Title: Senior Research Scientist

Sustainable Soils and Crops

Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.  

Tel: +44 (0) 7813054915

Email: Xiaoxian.zhang@rothamsted.ac.uk

EDUCATION

· PhD of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

· Master of Hydraulic Engineering, Wuhan University.

· BSc of Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology, Hebei Geological University.  

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2015 – Present:  Senior Research Scientist, Rothamsted Research, UK

2007 – 2015:  Associate Professor, University of Liverpool, UK

2003 – 2007:  Lecturer in Environmental flow modelling, University of Abertay Dundee, UK.

1998 – 2002:  PDRA Scientist, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Root-plant interaction; biophysical processes in rhizosphere; multiple modelling of soil physical and chemical processes in soils; emission of CO₂ from soil and its modelling; x-ray computed tomography; pore-scale simulations of physical and biogeochemical processes and upscaling.