RAN Hui

　　 　　

INTRODUCTION TO Hui Ran

Hui Ran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering,

College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering

Northwest A&F University, P.R.China.

23# Weihui Rd , Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100

none (office)

0086-18800199951 (Cell-phone)

huiran@nwsuaf.edu.cn

EDUCATION

2017 Ph.D. Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, China Agricultural University

2012 B.Sc. Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

10/2021 – present Visiting Scholar, University of Leeds, UK

01/2020 – present Associate Professor, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University

07/2017 – 12/2019 Lecturer, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My current research is focusing on quantification and decomposition of uncertainties in crop modeling at field scale. My research evaluated the influences of water and nitrogen on crop growth and yield with crop models. In the future, I plan to combine remote sensing and crop models to advance the understanding of the interaction between environmental and management conditions and crop growth, and to explore the adaptation strategies for climate-smart agriculture and ensure food security in northwest China in the context of climate change.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2019 The eighth Participant in the first class Award of Agricultural Water Saving Technology, "Monitoring and Simulation of Water and Heat Flux and Comprehensive Control Mode of Hybrid Seed Maize in Arid Northwest China"

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2021-2022 Quantification of parameter uncertainty in AquaCrop, National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Efficient Water Use of Oasis Agriculture in Wuwei of Gansu Province, ¥ 30,000 CNY, PI

2019-2021 Response Mechanism of Maize to Water and Nitrogen Stress and Crop Modeling in Arid Northwest China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, ¥ 250,000 CNY, PI

2019-2020 Water and Heat Transfer Mechanism and Its Simulation in Wheat-Corn Rotation Farmland in Arid Northwest China, Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China, ¥ 30,000 CNY, PI

2017-2019 Response and Simulation of Harvest Index of Maize to Water Stress in Arid Northwest China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, ¥ 200,000 CNY, PI

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang*, Xiaotao Hu*, Ning Yao, Sien Li, Wene Wang, Marcelo V. Galdos, Andrew J. Challinor. A framework to quantify uncertainty of crop model parameters and its application in arid Northwest China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022, 316: 108844.

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang*, Xiaotao Hu*, Sien Li, Wene Wang, Fulai Liu. Capability of a solar energy-driven crop model for simulating water consumption and yield of maize and its comparison with a water-driven crop model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2020, 287: 107955.

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang*, Xiaotao Hu*, Fusheng Li, Taisheng Du, Ling Tong, Sien Li, Risheng Ding, Zhenjiang Zhou, David Parsons. Newly developed water productivity and harvest index models for maize in an arid region. Field Crops Research, 2019, 234: 73-86.

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang*, Fusheng Li, Taisheng Du, Ling Tong, Sien Li, Risheng Ding, Xiaotao Zhang. Parameterization of the AquaCrop model for full and deficit irrigated maize for seed production in arid Northwest China. Agricultural Water Management, 2018, 203: 438-450.

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang*, Fusheng Li, Ling Tong, Risheng Ding, Taisheng Du, Sien Li, Xiaotao Zhang. Performance of AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models in evapotranspiration partitioning on full and deficit irrigated maize for seed production under plastic film-mulch in an arid region of China. Agricultural Systems, 2017, 151: 20-32.

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang, Fusheng Li, Taisheng Du, Risheng Ding, Sien Li, Ling Tong*. Responses of water productivity to irrigation and N supply for hybrid maize seed production in an arid region of Northwest China. Journal of Arid Land, 2017, 9 (4): 504-514.

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang, Fusheng Li, Ling Tong, Taisheng Du*. Effects of irrigation and nitrogen management on hybrid maize seed production in north-west China. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2016, 3(1): 55-64.

Bin Du, Hui Ran*, Xiaotao Hu, Wene Wang, Shiwei Zhou. Signal intensity of stem diameter fluctuation diagnosing alternate furrow irrigation maize water deficit. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 2018, 34(2): 98-106 (Chinese with English abstract).