个人简历

博士生导师，资源与环境学院副院长，农业微生物学国家重点实验室固定成员，中国土壤学会土壤生物与生物化学专业委员会委员，湖北省土壤肥料学会理事，研究方向为土壤生物化学与环境。1998年至2007年在华中农业大学本硕博连读，获土壤学博士学位，2011年赴美国加州大学河滨分校从事博士后研究，2018年以高级访问学者身份赴美国加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校开展合作研究。2009年获全国百篇优秀博士学位论文奖，2010年获第二届中国土壤学会优秀青年学者奖，获国际环境生物地球化学组委会Wolf Vishniac奖，2015年获批国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金，2019年入选中英“牛顿高级学者”。迄今已发表论文100余篇，其中SCI论文90余篇，作为第一作者和通讯作者在《npj Biofilms and Microbiomes》、《Environmental Science & Technology》、《Environment International》、《Water Research》、《Soil Biology & Biochemistry》等环境科学和土壤学领域知名期刊上发表研究论文40篇，被SCI他引1900余次，h因子28。担任J Soil Sediment、Soil Ecol Lett、Front Microbiol、《农业资源与环境学报》等期刊编委。
工作经历：
2013/08-至今，华中农业大学资源与环境学院，教授
2018/06-2018/12，美国加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校，高级访问学者
2011/07-2012/07，美国加州大学河滨分校，博士后
2009/12-2013/08，华中农业大学资源与环境学院，副教授
2007/07-2009/11，华中农业大学资源与环境学院，讲师
教育经历：
2002.09—2007.07 华中农业大学资源与环境学院 土壤学博士
1998.09—2002.07 华中农业大学土壤与农业化学系 本科
教学情况
本科生：土壤学、土壤生物学
硕士生：环境界面研究法
博士生：高级土壤学
近5年主持科研项目
土壤生物化学 国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金
农田病原微生物污染及其存活与传播机制 国家重点研发计划
细菌胞外聚合物与土壤活性颗粒的相互作用控制土壤微团聚体的形成机制 国家自然科学基金面上项目
胞外聚合物在土壤铁氧化物表面结合与稳定性机制 英国皇家学会牛顿高级学者基金
出席国际会议
1. 2019.8.18-23 Goldschmidt, Barcelona, Spain (Invited talk)
2. 2019.6.22-28 The 8th International Symposium of Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Components and Microorganisms, Seville, Spain. (Oral presentation)
3. 2018.8.19-23 The 256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, USA. (Oral presentation)
4. 2018.8.12-17 Goldschmidt 2018, Boston, MA, USA. (poster)
5. 2018.5.24-25 Soil Journals Editors Workshop, Changsha, China. (Invited talk)
6. 2017.10.15-19 The 2nd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSBC2), Nanjing, China. (Oral presentation)
7. 2017.6.30-7.4 The 33rd International conference of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH 2017), Guangzhou, China. (Invited talk)
8. 2014.6.8-13 The 20th World Congress of Soil Science, Jeju, Korea. (Oral presentation)
9. 2013.12.5-8 International Workshop on the Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance, Xiamen, China.
10. 2013.10.13-18 The 21st International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry, Wuhan, China. (Oral presentation)
11. 2013.8.16-18 The Academic Symposium of Soil Chemistry Division of Soil Science Society of China. Fuzhou, China. (Oral presentation)
12. 2013.7.23-26 The 13th Academic Symposium on Soil Science for China Youth. Shengyang, China. (Invited talk)
13. 2012.11.3-11 Interactional Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry, Cancun, Mexico.
14. 2012.9.9-14 The 16th Meeting of the Interactional Humic Substances Society, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. (Poster)
15. 2012.9.4-8 The 2nd international conference of Geobiology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Oral presentation)
16. 2012.6.10-13 86th ACS colloid and surface science symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Oral presentation)
17. 2012.4.17 Water research symposium, Riverside, California, USA.
18. 2011.12.5-9 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA.
19. 2011.6.26-7.1 The 6th International Symposium on Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Matter and Microorganisms, Montpellier, France (Oral presentation)
20. 2010.10.21-23 The Academic Symposium of Soil Environment Division of Soil Science Society of China. Fuzhou, China. (Oral presentation)
21. 2010.9.17-19 The 3rd Strategic Workshop on Interactions of Minerals with Microorganisms. Nanjing, China. (Oral presentation)
22. 2010.8.23-26 The Academic Symposium of Soil Chemistry Division of Soil Science Society of China. Yinchuan, China. (Oral presentation)
23. 2009.10.10-14 International Symposium of Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone, Hangzhou, China. (Poster)
24. 2008.12.1-6 “Innovative Technologies for Soil Remediation”, Crocher Advanced Study Institute, Hongkong, China. (Poster)
25. 2008.11.24-29 The 5th International Symposium on Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Matter and Microorganisms, Pucón, Chile. (Poster)
26. 2008.9.24-27 The 11th conference on soil science for all Chinese members. Beijing, China. (Oral presentation)
27. 2008.5.10-12 The 11th Academic Symposium on Soil Science for China Youth. Yangling, China. (Oral presentation)
28. 2007.11.23-28 The Academic Symposium of Soil Chemistry Division of Soil Science Society of China. Chongqing, China. (Oral presentation)
29. 2007.7.15-19 The 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE), Beijing, China. (Poster)
30. 2006.11.24-26 The 2nd Strategic Workshop on Interactions of Minerals with Microorganisms. Nanjing, China. (Oral presentation)
31. 2006.9.24-26 Academic Workshop on Soil Chemistry, Ecological Environment and Sustaining Development in Agriculture. Hangzhou, China. (Oral presentation)
32.2004.9.20-23 The 4th International Symposium on Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Matter and Microorganisms, Wuhan, China. (Oral presentation)
获奖及专利
中国土壤科学学会优秀青年学者奖
国际环境生物地球化学组委会Wolf Vishniac奖
著作教材
本科教材《土壤学》
研究生教材《土壤生物化学》

研究领域

1.土壤矿物-有机物-微生物相互作用与土壤健康
2.土壤生物膜与生态环境效应""

近期论文

1. Yichao Wu, Peng Cai*, Xinxin Jing, Xueke Niu, Dandan Ji, Noha Mohamed Ashry, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang. Soil biofilm formation enhances microbial community diversity and metabolic activity. Environment International. 2019, 132, 105116.
2. Shuang Wang, Marc Redmile-Gordon, Monika Mortimer, Peng Cai,*, Yichao Wu, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang. Extraction of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from red soils (Ultisols). Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2019, 135, 283-285.
3. Chun-Hui Gao, Monika Mortimer, Ming Zhang, Patricia A. Holden, Peng Cai*, Shan Wu, Yuexing Xin, Yichao Wu, Qiaoyun Huang. Impact of metal oxide nanoparticles on in vitro DNA amplification. Peer Journal. 7:e7228.
4. Chun-Hui Gao, Ming Zhang, Yichao Wu, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Divergent influence to a pathogen invader by resident bacteria with different social interactions. Microbial Ecology. 2019, 77, 76-86.
5. Peng Cai⁎, Di Lin, Caroline L. Peacock, Wanxi Peng, Qiaoyun Huang. EPS adsorption to goethite: Molecular level adsorption mechanisms using 2D correlation spectroscopy. Chemical Geology. 2018, 494, 127-135.
6. Peng Cai*, Xing Liu, Dandan Ji, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang. Impact of soil clay minerals on growth, biofilm formation, and virulence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Environmental Pollution. 2018, 243, 953-960.
7. Di Lin, Peng Cai⁎, Caroline L. Peacock, Yichao Wu, Chunhui Gao, Wanxi Peng, Qiaoyun Huang, Wei Liang. Towards a better understanding of the aggregation mechanisms of iron(hydr)oxide nanoparticles interacting with extracellular polymeric substances: Role of pH and electrolyte solution. Science of the Total Environment. 2018. 645, 372–379.
8. Yichao Wu, Xinxin Jing, Chunhui, Gao, Qiaoyun, Huang, Peng Cai*. Recent advances in microbial electrochemical system for soil bioremediation. Chemosphere. 2018, 211, 156-163.
9. Ming Liu, Shanshan Yang, Chengkun Zheng, Xuesong Luo, Weicheng Bei, Peng Cai*. Binding to type I collagen is essential for the infectivity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus to host cells. Cellular Microbiology. 2018, 20, e12856.
10. Kai Ouyang, Sharon L. Walker, Xiao-Ying Yu, Chun-Hui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Cellular Responses of Pseudomonas putida to Hematite Nanoparticles Mediated by Surface-Bound Humic Acid. Environmental Science: Nano. 2018, 5, 682-695.
11. Kai Ouyang, Xiao-Ying Yu, Yunlin Zhu, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Effects of humic acid on the interactions between zinc oxide nanoparticles and bacterial biofilms. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 231: 1104-1111.
12. Di Lin, S. Drew Story, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Wei Liang, Peng Cai*. Role of pH and ionic strength in the aggregation of TiO2 nanoparticles in the presence of extracellular polymeric substances from Bacillus subtilis. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 228: 35-42.
13. Wenting Ma, Donghai Peng, Sharon L. Walker, Bin Cao, Chun-Hui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang and Peng Cai*. Bacillus subtilis biofilm development in the presence of soil clay minerals and iron oxides. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2017) 3:4; doi:10.1038/s41522-017-0013-6
14. Kai Ouyang, Ke Dai, Hao Chen, Qiaoyun Huang, Chunhui Gao, Peng Cai*. Metal-free inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 by fullerene/C3N4 hybrid under visible light irradiation. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2017, 136, 40-45.
15. Di Lin, S. Drew Story, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Influence of extracellular polymeric substances on the aggregation kinetics of TiO2 nanoparticles. Water Research, 2016, 104, 381-388.
16. Kai Ouyang1, Ke Dai1, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Xixiang Yin, Peng Cai*. Efficient photocatalytic disinfection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 using C70-TiO2 hybrid under visible light irradiation. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 25702.
17. Di Lin, Wenting Ma, Zhaoxia Jin, Yixuan Wang, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Interactions of EPS with soil minerals: A combination study by ITC and CLSM. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2016, 138: 10-16.
18. Xing Liu, Wenqiang Zhao, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Relative Attachment Behaviors of Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Escherichia coli to Soil Particles: Influence of Soil Physico-Chemical Properties. Geomicrobiology Journal. 2015, 32, 594-601.
19. Wenqiang Zhao, Shanshan Yang, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Bacterial cell surface properties: Role of loosely bound extracellularpolymeric substances (LB-EPS). Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 128 (2015) 600–607
20. Wenqiang Zhao, Xing Liu, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. 2015. Streptococcus suis sorption on agricultural soils: Role of soil physic-chemical properties. Chemosphere, 119, 52-58.
21. Wenqiang Zhao, Sharon L.Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Contrasting effects of extracellular polymeric substances on the surface characteristics of bacterial pathogens and cell attachment to soil particles. Chemical Geology 410 (2015) 79–88.
22. Linchuan Fang, Shanshan Yang, Qiaoyun Huang, Aifang Xue, Peng Cai*. 2014. Biosorption mechanisms of Cu(II) by extracellular polymeric substances from Bacillus subtilis. Chemical Geology. 386, 143-151.
23. Wenqiang Zhao, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. 2014. Adhesion of bacterial pathogens to soil colloidal particles: Influences of cell type, natural organic matter, and solution chemistry. Water Research. 53, 35-46.
24. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y., Walker, S.L.* 2013. Deposition and Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Clay Minerals in a Parallel Plate Flow System. Environmental Science & Technology. 47: 1896–1903.
25. Fang, L.C., Cao, Y.Y., Huang, Q.Y., Sharon L. Walker, Cai, P.* 2012. Reactions between bacterial exopolymers and goethite: A combined macroscopic and spectroscopic investigation. Water Research. 46: 5613–5620.
26. Zhao, W.Q., Liu, X., Huang, Q.Y., Walker, S.L., Cai, P.* 2012. Interactions of pathogens Escherichia coli and Streptococcus suis with clay minerals. Applied Clay Science. 69: 37–42.
27. Wei, X., Fang, L.C., Cai, P.*, Huang, Q.Y., Chen, H., Liang, W., Rong, X.M. 2011. Influence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on Cd adsorption by bacteria. Environmental Pollution. 159: 1369-1374.
28. Fang, L.C., Wei, X., Cai, P.*, Huang, Q.Y., Chen, H., Liang, W., Rong, X.M. 2011. Role of extracellular polymeric substances in Cu(II) adsorption on Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas putida. Bioresource Technology. 102: 1137-1141.
29. Cai, P.*, He, X.M., Xue, A.F., Chen H., Huang, Q.Y., Yu, J., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2011. Bioavailability of methyl parathion adsorbed on clay minerals and iron oxide. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 185: 1032-1036.
30. Cao, Y.Y., Wei, X., Cai, P.*, Huang, Q.Y., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2011. Preferential adsorption of extracellular polymeric substances on clay minerals and iron oxide. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 83: 122-127.
31. Fang, L.C., Huang, Q.Y., Wei, X., Liang, W., Rong, X.M., Chen, W.L., Cai, P.* 2010. Microcalorimetric and potentiometric titration studies on the adsorption of copper by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), minerals and their composites. Bioresource Technology. 101: 5774-5779.
32. Cai, P., Zhu, J., Huang, Q.Y.*, Fang, L.C., Liang, W., Chen, W.L. 2009. Role of bacteria in the adsorption and binding of DNA on soil colloids and minerals. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 69: 26-30.
33. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Li, M., Liang, W. 2008. Binding and degradation of DNA on montmorillonite coated by hydroxyl aluminum species. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 62: 299-306.
34. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Chen, W.L., Zhang, D., Wang, K.Z., Jiang, D.H., Liang, W. 2007. Soil colloids-bound plasmid DNA: effect on transformation of E. coli and resistance to DNase I degradation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 39: 1007-1013.
35. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhu, J., Jiang, D.H., Zhou, X.Y., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2007. Effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids and phosphate on DNA adsorption by soil colloids and minerals. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 54: 53-59.
36. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Lu, Y.D., Chen, W.L., Jiang, D.H., Liang, W. 2007. Amplification of plasmid DNA bound on soil colloidal particles and clay minerals by the polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Environmental Science. 19: 1326-1329.
37. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W. 2006. Interactions of DNA with Clay Minerals and Soil Colloidal Particles and Protection against Degradation by DNase. Environmental Science & Technology. 40: 2971-2976.
38. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W., Chen, H. 2006. Adsorption of DNA on clay minerals and various colloidal particles from an Alfisol. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 38: 471-476.
39. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Jiang, D.H., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2006. Microcalorimetric studies on the adsorption of DNA by soil colloidal particle. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 49: 49-54.
40. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W. 2006. Microcalorimetric studies of the effects of MgCl2 concentrations and pH on the adsorption of DNA on montmorillonite, kaolinite and goethite. Applied Clay Science. 32: 147-152.
Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W., Chen, H. 2005. Binding and transformation of extracellular DNA in soil. Pedosphere. 15: 16-23.
中国土壤学会土壤生物与生物化学专业委员会委员
湖北省土壤肥料学会第十届理事会理事
美国土壤学会、美国地球物理学会和国际腐殖质协会会员
担任Environmental Science & Technology, Biomacromolecules, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of Hazardous Materials, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Chemical Engineering Journal, Archives of Microbiology等SCI期刊审稿人