1. PERSONAL DETAILS

　　PhD, Associate Professor of soil science

　　College of natural resources and environment, 

　　Northwest A&F University

　　Address: No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi712100, P.R. China

　　Mobile phone : +86-13572009381 

　　Email: sunbenhua@126.com, sunbenhua@nwafu.edu.cn

　　2. EDUCATION

　　2003-2007 PhD of Soil Science, College of natural resources and environment, Northwest A&F University

　　2000-2003 Master of Soil Science, College of natural resources and environment, Northwest A&F University

　　1989-1993 Bachelor of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Department of soil and agro-chemistry, Northwest Agriculture University

　　3. EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS

　　2016-2017 Visiting research scientist, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK (1 year)

　　2008-2009 Visiting research scientist, Scottish Crop Research Institute (The James Hutton Institute), Dundee UK (1 year)

　　2008-date Associate Professor of Soil science, College of natural resources and environment, Northwest A&F University

　　1999-2008 Lecturer, College of natural resources and environment, Northwest A&F University

　　1998-1999 Research Associate, Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Shaanxi Academy of agriculture science

　　1993-1998 Research Assistant, Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Shaanxi Academy of agriculture science

　　4. RESEARCH

　　My research interests are Soil fertility, fertilizer use efficiency and water use efficiency on dry land, Soil biology and microbial diversity in understanding the biological processes underlying carbon and nitrogen transformations in soils and making the link between processes and organisms, Soil and Environmental Chemistry in agricultural non-point pollution and Phosphorus leaching.

　　5. PUBLICATIONS

　　Refereed Journal Publications

　　Benhua Sun, Quanhong Cui, Yun Guo, Xueyun Yang, Shulan Zhang, Mingxia Gao*, David W. Hopkins. Soil phosphorus and relationship to phosphorus balance under long-term fertilization. Plant Soil and Environment, 2018, 64(5): 214-220

　　Liu Yuanyuan, Sun Benhua*, Pi Xiaomin, Zhang Tongxun, Liu Pingjing, Gao Mingxia, Feng Hao. Post-effect of Organic material input on soil carbon and nitrogen in anthropogenic Loess soil in Guanzhong area. Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 2018, 2018, 25(4): 71-76 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Wei Jing, Guo Shu-fang, Sun Ben-hua*, Zhai Li-mei, WangHong-yuan, Liu Hong-bin, Hua Ling-ling, Yang Bo. Effects of Winter Cover Crops on Soil Nutrients and Microbial Properties of Cinnamon Soil. Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment, 2018, 34(5): 426-432 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Zhang Tongxun, Pi Xiaomin, Sun Benhua*, Liu Yuanyuan, Wei Jing, Gao Mingxia, Feng Hao. Effects of straw and plastic film mulching on carbon and nitrogen components in Lou soil of dryland. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-occidentalis Sinica, 2018, 27(8): 1225-1233 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Xiaomin PI, Tongxun ZHANG, Benhua SUN*, Quanhong CUI, Yun GUO, Mingxia GAO, Hao FENG, David W HOPKINS. Effects of mulching for water conservation on soil carbon, nitrogen and biological properties. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2017, 4(2): 146-154

　　Pi Xiao-min, Sun Ben-hua*, Cui Quan-hong, Guo Yun, Gao Ming-xia, Feng Hao. Effect of Different Mulching on Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Moisture Contents in Eum-Orthric Anthrosols. Arid Zone Research, 2017, 34(4): 806-814 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Guo Yun, Sun BenHua*, Wang Ying, Wei Jing, Gao MingXia, Zhang ShuLan, Yang XueYun. PLFA Fingerprint Characteristics of An Anthropogenic Loess Soil Under Long-Term Different Fertilizations. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2017, 50(1): 94-103 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Haixin Chen, Jingjing Liu, Afeng Zhang, Jing Chen c, Gong Cheng, Benhua Sun, Xiaomin Pi, Miles Dyck, Bingcheng Si, Ying Zhao⁎, Hao Feng. Effects of straw and plastic film mulching on greenhouse gas emissions in Loess Plateau, China: A field study of 2 consecutive wheat-maize rotation cycles. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 579: 814-824

　　Benhua Sun, Paul G Dennis, Kevin K Newsham, David W Hopkins, Paul D Hallett. Gelifluction and Thixotropy of Maritime Antarctic Soils: Small-Scale Measurements with a Rotational Rheometer. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2017, 28: 314-321

　　Cui Quan-hong, Sun Ben-hua*, Wu De-feng, Guo Yun, Pi Xiao-min, Gao Mingxia. Effects of Combined Application of Organic Manure and Chemical Fertilizer on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Dryland of Lou Soil. Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment, 2016, 32(2): 289-294 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Haixin Chen, Ying Zhao, Hao Feng, Huijie Li, Benhua Sun. Assessment of climate change impacts on soil organic carbon and crop yield based on long-term fertilization applications in Loess Plateau, China. Plant and Soil, 2015, 390:401-417

　　Qiang Liu, Yiping Chen, Benhua Sun. Effects of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins on Soil Nutrition, Soil CO2 Emission, and Mung Bean Seedling Growth. Water Air Soil Pollution, 2015, 226: 71

　　Vito Armando Laudicina, Sun Benhua, Paul G. Dennis, Luigi Badalucco, Steven P. Rushton, Kevin K. Newsham, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Iain P. Hartley, David W. Hopkins. Responses to increases in temperature of heterotrophic micro-organisms in soils from the maritime Antarctic. Polar Biology, 2015, 38:1153-1160

　　Sun Rui, Sun Benhua*, Gao Mingxia, Yang Xueyun, Zhang Shulan. Changes of soil microbial characteristics under long-term different land use patterns on an anthropogenic loess soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, 2015, 21(3): 655-663 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Ma Lin, Sun Benhua*, Sun Rui, Gao Mingxia, Yang Xueyun, Zhang Shulan. Effects of long-term different fertilization on bacterial community diversity in an anthropogenic Lou soil. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-occidentalis Sinica, 2015, 24(6): 162-170 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　SUN Ben-hua，Sun Rui，Guo Yun，Pi Xiao-min，Yang Xue-yun，Zhang Shu-lan，Gao Ming-xia*. Evaluation on the sustainability of cropland under different long-term fertilization in Eum-Orthic Anthrosols area. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, 2015, 21(6): 1403-1412 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Gao Ming-xia，Sun Rui，Cui Quan-hong，Yang Xue-yun，Zhang Shu-lan，Sun Ben-hua*. Effect of long-term chemical fertilizer application on soil microbial diversity in anthropogenic loess soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, 2015, 21(6): 1572-1580 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Xi Xue-qin, Sun Ben-hua*, Chen Yong, Yang Xue-yun. Research of phosphorus critical value for crop yield and soil leaching, and phosphorus fertilizer recommendation on an anthropogenic Loess soil area. Soil and Fertilizer Sciences in China, 2015, (6): 34-40 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Pan Ting, Gao Mingxia, Sun Benhua*. Effect of amendment fertilizer on organic carbon and nitrogen in loess soil. Journal of Northwest A&F University (Nat. Sci. Ed.), 2015, 43(8): 1572-1580 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　B. SUN, D. M. Roberts, P. G. Dennis, S. Caul, T. J. Daniell, P. D. Hallett, D. W. Hopkins*. Microbial properties and nitrogen contents of arable soils under different tillage regimes. Soil Use and Management, 2014, 30(1): 152-159.

　　Benhua Sun, P G Dennis, V A Laudicina, V J Ord, S P Rushton, A G O’Donnell, K K Newsham, D W Hopkins*. Biogeochemical responses to nutrient, moisture and temperature manipulations of soil from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands in the Maritime Antarctic. Antarctic Science, 2014, 26(5): 513-520.

　　Benhua Sun, Paul D. Hallett, Sandra Caul, Tim J. Daniell, David W. Hopkins*. Distribution of soil carbon and microbial biomass in arable soils under different tillage regimes. Plant and Soil, 2011, 338:17-25.

　　Xueyun Yang, Weidong Ren, Benhua Sun, Shulan Zhang*. Effects of contrasting soil management regimes on total and labile soil organic carbon fractions in a loess soil in China. Geoderma, 2012, (177-178): 49-56.

　　Xueyun Yang, Yang Yang, Benhua Sun, Shulan Zhang*. Long-term fertilization effects on yield trends and soil properties under a winter wheat–summer maize cropping system. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2011, 6(14): 3392-3401.

　　Zheng-Yi HU*, Cheng-Kai XU, Li-Na ZHOU, Ben-Hua SUN, Yuan-Qiu HE, Jing ZHOU, Zhi-Hong CAO. Contribution of Atmospheric Nitrogen Compounds to N Deposition in a Broadleaf Forest of Southern China. Pedosphere, 2007, 17(3): 360-365.

　　Xueyun Yang, Pingru Li, Shulan Zhang*, Benhua Sun, Chen Xinping. Long-term fertilization effects on soil organic carbon, physical properties, and wheat yield of a loess soil. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 2011, 174: 775-784.

　　George T.S.*, Brown L.K., Newton A.C., Hallett P.D., Sun B. H., Thomas W.T.B. and White P.J. Impact of soil tillage on the robustness of the genetic component of variation in phosphorus (P) use efficiency in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Plant and Soil, 2011, 339(1-2): 113-123. 

　　Sun Benhua, Hu Zhengyi, Lu Jialong, Zhou Lina, Xu Chengkai. The Leaching Solution Chemistry Of A Broad-Leaved Forest Red Soil Under Simulated N Deposition In Southern China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2006, 26(6): 1872-1881. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Hu Zhengyi, Lu Jialong, Zhou Lina , Xu Chengkai. Nutrient Leaching And Acidification Of Southern China Coniferous Forest Red Soil Under Stimulated N Deposition. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2006, 17(10): 1820-1826. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Hu Zhengyi, Lu Jialong, Zhou Lina, Xu Chengkai. Effects Of Simulated N Deposition On Cation Leaching From Red Soil In Southern China. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2007, 21(1): 18-21. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Gao Mingxia, Lu Jialong, Wang Xing, Zhang Yiping. Effect of cropland ecological conditions on soil nutrient and humic acid characteristics of gray desert soil. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture, 2007, 15(3): 18- 20. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Gao Mingxia, Lu Jialong, Wang Xing, Zhang Yiping. The Effect of Planting Alfalfa to Soil Nutrients and Humic Acid Characteristics on Gray Desert Soil. Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 2007, 14(3): 338-340. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Hu Zhengyi, Lu Jialong, Zhou Lina , Xu Chengkai. Dynamic Changes Of Wet Nitrogen Deposition In A Typical Hilly Agricultural Area In Yingtan, Jiangxi. Jour. of Northwest Sci-Tech Univ. Of Agri. and For. (Nat. Sci. Ed.), 2006, 34(10): 118-122, 127. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Lu Jialong, Zhang Yiping, Li Ping. The Characteristics Of Decomposition And Variation Of Nutrient Elements Of Plant Residue In Desert Ecosystem. Jour. of Northwest Sci-Tech Univ. Of Agri. and For. (Nat. Sci. Ed.), 2003, 31(6): 131-134. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Lu Jialong, Zhang Yiping, Sun Shengxue, Ma Jian. Study On Residue Decomposition And Nutrient Elements Releasing In Arid Desert Ecosystem. Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas, 2003, 21(3):34-37. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Sun Benhua, Zhao Hubing, Tong Yan’an. Soil available S contents and S fertilizer use in Shaanxi province. Journal of Anhui agricultural University, 2000, 27(supplement): 88-90. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Yang Xueyun, Sun Benhua, Gu Qiaozhen, Li Shengxiu, Zhang Shulan. The effects of long term fertilization on soil phosphorus status in manural loessial soil. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, 2009, 15 (4): 837-842. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Gu Qiaozhen, Yang Xueyun, Sun Benhua, Zhang Shulan, Tong Yanan. Weed biodiversity in winter wheat field of loess soil under different fertilization regimes. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2007, 18(5):1038-1042. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Lu Dianqing, Tong Yanan, Sun Benhua, Ove Emteryd. Study on effect of nitrogen fertilizer use on environment pollution. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, 1998, 4(1): 8-15. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Xu Minggang, Sun Benhua, Zhang Yiping. Diffusion of phosphate in soilsⅡ. Influence of phosphorus application rate and its interaction with soil moisture or/and temperature. Acta Pedologica Sinica, 1998, 35(1): 55-63. (In Chinese)

　　Yang Xueyun, Gu Qiaozhen, Ma Lujun, Sun Benhua, Li Shengxi. Forms of Phosphorus Leaching in Loessial Soil. Acta Pedologica Sinica, 2005, 42(5): 792-798. (In Chinese with English Abstract)

　　Xu MingGang, Zhang YiPing, Sun BenHua. Phosphate distribution and movement in soil-root interface zone III Dynamics. Pedosphere, 1995, 5(4): 349-355.