Faculty and Staff
ZHANG Xin
Title:
Highest Education: Ph.D
Office: 18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Phone: 010-62842952
Zip Code: 100085
Fax: 010-62842952
Email: xinzhang@rcees.ac.cn
Education and Appointments:

1999.9 ~ 2003.7:  Bachelor;Environmental Science;Yunnan University, China

2003.9 ~ 2006.7:  M.S.; Pollutant Ecology; Yunnan University, China 

2006.9 ~ 2006.7:  Ph.D.; Environmental Science; Research Centre for 

Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009.7~ present:  Assistant, and then Associate Professor, Research Centre for 

Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

2010.9 ~ 2011.3:  Visiting Scholar, Rothamsted Research, UK

Research Interest:
Physiological and molecular mechanisms in mycorrhizal plant under stresses, Migration and transformation of heavy metal(loid) among soil-microorganisms-plant system
Selected Publications:
  1. Zhang Xuemeng, Chen Baodong, Yin Rongbin, Xing Shuping, Fu Wei, Wu Hui, Hao Zhipeng, MaYibing, Zhang Xin*, 2022. Long-term nickel contamination increased soil fungal diversity and altered fungal community structure and co-occurrence patterns in agricultural soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436: 129113. 
  2. Zhang Xuemeng, Fu Gengxue, Xing Shuping, Fu Wei, Liu Xiaoying, Wu Hui, Zhou Xiang, Ma Yibing, Zhang Xin*, Baodong Chen. Structure and diversity of fungal communities in long-term copper contaminated agricultural soil. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 151302
  3. Zhang Xuemeng, Zhang Xin*, Li Linfeng, Fu Gengxue, Liu Xiaoying, Xing Shuping, Feng Haiyan, Chen Baodong *. The toxicity of hexavalent chromium to soil microbial processes concerning soil properties and aging time. Environmental Research, 2021, 204: 111941.
  4. Li Jinglong, Chen Baodong, Zhang Xin*, Hao Zhipeng, Zhang Xuemeng, Zhu Yongguan. Arsenic transformation and volatilization by arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis under axenic conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 413: 125390
  5. Li Jinglong, Sun Yuqing, Jiang Xuelian, Chen Baodong, Zhang Xin*. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate arsenic toxicity to Medicago sativa by influencing arsenic speciation and partitioning. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018, 157: 235-243.
  6. Li Jinglong, Sun Yuqing, Zhang Xin*, Hu Yajun, Li Tao, Zhang Xuemeng, Wang Zhi, Wu Songlin, Wu Zhaoxiang, Chen Baodong*. A novel methyltransferase gene from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi involved in arsenic methylation and volatilization. Chemosphere, 2018, 209: 392-400.
  7. Zhang Xin*, Ren Baihui, Wu Songlin, Sun Yuqing, Chen Baodong, Li Ruojuan. Rhizophagus irregularis influences As and P uptake by alfafa and the neighboring non-host pepperweed growing in an As-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2018, 67: 36-44.
  8. Zhang Xin, Wu Songlin, Ren Baihui, Chen Baodong*. Water management, rice varieties and mycorrhizal inoculation influence arsenic concentration and speciation in rice grains. Mycorrhiza, 2016, 26(4): 299-309.
  9. Zhang Xin, Ren Baihui, Wu Songlin, Sun Yuqing, Lin Ge, Chen Baodong*. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis influences arsenic accumulation and speciation in Medicago truncatula L. in arsenic-contaminated soil. Chemosphere, 2015, 119: 224-230. 
  10. Zhang Xin, Chen Baodong, Ohtomo Ryo*. Mycorrhizal effects on growth, P uptake and Cd tolerance of the host plant vary among different AM fungal species. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2015, 61, 359-368.  
  11. Ren Baihui, Wu Songlin, Chen Baodong, Wu Zhaoxiang, Zhang Xin*. Cr uptake by extraradical mycelium and stable Cr isotopic fractionation in arbuscular mycorrhizal dandelion. Pedosphere, 2015. 25(2):186-191. 
  12. Zhang Xin, Zhu Yongguan, Zhang Yuebin, Liu Yunxia, Liu Shaochun, Guo Jiawen, Chen Baodong*. Growth and metal uptake of energy sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in different metal mine tailings with soil amendments. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 26: 1080-1089. 
  13. Wu Songlin, Chen Baodong, Sun Yuqing, Ren Baihui, Zhang Xin*, Youshan Wang. Chromium resistance of dandelion (Taraxacum platypecidum Diels.) and bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon(Linn.) Pers.) is enhanced by arbuscular mycorrhiza in Cr (VI) contaminated soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2014, 33(9): 2105-2113. 
  14. Zhang Xin, Uroic M. Kalle, Xie Wanying, Zhu Yongguan, Chen Baodong, McGrath Steve P., Feldmann J?rg and Zhao Fangjie*. Phytochelatins play a key role in arsenic accumulation and tolerance in the aquatic macrophyte Wolffia globosa. Environmental Pollution, 2012, 165: 18-24.
  15. Zhang Xin, Hu Ying, Liu Yunxia, Chen Baodong*. Arsenic uptake, accumulation and phytofiltration by duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza L.). Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2011, 23(4): 601–606. 
  16. Zhang Xin, Zhao Fang-Jie, Huang Qin, Williams Paul, Sun Guo-Xin and Zhu Yong-Guan*. Arsenic uptake and speciation in the rootless duckweed Wolffia globosa. New Phytologist, 2009, 182: 421-428
  17. Zhang Xin, Lin Ai-Jun, Zhao Fang-Jie, Xu Guo-Zhong, Duan Gui-Lan and Zhu Yong-Guan*. Arsenic accumulation by the aquatic fern Azolla: Comparison of arsenate uptake, speciation and efflux by A. caroliniana and A. filiculoides. Environmental Pollution, 2008, 156:1149-1155 
 
Supported Projects:

1、National Natural Science Foundation of China, Uptake, accumulation and tolerance mechanism of arbuscular mycorrhiza to microplastics-arsenic compound pollutants in soil. Project No. 42177109, 2022.1- 2025.12

2、National Natural Science Foundation of China, The ecological significance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for wetland plant arsenic tolerance and the related mechanisms. Project No. 41977042, 2020.1- 2023.12 

3、National Key Research and Development Program of China, Source identification and source-sink relationship of soil contamination in rapid economic development area. Project No. 2018YFC1800302,2018.12-2022.12

4、National Key Research and Development Program of China, Research on Migration/Transformation and Safety Threshold of Heavy Metals in Farmland Systems. Project No. 2016YFD0800404,2016.6-2020.12 

5、National Natural Science Foundation of China, Mechanisms underlying the chromium transference, transformation and tolerance in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Project No. 21677164,2017.1-2020.12

6、National Natural Science Foundation of China, Molecular mechanism of arsenic uptake and transformation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Project No. 41471219,2015.1-2018.12

7、National Natural Science Foundation of China, Arsenic uptake, metabolism and tolerance in arbuscular mycorrhizal plants,Project No. 41101246,2012.1-2014.12

8、International Foundation for Science (IFS, Stockholm, Sweden), Arsenic uptake, metabolism and detoxification in plants associated with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi,Project No. C/4973-1,2010.11-2012.12

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