Publications

Peer-reviewed journal publications († student supervised; * corresponding author; # co-first author)

1. Zhang, Z.†, Kolb, S., Jiao, Y*. Moderate grazing optimizes soil nutrient pool turnover in alpine grasslands via enhanced bacterial-driven processes. Applied Soil Ecology, 2026. Just Accepted.

2. Chen, Q., Zhang, W., Jiao, Y. et al. Combined effects of sea animal guano deposition and freeze-thaw conditions on tundra soil greenhouse gas emissions across the High Arctic and maritime Antarctic. Polar Biology, 2026, 49 (87).  [Link], [PDF]

3. James, S.†, Zhang, Z.†, Jiao, Y.*, Roslund, K., Lehner, I., Biermann, T., Tang, J., Rinnan, R. High monoterpenoid emissions from Scots pine litter controlled by moisture. Environmental Science & Technology, 2026, 60 (12), [Link], [PDF]

4. Feng, S.*, Laursen, S.N., Smart, A., Sørensen, K.S.,  Jensen, M.L., Grillini, F., Rieksta, J., Jiao, Y., Rinnan, R., Westergaard-Nielse, A.* (2026) Multi-source remote sensing of insect defoliation events in Abisko from point to regional scales, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 378, 111023 [Link], [PDF]

5. Zhang, Z.†, Jing, X., Kolb, S. & Jiao, Y.* (2025) Herbivore dung inputs mainly drive copiotrophic bacterial contributions to soil nutrient pool turnover in alpine grasslands, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 61(9), [Link], [PDF]

6. Zhang, W., Jin, L., Jiao, Y., Yi, Z., Zhou, Z., Sun, B., Yao, Y., Wu, P. & Zhu, R.* (2025) Tundra Plants Act as Important Sinks for Carbonyl Sulfide and Carbon Disulfide in Maritime Antarctica, Environmental Science & Technology,  59 (41), 22001-22010, [Link] [PDF].

7. Li, X., Zhang, J.*, Rousk, K., Zhang, Y., Jiao, Y., Yan, P. & He, N.* (2025) Leaf multi-dimensional stoichiometry as a robust predictor of productivity on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 67 (9), 2416-2429. [Link] [PDF].

8. Zhang, Z.†, Dong, X., Tang, J., Zhang, S.*, Rinnan, R. & Jiao, Y.* (2025) Grassland litter decomposition is accelerated by herbivore dung deposition via changes in bacterial communities, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 385, 109557. [Link] [PDF]. 

9. Jiao, Y.*, Kramshøj, M.,  Davie-Martin, C., Elberling, B. & Rinnan, R.* (2025) The active layer soils of Greenlandic permafrost areas can function as important sinks for volatile organic compounds, Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 32.  [Link]  [Peer Review File]

10. Zhang, Z.†, Jiao, Y.* & Kolb, S. (2025) Degradation dynamics and microbial processes in yak dung on the Tibetan Platea, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 202, 109675. [Link]   [PDF].

11. Jiao, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Altshuler, I., Zhou, F., Fang, M., Rinnan, R., Chen, J. & Wang, Z.* (2024) Awakening: Potential release of dormant chemicals from thawing permafrost soils under climate change, Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (46), 20336–20344. [Link]   [PDF].

12. Zhang, Z.†,#, Jiao, Y.#, Dong, X., Ma, Y. & Zhang, S.* (2024) Bacterial communities and enzyme activities during litter decomposition of Elymus nutans leaf on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Journal of Mountain Science, 21 (10), 3249-3262. [Link]   [PDF]. (= co-first authorship）

13. Guo, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, W., Jiao, Y., Zhou, Z., Hou, L. & Zhu, R.* (2024) Benthic sediment nitrogen transformation processes in Arctic Kongsfjorden subjected to glacier discharge, Polar Biology, 47, 11. [Link]   [PDF].

14. Zhang, Z.†,#, Jiao, Y.#, Zhang, S.*, & Tang, J. (2024) Litter application increases soil multinutrient cycling in alpine meadow ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau, Applied Soil Ecology, 202, 105566. [Link]   [PDF]（= co-first authorship）

15. Li, Q-W.#, Zhang, X-Y.#, Gao, J-Q.*, Rinnan, R., Jiao, Y., Liang, J-F. & Yu, F-H. (2024) Precipitation patterns impact soil aggregates and organic carbon of an alpine wetland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, CATENA, 244, 1008249. [Link]   [PDF]

16. Zhang, W., Zhu, R.*, Jiao, Y., Rhew, R., Sun, B., Rinnan, R. & Zhou, Z. (2023) Sea animal colonies enhance carbonyl sulfide emissions from coastal Antarctic tundra. Communications Earth & Environment. 4, 326. [Link]   [PDF]   [Peer Review File]

17. Guo, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, W., Jiao, Y., Sun, B., Hou, L. & Zhu, R.* (2023) Nitrogen transformation processes in soil along a High Arctic tundra transect. Advances in Polar Science. 2, 105 -124. [Link]   [PDF].

18. Jiao, Y., Kramshøj, M., Davie-Martin, C., Albers, C.N. & Rinnan, R.* (2023) Soil uptake of VOCs exceeds production when VOCs are readily available. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 185, 109153. [Link]   [PDF]  

19. Shui, Y., Ye, W., Zhang, W., Yuan, L., Jiao, Y., Sun, B., Zang, H., Yin, X. & Zhu, R.* (2023) Distribution patterns of selenium and its fractions in penguin and seal colony soil profiles in response to their population dynamics in maritime Antarctica. Polar Biology, 46, 719–735 [Link] [PDF].

20. Jiao, Y., Davie-Martin, C., Kramshøj, M., Christiansen, C. T., Lee, H., Althuizen, I. H. J. & Rinnan, R.* (2023) Volatile organic compound release across a permafrost-affected peatland. Geoderma,  430, 116355.   [Link]     [PDF]     [Editor's choice]

21. Zhang, W., Jiao, Y., Zhu, R.*, Rhew, R.C., Sun, B. & Wang, X. (2022) Atmospheric CCl4 degradation in Antarctic tundra soils and the evaluation on its partial atmospheric lifetime with respect to soil. Science of the Total Environment, 835, 155449 [Link]   [PDF].

22. Ye, W., Zhu, R.*, Yuan, L.*, Zhang, W.*, Zang, H., Jiao, Y. & Yin, X. (2022) The influence of sea animals on selenium distribution in tundra soils and lake sediments in maritime Antarctica. Chemosphere.  291 (part 1), 132748 [Link]   [PDF].

23. Jiao, Y.*, Zhang, W., Kim, J.Y.R., Deventer, M.J., Vollering, J. & Rhew, R.C.* (2022) Application of copper(II)-based chemicals induces CH3Br and CH3Cl emissions from soil and seawater. Nature Communications,13 (47).  [Link]     [PDF]     [Supplymentary Information]     [Peer Review File]

24. Zhang, W.#,  Jiao, Y.#, Zhu, R.*, Rhew, R.C.*, Sun, B. & Dai, H. (2021) Chloroform (CHCl3) emissions from coastal Antarctic tundra. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (18), e2021GL093811.   [Link]   [PDF]（= co-first authorship）

25. Wang, P.,  Zhu, R.*, Jiao, Y., Zhang, W., Che, C. & Xu, H. (2021) Carbon dioxide isotopic compositions during tundra ecosystem respiration and photosynthesis in relation to environmental variables in maritime Antarctica, Polar Biology, 44, 683–700 .   [Link]   [PDF]

26. Zhang, W., Jiao, Y., Zhu, R.* & Rhew, R.C.* (2020) Methyl chloride and methyl bromide production and consumption in coastal Antarctic tundra soils subject to sea animal activities, Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (20), 13354-1336.   [Link]   [PDF]

27. Jiao, Y.*, Acdan, J., Xu, R., Deventer, M.J., Zhang, W. & Rhew, R.C.* (2020) Global methyl halide emissions from rapeseed (Brassica napus) using life cycle measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (19), e2020GL089373.   [Link]   [PDF]

28. Jiao, Y.*, Ruecker, A., Deventer, M.J., Chow, A.T. & Rhew, R.C. (2018) Halocarbon emissions from a degraded forested wetland in coastal South Carolina impacted by sea level rise. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 2 (10), 955-967.   [Link]   [PDF]

29. Deventer, M.J.*, Jiao, Y., Knox, S.H., Anderson, F., Ferner, M.C., Lewis, J.A. & Rhew, R.C. (2018) Ecosystem scale measurements of methyl halide fluxes from a brackish tidal marsh invaded with perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium), Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, 2104-2120.   [Link]   [PDF] Research Spotlight in Eos (Science News by American Geophysical Union)

30. Wang, J., Jiao, Y., Rhew, R.C. & Chow, A.T.* (2016) Haloform formation in coastal wetlands along a salinity gradient at South Carolina, United States. Environmental Chemistry, 13 (4), 745-756.   [Link]   [PDF]

Peer-reviewed dissertation

• • Jiao, Y. (2021) The Breathing of Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds (HVOCs) from Human-impacted Ecosystems, UC Berkeley Ph.D. Dissertation.  [ProQuest ID] Jiao_berkeley_0028E_20303. [Merritt ID] ark:/13030/m59p97sp. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94k0r1dx

Presentations

• Jiao, Y., et al.,  Soil: an important potential sink for VOCs, B51J-1638, Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, Washinton DC, 9-13 Dec 2024.

• Jiao, Y. et al, Bidirectional exchange of volatile organic compounds at the soil-atmosphere interface, invited seminar, NUIST, Nanjing, China, 15 July 2024.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Soil: an important potential sink for VOCs, Gordon Research Conference on Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere, Barcelona, Spain, 9–14 June 2024.

• Jiao, Y. et al, Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of traces gases under climate change, invited seminar, HKUST(GZ), Guangzhou, China, 25 March 2024.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Biogenic volatile responses of arctic tundra to warming and elevated atmospheric CO2: lab-based mesocosm studies, Oral Presentation, PTR-MS conference, Innsbruck, Austria, 25-29 January 2024.

• Jiao, Y. et al, Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of traces gases under climate change, Oral Presentation, Guanghua Forum for early careers, Shanghai, China, 8–9 January 2024.

• Jiao, Y. et al, Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of traces gases under climate change, Oral Presentation, Mocius Forum for early careers, Hefei, Anhui Province, China, 22–25 December 2023.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Soil uptake of VOCs exceeds production when ambient VOCs are readily available, Oral presentation, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April 2023.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Volatile carbon emissions from a degrading permafrost peatland, Gordon Research Conference on Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere, Oxnard, California, 12–17 June 2022.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Volatile carbon emissions from a degrading permafrost peatland, Oral presentation, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Copper(II)-catalyzed production of halogenated volatile carbons from soil and seawater, Poster presentation, Berkeley Atmospheric Science Center symposium, Berkeley, Calif., 6-7 Feb 2020.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Refined global methyl halide budgets with respect to rapeseed (Brassica napus) by life-cycle measurements, Abstract A51B-2051, Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, L.A., 11-15 Dec 2017.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Ozone-depleting gas emissions from a meso-haline saltmarsh heavily invaded by Lepidium latifolium, Abstract #10-6, Poster presentation, State of Estuary Conference, Oakland, Calif., 10-11 Oct 2017.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Impact of sea level rise on chloroform and methane emissions from a forested degraded wetland in coastal South Carolina, Abstract B41F-0519, Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 12-16 Dec 2016.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Life cycle emissions of methyl halides from Brassica napus (rapeseed), Poster presentation, Berkeley Atmospheric Science Center symposium, Berkeley, Calif., 19 Feb 2016.

• Jiao, Y. et al., Volatile halocarbons emissions through interaction of saltwater intrusion and terrestrial organic matter along a salinity gradient in coastal southeastern United States, Abstract B51B-0416, Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec 2015.