Lei Cheng

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

Major Advisor: Dr. Shuijin Hu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• B. M.S. in Soil Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Sept. 2001-Jul. 2004
• C. B.S. in Agronomy , Anhui Agricultural University, Sept.1995-Jul.1999

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Microbial mediation of ecosystem response to global changes.
• Effects of disturbance on the structure and activities of soil microbial communities

PUBLICATIONS

• Cheng Lei , Zhu Jianguo, Chen Gaiping, Zhou Miao, Zeng Qing, Xie Zubin and Pang Jin, “Effects of free-air CO2 enrichment and nitrogen supply on anion concentration in soil solution in a wheat plantation”. Soils 2005 37 (1): 80-84.
• Chen G., Zhu J., Xie Z., Zhu Z., Cheng L ., Zeng Q., and Pang J., “ Effect of free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) on rice root morphology” Ecology and Environment 2005, 14 (4):503-507.
• Pang J., Zhu J. Xie Z., Liu G., Zhang Y., Chen G., Zeng Q. and Cheng L. , “A new explanation of the N decrease in tissues of rice ( Oryza sativa L .) exposed to elevated atmospheric pCO2. Environmental and Experimental Botany , 2005 In press
• Chen G., Zhu J., Pang J., Cheng L. , Xie Z., and Zeng Q., “ Effect of free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) on C:N ratio and root activity of rice at heading stage” Chinese J. Rice Science , 2005 In press
• Chen Gaiping, Zhu Janguo, and Cheng Lei , “ Effect of elevated CO2 on root exudates: A review” Soils 2005 In press
• B.A.Kimball, Zhu Jianguo, Cheng Lei , K, Kobayashi and M.Bindi, 2002. “Responses of Agricultural Crops to Free-Air CO 2 Enrichment”. Chinese J. Applied Ecology , 2002, 13 (10): 1323-1338.
• Zeng Qing, Zhu Jianguo, Liu Gang, Han Yong, Zhang Yali, Xie Zubin, Ma Hongliang, and Cheng Lei . “Effects of FACE on Competition between Oryza Sativa and Barnyardgrass ”, Chinese J. Applied Ecology , 2002, 13 (10): 1231-1234.
• Li Daolin and Cheng Lei , “Distribution of As Forms in Soils and Biological Effect of As on Chinese Cabbage”. J. Anhui Agricultural University , 2000, 27 (2): 131-134.

PROJECTS INVOLVED

• “Effect of Elevated CO 2 on the Bioavailability of Soil Micronutrients in Agroecosystem”, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC—40271061
• “Responses of Agroecosystem to Free-Air CO 2 Enrichment”, part of the Knowledge Innovation Major Orientation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC-40120140817
• “China Carbon Drive Mechanism and Cycling of Terrestrial Ecosystem”, part of the 973 Project of China , supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, CCDMCTE-2002CB412502
• “ Soil carbon sequestration in Louisiana coastal wetlands”, supported by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Louisiana Board of Regents
• “Ecological, Physiological and Genetic Aspects of Global Climate Change Impacts in Field Crop Systems” USDA-ARS

Contact Information

Mr. Lei Cheng
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
2518 Gardner Hall
North Carolina State University
Raleigh , NC 27695-7616

Lab: 919-513-3877
Fax: 919-515-7716

Email: lcheng2@ncsu.edu