1. Individual introduction

　　Zhang Yulin, male, was born in 1984 in Shaanxi. He has been worked in College of Resources and Environment in Northwest A&F University since May 2015 relating to teaching and research. 

　　2. Education

　　2010–2015: Doctor’s degree in Soil Chemistry, Adelaide University, Australia.

　　2007–2010: Master’s degree in Soil Physics, Northwest A&F University, China.

　　2003–2007: Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China.

　　3. Research interests 

　　My research interest is focused on nutrition (P and K) management in dry land soil and soil amendment. Recently I am doing some work relating to improving P availability in soils. 

　　4. Projects

　　National Key Research and Development Project: Promotion of phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency in saline-alkaline soil by spring wheat in Northwest China (subtopic), 2018.07-2020.12, 200000￥;

　　Fund Project of Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation: The Effects of granular organic material on slight to moderate saline soils, 2018.10-2021.10, 110000￥;

　　Doctoral Program of Shaanxi Province: Mining and utilization technology of insoluble phosphorus in dry land soil in north China, 2018.04-2021.04, 200000￥;

　　National natural science foundation of China youth science foundation project: Characteristics of soluble phosphorus in soil using the DGT method and its availability, 2017.01 -2019.12，200000￥；

　　Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities: Research of distribution of soil available phosphorus and potassium in soils and its resupplying ability using the DGT method, 2016.01-2018.12, 200000￥;

　　5. Publication

　　Zhang, Yulin, Duan, Pengfei, Zhang, Ping, Li, Ming. Variations in cyanobacterial and algal communities and soil characteristics under biocrust development under similar environmental conditions. Plant Soil, 2018, 429: 241-251.

　　Li Zhonghui, Wei Binmeng, Wang Xudong, Zhang Yulin, Zhang Afeng. Response of soil organic carbon fractions and CO2 emissions to exogenous composted manure and calcium carbonate. Journal of Soil and Sediments, 2018, 18(5): 1832-1843. 

　　Li Zhonghui, Wang Meng, Yang Yan, Zhao Shixiang, Zhang Yulin, Wang Xudong. Effect of composted manure plus chemical fertilizer application on aridity response and productivity of apple trees on the loess plateau, China. Arid Land Research and Management, 2017, 31(4): 388-403. 

　　Yunchao Dai, Mubasher Nasir, Yulin Zhang, Jiakai Gao, Yamin Lv, Jialong Lv. Comparison of DGT with traditional extraction methods for assessing arsenic bioavailability to Brassica chinensis in different soils. Chemosphere. 2017, 191: 183-189. 

　　Yunchao Dai, Mubasher Nasir, Yulin Zhang, Haiming Wu, Honghong Gao, Jialong Lv. Comparison of DGT with traditional methods for assessing cadmium bioavailability to Brassica chinensis in different soils. Scientific Reports. 2017, 7: 1-9. 

　　Zhang Yulin*, Nachimuthu G, Mason S, McLaughlin MJ, McNeill A, Bell MJ. Comparison of soil analytical methods for estimating wheat potassium fertilizer requirements in response to contrasting plant K demand in the glasshouse. Scientific Reports 2017; 7: 11391.

　　Yulin Zhang*, Sean Mason, Ann McNeill and Michael J McLaughlin. Application of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique for available potassium measurement in agricultural soils: effects of competing cations on potassium uptake by the resin gel. Analytica Chimica Acta. 2014, 842: 27-34.

　　Yulin Zhang, Sean Mason, Ann McNeill and Michael J McLaughlin (2013) Optimisation of the diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) method for simultaneous assay of potassium and plant-available phosphorus in soils. Talanta. 113: 123-129.

　　Sean Mason, Ann McNeill, Yulin Zhang, Michael J McLaughlin and Chris Guppy (2011) Application of Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films (DGT) to measure potassium and sulphur availability in agricultural soils. In 16th Australia agronomy conference.

　　Yulin Zhang, Yiquan Wang, Haiyan Hu, Lei Sun, Hai Xu (2012) Study on farmland soil physical status in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi. Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas. 29(1): 75-79 (in Chinese).

　　6. Conference attendance 

　　6/2014: presented a poster in the 20th World Congress of Soil Science in South Korea. 

　　12/2012: presented a poster in the Joint Australian and New Zealand Soil Science Conference in Tasmania, Australia. 

　　7. Contact

　　Address: 7-22 College of Resources and Environment, Taicheng Rd 3, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, Yangling, China； 

　　Postcode: 712100；

　　Email: yulinzhangbest@126.com (main)

　　yulinzhangbest@vip.126.com (preferred for oversea contacts)