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Doctor Chao Xiong

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3023-0494
20202026

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Dr Chao Xiong is a Research Fellow in the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE). His research interests centre on soil and plant microbiomes, environmental pathogens, and plant-microbiome interactions.

Dr Xiong joined HIE in 2023 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Distinguished Professor Brajesh Singh. His current research focuses on harnessing microbiome functions to improve soil and plant health, and developing shotgun metagenomics-based workflows to identify human and plant pathogens along the soil–plant–food continuum.

Dr Xiong obtained his PhD from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021, where he studied how multiple host and environmental factors shaped the assembly and functions of microbial communities along the soil-root-leaf continuum.

His previous research works included host selection impacts on crop microbiome assembly, the temporal dynamics of the plant microbiome, dominant diazotrophic taxa of crop microbiomes, and microbiome diversity and functions along the soil–plant continuum.

Areas of Research

Soil and plant microbiomes, environmental pathogens, plant-microbiome interactions, soil health, and microbiome functions.

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Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research keywords

  • Soil and plant microbiomes
  • Soil-borne disease
  • Environmental pathogens
  • Plant-microbiome interactions
  • Soil health
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbiome functioons
  • AI for Microbiomes

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  4. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  5. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  6. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  7. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls

    Fan, K., Sáez-Sandino, T., Maestre, F. T., Chu, H., Eldridge, D. J., Gallardo, A., Ma, B., Xu, J., Zhao, Y., Xiong, C., Guirado, E., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Ochoa, V., García-Gómez, M., Valencia, E., Gaitán, J. J., Asensio, S., Mendoza, B. J. & Martínez-Valderrama, J. & 63 others, Gózalo, B., Wang, J., Liang, J., Travers, S. K., Fraser, L. H., Singh, J., Fajardo, A., Mora, J. P., Espinosa, C. I., Gusmán-Montalván, E., Valkó, O., Deák, B., Zaady, E., Boldgiv, B., Erdenetsetseg, B., Blaum, N., Geissler, K., Wang, L., Maggs-Kölling, G., Marais, E., Liancourt, P., Durán, J., Rodríguez, A., Nunes, A., Branquinho, C., le Roux, P. C., Louw, M. A., Linstädter, A., Siebert, F., Makhalanyane, T., Nair, G. R., Ruppert, J., Swemmer, A., Moreno, G., Vivas, M., Pueyo, Y., Foronda, A., Rey, P. J., Manzaneda, A., Bowker, M., Darrouzet-Nardi, A., Throop, H. L., de los Ríos, A., Pastor, J. L. B., Unuk Nahberger, T., Grebenc, T., Berdugo, M., Plaza, C., Rey, A., Hart, S. C., Alfaro, F., Abades, S., Neuhauser, S., Williams, M. A., Berhe, A. A., Montesinos, D., Macek, P., Laanisto, L., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Román, R., Rodriguez Lozano, B., Singh, B. K. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print (In Press)) In: Nature Sustainability. 17 p.

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  • Aridity-related differences in soil elemental ratios reshape microbial functional traits across global biomes

    Li, C., Feng, Y., Sáez-Sandino, T., Xiong, C., Eldridge, D. J., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., Guirado, E., Zhou, G., García-Gómez, M., Valencia, E., Berdugo, M., Asensio, S., Martínez-Valderrama, J., Mendoza, B. J., Berhe, A. A., Cutler, N. A. & Abades, S. & 64 others, Alcántara, J., Alfaro, F., Arroyo, A. I., Barrett, M., Bastida, F., Blaum, N., Boldgiv, B., Bowker, M., Branquinho, C., Hart, S. C., Deák, B., Durán, J., Espinosa, C. I., Fajardo, A., Fraser, L. H., Gallardo, A., García Velázquez, L., Geissler, K., Grebenc, T., Gusman Moltanvan, E., Kindermann, L., Köbel, M., Laanisto, L., le Roux, P. C., Liancourt, P., Liang, J., Linstädter, A., Louw, M. A., Macek, P., Maggs-Kölling, G., Makhalanyane, T. P., Manzaneda, A. J., Marais, E., Montesinos, D., Mora, J. P., Moreno, G., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Mussery, A., Unuk Nahberger, T., Nair, G. R., Neuhauser, S., Plaza, C., Pueyo, Y., Rey, P. J., Rey, A., de los Ríos, A., Rodríguez, A., Rodriguez Lozano, B., Roman, R., C. Ruppert, J., Salah, A., Serôdio, J., Siles, J. A., Singh, J., Travers, S., Undrakhbold, S., Valkó, O., Vivas, M., Wang, L., Williams, M. A., Zaady, E., Maestre, F. T., Singh, B. K. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M., 20 Jun 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 12 p., 8224.

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  • Biodiversity associations between above-ground and below-ground communities in mountain forests across different climatic regions

    Zou, J. Y., Seidl, R., Bässler, C., Geres, L., Ma, L. L., Richter, T., Thom, D., Xiong, C., Rieker, D., Zheng, W., Müller, J., Chao, A., Mitesser, O., Kortmann, M., Rothacher, J., Li, D. Z., Liu, J., Gao, L. M., Luo, Y. H. & Seibold, S., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Ecology. 114, 4, 14 p., e70309.

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  • Dominance and natural suppression of bacterial plant pathogens across global soils

    Gao, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Xiong, C., Sáez-Sandino, T., Wang, J., Liang, J., Guirado, E., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Román, R., Maestre, F. T. & Singh, B. K., Dec 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 14 p., 3883.

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  • Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health

    Xiong, C., Ge, A. H., Gao, M. & Singh, B. K., Sept 2026, In: Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 24, 9, p. 637-653 17 p.

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