Brief CV

• Postdoctor, Zhejiang University (2006-2008)

• Assistant professor, Xiamen University (2009)

• Associate professor, Xiamen University (2009-2014)

• Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland (2011-2012)

• Visiting Scholar, Utrecht University (2016-2017)

• Professor, Xiamen University (2014-present)

Research Interests

• Environmental biogeochemistry

• Environmental processes and effects

• Aquactic environmental monitoring and management

• Environmental planning

Selected Publications

• Lin J, Chen NW*, Yuan X, Tian Q, Hu A, Zheng Y. 2020. Impacts of human disturbance on the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle in a subtropical river system revealed by nitrifier and denitrifier genes. Science of the Total Environment, 746: 141139.

• Lin J, Chen NW*, Wang F, Huang Z, Zhang X, Liu L. 2020. Urbanization increased river nitrogen export to western Taiwan Strait despite increased retention by nitrification and denitrification. Ecological Indicators, 2020, 109: 105756.

• Wang F , Chen NW* , Yan J , Lin J , Guo W , Cheng P, Liu Q, Huang B, Tian Y. 2019. Major processes shaping mangroves as inorganic nitrogen sources or sinks: insights from a multidisciplinary study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124: 1194-1208.

• Yu D, Chen NW*, Krom MD, Lin J, Chen P, Yu F, Guo W, Hong H, Gao X. 2019. Understanding how estuarine hydrology controls ammonium and other inorganic nitrogen concentrations and fluxes through the subtropical Jiulong River Estuary, S.E. China under baseflow and flood-affected conditions. Biogeochemistry, 142:443–466.

• Chen Y, Chen NW*, Li Y, Hong H. 2018. Multi-timescale sediment responses across a human impacted river-estuary system.Journal of Hydrology, 560:160-172.

• Chen NW*, Hong H, Gao X. 2018. Securing drinking water resources for a coastal city under global change: Scientific and institutional perspectives. Ocean & Coastal Management. Available online 16 March 2018, 104427.

• Gao X, Chen NW*, Yu D, Wu Y, Huang B. 2018. Hydrological controls on nitrogen (ammonium versus nitrate) fluxes from river to coast in a subtropical region: Observation and modeling. Journal of Environmental Management, 213: 382-391.

• Chen NW*, Krom MD, Wu Y, Yu D, Hong H. 2018. Storm induced estuarine turbidity maxima and controls on nutrient fluxes across river-estuary-coast continuum. Science of the Total Environment, 628–629: 1108-1120.

• Chen NW*, Mo Q, Guo YM, Su Y, Zhong Y. 2018. Hydrochemical controls on reservoir nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics under storms. Science of the Total Environment, 619–620: 301–310.

• Zhou XP, Chen NW*, Yan ZH, Duan SW. 2016. Warming increases nutrient mobilization and gaseous nitrogen removal from sediments across cascade reservoirs. Environmental Pollution. 219: 490-500.

• Mo QL, Chen NW*, Zhou XP, Chen JX, Duan SW. 2016. Ammonium and phosphate enrichment across the dry–wet transition and their ecological relevance in a subtropical reservoir, China. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, 18: 882-894.

• Lu T, Chen NW*, Duan SW, Chen ZH, Huang BQ. 2016. Hydrological controls on cascade reservoirs regulating phosphorus retention and downriver fluxes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23: 24166–24177.

• Hong H S, Chen NW, Wang DL. 2015. River-estuary-coast continuum: Biogeochemistry and ecological response to increasing human and climatic changes - Editorial overview. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 166: 144-145.

• Chen NW*, Wu YQ, Chen ZH, Hong HS. 2015. Phosphorus export during storm events from a human perturbed watershed, southeast China: Implications for coastal ecology. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,166: 178-188.

• Chen NW*, Wu JZ, Zhou XP, Chen ZH, Lu T. 2015. Riverine N2O production, emissions and export from a region dominated by agriculture in Southeast Asia (Jiulong River). Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 208: 37–47.

• Chen NW*, Li J, Wu YQ, Kangas P, Huang BQ, Yu CC, Chen ZH. 2015. Nutrient removal at a drinking water reservoir in China with an algal floway.Ecological Engineering, 84: 506–514.

• Yu D, Yan W, Chen NW*, Peng B, Hong H, Zhuo G. 2015. Modeling increased riverine nitrogen export: Source tracking and integrated watershed-coast management. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 101(2): 642-652.

• Wang J, Chen NW, Yan W*, Wang B, Yang L. 2015. Effect of dissolved oxygen and nitrogen on emission of N2O from rivers in China. Atmospheric Environment, 103: 347–356.

• Harris LA, Hodgkins CLS., Day MC, Austin D, Testa JM, Boynton W, Van Der Tak L, Chen NW. 2015. Optimizing recovery of eutrophic estuaries: impact of destratification and re-aeration on nutrient and dissolved oxygen dynamics. Ecological Engineering, 75: 470–483.

• Chen NW*, Chen ZH, Wu YQ, Hu AY. 2014. Understanding gaseous nitrogen removal through direct measurement of dissolved N2 and N2O in a subtropical river–reservoir system. Ecological Engineering, 70: 56–67.

• Chen NW*, Wu JZ, Chen ZH, Lu T, Wang LJ. 2014. Spatial–temporal variation of dissolved N2 and denitrification in an agricultural river network, southeast China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 189: 1–10.

• Chen NW*, Wu YQ, Wu JZ, Yan XL, Hong HS. 2014. Natural and human influences on dissolved silica export from watershed to coast in Southeast China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 119(1): 95–109.

• Wu JZ, Chen NW*, Hong HS, Lu T, Wang LJ, Chen ZH. 2013. Direct measurement of dissolved N2 and denitrification along a subtropical river–estuary gradient, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66(1–2): 125–134.

• Chen NW, Peng BR, Hong HS*, Turyaheebwa N, Cui SH, Mo, XJ. 2013. Nutrient enrichment and N:P ratio decline in a coastal river–bay system in Southeast China: The need for a dual nutrient (N & P) management strategy. Ocean & Coastal Management, 81: 7–13.

• Peng BR*, Chen NW, Lin H, Hong HS. 2013 Empirical appraisal of Jiulong River Watershed Management Program. Ocean & Coastal Management, 81: 77-89.

• Chen NW*, Wu JZ, Hong HS. 2012. Effect of storm events on riverine nitrogen dynamic in a subtropical watershed, southeastern China.Science of the Total Environment, 431: 357-365.

• Chen NW, Hong HS*. 2012. Integrated management of nutrients from the watershed to coast in the subtropical region. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 4(2):233-242.

• Chen NW, Hong HS*. 2011. Nitrogen export by surface runoff from a small agricultural watershed in southeast China: Seasonal pattern and primary mechanism. Biogeochemistry, 106(3):311–321.

• Chen NW, Hong HS*, Huang QJ, Wu JZ. 2011. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and its long-term dynamics in a southeast China coastal area. Journal of Environmental Management, 92(6): 1663-1667.

• Chen NW*, Li HC, Wang LH. 2009. A GIS-based approach for mapping direct use value of ecosystem services at county scale: management implications. Ecological Economics, 68(11): 1093–4529.

• Chen NW, Hong HS*, Zhang LP, Cao WZ. 2008. Nitrogen sources and exports in an agricultural watershed in Southeast China. Biogeochemistry, 87(2): 169–179.

Teaching Experience

• Foundation of Earth Science (For undergraduate)

• Environmental Planning (For undergraduate)

• Environmental Planning (For graduate)

• Frontier in Environmental Science and Engineering (For graduate)

Research Funding

• Denitrification process and controlling factors in a typical subtropical river-estuary system. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41076042). 2011-2013. Principal Investigator.

• Biogeochemical responses to subtropical storm events in a river-sea interface. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41376082). 2014-2017. Principal Investigator.

• Development of Online Monitoring Technology for the Nutrient Fluxes from River to coast and its Demonstration. Xiamen Southern Oceanographic Center (14GST68NF32). 2014-2017. Co-PI.

• Building ecological security for urban agglomeration and integrating ecological restoration techniques for coastal zones in Fujian river deltas.The National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0502901), 2016-2019. Co-PI.

• Major processes regulating ammonia nitrogen transformation and export across the river-estuary interface. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41676098). 2017-2020. Principal Investigator.

• Ammonium nitrogen cycling and lateral export across the mangrove-estuary system. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41976138). 2020-2023. Principal Investigator.