Chunyan Zheng
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Chunyan Zheng is a leading environmental biogeochemist whose research focuses on the impacts of land-use change on soil nitrogen and carbon cycling in sensitive alpine ecosystems. Her most cited work, "Long-term artificial drainage altered the product stoichiometry of denitrification in alpine peatland soil of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (2022), has garnered 14 citations and provides critical insights into how human disturbance—specifically artificial drainage—shifts the balance of denitrification end-products in peatland soils. By demonstrating that drainage alters the stoichiometry of nitrogen removal processes, Zheng’s research reveals a previously underappreciated mechanism that can increase emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N₂O) from these globally important carbon and nitrogen stores. Her work is essential for predicting how alpine peatlands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a region highly sensitive to climate change, will respond to ongoing hydrological modifications. Zheng’s contributions are helping to refine models of soil greenhouse gas fluxes and inform sustainable land management practices in high-altitude wetlands, making her a key voice in the intersection of biogeochemistry and global change ecology.
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