Miaochun Fan

Miaochun Fan, Ph D, Associate Professor

E-mail: [email protected]

Education: 

2007/09-2011/07 Northwest A&F University, Biological Engineering, BS.

2011/09-2017/12 Northwest A&F University, Microbiology, Ph.D.

Work Experience: 

2018/01-2020/06 Postdoctor, Agricultural Resources and Environment Postdoctoral Research Station, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources

2020/07-Present, Associate Professor, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University

Research Interests:

Grassland ecological restoration and rhizosphere microecological regulation mechanism

Grants:

Project director

(1) Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program (2023YFD1900502-3), 2024.01-2027.12.

(2) Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program of China for Young Scientists (2023YFD1901600), 2024.01-2027.12.

(3) Key Scientific and Technological Research Project of Shaanxi Academy of Forestry Sciences (SXLK2023-02-7), 2023.05-2026.04.

(4) Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province (2022SF-150), 2022.01-2024-12.

(5) National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars (41907205), 2020.01-2022.12.

(6) Doctoral Research Start-up Project of Northwest A&F University (2452020227), 2020.09-2022.12.

(7) Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Basic Research Program Project (2019JQ-057), 2019.01-2020.12.

(8) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Program (2018M633601), 2019.05-2020.12.

Publications:

Journal articles

Xing Ma, Jing Wang, Kang Zhang, Zhen Yang, Yuru Gao, Aijiao Wu, Wenqing Chen, Zhouping Shangguan, Miaochun Fan*, 2025. Enhanced multifunctionality of sandy loam soil with co-application of biochar and organic manure is driven by microbial network complexity rather than community diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  393:109812.

Le Yang, Xing Ma, Jing Wang, Kang Zhang, Zhen Yang, Jiajia Li, Xinyi Liu, Pengyue Wu, Yanbing Lin, Zhouping Shangguan, Miaochun Fan*, 2024. Temporal dynamics of rhizosphere bacterial community in the  Robinia pseudoacacia–Mesorhizobium loti  symbiotic system for remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils.  Applied Soil Ecology  198:105375.

Miaochun Fan, Jiajia Li, Xiaobo Luan, Le Yang, Wenqing Chen, Xing Ma, Zhen Yang, Zhouping Shangguan*, 2023. Biogeographical patterns of rhizosphere microbial communities in  Robinia pseudoacacia  forests along a north–south transect in the Loess Plateau.  Geoderma  435:116516.

Le Yang, Zhen Yang, Xing Ma, Jing Wang, Jiajia Li, Yanbing Lin, Miaochun Fan*, Zhouping Shangguan*, 2023. Response of rare and abundant rhizosphere microbial communities to inoculated rhizobium in cadmium-contaminated soil phytoremediation.  Rhizosphere  27:100734.

Jiajia Li, Le Yang, Jing Wang, Can Ma, Zhouping Shangguan, Miaochun Fan*, 2023. Characterization of rhizosphere bacterial microbiota under  Robinia pseudoacacia  plantations during long-term vegetation restoration on ex-arable land.  Rhizosphere  25:100678.

Miaochun Fan, Jiajia Li, Weiming Yan, Hui Shi, Zhouping Shangguan*, 2021. Shifts in the structure and function of wheat root-associated bacterial communities in response to long-term nitrogen addition in an agricultural ecosystem.  Applied Soil Ecology  159:103852.

Miaochun Fan, Jiajia Li, Zhuangsheng Tang, Zhouping Shangguan*, 2020. Soil bacterial community succession during desertification in a desert steppe ecosystem.  Land Degradation and Development  31:1662-1674.

Miaochun Fan, Xiao Xiao, Yanqing Guo, Jun Zhang, Entao Wang, Weimin Chen, Yanbing Lin, Gehong Wei*, 2018. Enhanced premeditation of  Robinia pseudoacacia  in heavy metal-contaminated soils with rhizobia and the associated bacterial community structure and function.  Chemosphere  197:729-740.

Miaochun Fan, Zhenshan Liu, Lijun Nan, Entao Wang , Weimin Chen, Yanbing Lin*, Gehong Wei*, 2018. Isolation, characterization, and selection of heavy metal-resistant and plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria from root nodules of  Robinia pseudoacacia  in a Pb/Zn mining area.  Microbiological Research  217:51-59.

Miaochun Fan, Yanqing Guo, Liping Zhang, Yamin Zhu, Weimin Chen, Yanbing Lin, Gehong Wei*, 2018.  Herbaspirillum robiniae  sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of  Robinia pseudoacacia  in a lead-zinc mine.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology  68:1300-1306.

Miaochun Fan, Lijun Nan, Yamin Zhu, Weimin Chen, Gehong Wei, Yanbing Lin*, 2017.  Mitsuaria noduli  sp. nov., isolated from the root nodules of  Robinia pseudoacacia  in a lead–zinc mine.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology  68:87-92.

Miaochun Fan, Yanbing Lin, Haibo Huo, Yang Liu, Liang Zhao, Entao Wang, Weimin Chen, Gehong Wei*, 2016. Microbial communities in riparian soils of a settling pond for mine drainage treatment.  Water Research  96:198-207.

Yanbing Lin¹, Miaochun Fan¹, Yanqing Guo, Xiaohui Di, Danhong Dong, Xing Zhang, Gehong Wei*, 2015.  Micromonospora nickelidurans  sp. nov., isolated from soil from a nickel-mining site.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology  65:4615-4620.

Jiajia Li, Miaochun Fan*, Zhouping Shangguan*, 2020. Research advances in the main ecological functions of plant root exudates.  Chinese Bulletin of Botany  55:788-796.

Patent

China, Patent No. ZL202310846284.5 –Microbial compound agents with promoting growth and increasing yield, as well as their preparation methods and applications. Issued 2025.

China, Patent No. ZL202311216602.6. –An environmentally friendly soil conditioner for soil and water conservation and its application. Issued 2024.

China, Patent No. ZL202310202972.8 –A soil conditioner preparation equipment. Issued 2023.

China, Patent No. ZL201410850236.4 –A kind of rhizobium resistant to heavy metals and its application. Issued 2017.