Zongrui Lai

Prof. Zongrui Lai

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Biography

I am a researcher specializing in soil ecology, microbial ecology, and biogeochemical cycling. My work seeks to unravel how soil microbial communities drive nutrient transformations and carbon sequestration across terrestrial ecosystems, with particular emphasis on arid and semi-arid landscapes. By integrating high-throughput sequencing, stable-isotope tracing, enzymatic assays, and multivariate modeling, I investigate how environmental gradients, plant–microbe interactions, and restoration interventions shape microbial structure–function relationships and soil physicochemical properties. Ultimately, my goal is to link microbial processes to ecosystem resilience and to inform sustainable land-management strategies aimed at enhancing soil health and carbon storage.

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