HUI NAN      PhD, PI    Associate Professor in Soil Microbial Ecology    Email: nan.hui@thecandace.com    Address: B409,School of Agriculture and Biology,                   Shanghai Jiao Tong University

 

>>Education:

PhD in Environmental Ecology, 2010, University of Helsinki

Master in Genetics, 2006, Northeast Forestry University

Bachelor in Biosciences, 2003, Northeast Forestry University

 

>>Working experiences

2019-present, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2017-2019, Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki

2013-2017, Research Fellow, University of Helsinki

2010-2013, Project Manager, Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd, Finland.

 

>>Description of research and teaching

I am the PI of Hui Lab at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Our research interests cover a wide range of ecosystems and research topics in ecology and environmental sciences. Microbial ecology occupies an important part of our research activities. Our research mainly focuses on microbiota and their functional traits in soil, compost and human microbiome. Our research interests cover the impacts of environmental pollution and land-use change on microbial communities and their functional traits. Our recent works involve microplastics, composting, ectomycorrhizal fungi and human health associated microbiota. Hui Lab has long-term collaboration with international scholars from University of Helsinki, Kansas State University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. I am also co-operating projects with several enterprises, which have led to mutual benefits, e.g. sludge treatment and soil remediation.

A lion share of my teaching activities goes to courses of Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Ecology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Supervision of PhD candidate and pro graduate theses is also a crucial part of my daily work. I also hold a title of docent at the University of Helsinki, which motivated me in organizing international study programs together partner organizations.

 

>>Selected publications

• Xiaoxiao Li, Xiaoyan Qi, Xinxin Liu*, Muhammad Khalid, Jieqi Ye, Martin Romantschuk, Fu Chen, Yinfeng Hua, Nan Hui*. 2023. PET addition delays the composting mature process and promotes microbiota associated with plastic degradation in plastisphere. Journal of Cleaner Production, 389, 136066.
• Haoxin Tan, Xinxin Liu, Shan Yin, Chang Zhao, Lantian Su, Xiaoxiao Li, Muhammad Khalid, Heikki Setälä, Nan Hui*. 2022. Soil microbiota associated with immune-mediated disease was influenced by heavy metal stress in roadside soils of Shanghai. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 438, 129338.
• Muhammad Khalid, Haoxin Tan, Mehran Ali, Asad Rehman, Xinxin Liu, Lantian Su, Saeed-ur-Rahman, Chang Zhao, Xiaoxiao Li, Nan Hui*. 2022. Karst rocky desertification diverged the soil residing and the active ectomycorrhizal fungal communities thereby fostering distinctive extramatrical mycelia. Science of The Total Environment, 807, 151016.
• Haoxin Tan, Xinxin Liu, Shan Yin, Chang Zhao, Lantian Su, Xiaoxiao Li, Muhammad Khalid, Heikki Setälä, Nan Hui*. 2022. Immune-Mediated Disease Associated Microbial Community Responded to PAH Stress in Phyllosphere of Roadside Greenspaces in Shanghai. Environmental Pollution, 292,118379.
• Muhammad Khalid#, Baoming Du#, Haoxin Tan, Xinxin Liu, Lantian Su, Saeed-ur Rahman, Mehran Ali, Chunjiang Liu, Ningxiao Sun, Nan Hui*. 2021. Phosphorus elevation erodes ectomycorrhizal community diversity and induces divergence of saprophytic community composition between vegetation types. Science of The Total Environment, 793, 148502.
• Gaia Francini, Nan Hui*, Ari Jumpponen, D. Johan Kotze, Heikki Setälä. 2021. Vegetation Type and Age Matter: How to Optimize the Provision of Ecosystem Services in Urban Parks. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 66, 127392.
• Anirudra Parajuli#, Nan Hui#, Riikka Puhakka, Sami Oikarinen, Mira Grönroos, Ville A.O. Selonen, Nathan Siter, Lenka Kramna, Marja I. Roslund, Heli K. Vari, Noora Nurminen, Hanna Honkanen, Jukka Hintikka, Hannu Sarkkinen, Martin Romantschuk, Markku Kauppi, Raisa Valve, Ondřej Cinek, Olli H. Laitinen, Juho Rajaniemi, Heikki Hyöty, Aki Sinkkonen*. 2020. Yard vegetation is associated with gut microbiota composition. Science of The Total Environment, 713, 136707.
• Nan Hui#, Anirudra Parajuli#, Riikka Puhakka, Mira Grönroos, Marja I. Roslund, Heli K. Vari, Ville A. O. Selonen, Nathan Siter, Noora Nurminen, Sami Oikarinen, Olli H. Laitinen, Juho Rajaniemi, Heikki Hyöty, Aki Sinkkonen. 2019. Temporal variation in indoor transfer of dirt-associated environmental bacteria in agricultural and urban areas. Environment International, 132, 105069.
• Nan Hui#, Ningxiao Sun#, Hongmei Du, Muhammad Umair, Hongzhang Kang, Xinxin Liu, Martin Romantschuk, Chunjiang Liu*. 2019. Karst rocky desertification does not erode ectomycorrhizal fungal species richness but alters microbial community structure. Plant and Soil, 445, 383-396.
• Gaia Francini*, Nan Hui*, Ari Jumpponen, D. Johan Kotze, Martin Romantschuk, John Allen, Heikki Setälä. 2018. Soil biota in boreal urban greenspace: responses to plant type and age. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 118,145-155.
• Nan Hui*, Ari Jumpponen, Gaia Francini, D. Johan Kotze, Xinxin Liu*, Martin Romantschuk, Rauni Strömmer, Heikki Setälä. 2017. Soil microbial communities are shaped by vegetation type and park age in cities under cold climate. Environmental Microbiology, 19(3), 1281-1295. 
• Nan Hui*, Xinxin. Liu#, D. Johan Kotze, et al. 2017. Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in urban parks are similar to those in natural forests but shaped by vegetation and park age. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83(23), e01797-17.
• Xinxin Liu, Changlin Hui, Lianzhu Bi, Martin Romantschuk, Merja Kontro, Rauni Strömmer, Nan Hui*. 2016. Bacterial community structure in atrazine treated reforested farmland in Wuying China. Applied Soil Ecology, 98, 39–46.
• Nan Hui*, Ari Jumpponen, Tuula Niskanen, et al. 2011. ECM fungal community structure, but not diversity, altered in Pb contaminated shooting range in a boreal coniferous forest site in Southern Finland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 76, 121–132. 

 

*represents corresponding author; # authors contributed equally.

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