Shangqi Xu received a B.Sc. degree in Biological Sciences from Jilin University in 2008, a M.Sc. degree in Crop Cultivation and Tillage from China Agricultural University in 2011, and a Ph.D. degree in Ecology from Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2017. From 2011 to 2021, he worked at Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Ecology and Environment at Anhui Normal University. His research interests mainly focus on Soil Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Diversity, Metagenomics, Soil Carbon, Meta-Analysis, and Soil Microbial Ecology.