Luo Yu is currently working in the College of Environmental & Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University. He worked at Rothamsted Research, UK, during his PhD, mainly focus on soil organic C mineralization and microbial mechanisms involved. He is now doing the research on SOM turnover (using isotopic technique) and microbial mechanisms (adopting metagenomics and SIP), and expanded abroad research experience with traverlling and working in La Trobe University (Australia), Gottingen University (Germany), Edinburgh University (UK), and some other leading soil institudes or Universities. His research area covers mainly on Isotope Ecology, Microbial Community, Soil Organic Matter turnover, with leading 2 projects from National Science Foundation of China and some other international coorperation fundings with Germany, UK, Italy and Australia. In the past 5 years he has produced several publications from the top soil journals including SBB (10), EJSS, BFS. Also, he was often invited as reviewer for journals, like, SBB, GCB, BFS, Plant Soil, etc. He is the guest Editor of Plant & Soil, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Submission Editor of Journal of Soils and Sediments, and Associate Editor of Biogeosciences.

Expertise and Interests

Isotope Ecology (¹³C, ¹⁴C, ¹⁵N)

Microbial Community (PLFA, DNA-SIP, Metagenome)

Microbial C Use Strategies

Regulatory Gate on Soil Organic Matter Turnover

Priming Effects

Emtobing Effects (Amino Acid)

Pyrogenic Carbon and C Sequestration

Research Experience Abroad

Oct-Nov  2017               Ireland    Ireland National University

Aug-Oct  2017               Germany      Gottingen University

Nov-Dec  2016           Australia      La Trobe University

Sept-Oct  2015          Germany      Gottingen University

March-May  2013             UK           Edinburgh University

Sept 2009-Sept 2011       UK    Rothamsted Research

Awards

2017      Fellow of Chinese Soil Fertility Society

2017      IHSS training award

2015      Qiushi Fellowship, Zhejiang University

2012      Outstanding Graduates (Beijing)

2009      Oversea Visiting scholarship, CSC

Research Project Leading (>3 million RMB)

National Science Foundation of China (41671233), 2017-20

National Science Foundation of China (41301250), 2014-16

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China, 2013-18

The national key research and development, 2017-20 Huiming Project, Ministry of Science Technology, 2013-18

International Cooperation Key Program, NSFC, 2018-2022

Editorial Board

Biogeosciences                                  Associate Editor

Journal of Soil and Sediments      Submission Editor

Plant & Soil                      Guest Editor

Journal of Integrative Agriculture   Guest Editor

Thesis and Project Reviewer:

Australian PhD Thesis Reviewer

National Science Foundation of China Reviewer

Conference Organizer

Being invited as session chairman (>4 times) and included in the list of scientific committee  (>5 times) in the international symposiums, organized in China, Japan, Korea, etc.