Professor Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
EDUCATION
2013.02-2014.12 Postdoctor., Kiel University, German.
2010.09-2013.02 Ph.D., Kiel University, German.
2006.09-2009.05 Master, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
2002.09-2006.05 Bachelor, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, China
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023.12-Present Professor, Teaching and Research, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU),Nanjing, China
2017.12-2023.11 Associate Professor, Teaching and Research, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU),Nanjing, China
2015.04-2017.12 Lecturer, Teaching and Research, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing, China
HONORS AND TITLES
The fourth batch of young top talents in forestry and grass science and technology innovation from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration (2023)
The European Union's "Talent Young Scientist" honorary title (2013)
research projects
1. National Key Research and Development Program International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Project (2024YFE0103300), The Response Mechanisms of Desert Ecosystem Productivity to Extreme Drought in China and Egypt，2024.07-2026.06
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (32271615), Mechanism of plant diversity and species patch size maintain temporal stability of productivity, 2023.01-2026.12
3. National Key Research and Development Program (2023YFD1901104) Sub Project, Comprehensive Model and Application of Obstacle Reduction and Capacity Enhancement in Rice Vegetable Rotation System, 2023.12-2026.12
4. Chief Scientist Program of Qinghai Province (2024-SF-102) Sub Project, Research on scientific issues, key technologies, and innovative paradigms related to multifunctionality of grassland in Sanjiangyuan, 2024.01-2028.12
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China (31700389), Effects of intraspecific and interspecific interactions on productivity and diversity of mixed grassland, 2018.01-2020.12
6. National Natural Science Foundation of China-Key Program (31830092), Formation and maintenance mechanism of plant diversity in grazing grassland，2019.01-2023.12
7. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20160738)，Effects of patch distribution pattern of species on productivity and stability of artificial grassland，2016.07-2019.06
8. Youth project of basic scientific research business expenses in Central Universities (KYZ201672), Effects of species patchy pattern on grassland productivity in southern China，2017.01-2019.12
9. Scientific Research Projects Consigned by Enterprises (720HY0012), Investigation, evaluation and remediation of cadmium pollution in agricultural land along the Yangtze River, 2018.05-2019.05
10. Scientific Research Projects Consigned by Enterprises (720HY0016), Investigation, evaluation and remediation of cadmium pollution in the high cadmium anomaly zone of the main stream of the Yangtze River，2019.05-2021.05
Publications
1. Ren, H., J. Xie, Y. Ke, Q. Yu*, A. Lkhagva, and M. Liu*. 2024. Moderate grazing weakens legacy effects of grazing history on primary productivity and biodiversity in a meadow grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 362:108825.
2. Jiechao Chang, Jiayao Xie, Ariuntsetseg Lkhagva, Honghui Wu, Haiyan Ren*. Grazing increases the positive feedback of legumes while decreasing the negative feedback of grass. Land Degradation and Development, 2024,1–10. https: // doi.org/ 10.1002/ldr.5120
3. Haiyan Ren, Jiayao Xie, Kang Li, Sibo Shi, Xianping Li, Hui Guo, Manqiang Liu*, Qiang Yu. 2023. Diversity-conditioned soil strengthens plant diversity–productivity relationship. Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14454
4. Yanxia Zhang, Jiechao Chang, Jiayao Xie, Liquan Yang, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, Abdel-Raouf A. Moustafa, Mohamed S. Zaghloul, Haiyan Ren*. 2023. The Impact of Root-Invasive Fungi on Dominant and Invasive Plant Species in Degraded Grassland at Nanshan Pasture. Agronomy-Basel, 13(7), 1666.
5. Chang, J. C., K. Li, J. Y. Xie, Y. X. Zhang, S. T. Wang, H. Y. Ren*, and M. Q. Liu. 2023. Integrating Native Plant Mixtures and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation Increases the Productivity of Degraded Grassland. Agronomy-Basel，13.
6. Liang, J., J. Chang, J. Xie, L. Yang, M. S. Sheteiwy, A.-R. A. Moustafa, M. S. Zaghloul, and H. Ren*. Microorganisms and Biochar Improve the Remediation Efficiency of Paspalum vaginatum and Pennisetum alopecuroides on Cadmium- Contaminated Soil. Toxics, 2023, 11(7).
7. Haiyan Ren*, Kathryn A. Yurkonis, Lifeng Wang, Jiechao Chang, Iris Vogeler, Dima Chen, Manqiang Liu, Qiang Yu.Temporal stabilizing effects of species richness and seed arrangement on grassland biomass production. Journal of Ecology, 2022, 110:1606-1614
8. Haiyan Ren*, Anran Cai, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Xinwei Wu, Lifeng Wang, Jiechao Chang, Xiuyang Wu, Quanping Zhou, Yuehua Jiang, Shuijin Hu. Species patch size at seeding affects the productivity of mixed legume-grass communities. European Journal of Agronomy, 2021, 129: 0-126342
9. Haiyan Ren#*, Quanping Zhou#, Jianbo He, Ying Hou, Yuehua Jiang, Jorge L.M. Rodrigues, Adam B. Cobb, Gail W.T. Wilson, Jian Hu, Yingjun Zhang. Determining landscape-level drivers of variability for over fifty soil chemical elements. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 657:279-286
10. Haiyan Ren, Valerie T. Eviner, Weiyang Gui, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang, Shuijin Hu*, Yongfei Bai*. Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi‐arid grassland. Functional Ecology, 2018, 32:2790-2800
11. Weiyang Gui, Haiyan Ren, Nan Liu, Yingjun Zhang, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Xiao Sun, Jian Hu, Yan Xiao, Fengge Zhang, Gaowen Yang. Plant functional group influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and hyphal contribution to soil CO2 efflux in temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil, 2018, 28:1-14
12. Haiyan Ren, Weiyang Gui, Yongfei Bai, Claudia Stein, Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Yingjun Zhang, Gaowen Yang. Long-term effects of grazing and topography on extra-radical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semi-arid grasslands. Mycorrhiza, 2018, 28:117-127
13. Haiyan Ren, Friedhelm Taube, Claudia Stein, Yingjun Zhang, Yongfei Bai, Shuijin Hu. Grazing weakens temporal stabilizing effects of diversity in the Eurasian steppe. Ecology and Evolution, 2018, 8: 231-241
14. Haiyan Ren, Jian Hu, Yifei Hu, Gaowen Yang. Divergence of compost extract and bio-organic manure effects on lucerne plant and soil. PeerJ 5:e3775; DOI 10.7717/peer J.3775, 2017
15. Haiyan Ren, Tao Gao, Jian Hu, Gaowen Yang. The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and root interaction on the competition between Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne. PeerJ 5:e4183; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4183, 2017
16. Ren Haiyan*, Han Guodong*, Lan Zhichun, Wan Hong Wei, Schoenbach Philipp, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Grazing effects on herbage nutritive values depend on precipitation and growing season in Inner Mongolian grassland, Journal of Plant Ecology, 2016, 9(6): 712-723
17. Ren Haiyan*, Han Guodong*, Schoenbach Philipp, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Forage nutritional characteristics and yield dynamics in a grazed semiarid steppe ecosystem of Inner Mongolia, China, Ecological Indicators, 2016, 60: 460-469
18. Ren Haiyan*, Han Guodong*, Ohm Magdalena, Schoenbach Philipp, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Do sheep grazing patterns affect ecosystem functioning in steppe grassland ecosystems in Inner Mongolia?, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 2015, 213: 1-10
19. Ren Haiyan*, Schoenbach Philipp, Wan Hongwei, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Effects of grazing intensity and environmental factors on species composition and diversity in typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China, PLoS One, 2012, 7(12): e52180
20. Zheng Shuxia*#, Ren Haiyan#, Li Wenhuai, Lan Zhichun, Scale-Dependent Effects of Grazing on Plant C: N: P Stoichiometry and Linkages to Ecosystem Functioning in the Inner Mongolia Grassland, PloS One, 2012, 7(12): e51750
21. Hu Jian, Deng Shaojun, Gao Tao, Lamour Kurt, Liu Xili, Ren Haiyan*. Thiophanate-methyl resistance in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa from golf courses in China, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2018, 152:84-89
22. Hu, J., Yang, JY., Lie, J., Gao, T., Yang, GW., Ren, HY. First report of Drechslera andersenii causing leaf spot on Perennial ryegrass in Jiangsu China. Plant Disease, 2018: PDIS-07-17-1-85-PDN
23. Hu, J., Yang, JY., Lie, J., Gao, T., Yang, GW., Ren, HY. First report of Ustilago avenae causing loose smut of oat (Avena sativa) in Shandong China. Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018: 100:123
24. Hu, J., Yang, JY., Lie, J., Gao, T., Ren, HY., Yang, GW. First Report of Rust on Perennial Ryegrass Caused by Puccinia coronata in Jiangsu, China. Plant Disease, 2017: PDIS-07-17-0977-PDN
25. Hu, J., Ren, HY. Gao, T., Yang, JY., Lie, J., Yang, GW., First report of Fusarium patch on Festuca arundinacea caused by Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC 1) in China. Plant Disease, 2017: PDIS-08-17-1309-PDN
26. Zheng Shuxia*, Li Wenhuai, Lan Zhichun, Ren Haiyan, Wang Kaibo, Functional trait responses to grazing are mediated by soil moisture and plant functional group identity, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 18163
27. Zheng Shuxia, Ren Haiyan, Lan Zhichun, Li Wenhuai, Wang Kaibo, Bai Yongfei*, Effects of grazing on leaf traits and ecosystem functioning in Inner Mongolia grasslands: scaling from species to community, Biogeosciences, 2010, 7(3): 1117 -1132
28. Lifeng Wang, Xiuyang Wu, Jiechao Chang, Haiyan Ren* Effects of seasonal rest grazing on spatial distribution pattern of plant community in meadow steppe. Journal of Grassland 2022, (008), 030.
29. Haiyan Ren, Jian Hu, Yifei Hu. Research status and Prospect of phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil. Jiangsu Agricultural Sciences, 2019, 47(1):5-11.
30. Zi Wang, Haiyan Ren*. The role of local plants in vegetation restoration. Hubei Agricultural Sciences, 2018, 57(10):83-87.
31. Jian Hu, Jingya Yang, Jie Li, Gaowen Yang, Haiyan Ren* Sensitivity of Alternaria solani to azoxystrobin and its cytb sequence analysis in Beijing. Journal of Pesticide Science, 2018, 20(1): 1-1
32. Jian Hu, Jingya Yang, Jie Li, Gaowen Yang, Haiyan Ren, Fenge Zhang, Yan Xiao*. Sensitivity of Alternaria turfgrass to thiophanate methyl, iprodione and propiconazole. Journal of Pesticide Science, 2017, 19(6): 694-700
33. Haiyan Ren, Shuxia Zheng, Yongfei Bai*, Effects of grazing on biomass allocation of plant stems and leaves in grassland communities in Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2009, 33 (6) 1065-1074
Main Work
Grassland Ecology, China Agricultural Publishing House, 2022 (co editor)
Grassland Resource, China Scientific Publishing House, 2023 (co editor)
