HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE “CARBON NEUTRALITY AND A LOW CARBON ECONOMY FOR AGRICULTURE”

Dr. Jing Tian is an associate professor at the National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University. She obtained her PhD degree from China Agricultural University and University of Göttingen (2013). Her research has revealed mechanisms of SOC stabilization and their role for maintaining soil fertility and health. She is also involved in soil C cycling in plant–soil system by using stable and radioactive isotope (C allocation, rhizodeposition and priming effects). She has published more than 70 refereed academic papers and book chapters, and served as associate editors for European Journal of Soil Science and Land Degradation and Development, and as a guest editor for Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering

Prof. Keith Goulding is the Sustainable Soils Research Fellow at Rothamsted Research, UK. He joined Rothamsted in 1974 having gained an MSc in Soil Chemistry at Reading University in 1974 and a PhD in ion exchange at Imperial College in 1980. His research has included the supply to crops of potassium and phosphorus from the soil, acid rain, soil acidification and liming, and nutrient, especially carbon and nitrogen, cycling. He is a Chartered Scientist and a Visiting Professor at China Agricultural University. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists in 2021, awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of England Research Medal in 2003 for research into diffuse pollution, and an IPCC certificate for his contribution towards the IPCC’s 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Prof. Xuejun Liu is a professor at the National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University. He obtained his PhD degree from China Agricultural University (1997) and the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (2014). He has being engaged in studies on the interactions of agriculture and environment, with research focusing on atmospheric deposition, nitrogen cycling and their impacts on soil acidification, eutrophication, ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from croplands. He has published more than 350 refereed academic papers and book chapters and served as associate editor for Atmosphere and Ecology and Environment Sciences and as a guest editor for Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering

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