Our group focuses on the ecological remediation of heavy metal polluted soils. China is suffering heavy metal pollution and we are a part of the national efforts to clean our soils and produce safe foods.

PhD, 2010, From Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS

   

I started my visiting research at Center for Mined Land Rehabilitation within The Univeristy of Queensland (UQ), after receiving my PhD in Environmental Science in 2010. From Apr 2011, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with UQ until Nov 2015.

1.                              Li, X.F., Huang, L.B. 2015. Toward a New Paradigm for Tailings Phytostabilization-Nature of the Substrates, Amendment Options, and Anthropogenic Pedogenesis. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 45(8), 813-839.

 

2.                              Li, X.F., You, F., Bond, P.L., Huang, L.B. 2015. Establishing microbial diversity and functions in weathered and neutral Cu-Pb-Zn tailings with native soil addition. Geoderma, 247, 108-116.

 

3.                              Li, X.F., Zhu, Y.G., Shaban, B., Bruxner, T.J.C., Bond, P.L., Huang, L.B. 2015. Assessing the genetic diversity of Cu resistance in mine tailings through high-throughput recovery of full-length copA genes. Scientific Reports, 5, 13258.

 

4.                              Li, X.F., Bond, P.L., Van Nostrand, J.D., Zhou, J.Z., Huang, L.B. 2015. From lithotroph- to organotroph-dominant: directional shift of microbial community in sulphidic tailings during phytostabilization. Scientific Reports, 5, 12978.

 

5.                              Huang, L.B., Li, X.F., Nguyen, T.A.H. 2015. Extremely High Phosphate Sorption Capacity in Cu-Pb-Zn Mine Tailings. Plos One, 10(8), e0135364.

  

6.                              Li, X.F., Huang, L.B., Bond, P.L., Lu, Y., Vink, S. 2014. Bacterial diversity in response to direct revegetation in the Pb-Zn-Cu tailings under subtropical and semi-arid conditions. Ecological Engineering, 68, 233-240.

 

7.                              Li, X., You, F., Huang, L., et al., Dynamics in leachate chemistry of Cu-Au tailings in response to biochar and woodchip amendments: a column leaching study. Environmental Sciences Europe, 2013, 25(1), 32.

 

8.                              Li, X.F., Park, J.H., Edraki, M., Baumgartl, T. 2014. Understanding the salinity issue of coal mine spoils in the context of salt cycle. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 36(3), 453-465.

9.                              Park, J.H., Li, X.F., Edraki, M., Baumgartl, T., Kirsch, B. 2013. Geochemical assessments and classification of coal mine spoils for better understanding of potential salinity issues at closure. Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts, 15(6), 1235-1244.

 

10.                           Li, X.F., Yin, H.B., Su, J.Q. 2012. An Attempt to Quantify Cu-Resistant Microorganisms in a Paddy Soil from Jiaxing, China. Pedosphere, 22(2), 201-205.

 

11.                           Zhang, Q.F., Peng, J.J., Chen, Q., Li, X.F., Xu, C.Y., Yin, H.B., Yu, S. 2011. Impacts of Spartina alterniflora invasion on abundance and composition of ammonia oxidizers in estuarine sediment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 11(6), 1020-1031.

 

12.                           Li, X.F., Sun, J.W., Huang, Y.Z., Ma, Y.B., Zhu, Y.G. 2010. Copper Toxicity Thresholds in Chinese Soils Based on Substrate-Induced Nitrification Assay. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29(2), 294-300.

 

13.                           Li, X.F., Huang, Y.Z., Ma, Y.B., Sun, J.W., Cui, H.J. 2010. Leaching impacts Ni toxicity differently among soils but increases its predictability according to nitrification assay. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10(3), 579-589.

 

14.                            Deng, H., Li, X.F., Cheng, W.D., Zhu, Y.G. 2009. Resistance and resilience of Cu-polluted soil after Cu perturbation, tested by a wide range of soil microbial parameters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 70(2), 293-304.

 

15.                            Li, X.F., Zhu, Y.G., Cavagnaro, T.R., Chen, M.M., Sun, J.W., Chen, X.P., Qiao, M. 2009. Do ammonia-oxidizing archaea respond to soil Cu contamination similarly asammonia-oxidizing bacteria? Plant and Soil, 324(1-2), 209-217.

Honorary Fellow, 2015-2017, the University of Queensland