【Research Interests】 
Environmental Ecology, including the biological effects of engineered nanoparticles, the impact of pollutants on the structure and function of ecosystems. 【Publications】
Zhenggao Xiao, Xie Wang, Julia Koricheva, Alan Kergunteuil, Renée-Claire Le Bayon, Manqiang Liu*, Feng Hu, Sergio Rasmann. Earthworms affect plant growth and resistance against herbivores: a meta-analysis. Functional Ecology, 2018, 32 (1): 150-160. Zhenggao Xiao, Manqiang Liu*, Linhui Jiang, Xiaoyun Chen, Bryan S. Griffiths, Huixin Li, Feng Hu. Vermicompost increases defense against root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) in tomato plants. Applied Soil Ecology, 2016, 105: 177-186. Alan Kergunteuil, Moe Bakhtiari, Ludovico Formenti, Zhenggao Xiao, Emmanuel Defossez, Sergio Rasmann*. Biological control beneath the feet: a review of crop protection against insect root herbivores. Insects, 2016, 7: 70. 【Research Projects】
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Mechanisms of earthworm-driven geochemical behavior of engineered nanoparticles and their chemical communication in rhizosphere (41807381), 2019.01-2021.12, 250,000 RMB, host
2. Post-doctoral research grant in Jiangsu Province: Effects and mechanism of nano-silicon on resistance of maize against insect herbivores, 2018-2019.12, 20,000 RMB, host
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Key environmental geochemical proceses of engineered nanoparticles in agro-ecosystems (41820104009), 2019.01-2023.12, 2.33 million RMB, participation
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Earthworm-drivern soil processes on plant growth and resistance against herbivore (41771287), 2018.01-2021.12, 630,000RMB, participation
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Migration and accumulation of cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in farmland ecosystems (31470551), 2015.01-2018.12, 860,000RMB, participation |
