STRENGTHENING NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL GREEN DEVELOPMENT

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Dr. Wen Xu, Associate Professor in College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University. He obtained his PhD from China Agricultural University. He is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research on atmospheric nitrogen deposition control, agricultural non-point source pollution control and green development. He utilizes integrated methodologies, including network monitoring, model simulation and satellite remote sensing, to study material exchange and ecological impacts at the water-soil-air interface. His significant contributions include advancements in pollutant emissions, environmental thresholds and regulatory approaches. He has published 80 articles in prestigious journals such as Nature Food, Science Bulletin, and Water Research, Environmental Science & Technology. He has led numerous research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key R&D program of MOST and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. His contributions extend to his involvement as a member of the Nutrient Cycling Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, as well as his role as a member of Youth Editorial Board for esteemed journals, including Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. In 2023, he also won the second prize of the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education of China (ranked second)

Dr. Jie Zhang, Associate Professor in College of Information and Electrical Engineering, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University. She obtained her PhD degree from Tsinghua University (2018) and the bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University (2012). She is also a visiting scholar of Wageningen University & Research and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and a Young Scientist of IIASA in Austria. She has worked continuously on agricultural environmental monitoring and modeling by using remote sensing, modeling and big data. Her research focuses on non-point source pollution and environmental management, cultivated land quality improvement and nutrient cycling. She has published more than 30 SCI papers in Nature, Nature Communications, Biogeosciences, Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Journal of Environmental Management and others, had more than 10 authorized software patents, thousands academic citations and published a book in English with Elsevier. She is the international reviewer of the US-Israel Agricultural Research and Development Fund, the member of Youth Editorial Board of Frontiers of Agricultural Science & Engineering and the reviewer of more than 20 journals

Prof. Linzhang Yang, a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He received his PhD in Agriculture from Hokkaido University (Japan) in 1992. He has been engaged in research on nutrient cycling in agricultural ecosystems, the occurrence process of agricultural non-point source pollution, and control technology and management strategies. He has undertaken major projects from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and other departments. He proposed the 4R technology for the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution and promoted its application nationwide. He has published more than 200 papers, authored 6 monographs, and obtained 12 patents. He has won 5 provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological progress awards

Dr. Xuejun Liu, 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 nutrient management for mitigating soil acidification, non-point source pollution, ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions in croplands. He has published more than 370 refereed journal papers, including Science, Nature, Nature Food, PNAS with an H-index of 66, and 16 book chapters and served as associate editor for Atmosphere, and Ecology and Environment Sciences (NSO). In 2023, he also won the second prize of the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education of China (ranked first)

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