Name: LI Danfeng
Current Appointment: Associate Professor
Education:
2004-2008 B.S. College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University
2008-2014 Ph.D. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources
Areas of Specialization:
The research of Dr. Li is focused on soil physics and ecohydrology. She is working in the areas of soil property heterogeneity, soil water flow, plant water uptake, water flow in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, and water utilization and productivity in agroecosystem.
Society Appointments:
Guest editor of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Representative Publications:
[1] Li DF*, Wang XM. 2021. Assessing irrigated water utilization to optimize irrigation schedule in the oasis-desert ecotone of Hexi Corridor of China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 322, 107647.
[2] Wang XM, Cai DW, Li DF*, Lou JP, Zheng Y, Hu S, Liu F. 2021. Dust deposition and its significance to soil nutrients in the Otindag Desert, China. Journal of Arid Environments, 194, 104612.
[3] Li DF*. 2020. Quantifying water use and groundwater recharge under flood irrigation in an arid oasis of northwestern China. Agricultural Water Management, 240, 106326.
[4] Li DF*, Shao MA, Zhang SP, Zhang K. 2020. The dynamics of soil moisture balance components and their relations with the productivity of natural vegetation in an arid region of northwestern China. Ecological Engineering, 143, 105672.
[5] Shang L, Li DF*. 2019. Comparison of different approaches for estimating soil water characteristic curves from saturation to oven dryness. Journal of Hydrology, 577, 123971.
[6] Li DF, Wang XM, Lou JP, Liu WB, Li H, Ma WY, Jiao LL. 2018. Heterogeneity and loss of soil nutrient elements under aeolian processes in the Otindag Desert, China. Aeolian Research, 30, 48-53.
[7] Li DF, Gao GY, Shao MA, Fu BJ. 2016. Predicting available water of soil from particle-size distribution and bulk density in an oasis–desert transect in northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology, 538, 539-550.
[8] Li DF, Gao GY, Lü YH, Fu BJ. 2016. Multi-scale variability of soil carbon and nitrogen in the middle reaches of the Heihe River basin, northwestern China. Catena, 137, 328-339.
[9] Li DF, Shao MA. 2015. Temporal stability of soil water storage in three landscapes in the middle reaches of the Heihe River, northwestern China. Environment Earth Sciences, 73, 3095-3107.
[10] Li DF, Shao MA. 2014. Soil organic carbon and influencing factors in different landscapes in an arid region of northwestern China. Catena, 116, 95-104.
[11] Li DF, Shao MA. 2014. Temporal stability analysis for estimating spatial mean soil water storage and deep percolation in irrigated maize crops. Agricultural Water Management, 144, 140-149.
[12] Li DF, Shao MA. 2013. Simulating the vertical transition of soil textural layers in north-western China with a Markov chain model. Soil Research, 51, 182-192.
Major Research Projects:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 41701251): Study on the mechanism of mutual feedback between soil water and vegetation succession under vegetation restoration in the Otindag Desert. 2018-2020.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 42271036): Water cycling process and the feedback mechanism of the shrub communities in the oasis-desert ecotone under the varying environment. 2023-2026.
3. The Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program (NO. 2022xjkk0902): Investigation on the quality of surface water and groundwater under the land use change processes in the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains. 2022-2025.
4. The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (No. 2019QZKK0305): The functions of desert ecosystems and its dynamic variation. 2019-2024.
Contact:
Office Address:
Room 829, Building No A. IGSNRR
11A Da Tun Road
An Wai, Beijing 100101
People’s Republic of China
Telephone: 86-10-6488-8151
Fax: 86-10-6488-8151
Email: lidf@igsnrr.ac.cn
