Main work

• 2016.10- present Professor Chinese Academy of Forestry

• 2008.12- 2016.09 Associate professor Chinese Academy of Forestry

• 2006.12-2007.12 Assistant professor Chinese Academy of Forestry

• 2004.07-2006.12 Postdoctoral fellow Chinese Academy of Forestry

• 1996.07-2001.08 Researcher Henan Academy of Forestry

Key research projects

• Development of high-precision digital forest soil database. 2021-2025

• Study on the coupling mechanism of soil nitrogen and phosphorus loss and runoff erosion in the agroforestry watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. 2021-2025

• Construction of a collaborative innovation platform for ecological protection science and technology in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. 2019-2020

• Guidelines for the Preparation of Comprehensive Management and Ecological Restoration Planning of Mountains, Rivers, Forests, Fields, Lakes and Grasslands. 2019-2020

• Technology and Demonstration of Non-point Source Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration of the Degradation Zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. 2017-2019

• Research and demonstration of quality regulation and efficient management technology of Yangtze River shelterbelt. 2015-2019

• Forest soil survey, standard specification and database development in China. 2014-2018

• Study on the landscape control mechanism of soil nutrient nitrogen and phosphorus loss in small watersheds in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. 2014-2017

• Forest survey in central China and Xinjiang Province. 2013-2017

• Research on the comprehensive optimization and regulation technology of shelterbelt system in the Yangtze River Basin. 2011-2013

• Research on the impact assessment of ecological restoration on runoff sediment on the Loess Plateau. 2011-2013

• Monitoring and evaluation of ecological benefits of forestry ecological engineering and carbon sink measurement technology. 2006-2010

• Experimental demonstration of landscape ecological shelterbelt system in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. 2006-2010

Awards & achievements

• Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award 2nd prize, ranked 6th. 2016

• Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award 1st prize, ranked 3rd. 2015

Published articles & books

• Chenchen Shen, Wenfa Xiao, Jizhen Chen, Lin Hua, Zhilin Huang*. 2023. Climate-sensitive spatial variability of soil organic carbon in multiple forests, Central China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 46: e02555.

• Tian Wang, Wenfa Xiao*, Zhilin Huang, Lixiong Zeng. 2022. Interflow pattern govern nitrogen loss from tea orchard slopes in response to rainfall pattern in Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Agricultural water management, 269: 107684.

• Mingye Chen, Lixiong Zeng, Zhilin Huang, Lei Lei, Yafei Shen, Wenfa Xiao*. 2021. Evaluating suitability of land for forest landscape restoration: a case study of Three Gorges reservoir, China. Ecological Indicators, 127: 107765.

• SHAO Jing'n, HUANG Zhilin, DENG Hua. 2018. Characteristics of nonpoint source pollution load from crop farming in the context of livelihood diversification. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 28(4): 459-476.

• Huang, Z*., Han, L., Zeng, L. et al. 2016. Effects of land use patterns on stream water quality: a case study of a small-scale watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(4): 3943 - 3955.

• TIAN Yao-wu, HUANG Zhi-lin*, XIAO Wen-fa. 2010. Reductions in non-point source pollution through different management practices for an agricultural watershed in Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 22(2): 184-191.

• Liding Chen, Zhilin Huang, Jie Gong, Bojie Fu and Yilong Huang. 2007. The Effect of Land Cover / Vegetation on Soil Water Dynamic in the Hilly Area of the Loess Plateau, China. CATENA, 70: 200-208.

• Zhilin Huang, Liding Chen, Bojie Fu, et al. 2006. The Relative Efficiency of Four representative Cropland Conversions in Reducing Water Erosion: Evidence from Long-term Plots in the Loess Hilly Area, China. Land Degradation & Development, 17: 615-627.