.; Hatano, R. Saline-Alkali Soil Reclamation Contributes to Soil Health Improvement in China. Agriculture 2024, 14, 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/ agriculture14081210.

8. Zhang H, Chen M Q, Qiao R Q, Ding F, Feng H, Jiang R*. 2024. Agronomic performances of biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic film mulching on a maize cropping system in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China. Pedosphere. 34(1): 88–96.（ESI高被引）

9. Wang K, C Wang, M Chen, T Misselbrook, Y Kuzyakov, A Soromotin, Q Dong, H Feng, R Jiang*. 2022. Effects of plastic film mulch biodegradability on nitrogen in the plant-soil system, Science of The Total Environment. 83,155220.

10. Zhu W, Qiao R, Jiang R*. 2022. Modelling of Water and Nitrogen Flow in a Rain-Fed Ridge-Furrow Maize System with Plastic Mulch. Land, 11, 1514.

11. Wang K., R. Jia, L. Li, R. Jiang*, D. Qu*. 2020. Community structure of Anaeromyxobacter in Fe(Ⅲ) reducing enriched cultures of paddy soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments 20:1621-1631.

12. Jiang R., A. Gunina, D. Qu, Y. Kuzyakov, Y. Yu, R. Hatano, M. Li*. 2019. Afforestation of loess soils: old and new organic carbon in aggregates and density fractions. Catena 177: 49-56.

13. Guo S.#, R. Jiang#*, H.Qu, Y. Wang, T. Misselbrook, A. Gunina, Y. Kuzyakov. 2019. Fate and transport of urea-N in rain-fed ridge-furrow crop system with plastic mulch.SoilTillageandResearch 186: 214-223.

14. Qu Z, Jiang R*. Wang K. Li M., 2019. Soil organic carbon, aggregates and fractions in different land uses in the Loess Plateau, China. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 28, 3: 1-9.

15. Zhu W., H. Li, H. Qu, Y. Wang, T. Misselbrook, X. Li, R. Jiang*.2018. Application of Hydrus-1D for simulating water balance andimplicationon water stress for maize productionindrylandsofLoess Plateau. Vadose Zone Journal. doi:10.2136/vzj2018.06.0117.

16. Jiang R., X. Li, W. Zhu, K. Wang, S. Guo,T. Misselbrook, R. Hatano. 2018. Effects of the ridge mulched system on soil water and inorganic nitrogen distribution in the Loess Plateau of China. Agricultural Water Management. 203: 277-288.

17. Ma D., L. Chen, H. Qu, Y. Wang, T. Misselbrook, R. Jiang*. 2018. Impacts of plastic film mulching on crop yields, soil water, nitrate, and organic carbon in Northwestern China: A meta-analysis. Agricultural Water Management. 202: 166-173.（ESI高被引）

18. Jiang R., T. Wang, J. Shao, S. Guo, W. Zhu, Y. Yu, S. Chen, R. Hatano.2017. Modeling thebiomassofenergycrops: Descriptions, strengths andprospective. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 16 (06): 1197-1210, doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(16)61592-7.

19. JiangR., X. Li, M.Zhou, H. Li, Y. Zhao, J.Yi, L. Cui,  M. Li, J. Zhang, D.Qu. 2016. Plastic film mulching on soil water and maize yield in a ridge cultivation systemonLoess Plateau of China. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 62:1, 1-12. DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2015.1104642.

20. Jiang R.,R. Hatano, R. Hill,K. Kuramochi,T. Jiang, Y.Zhao. 2015. Water connectivity in hillslope of upland-riparianzoneand theimplicationfor stream nitrate-N export during rain events in an agricultural and forested watershed. Environmental Earth Sciences.74: 4535-4547. DOI 10.1007/s12665-015-4516-2.

21. Jiang R., C.Y.Wang, R.Hatano, K.Kuramochi, A.Hayakawa, K.P.Woli.2015. Factors controlling the long-term temporal and spatial patterns of nitrate-nitrogen export in a dairy farming watershed. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187:206.DOI 10.1007/s10661-015-4394-9.

22. Jiang R., R. Hatano, Y. Zhao, K. Kuramochi, A. Hayakawa, K.P. Woli, M. Shimizu. 2014. Factors controlling nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon exports across time scales in two watersheds with different land uses. Hydrological Processes. 28: 5105-5121.DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9996.

23. Jiang R., C.Y. Wang, R. Hatano, A. Hayakawa, K. P. Woli, K. Kuramochi. 2014. Simulation of stream nitrate-nitrogen exportusingSWAT model in a dairy farming watershed with an external water source. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 69(1): 75-85.

24. Jiang R., K.P. Woli, K. Kuramochi, A. Hayakawa, M. Shimizu, R. Hatano. 2012. Coupled land use and topography controls on nitrate-nitrogen dynamics in three adjacent watersheds. Catena, 97:1-11.

25. Jiang R.,Y.Li, Q.X. Wang, K. Kuramochi, A. Hayakawa, K. P. Woli, R. Hatano. 2011. Modeling the water balance processes for understanding the components of river discharge in a non-conservative watershed.Transactions of ASABE, 54(6): 2171-2180.

26. Jiang R., K.P. Woli, K. Kuramochi, A. Hayakawa, M. Shimizu, R. Hatano. 2010. Hydrologica lprocess controlson nitrogen export during storm events in an agricultural watershed. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 56: 72-85, doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2010.00456.x