博士，博士生导师，中南林业科技大学教授（二级），林学院林学一级学科“南方丘岗山地水土保持与地力维护”方向带头人；中国林学会、中国土壤学会森林土壤专业委员会副主任、常务理事；中国水土保持学会理事；国家林草局泡桐创新联盟常务理事，中国林学会桉树专业委员会理事，国家林业和草原局经济林产品检验检测中心（长沙）副主任；湖南省油茶协会理事，湖南省教育厅“水土保持与荒漠化防治湖南省高等学校重点实验室”主任，湖南省教育厅研究生优秀教学团队“南方丘岗山地水土保持与地力维护教学团队”负责人；日本文部省JSPS博士后特别研究员、日本琉球大学热带生物圈研究中心客座教授；《中国水土保持科学》、《广西林业科学》期刊编委；《Forest Ecology and Management》、《Land Degradation & Development》、《Applied Soil Ecology》、《Soil Use and Management》等期刊审稿专家。
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学习与工作简历：1982-1986年中南林学院本科学习；1986年中南林学院森林土壤教研室助教；1988-1991年中南林学院攻读硕士学位、1995-1999年攻读森林培育博士学位。1997-2006年间赴日本琉球大学访问学习，历任琉球大学农学部客座研究员、日本文部省JSPS博士后特别研究员、琉球大学热带生物圈研究中心客座教授。2006年回国后任中南林业科技大学林学院教授。
教学工作：主讲本科生课程《土壤学》、《土壤肥料学》、《水土保持研究进展》；硕士生课程《土壤与地力维护专题》、《土壤诊断学与质量评价》；博士生课程《土壤与植物营养学前沿》、《土地资源学理论与前沿》等。已完成指导硕、博研究生53名，现指导硕士、博士、博士后研究生18名。
研究方向：森林土壤质量演化及其调控机理；土壤健康、地力维护与林地可持续利用理论与技术；林木营养与测土配方施肥；林用新型肥料研发。
研究工作：（1）南方石漠化区土壤质量评价与植被恢复技术研究；（2）南方人工林土壤质量演变机理与地力提升机制研究；（3）南方人工林土壤健康、土壤微生物与林木生长相互作用机理研究；（4）南方人工林土壤可持续经营与养分资源综合管理技术研究。
承担项目情况：先后主持国家自然科学基金项目、教育部留学回国基金项目、国家公益性行业科研专项课题、国家科技支撑计划项目子课题、农业部科技成果转化项目课题、中央财政林业科技推广项目、国家科技基础性工作专项子课题、国家重点研发计划子课题等科研课题30余项。
获奖及荣誉：（1）“油茶林地土壤肥力演变机制与调控”，第十二届梁希林业科学技术奖“自然科学奖”二等奖，2021；（2）“泡桐大径材速生丰产林养分效应与专用肥研究与示范”，湖南省科学技术进步奖二等奖，2011；（3） “林木立地养分效应配方施肥模型及应用研究”，湖南省科学技术进步奖一等奖，2000。
近年代表性学术论文（*通讯作者）：
（1）Ye Wang, Chun He, Yutian Shi, Hui Li, Yabin Tang, Bohao Chen, Qin Ke, Lichao Wu*, Lijun Chen*. Short-term cultivation limiting soil aggregate stability and macronutrient accumulation associated with glomalin-related soil protein in Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis plantations. Science of the Total Environment, 878 (2023) 163187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163187
（2）Chen Chen, Yilin Weng, Kangting Huang, Xiaolong Chen, Hui Li, Yabin Tang, Lingyue Zhu, Jiachen Wang, Junyu Zhao, Lijun Chen, Lichao Wu*, Chunjun Xie*, Jian Tang*. Decomposition of harvest residues and soil chemical properties in a Eucalyptus urophylla×grandis plantation under different residue management practices in southern China. Forest Ecology and Management, 529 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120756
（3）Yuxing Xu, Chao Li, Yuanli Zhu, Zhichao Wang, Wankuan Zhu, Lichao Wu*, Apeng Du. The shifts in soil microbial community and association network induced by successive planting of Eucalyptus plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 505 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119877
（4）Yuxing Xu, Apeng Du, Zhichao Wang, Wankuan Zhu, Chao Li, Lichao Wu*. Effects of different rotation periods of Eucalyptus plantations on soil physiochemical properties, enzyme activities, microbial biomass and microbial community structure and diversity. Forest Ecology and Management, 456 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117683
（5）Lingyue Zhu，Xiuhai Wang，Fangfang Chen，Chunhua Li，Lichao Wu*. Effects of the successive planting of Eucalyptus urophylla on soil bacterial and fungal community structure, diversity, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity. Land Degradation and Development, 2019, 30, 636-646. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3249
（6）Jie Liu, Lichao Wu*, Dong Chen, Zhuguang Yu, Changjiang Wei. Development of a soil quality index for Camellia oleifera forestland yield under three different parent materials in Southern China. Soil & Tillage Research 176 (2018) 45–50
（7）Zhengye Wang, Huili Wang, Zongfu Chen, Qinzhan Wu, Kangting Huang, Qin Ke, Lingyue Zhu, Sheng Lu, Yabin Tang, Hui Li, Lijun Chen,*, Lichao Wu,*. Ecological niche differences regulate the assembly of bacterial community in endophytic and rhizosphere of Eucalyptus. Forest Ecology and Management, 524 (2022) 120521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120521
（8）Sheng Lu, YongHui He, YuQi Chen, LiJun Chen, ZhengYe Wang, Jun Yuan, Lichao Wu*. Co-analysis of rhizosphere metabolomics and bacterial community structures to unfold soil ecosystem health in Camellia oleifera land under long-term cultivation. Applied Soil Ecology, 171(2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104336
（9）Lingyue Zhu，Jiachen Wang, Yilin Weng, Xiaolong Chen, Lichao Wu*. Soil characteristics of Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis plantations under different management measures for harvest residues with soil depth gradient across time. Ecological Indicators 117(2020)106530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106530
（10）Lingyue Zhu, Yihua Tang, Yilin Weng, Kangting Huang, Jiachen Wang, Junyu Zhaoa, Lichao Wu⁎. Effects of burning harvested residues on the archaeal and bacterial communities of Eucalyptus urophylla substituting native vegetation. Applied Soil Ecology,158(2021)103796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103796
（11）YuxingXu, ShiqiRen, Yanfang Liang, Apeng Du, Chao Li, Zhichao Wang, Wankuan Zhu, LichaoWu⁎. Soil nutrient supply and tree species drive changes in soil microbial communities during the transformation of a multi-generation Eucalyptus plantation. Applied Soil Ecology, 166(2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103991
（12）Zhengye Wang, Lingyue Zhu, Gerty Gielen, Qinzhan Wu, Kangting Huang, Jianke Wen, Xiuhai Wang, Hailong Wang, Sheng Lu, Lijun Chen & Lichao Wu*. Potential effects of soil chemical and biological properties on wood volume in Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis hybrid plantations and their responses to different intensity applications of inorganic fertilizer, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22238-y
（13）Yuxing Xu, Chao Li, Wankuan Zhu, Zhichao Wang, Lichao Wu*, Apeng Du. Effects of enrichmemt planting with native tree species on bacterial community structure and potential impact on Eucalyptus plantations in southern China. Journal of Forestry Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-021-01433-6.
（14）Sen Liu，Peng Li，Lukas Van Zwieten，Jia Tu，Weixiang Gan，Sheng Lu，Hailong Wang，Lichao Wu*. Edaphic variables influence soil bacterial structure under successive fertilization of Paulownia plantation substituting native vegetation. Journal of Soils and Sediments, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-021-02998-9
（15）Sen Liu, Peng Li, Weixiang Gan, Yujia Fu, Yilin Weng, Tu Jia, Sheng Lu, Lichao Wu*. Effect of long‐term fertilization on soil microbial activities and metabolism in Paulownia plantations. Soil Use and Management, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12742
（16）Jie Liu, LichaoWu*, Dong Chen, Ming Li, Changjiang Wei. Soil quality assessment of different Camellia oleifera stands in mid-subtropical China. Applied Soil Ecology, 113（2017）29-35
（17）Jia Tu, Jie Qiao, Zhiwen Zhu, Peng Li, Lichao Wu*. Soil bacterial community responses to long-term fertilizer treatments in Paulownia plantations in subtropical China. Applied Soil Ecology 124（2018）317-326, DOI:10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.09.036
（18）Jia Tu, Baoping Wang, Kim McGrouther, Hailong Wang,Tianle Ma, Jie Qiao, Lichao Wu*.Soil quality assessment under different Paulownia fortunei plantations in mid-subtropical China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, (2017) 17: 2371-2382. DOI 10.1007/s11368-016-1478-2
（19）Deng, Y., Wang, Z., Lu, S., Zhong, J., Zhu, L., Chen, F., & Wu, L*. (2021). Soil quality assessment via the factor analysis of karst rocky desertification areas in China. Soil Use and Management, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12767
（20）王珮璇, 何春, 吴秦展, 陈虎, 陈利军, 祝玲月, 刘森, 杨章旗, 唐健, 吴立潮*. 立地因子影响桉树人工林土壤质量及材积量的机制, 中南林业科技大学学报, 42（3）2022：80-91.
