Educational Background

• 2003-2007, Hunan University of Science and Technology, College of Architecture and Urban-Rural Planning, Bachelor of Science;
• 2007-2010, College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, M.S. Agronomy;
• 2010-2014, College of Resources and Environment, China Agricultural University, PhD in Agronomy;
• 2011-2013, China Agricultural University - University of Hohenheim, Germany, Joint PhD student;

Research experience

• 2014/09-present Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, School of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
• 2023/12-2024/11 Visiting Scholar, ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (in French)

Primary research interests

• Nitrogen Cycle and N₂O Emission Reduction
• Evolution of the Ecological Environment in Lake Basins

Main social part-time jobs

• Environmental Science & Technology; Journal of Hydrology; Marine Pollution Bulletin; Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment; Soil Science Society of America Journal; Lake Science; China Journal of Ecological Agriculture; Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and other national and international journals;
• Life member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU);

Honors and awards

• 2019, Nanjing Normal University “young and middle-aged leaders” young top talents

Recent publications (*corresponding author)

As first or corresponding author, he has published over 30 SCI-indexed papers in journals such as Global Change Biology, Water Research, European Journal of Soil Science, and Catena. For details, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tao-Huang. Representative papers in recent years include:

• Meng, L., Xue, J., Zhao, C., Tao Huang*, Yang, H., Zhao, K., Yu, Z., Yuan, L., Zhou, Q., Kellerman, A.M., McKenna, A.M., Spencer, R.G.M., Huang, C., 2023. N-containing Dissolved Organic Matter Promotes Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Supersaturation in the Yangtze River, China. Water Research. 120808.（parallel communication）
• Quanliang, J., Xiaohua, M., Zhichun, L., Shuaidong, L., Changchun, H., Tao Huang*, Bin, X., Hao, Y., 2024. New perspectives on organic carbon storage in lake sediments based on classified mineralization. Catena. 237, 107811.
• Tao Huang, Zhou, J., Luo, D., Li, S., Yang, H., Huang, C., Li, Y., Zhang, Z., 2023. Sediment record in pollution, toxicity risk, and source assignment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Erhai Lake, Southwest China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 186, 114424.
• Gao, B., Tao Huang, Ju, X., Gu, B., Huang, W., Xu, L., Rees, R.M., Powlson, D.S., Smith, P., Cui, S., 2018. Chinese cropping systems are a net source of greenhouse gases despite soil carbon sequestration. Global Change Biology. 24, 5590-5606. （parallel communication）
• Huang, T., Yang, H., Huang, C., Ju, X., 2018. Effects of nitrogen management and straw return on soil organic carbon sequestration and aggregate-associated carbon. European Journal of Soil Science 69, 913-923.

Major research projects undertaken

• National Key R&D Program of China: Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Project, Development and Application of an Estimation Model for N₂O Emissions from Chinese Rivers.
• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program Project: Variations in N₂O Production Pathways from Lake Sediments Driven by Algal Debris and Their Impact Mechanisms.
• NSFC Young Scientist Program Project: Mechanisms of Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions Affecting Soil Aggregate Formation and Nitrous Oxide Production in Typical Farmland Soils of North China.

Contact

• E-mail: taohuang@njnu.edu.cn;
• Address: School of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, China.