理学博士，中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所副研究员、硕士生导师。长期从事陆地生态系统碳氮循环机制研究，包括植物氮素获取策略、植物氮素获取的主控因子和驱动机制、植物-微生物-土壤系统互作、根际激发效应、根系分泌物、植物光合碳分配规律等方面。

迄今在生态学相关国际主流期刊New Phytologist, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Trends in Plant Science, Tree Physiology, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Geoderma, Plant and Soil, Journal of Ecology, Rhizosphere等杂志上共发表学术论文50余篇。论文被引929次，h指数17，i10指数24。

近五年来主持国家自然科学基金青年基金、中国科学院特别研究助理项目、中国博士后科学基金面上项目和中国博士后站中特别资助项目等。获得中国科学院院长特别奖、国家奖学金（3次）、北京市优秀毕业生等荣誉或奖励。

担任国际SCI期刊 European Journal of Soil Biology (JCR一区，中科院二区)杂志编委，国际SCI期刊Journal of Plant Ecology (中科院一区)杂志青年编委。

工作经历

2026.01– 至今： 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，副研究员

2024.11–2025.12：中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，助理研究员

2024.06–2024.09：德国拜罗伊特大学(University of Bayreuth)，访问学者

2022.06–2024.11：中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，特别研究助理(博士后)

教育背景

2016.09–2022.06：中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，博士

2019.06–2019.08：德国卡塞尔大学(University of Kassel)，访问学者

2012.09–2016.07：北京林业大学，学士

研究方向

1. 植物氮素营养：应用稳定性同位素¹⁵N技术研究植物对有机氮和无机氮的吸收偏好策略、植物氮素获取策略的驱动机制

2. 植物光合碳分配：植物新进光合碳在不同库之间的分配规律与时空演变特征、根际激发效应

3. 根际碳氮交易：植物根际微生物、根系分泌物、根际区域的碳氮权衡

代表性论著

1. Liu, M., & Xu, X. (2026). A plant-microbe co-driven perspective on the nitrogen cycle. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2026.05.009

2. Liu, M., Xu, X., Jin, P., Bruelheide, H., Kuzyakov, Y., Bardgett, R. D., & Wanek, W. (2026). Advancing predictive understanding of tree organic and inorganic nitrogen uptake across forest biomes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 213, 110027.

3. Liu, M., Xu, X., Wanek, W., Sun, J., Bardgett, R. D., Tian, Y., Cui, X., Jiang, L., Ma, Z., Kuzyakov, Y., Ouyang, H., & Wang, Y. (2025). Nitrogen availability in soil controls uptake of different nitrogen forms by plants. New Phytologist, 245, 1450–1467.

4. Liu, M., Liu, S., Xu, X., Soromotin, A. V., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2025). Does restoration of degraded grasslands follow the theory of multiple stable states? Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 383, 109508.

5. Liu, M., & Xu, X. (2025). Kin selection modulates nitrogen uptake strategies in Brassica juncea. Plant and Soil, 517, 1741–1753.

6. Liu, M., Xu, X., Yang, B., Zhang, N., Ma, Z., van Dam, N. M., & Bruelheide, H. (2022). Niche partitioning in nitrogen uptake among subtropical tree species enhances biomass production. Science of the Total Environment, 823, 153716.

7. Liu, M., Yu, C., Zhu, T., Xu, X., & Wang, Y. (2022). Restoration of degraded alpine grasslands alters plant–microbial competition for nitrogen. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 58(7), 803–814.

8. Liu, M., Zhu, T., Tian, Y., Xu, X., & Wang, Y. (2022). Plant functional groups shift their nitrogen uptake during restoration of degraded alpine grasslands. Land Degradation & Development, 33(15), 2898–2910.

9. Liu, M., Xu, X., Nannipieri, P., Kuzyakov, Y., & Gunina, A. (2021). Diurnal dynamics can modify plant–microbial competition for N uptake via C allocation. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57, 949–958.

10. Weinhold, A., Döll, S., Liu, M., Schedl, A., Xu, X., Neumann, S., & van Dam, N. M. (2021). Plot diversity differentially affects the chemical composition of leaves, roots and root exudates in four subtropical tree species. Journal of Ecology, 110, 97–116.

11. Liu, M., Adl, S., Cui, X., Tian, Y., Xu, X., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2020). In situ methods of plant-microbial interactions for nitrogen in rhizosphere. Rhizosphere, 13, 100186.

12. Liu, M., Li, H., Song, J., Song, M., Qiao, N., Tian, Y., Liu, Y., & Niu, H. (2020). Interactions between intercropped Avena sativa and Agropyron cristatum for nitrogen uptake. Plant and Soil, 447, 611–621.

13. Liu, M., Ouyang, S., Tian, Y., Wen, S., Zhao, Y., Li, X., Baoyin, T.-t., Kuzyakov, Y., & Xu, X. (2020). Effects of rotational and continuous overgrazing on newly assimilated C allocation. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57, 193–202.

14. Liu, M., Qiao, N., Xu, X., Fang, H., Wang, H., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2020). C:N stoichiometry of stable and labile organic compounds determine priming patterns. Geoderma, 362, 114122.

15. Liu, M., Qiao, N., Zhang, Q., & Xu, X. (2018). Cropping regimes affect NO₃⁻ versus NH₄⁺ uptake by Zea mays and Glycine max. Plant and Soil, 426(1–2), 241–251.

16. Liu, M., Xu, F., Xu, X., Wanek, W., & Yang, X. (2018). Age alters uptake pattern of organic and inorganic nitrogen by rubber trees. Tree Physiology, 38(11), 1685–1693.

17. Liu, Y., Liu, M., Xu, X., Tian, Y., Zhang, Z., & van Kleunen, M. (2018). The effects of changes in water and nitrogen availability on alien plant invasion into a stand of a native grassland species. Oecologia, 188(2), 441–450.

18. Liu, M., Li, C., Xu, X., Wanek, W., Jiang, N., Wang, H., & Yang, X. (2017). Organic and inorganic nitrogen uptake by 21 dominant tree species in temperate and tropical forests. Tree Physiology, 37(11), 1515–1526.

19. 刘敏, 孙经国, 徐兴良 (2020). 土壤元素失衡是导致高寒草甸退化的重要诱因. 生态学杂志, 39(8), 2574–2580.

20. 刘敏, 徐兴良 (2026). 树木氮素“吸收—生长—繁殖—防御”的概念框架及健康调控启示. 树木医学, 3(2), 1–14.

招生专业

生态学(学术型)、资源利用与植物保护(专业型)

欢迎生态学、林学、草学、植物生理学、植物保护学、土壤学、水土保持、环境科学、分子生物学、农学等相关专业同学报考。

联系方式

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