Prof. Huifeng Ning received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in agronomy from Henan Agricultural University in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in agronomy from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2011. Currently, he is an associate researcher at the Key Laboratory of Crop Water Use and Regulation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Farmland Irrigation Research Institute. He has led six national and provincial projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund) project and the sub-projects of the National Cotton Industry Technology System. His research interests include key coupling processes and regulatory mechanisms of water-carbon and nitrogen cycles in farmland.