Dr Yusong Wang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

CMLR

+61 7 3346 4502

Yusong.Wang@uq.edu.au

Soil physics and hydrology

Yusong Wang combines numerical modelling with small and large-scale measurement, and inverse modelling to improve understanding and predictability of the soil and plant continuum. He engages in the iterative research cycle including hypothesis formulation, experimental design, data collection, and model-data analysis. His research interest includes but is not limited to: (i) water flow and solute transport processes in the soil and plant continuum, (ii) numerical modelling, (iii) characterisation and measurement of the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties, (iv) preferential flow in microporous soils and fractured rock, (v) transport of colloids, viruses, bacteria, and nanoparticles.

Before joining UQ, Yusong worked at CSIRO and universities in the US. He obtained BSc degree in Environmental Chemistry from Nanjing University and completed his PhD at University of California, Riverside.

Publications

Journal Articles (13)

Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Liang, Xiaolong, Wang, Yusong, Zhang, Ying, Zhuang, Jie and Radosevich, Mark (2021). Viral abundance, community structure and correlation with bacterial community in soils of different cover plants. Applied Soil Ecology, 168 104138, 104138. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104138

Liang, Xiaolong, Wang, Yusong, Zhang, Ying, Li, Bingxue and Radosevich, Mark (2021). Bacteriophage-host depth distribution patterns in soil are maintained after nutrient stimulation in vitro. Science of the Total Environment, 787 147589, 147589. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147589

Braunack, Michael, Filipovic, Vilim, Adhikari, Raju, Freischmidt, George, Johnston, Priscilla, Casey, Phil S., Wang, Yusong, Simunek, Jiri, Filipovic, Lana and Bristow, Keith L. (2021). Evaluation of a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) Technology for soil water conservation in tomato and watermelon production systems. Agricultural Water Management, 243 106446, 106446. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106446

Filipovic, Vilim, Bristow, Keith L., Filipovic, Lana, Wang, Yusong, Sintim, Henry Y., Flury, Markus and Simunek, Jiri (2020). Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane technology for cropping systems: challenges and opportunities. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (8), 4709-4711. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00909

Braunack, Michael, Adhikari, Raju, Freischmidt, George, Johnston, Priscilla, Casey, Philip S., Wang, Yusong, Bristow, Keith L., Filipovic, Lana and Filipovic, Vilim (2020). Initial experimental experience with a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology in cotton. Agronomy, 10 (4), 584. doi: 10.3390/agronomy10040584

Braunack, Michael V., Zaja, Adriana, Tam, Kang, Filipović, Lana, Filipović, Vilim, Wang, Yusong and Bristow, Keith L. (2020). A Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology: Effect of band width and application rate on water conservation and seedling emergence. Agricultural Water Management, 230 105900, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105900

Leij, Feike J., Bradford, Scott A., Wang, Yusong and Sciortino, Antonella (2015). Langmuirian blocking of irreversible colloid retention: Analytical solution, moments, and setback distance. Journal of Environmental Quality, 44 (5), 1473-1482. doi: 10.2134/jeq2015.03.0147

Bradford, Scott A., Wang, Yusong, Torkzaban, Saeed and Simunek, Jiri (2015). Modeling the release of E-coli D21g with transients in water content. Water Resources Research, 51 (5), 3303-3316. doi: 10.1002/2014wr016566

Wang, Yusong, Bradford, Scott A. and Simunek, Jiri (2014). Release of E. coli D21g with transients in water content. Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (16), 9349-9357. doi: 10.1021/es501956k

Wang, Yusong, Bradford, Scott A. and Simunek, Jiri (2014). Estimation and upscaling of dual-permeability model parameters for the transport of E. coli D21g in soils with preferential flow. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 159, 57-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.01.009

Bradford, Scott A., Wang, Yusong, Kim, Hyunjung, Torkzaban, Saeed and Simunek, Jiri (2014). Modeling microorganism transport and survival in the subsurface. Journal of Environmental Quality, 43 (2), 421-440. doi: 10.2134/jeq2013.05.0212

Wang, Yusong, Bradford, Scott A. and Simunek, Jiri (2014). Physicochemical factors influencing the preferential transport of Escherichia coli in soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 13 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.2136/vzj2013.07.0120

Wang, Yusong, Bradford, Scott A. and Simunek, Jiri (2013). Transport and fate of microorganisms in soils with preferential flow under different solution chemistry conditions. Water Resources Research, 49 (5), 2424-2436. doi: 10.1002/wrcr.20174

Conference Papers

Wang, Yusong, Shaygan, Mandana, McIntyre, Neil and Baumgartl, Thomas (2022). The impact of preferential flow on Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone soil hydrology. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-27 May 2022.

Wang, Yusong, Licht, Louis and Just, Craig (2016). Modeling sustainable reuse of nitrogen-laden wastewater by poplar. 11th International Phytotechnologies Conference of the International-Phytotechnology-Society (IPS), Heraklion, Greece, 30 September - 3 October, 2014. New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.1080/15226514.2015.1086307