05/2013

Lixin co-authored a new publication in Geomorphology. In this study, we used geostatistical methods to investigate the effects of ploughing and grazing on the soil infiltration patterns.

04/2013

Lixin has a new publication in Landscape Ecology. This study provides a first landscape-level investigation on soil 15N dynamics in African savanna ecosystems.

04/2013

Lixin co-authored a new publication in Geoderma. In this paper, geostatistical tools were used to investigate the effects of ploughing and grazing on the spatial patterning of surface soils properties.

04/2013

Lixin attended EGU meeting in Vienna, which was partially supported by Indiana University Overseas Conference Grant. Lixin gave an oral presentation entitled “Isotope-based evapotranspiration partition in semi-arid environments” and also co-author a poster entitled “Analysis of the distribution of the isotopic composition of evapotranspiration flux in a semi-arid savanna” with colleagues from Princeton University. Vienna is a lovely city to visit in April.

03/2013

Lixin was invited to attend a workshop on NSF teaching proposal writing in Tampa, which was organized by Profs. Jeffrey Ryan and Jill Singer. It was a productive workshop for all and we all enjoy the nice weather in March of South Florida.

02/2013

Lixin co-authored a new publication in Ecosphere. In this paper, we used the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model to explain the isotopic variations in tropic rainfall of East Africa. This new method shows a significant improvement compared with previous predications..

01/2013

Lixin has a new publication in Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. This study is a collaborative project between multiple institutions (e.g., Princeton University, University of Oklahoma, University of New South Wales and IUPUI). Utilizing a long-term grassland warming experiment and stable isotope techniques, we tested the evapotranspiration partition trends under warming scenario.

12/2012

Lixin has a new publication in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS), the publication of this editorial concludes the special issue entitled “Water, climate, and vegetation: ecohydrology in a changing world” in HESS. Lixin and other co-editors have been working on this special issue for one and half years. All the publications in the special issue are available online.

09/2012

Lixin’s publication was featured on the cover page, check Publication page for details.

09/2012

Lixin was appointed as consulting Editor of Journal of Arid Environments. 

05/2012

Lixin was invited to participate in an agriculture sustainability workshop organized by Princeton University and Beijing Normal University.