Asso Prof. Kesi LIU

Kesi Liu, Asoc. Prof., Department Chair of Grassland Resources and Ecology

College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193

Phone: +86-10-62733888;

E-mail: kliu@cau.edu.cn

 

Education

2006.8- 2009.12: Ph.D. Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida, FL, USA. 

2002.9 – 2005.7: B.S. College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Research Experience

2012.7- Present: Assoc. Prof., Department of Grassland Resources and Ecology, China Agricultural University

2011.11-2012.6: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agronomy, University of Minnesota, USA.

2010.7-2011.10: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agronomy, Clemson University, USA.

2010.1-2010.6: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agronomy, University of Florida, USA

Research

The main research area is grassland ecological management and utilization, including grassland and pasture ecological management and utilization, sustainability of agricultural and rangeland systems in agro-pastoral interactive systems, and restoration of degraded grassland soil systems.

 

Teaching

Undergraduate teaching:

Specialized English in Animal Science, Plant Ecology, Grassland Resources and Ecology

Graduate teaching:

Scientific Literature Retrieval and Paper Writing, Theoretical Ecology of Grassland, Scientific Research Methods in Grassland Science, Research Advance in Grassland Ecology

 

Publications (selected)

Jinsheng Li， Chan An， Jianying Shang， Tianchi Zhao， Qian Zhang，Xiaomeng Yang，Cheng Ren，Ding Huang，Kesi Liu*， Xinqing Shao. Spatial patterns in soil physicochemical and microbiologicalproperties in a grassland adjacent to a newly built lake. Microbiologyopen, 2019,  e912: 1-13.

Jinsheng Li , Jianying Shang  , Ding Huang , Shiming Tang , Tianci Zhao , Xiaomeng Yang 1 , Qian Zhang , Kesi Liu * and Xinqing Shao, Grazing and reclamation grasslands cause different spatial redistributions of soil particles, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,2019, 16, 1-10.

Wan LQ, Liu KS*, Wu W, Li JS,Zhao TC, Shao XQ, He F, Lv H, Li XL. 2018. Effect of stocking rate on grazing behaviour and diet selection of goats on cultivated pasture. The Journal of Agricultural Science 1–8.

Chong Chen, Ruiqi Wang, Jianying Shang, Kesi Liu*，Muhammad Kashif Irshad, Kelin Hu,  Emmanuel Arthur. 2018. Effect of biochar application on hydraulic properties of sandy soil under dry and wet conditions. Vadose Zone J. 17:180101.

Wen Yang, Yang Wang, Prabhakar Sharma, Baoguo Li, Kesi Liu*, Juan Liu, Markus Flury, Jianying Shang. 2017. Effect of naphthalene on transport and retention of biochar colloids through saturated porous media. Colloids and Surfaces A 530: 146–154.

Kesi Liu*, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Maria L. Silveira, Joao M.B. Vendramini,  and Yoana C. Newman. 2017. Nutrient Pools in Bermudagrass Swards Fertilized at Different Nitrogen Levels. Crop Sci. 57:525–533.

Liu, Kesi，Wiatrak, P. 2015 Soil nutrient distribution affected by nitrogen fertilization under conventional tillage system. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 45(6)：819-828.

Maria L. Silveira, Kesi Liu, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Ronald F. Follett, João M.B. Vendramini. 2013. Short-term effects of grazing intensity and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic carbon pools under perennial grass pastures in the southeastern USA. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 58：42-49.