Fenghui Yuan

Fenghui Yuan

Research Scientist

Department of Soil, Water and Climate
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Under Review/In Preparation

  1. Yuan F., et al. 2026. KGML-ELM: A Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Framework for Modeling Long-Term Interannual Variability of Peatland Methane Emissions (to be submitted).
  2. Yuan F., et al. 2026. Improving Energy Flux Simulations in Tropical Peatlands Using a Multilayer Canopy Model (under review).
  3. Zhu Q. et al., 2026. Multi-Decadal Dynamics of Wetland Methane Emissions Revealed by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning. Global Change Biology. (in publication)
  4. Guo Z., et al. 2026. Agricultural Impacts on Soil Particulate Organic Carbon: The Role of Edaphic Factors in Global Tillage and Fertilization Responses. Land Degradation & Development. (minor revision)
  5. Chen S. et al., 2026. Next-Generation Monitoring and Modeling of Wetland Methane Dynamics through Artificial Intelligence. (under review)
  6. Zeng F., et al. 2026. Disentangling the Architectural Bias in Modeling Interannual Peatland Methane Variability (under review).
  7. Chen N. et al., 2026. Limited Suppression of Vegetation Productivity by Vapor Pressure Deficit Across One-Third of Global Land. (under review)
  8. Zuo Y. et al., 2026. Conservation of Anaerobic Methanotrophy Functional Genes Across Major Wetland Types. (under review)

Selected Publications

The full list of my publications can be found on my Google Scholar profile.

Summary: Nature portfolio journal (2), Glob Change Biol (2), Agric For Meteorol (3), J Hydrol (4), J Geophys Res-Atmos/Biogeosci (2), J Hydrol Eng (2), J Adv Model Earth Syst (2), Soil Biol Biochem (6), Field Crops Res (1), Glob Ecol Biogeogr (2), Tree Physiol (3), Plant Physiol (1), Geoderma (3), Catena (3), Environ Res Lett (2), Remote Sens (2), Sci Total Environ (4), Front Plant Sci (2), etc.

  1. Yuan F., et al. 2023. Evaluation and improvement of the E3SM land model for simulating energy and carbon fluxes in an Amazonian peatland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109364
  2. Yuan F., et al. 2021. Hydrological feedbacks on peatland CH4 emission under warming and elevated CO2: a modeling study. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127137
  3. Yuan F., et al. 2021. An integrative model for soil biogeochemistry and methane processes: II. Warming and elevated CO2 effects on peatland CH4 emission. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. 126: e2020JG005963. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005963
  4. Yuan F., et al. 2020. Rising vegetation activity dominates growing water use efficiency in the Asian permafrost region from 1900 to 2100. Science of The Total Environment. 736, 139587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139587
  5. Yuan F., et al. 2020. A semiempirical model for horizontal distribution of surface wind speed leeward windbreaks. Agroforestry Systems. 2020, 94: 499-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-019-00417-0
  6. Liu J.*, Yuan F.*, et al. 2022. Warming-induced vegetation growth cancels out soil carbon-climate feedback in the northern Asian permafrost region in the 21st century. Environmental Research Letters. 17(8): 084009. http://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7eda
  7. Zhu X.*, Yuan F.*, et al. 2022. Wetland conversion to cropland alters the microbes along soil profiles and over seasons. Catena. 214: 106282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106282
  8. Tian, J., Diao, H., Hogan, J.A., Wang, A., Wu, J., Dai, G., Cai, R. and Yuan, F., 2026. Drought rather than nitrogen addition drives the coordination of hydraulic conductivity and photosynthesis in three coniferous tree species. Journal of Hydrology, p.135327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135327
  9. Tian, J., Zhang, H., Wang, A., Wu, J., Rosner, S., Zhu, K., Cai, R. and Yuan, F., 2025. Unravelling the combined effects of drought and nitrogen addition on carbon assimilation and reserves in Korean pine saplings. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, p.1574468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1574468
  10. Wang, N., Li, K., Zhu, X., Zuo, Y., Liu, J., Guo, Z., Sun, Y., Guo, Y., Song, C., Yuan, F. and Xu, X., 2026. Scale dependence of genome-derived microbial functional diversity informing soil functions. Geoderma, 465, p.117659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117659
  11. Zeng, F., Sun, J., Zhang, H., Yang, L., Zhao, X., Zhao, J., Bo, X., Cao, Y., Yao, F. and Yuan, F., 2025. Modeling soil respiration in summer maize cropland based on hyperspectral imagery and machine learning. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, p.1505987.https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1505987
  12. Guo, Z., Liu, J., He, L., Rodrigues, J.L.M., Chen, N., Zuo, Y., Wang, N., Zhu, X., Sun, Y., Zhang, L., Song, Y., Zhang, D., Yuan, F, Song, C., and Xu, X. 2024. Dominant edaphic controls on particulate organic carbon in global soils. Global Change Biology, 30(12), p.e17619. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17619
  13. Zhu, X., Guo, Z., Wang, N., Liu, J., Zuo, Y., Li, K., Song, C., Song, Y., Gong, C., Xu, X., Yuan, F. and Zhang, L., 2023. Environmental stress stimulates microbial activities as indicated by cyclopropane fatty acid enhancement. Science of The Total Environment, 873, p.162338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162338
  14. Ren, C., Mo, F., Zhou, Z., Bastida, F., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Wang, J., Zhang, X., Luo, Y.,.., Yang G., and Yuan, F. 2022. The global biogeography of soil priming effect intensity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(8), pp.1679-1687.https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13524
  15. Liu, J., Zuo, Y., Wang, N., Yuan, F., Zhu, X., Zhang, L., Zhang, J., Sun, Y., Guo, Z., Guo, Y. Song, X. and Xu, X., 2021. Comparative analysis of two machine learning algorithms in predicting site-level net ecosystem exchange in major biomes, Remote Sensing 13(12):2242.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122242
  16. Zhu, K., Wang, A., Wu, J., Yuan, F., Guan, D., Jin, C., Zhang, Y. and Gong, C., 2020. Effects of nitrogen additions on mesophyll and stomatal conductance in Manchurian ash and Mongolian oak, Scientific Reports, 10, 10038. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66886-x
  17. Zhang, H., McDowell, N.G., Adams, H.D., Wang, A., Wu, J., Jin, C., Tian, J., Zhu, K., Li, W., Zhang, Y., Yuan, F. and Guan, D., 2020. Divergences in hydraulic conductance and anatomical traits of stems and leaves in three temperate tree species coping with drought, N addition and their interactions, Tree Physiology, 40: 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz135
  18. Zhang, H., Li, W., Adams, H.D., Wang, A., Wu, J., Jin, C., Guan, D. and Yuan, F., 2018. Responses of woody plant functional traits to nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis of leaf economics, gas exchange, and hydraulic traits, Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 0-683. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00683
  19. Tian, J., Wang, A., Yuan, F., Wu, J., Dai, G., Cai, R., Cui, Z. and Diao, H., 2026. Nitrogen addition does not mitigate drought-induced growth reduction in Pinus koraiensis: insights from hydraulics, gas exchange and carbon reserves. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 381, p.111111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111111
  20. Yao, X., Zhang, Z., Yuan, F., Guo, Y. and Song, C., 2025. Biophysical effects of wetlands: latitudinal and seasonal variability. Global Change Biology. 31(10): e70525. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70525
  21. Chen, N., Wang, X., Yuan, F., Song, Y., Sun, L., Zuo, Y., Wang, N., Yu, D., Zhou, L., Xu, X. Song, C., and Wang, Q., 2025. Warming-independent shortened snow cover duration enhances vegetation greening across northern permafrost region. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1): 250. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02211-6
  22. Chen, N., Zhang, Y., Yuan, F., Song, C., Xu, M., Wang, Q.,,.., X., and Wang, Z., 2023. Warming-induced vapor pressure deficit suppression of vegetation growth diminished in northern peatlands. Nature Communications. 14(1): 7885. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42932-w
  23. Yao, X., Zhang, Z., Li, K., Yuan, F., Xu, X., Long, X. and Song, C., 2024. Optimizing water and nitrogen management to balance greenhouse gas emissions and yield in Chinese rice paddies. Field Crops Research, 319, p.109621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109621
  24. Liu, Y., Li, H., Yuan, F., Shen, L., Wu, M., Li, W., Wang, A., Wu, J. and Guan, D., 2022. Estimating the impact of shelterbelt structure on corn yield at a large scale using Google Earth and Sentinel 2 data. Environmental Research Letters 17(4), p.044060. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac58ab
  25. Wang, N., Zhu, X., Zuo, Y., Liu, J., Yuan, F., Guo, Z., Zhang, L., Sun, Y., Gong, C., Song, C. and Xu, X., 2022. Metagenomic evidence of suppressed methanogenic pathways along soil profile after wetland conversion to cropland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 930694.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.930694
  26. Diao, H., Wang, A., Yang, H., Yuan, F., Guan, D., and Wu, J. 2021. Responses of evapotranspiration to droughts across global forests: a systematic assessment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 51(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0436
  27. Zhu, K., Yuan, F., Wang, A., Wu, J., Guan, D., Jin, C., Flexas, J., Gong, C., Zhang, H., and Zhang, Y., 2021. Stomatal, mesophyll and biochemical limitations to soil drought and rewatering in relation to intrinsic water-use efficiency in Manchurian ash and Mongolian oak. Photosynthetica. 59(1): 49-60. https://doi.org/10.32615/ps.2020.084
  28. Zhang, H., Yuan, F., Wu, J., Jin, C., Pivovaroff, A.L., Tian, J., Li, W., Guan, D., Wang, A. and McDowell, N.G., 2021. Responses of functional traits to seven-year nitrogen addition in two tree species: co-ordination of hydraulics, gas exchange and carbon reserves. Tree Physiology. 41(2):190–205. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa120
  29. Zhu, K., Yuan, F., Wang, A., Yang, H., Guan, D., Jin, C., Zhang, H., Zhang, Y. and Wu, J., 2019. Effects of soil rewatering on mesophyll and stomatal conductance and associated mechanisms involving leaf anatomy and physiological activities in Manchurian ash and Mongolian oak. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 144: 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.09.025
  30. Liu, J., Gao, L., Yuan, F., Guo, Y. and Xu, X., 2019. Climate change made major contributions to soil water storage decline in the southwestern US during 2003–2014. Water. 11: 1947. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11091947
  31. Li, H., Wang, A., Yuan, F., Guan, D., Jin, C., Wu, J. and Zhao, T., 2016. Evapotranspiration dynamics over a temperate meadow ecosystem in eastern Inner Mongolia, China, Environmental Earth Sciences 75, 978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-5786-z