Dr. CAO Yiwen

Dr. CAO Yiwen 曹議文

Supervisor: Prof. Alex CHOW

Room 129, 1/F, Science Centre North Block
Dr. CAO Yiwen

Education

2022 Ph.D. Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017 M.S. Physical Geography Northeast Normal University

Academic Employments

2026 - present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2025 - 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Honorary), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2022 - 2025 Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Environment, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Molecular-level Organic Matter Biogeochemisty
  • Carbon Cycling in Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems
  • Sulfur Biogeochemistry and Isotope Tracing
  • Global Change Effects on Soil Systems

Representative Publications

2026 Cao, Y. W#., Zong, N.#, Sun, G., Shang, W., Lu, H.-Y., Liang, X., Zheng, Y., Chow, A. T.-S., Tian, J., Wang, J. (2026). Warming intensifies nitrogen-driven destabilization of alpine soil dissolved organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology.
2024 Cao, Y. W.#, Wang, X. B., Wang, C., Bai, E., & Wu, N.* (2024). Sulfur biogeochemical dynamics of grassland soils along an aridity gradient in northern China. Geoderma, 451, 117073.
2022 Cao, Y. W., Liu, X. M., Wang, C., Bai, E., & Wu, N.* (2022). Rare earth element geochemistry in soils along arid and semiarid grasslands in northern China. Ecological Processes, 11(1), 29.
2021 Wang, M., Wang, S., Cao, Y. W.*, Jiang, M., Wang, G.*, & Dong, Y. (2021). Effects of hummock–hollow microtopography on soil organic carbon stocks and labile fractions in a sedge peatland. Catena, 201, 105204.

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