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Jingdong Mao is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with particular emphasis on soil science, ecology, materials chemistry, pollution, and plant science as subfields of study.

The main topics in Jingdong Mao's research include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, heavy metals in the environment, microbial community ecology and physiology, isotope analysis in ecology, heavy metals in plants, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols. These topics reflect a diverse interest in both the chemical and biological processes affecting soil and environmental health.

Jingdong Mao has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geoderma
  • Scientific Reports
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • The ISME Journal

Recent papers by Jingdong Mao include:

  • "Soil labile organic carbon fractions and soil enzyme activities after 10 years of continuous fertilization and wheat residue incorporation" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Advance in peptide-based drug development: delivery platforms, therapeutics and vaccines" (2025) published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • "Microbial keystone taxa drive succession of plant residue chemistry" (2023) published in The ISME Journal
  • "Reducing the uncertainty in estimating soil microbial-derived carbon storage" (2024) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Formation efficiency of soil organic matter from plant litter is governed by clay mineral type more than plant litter quality" (2022) published in Geoderma

Jingdong Mao has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Hongjian Gao
  • Wenying Chu
  • Liping Lou
  • Xi Chen
  • Klaus Schmidt-Rohr

The scientist's body of work covers 21 publications in environmental science and 16 in agricultural and biological sciences, indicating a sustained focus on these areas. The research spans a blend of experimental and theoretical studies related to soil chemistry, microbial ecology, and the interactions between plants and environmental factors.

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal carbonization of municipal waste streams.

    Nicole D. Berge;Kyoung S. Ro;Jingdong Mao;Joseph R. V. Flora

  • Removal of copper and cadmium from aqueous solution using switchgrass biochar produced via hydrothermal carbonization process

    Pusker Regmi;Jose Luis Garcia Moscoso;Sandeep Kumar;Xiaoyan Cao

  • Quantitative Characterization of Humic Substances by Solid-State Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    J. D. Mao;W. G. Hu;K. Schmidt-Rohr;G. Davies

  • Photochemistry of Dissolved Black Carbon Released from Biochar: Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Phototransformation.

    Heyun Fu;Huiting Liu;Jingdong Mao;Wenying Chu

  • Chemical and structural properties of dissolved black carbon released from biochars

    Xiaolei Qu;Heyun Fu;Jingdong Mao;Yong Ran

  • Abundant and stable char residues in soils: implications for soil fertility and carbon sequestration.

    J. D. Mao;R. L. Johnson;J. Lehmann;D. C. Olk

  • Chemical Structures of Swine-Manure Chars Produced under Different Carbonization Conditions Investigated by Advanced Solid-State 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy†

    Xiaoyan Cao;Kyoung S. Ro;Mark Chappell;Yuan Li

  • Poly(methylene) Crystallites in Humic Substances Detected by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    Wei-Guo Hu;Jingdong Mao;Baoshan Xing;Klaus Schmidt-Rohr

  • Long-term litter decomposition controlled by manganese redox cycling

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Peter Nico;Mark E. Harmon;Jingdong Mao

  • Accurate quantification of aromaticity and nonprotonated aromatic carbon fraction in natural organic matter by 13C solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance.

    J.-d. Mao;K. Schmidt-rohr

  • A robust technique for two-dimensional separation of undistorted chemical-shift anisotropy powder patterns in magic-angle-spinning NMR.

    Liu Sf;Mao Jd;Schmidt-Rohr K

  • Correlation of poly(methylene)-rich amorphous aliphatic domains in humic substances with sorption of a nonpolar organic contaminant phenanthrene.

    Mao Jd;Hundal Ls;Thompson Ml;Schmidt-Rohr K

  • Quantification and characterization of dissolved organic carbon from biochars

    Cheng Hua Liu;Wenying Chu;Hui Li;Stephen A. Boyd

  • Nitrogen-bonded aromatics in soil organic matter and their implications for a yield decline in intensive rice cropping

    K. Schmidt-Rohr;J.-D. Mao;D. C. Olk

  • Chemical and nanometer-scale structure of kerogen and its change during thermal maturation investigated by advanced solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy

    Jingdong Mao;Xiaowen Fang;Yeqing Lan;Arndt Schimmelmann

  • Influence of animal manure application on the chemical structures of soil organic matter as investigated by advanced solid-state NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy

    Jingdong Mao;Dan C. Olk;Xiaowen Fang;Zhongqi He

  • Influence of Molecular Structure and Adsorbent Properties on Sorption of Organic Compounds to a Temperature Series of Wood Chars

    Charisma Lattao;Xiaoyan Cao;Jingdong Mao;Klaus Schmidt-Rohr

  • Nonaromatic core-shell structure of nanodiamond from solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

    XiaoWen Fang;JingDong Mao;E. M. Levin;Klaus Schmidt-Rohr

  • Advanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy of natural organic matter

    Jingdong Mao;Xiaoyan Cao;Dan C. Olk;Wenying Chu

  • Characterization of Wood Chars Produced at Different Temperatures Using Advanced Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopic Techniques

    Xiaoyan Cao;Joseph J. Pignatello;Yuan Li;Charisma Lattao

  • Tetracycline sorption to coal and soil humic acids: an examination of humic structural heterogeneity.

    Huiyu Sun;Xin Shi;Jingdong Mao;Dongqiang Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr Brandeis University
Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst
Daniel C. Olk
Daniel C. Olk US Department of Agriculture
Joseph J. Pignatello
Joseph J. Pignatello Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Dongqiang Zhu
Dongqiang Zhu Peking University
Jiabao Zhang
Jiabao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu Yang
Yu Yang Beijing Normal University
Maria Mastalerz
Maria Mastalerz Indiana University
George R. Aiken
George R. Aiken United States Geological Survey
Arndt Schimmelmann
Arndt Schimmelmann Indiana University

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