教育背景：
1. 2012年9月—2015年7月，中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，生态学专业，理学博士
2. 2009年9月—2012年7月，东北师范大学城市与环境科学学院，湿地科学专业，理学硕士（与中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所联合培养）
3. 2005年9月—2009年7月，东北师范大学城市与环境科学学院，地理科学专业，理学学士

学术成果：
1. Guangyuan Xu, Jiye Cai, Yuting Wang, Yang Wang, Junxiao Pan, Zucheng Wang, Hongkai Li, Yanmin Dong, Shasha Liu, Ziping Liu, Zhiwei Xu*, Shengzhong Wang*. Carbon availability and redox potential regulate carbon mineralization in peat soils under contrasting moisture regimes. Applied Soil Ecology, 2026, 221, 106932.
2. Jiahong Sun, Zicheng Yu, Yanmin Dong, Shengzhong Wang, Junxiao Pan, Shasha Liu, Ziping Liu, Hongkai Li*, Zhiwei Xu*. Microbial enzyme activities drive CO2 and CH4 emissions during freeze-thaw cycles in peatlands. European Journal of Soil Science, 2025.
3. Xiaohan Li, Yang Wang, Jiye Cai, Guangyuan Xu, Hongkai Li, Yanmin Dong, Shasha Liu, Ziping Liu, Shengzhong Wang, Zhiwei Xu*. Microbial mechanism of soil organic carbon content under waterlogging and water table fluctuation in drained peat soils. European Journal of Soil Biology, 2025, 127, 103773.
4. Zhiwei Xu, Yuting Wang, Hongkai Li, Yanmin Dong, Zucheng Wang, Ziping Liu, Shasha Liu, Dejing Sun, Hongyan Zhao*, Shengzhong Wang*. Soil moisture and bacterial carbon limitation regulate the soil organic carbon in mountain peatlands. Catena, 2024, 234, 107610.
5. Zhiwei Xu, Yuting Wang, Dejing Sun, Hongkai Li, Yanmin Dong, Zucheng Wang*, Shengzhong Wang. Soil nutrients and nutrient ratios influence the ratios of soil microbial biomass and metabolic nutrient limitations in mountain peatlands. Catena, 2022, 218, 106528.
6. Zhiwei Xu; Guirui Yu*; Xinyu Zhang*; Nianpeng He; Qiufeng Wang; Shengzhong Wang; Ruili Wang; Ning Zhao; Yanlong Jia; Chunyan Wang. Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry in forest ecosystems along the North-South Transect in eastern China (NSTEC). Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 104: 152–163.