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Hire Dr. Allen L.

United States

USD 30 /hr

Scientific writing, grant proposal editing, experimental design consulting (multi-disciplinary)

Profile Summary

I specialize in Soil Science, Microbiology Ecology, Bioinformatics, Agriculture, and Environmental Science.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Agricultural Microbiology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Biomass & Bioenergy
• ☆ Farm Management
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Soil Science
• ☆ Irrigation
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Biogeochemistry
• ☆ Geochemistry
• ☆ Deserts & Arid Regions
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Mineralogy
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Ecosystem Management
• ☆ Applied Ecology
• ☆ Ecological Restoration
• ☆ Grasslands
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Microbial Ecology
• ☆ Knowledge Management
• ☆ Landscape Ecology
• ☆ Agroecology
• ☆ Data Storage
• ☆ R
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Graphic Design
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Spec Sheets
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Language Translation
• ☆ Screenwriting
• ☆ Creative Writing
• ☆ Speechwriting
• ☆ News Writing
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing

Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Work Experience

Postdoc

University of Oklahoma

May 2021 - Present

Postdoctoral Associate

University of Massachusetts Amherst

June 2017 - May 2021

Graduate Research Assistant

Northern Arizona University

June 2013 - June 2017

Research Assistant - Research Associate

Northwest A&F University

July 2008 - December 2009

Education

Ph.D. (Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry)

Northern Arizona University

June 2013 - May 2017

M.S. (Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences)

Virginia Tech

January 2010 - December 2012

M.S. (Soil and Plant Sciences)

Northwest A and F University

September 2005 - July 2008

B.S. (Life Science)

Henan Institute of Science and Technology

September 2001 - July 2005

Certifications

• PhD

  Northern Arizona University

  June 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Yuqin Liang, Dan Cao, Zhi Ma, Ruiqiao Wu, Hongrui Zhang, Yunying Fang, Muhammad Shahbaz, Xiao Jun Allen Liu, Yakov Kuzyakov, Jianping Chen, et al. (2024). Stoichiometry regulates rice straw-induced priming effect: The microbial life strategies . Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Ao Yuan, Saini Dinesh Kumar, Haotian Wang, Shancong Wang, Somayanda Impa, Hao Wang, Jiameng Guo, Yongchao Wang, Qinghua Yang, Xiao Jun A. Liu, et al. (2024). Dynamic interplay among soil nutrients, rhizosphere metabolites, and microbes shape drought and heat stress responses in summer maize . Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Tao, Xuanyu, Yang, Zhifeng, Feng, Jiajie, Jian, Siyang, Yang, Yunfeng, Bates, Colin T., Wang, Gangsheng, Guo, Xue, Ning, Daliang, Kempher, Megan L., et al. (2024). Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem . Nature Communications.

Bram W G Stone, Paul Dijkstra, Brianna K Finley, Raina Fitzpatrick, Megan M Foley, Michaela Hayer, Kirsten S Hofmockel, Benjamin J Koch, Junhui Li, Xiao Jun A Liu, et al. (2023). Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many . The ISME Journal.

Stone, Bram W., Blazewicz, Steven J., Koch, Benjamin J., Dijkstra, Paul, Hayer, Michaela, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Liu, Xiao Jun Allen, Mau, Rebecca L., Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Schwartz, Egbert, et al. (2023). Nutrients strengthen density dependence of per-capita growth and mortality rates in the soil bacterial community . Oecologia.

Xiao Jun Allen Liu, Michaela Hayer, Rebecca L. Mau, Egbert Schwartz, Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate (2021). Substrate stoichiometric regulation of microbial respiration and community dynamics across four different ecosystems . Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Author Correction: Nutrients cause consolidation of soil carbon flux to small proportion of bacterial community <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Nature Communications.

Nutrients cause consolidation of soil carbon flux to small proportion of bacterial community <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Nature Communications.

Liu, Xiao Jun Allen, Pold, Grace, Domeignoz-Horta, Luiz A., Geyer, Kevin M., Caris, Hannah, Nicolson, Hannah, Kemner, Kenneth M., Frey, Serita D., Melillo, Jerry M., DeAngelis, Kristen M. (2021). Soil aggregate-mediated microbial responses to long-term warming . Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Liu, Xiao Jun Allen, Frey, Serita D., Melillo, Jerry M., DeAngelis, Kristen M. (2021). Physical protection regulates microbial thermal responses to chronic soil warming . Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Waring, B.G., Sulman, B.N., Reed, S., Smith, A.P., Averill, C., Creamer, C.A., Cusack, D.F., Hall, S.J., Jastrow, J.D., Jilling, A., et al.(2021). Response to ‘Stochastic and deterministic interpretation of pool models’ . Global Change Biology. 27. (11). p. e11-e12.

You, M.Y., Allen Liu, X.J., Li, L.-J.(2021). Editorial: Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Soil Organic Matter . Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9.

Bonnie G. Waring, Benjamin N. Sulman, Sasha Reed, A. Peyton Smith, Colin Averill, Courtney A. Creamer, Daniela F. Cusack, Steven J. Hall, Julie D. Jastrow, Andrea Jilling, et al.(2020). From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world . Global Change Biology. Wiley

Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Nature Communications.

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, Brianna K. Finley, Rebecca L. Mau, Egbert Schwartz, Paul Dijkstra, Matthew A. Bowker, Bruce A. Hungate(2020). The soil priming effect: Consistent across ecosystems, elusive mechanisms . Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 140. p. 107617. Elsevier {BV}

Liu, Xiao-Jun Allen, Finley, Brianna K., Mau, Rebecca L., Schwartz, Egbert, Dijkstra, Paul, Bowker, Matthew A., Hungate, Bruce A. (2020). The soil priming effect: Consistent across ecosystems, elusive mechanisms . Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, Junhui Li, Rebecca L Mau, Paul Dijkstra, Benjamin J Koch, Egbert Schwartz, Ember M Morrissey, Steven J Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Bram W Stone, et al. (2019). Predictive genomic traits for bacterial growth in culture versus actual growth in soil . The ISME Journal.

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, Ember M. Morrissey, Rebecca L. Mau, Michaela Hayer, Egbert Schwartz, Paul Dijkstra, Benjamin J. Koch, Kara Allen, Steven J. Blazewicz, Kirsten Hofmockel, et al. (2019). Evolutionary history constrains microbial traits across environmental variation . Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, Brianna K. Finley, Paul Dijkstra, Craig Rasmussen, Egbert Schwartz, Rebecca L. Mau, Natasja van Gestel, Bruce A. Hungate(2018). Soil mineral assemblage and substrate quality effects on microbial priming . Geoderma. 322. p. 38--47. Elsevier {BV}

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate(2017). Increased plant uptake of native soil nitrogen following fertilizer addition – not a priming effect? . Applied Soil Ecology. 114. p. 105--110. Elsevier {BV}

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, Jingran Sun, Rebecca L. Mau, Brianna K. Finley, Zacchaeus G. Compson, Natasja van Gestel, Jamie R. Brown, Egbert Schwartz, Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate(2017). Labile carbon input determines the direction and magnitude of the priming effect . Applied Soil Ecology. 109. p. 7--13. Elsevier {BV}

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, John H. Fike, John M. Galbraith, Wonae B. Fike(2014). Biosolids Amendment and Harvest Frequency Affect Nitrogen Use Dynamics of Switchgrass Grown for Biofuel Production . BioEnergy Research. 8. (2). p. 560--569. Springer Nature

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, John H. Fike, John M. Galbraith, Wonae B. Fike(2014). Switchgrass Response to Cutting Frequency and Biosolids Amendment: Biomass Yield, Feedstock Quality, and Theoretical Ethanol Yield . BioEnergy Research. 7. (4). p. 1191--1200. Springer Nature

Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, John H. Fike, John M. Galbraith, Wonae B. Fike, David J. Parrish, Gregory K. Evanylo, Brian D. Strahm(2013). Effects of harvest frequency and biosolids application on switchgrass yield, feedstock quality, and theoretical ethanol yield . GCB Bioenergy. 7. (1). p. 112--121. Wiley-Blackwell

J.-B. Zhou, Z.-J. Chen, X.-J. Liu, B.-N. Zhai, D. S. Powlson(2010). Nitrate accumulation in soil profiles under seasonally open ‘sunlight greenhouses’ in northwest China and potential for leaching loss during summer fallow . Soil Use and Management. 26. (3). p. 332--339. Wiley-Blackwell

OTHER

Xiao Jun Allen Liu, Shun Han, Serita D. Frey, Jerry M Melillo, Jizhong Zhou, Kristen M DeAngelis (2024). Microbial responses to long-term warming differ across soil microenvironments .