INTRODUCTION TO Li, Min

Li, Min, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering,

College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering

Northwest A&F University, P.R.China.

23# Weihui Rd, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100

0086-29-87091762 (office)

0086-18700484289 (Cell-phone)

limin2016@nwafu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

2016 Ph.D. Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan

2010 M.Sc. Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University

2008 B.Sc. Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering, Northwest A&F University

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

01/2019 – present     Associate Professor, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University

06/2016 – 12/2018    Lecturer, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Soil thermal properties and water content measurement theory and techniques

Stable isotopic ecohydrology

Spatial variability and fractal analysis of soil physical properties

HONORS AND AWARDS

2021 Grand class Award of Higher Education Science and Technology Award by Shaanxi Province for the Achievement: “Determination and simulation of soil hydrothermal characteristics (Hailong He，Jialong Lv，***，Min Li)”

2021 Outstanding faculty in Fighting COVID-19 by the Northwest A&F University

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2022-2023 Linking deep soil water with irrigation: a novel water management approach in orchards for coping with frequent drought events, National Key R&D Program of China, ¥ 500,000 CNY, PI

2022-2023 Research and development of sensors to measure multiple information of farmland soil using Thermo-TDR, Young Scholar Funding from Jiangsu University, ¥ 200,000 CNY, PI

2021-2025 Technical mode and application of water and soil improvement and productivity improvement in dryland farming in the Loess Plateau, National Key R&D Program of China, ¥ 600,000 CNY, PI

2021-2023 Effects of land use change on deep soil water recharge in the Loess Plateau, Funding for introducing foreign talents to universities in Shaanxi Province, ¥ 225,000 CNY, PI

2020-2022 Effects of land use change on deep soil water recharge in the Loess Plateau, Basic Scientific Research Operating Expenses of Northwest A&F University, ¥ 50,000 CNY, PI

2019-2022 Groundwater recharge characteristics at regional scale and its response to the Grain for Green Project in the Loess Plateau, Chinese National Natural Science Fund, ¥ 620,000 CNY, participants

2017-2021 Deep soil hydrological processes and ecological effects in the Loess Plateau, Key projects of Chinese National Natural Science Fund, ¥ 3,000,000 CNY, participants

2017-2019 Mechanism of simultaneous determination of soil moisture and heat in field scale based on distributed optical fiber, Chinese National Natural Science Fund for Young Scholar, ¥ 200,000 CNY, PI

2017-2019 An improved heat pulse dual probe method for determination of soil physical properties in farmland, Basic Scientific Research Operating Expenses of Northwest A&F University, ¥ 100,000 CNY, PI

2016-2019 Study on mechanism of simultaneous determination of soil moisture and heat with distributed optical fiber, Doctoral research start-up funding of Northwest A&F University, ¥ 200,000 CNY, PI

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Yunqing Lu, Wei Xiang, Min Li, et. al., 2022, Effects of Land Use Change on Evapotranspiration in The Loess Tableland.  Acta Pedologica Sinica , DOI: 10.11766/trxb202103150143 (in Chinese).

Ze Tao, Min Li, et. al., 2021, Rainfall intensity affects runoff responses in a semi-arid catchment.  Hydrological Processes , 35: e14100.

Yanwei Lu, Huijie Li, ***, and Min Li, 2020, Chloride tracer of the loess unsaturated zone under sub-humid region: a potential proxy recording high-resolution hydroclimate.  Science of the Total Environment , 700, 134465.

Zhiqiang Zhang, ***, Min Li, and Huijie Li, 2020, Deficit and recovery of deep soil water following a full cycle of afforestation and deforestation of apple trees on the Loess Plateau, China.  Water , 12, 989.

Han Li, ***, Min Li, 2018, Rooting depth controls potential groundwater recharge on hillslopes.  Journal of Hydrology , 564: 164-174.

Zhiqiang Zhang, Min Li, et. al., 2018, Deep rooted apple trees decrease groundwater recharge in the highland region of the Loess Plateau, China.  Science of the Total Environment , 622-623: 584.

Min Li, et. al., 2016, Single-probe heat pulse method for soil water content determination: comparison of methods.  Vadose Zone Journal , 5(17).

Min Li, et. al., 2015, Measuring solid percentage of oil sands mature fine tailings using the dual probe heat pulse method.  Journal of Environmental Quality , 44: 293-298.

Min Li, Yi Li, 2011, Local fractal and multifractal characteristics of soil number-based particle size distributions.  Journal of Northwest A&F University: Nat Sci Ed , 39(11): 216-222 (in Chinese).

Min Li, Yi Li, Wei Cao, Jianghui Zhang, 2009, Spatial variability of soil moisture and salt content at different sampling grid scales under plastic mulch drip irrigation.  Journal of hydraulic engineering , 40(10): 1210-1218 (in Chinese).