2015/07—2017/06  中国农业大学 养分资源管理 博士后 

2012/09—2014/09  美国宾西法尼亚州立大学 植物科学 联合培养博士研究生 

2008/09—2015/06  西北农林科技大学 植物生理生态学 博士研究生（硕博连读） 

工作经历 

2018/01—至今   西北农林科技大学 水土保持研究所 副研究员 

2017/06—2017/12  西北农林科技大学 水土保持研究所 助理研究员 

1.十四五国家重点研发计划项目子课题，耕地土壤生态功能稳定和健康耕层构建，2021-2025，主持 

2.“国家农业重大科技项目”子课题，玉米地上-地下互馈机制与调控途径，2022-2026，主持 

3.西北农林科技大学基本科研业务费专项资金，玉米/豆科间作提高磷吸收利用的根土界面互作机理，2020-2022，主持 

4.中国博士后面上项目，旱作农业中大豆磷高效品种筛选及高效利用磷的根际调控，2019-2021，主持 

5.国家自然基金青年项目，高密度群体下氮素供应对玉米根系可塑性和氮效率的影响，2016-2017，主持 

6.中国博士后面上项目，氮素供应对不同玉米品种根系形态和生物学特征的影响， 2016-2017，主持 

1.Zhan Ai, Hannah Schneider, Jonathan P Lynch. Reduced lateral root branching density improves drought tolerance in maize. Plant Physiology. 2015, 168: 1603–1615.  

2.Zhan Ai, Jonathan P Lynch. Reduced frequency of lateral root branching improves N capture from low N soils in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2015, 66: 2055–2065.  

3.Zhan Ai, Zou Chunqin, Ye Youliang, Liu Zhaohui, Cui Zhenling, ChenXinping. Estimating on-farm wheat yield response to potassium and potassium uptake requirement in China. Field Crops Research. 2016, 191:13–19. 

4.Zhan Ai, Xinping Chen, Shiqing Li. Effects of soil water on maize root morphological and physiological responses to phosphorus supply. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2019, DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201800160. 

5.Zhan Ai, Liu Jianliang, Yue Shanchao, Chen Xinping, Li Shiqing, Alexander Buchsch. Architectural and anatomical responses of maize roots to agronomic practices in a semi-arid environment. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2019. DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201800560. 

6.Zhan Ai, Li Shiqing, Cui Zhenling,Chen Xinping. Change in phosphorus requirement with increasing grain yield for winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum). Agronomy Journal. 2015, 107: 2003–2010.  

7.Zhan Ai, Chen Xinping, Li Shiqing. The combination of localized phosphorus and water supply indicates a high potential for savings of irrigation water and phosphorus fertilizer. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2014, 177: 884–891.  

8.Liu Jianliang, ShiqingLi, ShanchaoYue, Jianqing Tian, Huai Chen*, Haibo Jiang, Kadambot H.M.Siddique, Zhan Ai *, Quanxiao Fang, Qiang Yu. Soil microbial community and network changes after long-term use of plastic mulch and nitrogen fertilization on semiarid farmland. 2021,396:115086. 

9.Li Ting, Liu Jianliang, Zhan Ai*, Li Shiqing. Maize yield response to nitrogen rate and plant density under film mulching. Agonomy Journal. 2018, 110:1-12. 

10.Liu Jianliang, Zhan Ai, Chen Huai, Luo Shasha, Bu Lingduo, Chen Xinping, Li Shiqing. Response of nitrogen use efficiency and soil nitrate dynamics to soil mulching in dryland maize (Zea mays L.) fields. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 2015, 101:271–283. 

11.Liu Jianliang, Zhan Ai, Bu Lingduo, Zhu Lin, Luo Shasha, Chen Xinping, Cui Zhenling, Li Shiqing, Robert Lee Hill, Zhao Ying. Understanding dry matter and nitrogen accumulation for high-yielding film-mulched maize. Agronomy Journal. 2014, 106, 390–396. 

12.Liu Jianliang, Chen Xinping, Zhan Ai, Luo Shasha, Chen Huai, Jiang Haibo, Huang Xinya, Li Shiqing. Methane uptake in semiarid farmland subjected to different mulching and nitrogen fertilization regimes. Biology and Fertility Soils. 2016, 52:941–950.