占爱，女，湖北黄冈人，2015年在西北农林科技大学获得博士学位，美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学联合培养博士。2015年6月到2017年6月在中国农业大学资源与环境学院进行博士后研究工作，2017年6月进入西北农林科技大学水土保持科学与工程学院（水土保持研究所）工作。主要从事作物养分资源管理、根系生理生态以及土壤碳氮循环的研究。主持或参与国家重点研发计划项目、国家自然科学基金、中国博士后基金项目等。近年来在根系对养分、水分吸收利用、作物养分高效等研究方面取得了重要成果。迄今发表论文30余篇，其中10余篇(第一或通讯作者)在Plant Physiology、Journal of Experiment Botony、Science of the Total Envrioment、Geoderma、Field Crop Research等国际主流杂志上。独立或协助培养博士研究生1名，硕士研究生13名。

2008.09-2015.06   西北农林科技大学  博士
2012.10-2014.10   美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学 联合培养博士
2015.06-2017.06   中国农业大学  博士后
2017.06-2017.12   西北农林科技大学 助理研究员
2018.01-今   西北农林科技大学  副研究员

根系生理生态、养分和水分高效利用、土壤碳氮循环

1. 国家重点研发计划“北方半干旱区中低产旱地作物增产与土壤培育互馈技术集成创新与应用”子课题，2023-2027，主持
2. 国家重点研发计划“黄土高原旱作适水改土与产能提升技术模式及应用”子课题，2021-2025，主持
3. 国家自然科学基金-联合基金项目“砷镉复合污染稻田的土壤微生物组阻控过程与机制”，2021-2025，参与
4. 中国科学院项目“气候变化对中国黄河中游和塞尔维亚萨瓦河流域农业水土环境影响评估及适应对策”2018-2020，参与
5. 国家自然科学基金青年基金“高密度群体下氮素供应对玉米根系可塑性和氮效率的影响”，2017-2018，主持
6. 中央高校基本科研业务费“玉米/豆科间作提高磷吸收利用的根-土界面互作机理”，2020-2022，主持
7. 校博士科研启动项目“高密度群体下养分供应对作物根系形态的影响”，2017-2019，主持
8. 中国博士后基金“氮素供应对不同玉米品种根系形态和生物学特征的影响”，2016-2017，主持

[1] Liu Baiyan, Zhao Shuling, Qiu Tianyi, Cui Qingliang, Yang Yuyi, Li Lili, Chen Jing, Huang Min, Zhan Ai*, Fang Linchuan*. Interaction of microplastics with heavy metals in soil: Mechanisms, influencing factors and biological effects. Science of the Total Environment. 2024. 918: 170281.
[2] Li Xin, Chen Yinglong, Xu Yuzhou, Sun Haoyang, Sun Yamin, Yan Peng, Song Qilong, Li Shiqing, Zhan Ai*. Genotypic variability in root morphology in a diverse wheat genotypes under drought and low phosphorus stress. Plants. 2024,13:3361.
[3] Liu Jianliang, ShiqingLi, ShanchaoYue, Jianqing Tian, Huai Chen*, Haibo Jiang, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Zhan Ai*, Quanxiao Fang, Qiang Yu. Soil microbial community and network changes after long-term use of plastic mulch and nitrogen fertilization on semiarid farmland. Geoderma, 2021, 396:115086.
[4] Zhan Ai, Xinping Chen, Shiqing Li. Effects of soil water on maize root morphological and physiological responses to phosphorus supply. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2019, 182:477-484.
[5] Zhan Ai, Liu Jianliang, Yue Shanchao, Chen Xinping, Li Shiqing, Alexander Buchsch. Architectural and anatomical responses of maize roots to agronomic practices in a semi-arid environment. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2019.182:751-762.
[6] Li Ting, Liu Jianliang, Zhan Ai*, Li Shiqing. Maize yield response to nitrogen rate and plant density under film mulching. Agonomy Journal. 2018, 110:1-12.
[7] Zhan Ai, Zou Chunqin, Ye Youliang, Liu Zhaohui, Cui Zhenling, ChenXinping. Estimating on-farm wheat yield response to potassium and potassium uptake requirement in China. Field Crops Research. 2016, 191:13-19.
[8] Zhan Ai, Hannah Schneider, Jonathan P Lynch. Reduced lateral root branching density improves drought tolerance in maize. Plant Physiology. 2015, 168: 1603-1615.
[9] Zhan Ai, Jonathan P Lynch. Reduced frequency of lateral root branching improves N capture from low N soils in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2015, 66: 2055-2065.
[10] Zhan Ai, Li Shiqing, Cui Zhenling,Chen Xinping. Change in phosphorus requirement with increasing grain yield for winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum). Agronomy Journal. 2015, 107: 2003-2010.
[11] Zhan Ai, Chen Xinping, Li Shiqing. The combination of localized phosphorus and water supply indicates a high potential for savings of irrigation water and phosphorus fertilizer. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2014, 177: 884-891.
[12] Liu Jianliang, Zhan Ai, Chen Huai, Luo Shasha, Bu Lingduo, Chen Xinping, Li Shiqing. Response of nitrogen use efficiency and soil nitrate dynamics to soil mulching in dryland maize (Zea mays L.) fields. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 2015, 101:271–283.
[13] Liu Jianliang, Zhan Ai, Bu Lingduo, Zhu Lin, Luo Shasha, Chen Xinping, Cui Zhenling, Li Shiqing, Robert Lee Hill, Zhao Ying. Understanding dry matter and nitrogen accumulation for high-yielding film-mulched maize. Agronomy Journal. 2014, 106, 390-396.
[14] Liu Jianliang, Chen Xinping, Zhan Ai, Luo Shasha, Chen Huai, Jiang Haibo, Huang Xinya, Li Shiqing. Methane uptake in semiarid farmland subjected to different mulching and nitrogen fertilization regimes. Biology and Fertility Soils. 2016, 52:941-950.

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