Dr. Zhuang Ge, Ph.D., is a Lecturer and Master's Supervisor at the School of Life and Health Sciences, Dalian University, China. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Shenyang Agricultural University, including a joint doctoral training program at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany (IBG-3). His research focuses on soil fertility, organic matter transformation, and sustainable soil management using stable isotopes, spectroscopy, and molecular techniques. Dr. Ge has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Soil & Tillage Research, Geoderma, and Environmental Science & Technology. He currently leads two national and municipal-level research projects on soil organic matter dynamics and soil degradation in blueberry orchards. He is a member of the Soil Science Society of China, the Geographical Society of China. Dr. Ge was honored as a "Young Science and Technology Star" by Dalian City in 2023 and received the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award from Shenyang Agricultural University in 2022. Research keywords: Soil health; Soil organic matter transformation; Soil amendment; Rhizosphere carbon cycling; Microbial necromass; Stable isotope tracing; Soil microbial ecology; Soil aggregate