Dr Cougui Cao Professor in Ecology Expertise Statement Teaching Duties Ecology, Agriculture Ecology Research Interests Rice cultivation physiology and ecology Agricultural ecology and cultivation Regional sustainable development Professional Memberships Standing director of Crop Science Society of China Vice director of the Agricultural Ecology Professional Committee, Ecological Society of China Chairman of Ecological Society of Hubei Province Other Roles Dean of the College of plant science and technology, HZAU Education & Working Experience Jan. 2008- present Professor/Dean, College of plant science and technology, HZAU Dec. 2002- Dec. 2007 technology, HZAU Professor/Vice Dean, College of plant science and Dec.1997- Nov. 2002 Associate Professor, College of plant science and technology, HZAU Sep. 1994 - Jul. 1998 Aug. 1990 - Nov. 1997 Lecturer, College of plant science and technology, Ph. D., College of resources and environment, HZAU HZAU Sep. 1987- Jul. 1990 M.S., College of plant science and technology, HZAU Sep. 1981- Jul. 1985 B.S., Jiangxi Agricultural University Publications 1. Li Chengfang, Zhou Danna, Kou Zhikui, Zhang Zhisheng, Wang Jinping, Cai Mingli, Cao Cougui, 2012. Effects of Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilizers on CH4 and CO2 Emissions and Soil Organic Carbon in Paddy Fields of Central China. PLOS ONE, 7(5): e34642. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034642. (Corresponding author) 2. Cao Cougui, Li Chengfang, Zhan Ming, Wang Jinping, 2011. Effects of Agricultural management practices on carbon emissions in paddy fields. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 44(1):93-98. 3. Zhang Jianshe, Zhang Fuping, Yang Jinhua, Wang Jinping, Cai Mingli, Li Chengfang, Cao Cougui, 2011. Emissions of N2O and NH3, and nitrogen leaching from direct seeded rice under different tillage practices in central China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 140(1-2):164-173. (Corresponding author) 4. Zhan ming, Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping, Jiang Yang, Cai Mingli, Yue Lixin, Ahmad Shahrear, 2011. Dynamics of methane emission, active soil organic carbon and their relationships in wetland integrated rice-duck systems in Southern China. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 89:1-13. (Corresponding author) 5. Zhang Fuping, Li Chengfang, Tong Lega, Yue Lixin, Li Ping, Ciren Yangjin, Cao Cougui. 2010. Response of microbial characteristics to heavy metal pollution of mining soils in central Tibet, China. Applied Soil Ecology, 45:144-151.(Corresponding author) 6. Li Chengfang, Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping, Zhan ming, Yuan Weiling, Shahrear Aham, 2009. Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Wetland Rice-Duck Cultivation Systems in Southern China. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 56(1):21-29. (Corresponding author) 7. Li Chengfang, Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping, Zhai Zhongbing, Mei Shaohua, 2009. CH4 and CO2 emissions from paddy soils and asessment of carbon budgetin different tillage systems. Journal of Agro-Environment Science, 28 (12): 2482–2488. (Corresponding author) 8. Wang Jinping, Cao Cougui, Li Chengfang, JIN Hui, Yuan Weiling, Zhan ming, 2009. Elgal change in paddy water under rice-duck complex ecosystem. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 29(8): 4353-4360. (Corresponding author) 9. Li Chengfang, Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping, Zhan ming, Pan Sheng-Gang, 2009. Dynamics of soil soluble organic N in rice-duck and rice-fish ecosystems. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 29 (5): 2541-2550. (Corresponding author) 10. Li Chengfang , Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping , Zhan ming , Cai Mingli, 2009. Phosphorus variations of paddy fields in rice-duck and rice-fish eosystems. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 18(2):126-131. (Corresponding author) 11. Zhan Ming,Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping, Yuan Weiling, Jiang Yang, Gao Dawei, 2008. Effects of rice-duck farming on paddy field’s methane emission.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 19 (12): 2666-2672. 12. Li Chengfang, Cao Cougui, Wang Jinping, Zhan Ming, Yuan Weiling, Gao Chao, Pan Shenggang, 2008. Studies on Nitrogen Cycling in Integrated Rice-duck, Rice-fish Ecosystems. Journal of Agro-Environment Science, 27(4): 1326-1334. (Corresponding author) 13. Cao Cougui, Yan Lijiao, Liu Liming. An Introduction of Ecology (1th Edition, 2002; 2th Edition, 2006). Higher Education Press. (In Chinese) Honors National Distinguished Teacher (2008) Contact details Email: ccgui@mail.hzau.edu.cn Office Phone: 86-27-87282733 Cell Phone: 86-13886096788 Fax: 86-27-87282131 Address: No. 1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China