Sajjad Raza

Contact

• workRoom A02 Hounsfield Facility
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• Sajjad.Raza@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am working as a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Nottingham. I have previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, USA (2022-2023), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China (2021-2022), and Northwest A&F University, China (2019-2021). I received my PhD degree in soil science from Northwest A&F University, China (2014-2018). I have got my Bachelors and Masters degrees in soil science from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan (2006-2012). My research is focused on the biogeochemistry of nitrogen and carbon in agroecosystems.

Expertise Summary

As a soil scientist, my research focuses on the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen within cropland systems. With a primary focus on advancing mechanistic understanding, I investigate greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen-induced soil acidification, and inorganic carbon losses from soils. Extending my research scope, I am currently exploring the impacts of various cultivation practices on soil structure and root architecture, employing cutting-edge X-ray computed tomography imaging techniques at the University of Nottingham.

My expertise encompasses the design and execution of experiments, a diverse range of soil and plant analyses, proficient data management and analysis, and manuscript crafting. I excel in effectively communicating research findings through various channels and possess a knack for creating visually engaging figures and diagrams to elucidate complex soil mechanisms with clarity.

With a proven track record of publishing in reputable journals and widespread citation of my work, I am dedicated to advancing our understanding of soil science and contributing to sustainable agricultural practices.

Selected Publications

• RAZA, SAJJAD, SOMMER, ROLF and MARGENOT, ANDREW J., 2024. Do soil enzyme activities explain stimulated carbon mineralization following liming? SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 194,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, IRSHAD, ANNIE, MARGENOT, ANDREW, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, LI, NAN, ULLAH, SAMI, MEHMOOD, KHALID, KHAN, MUHAMMAD AJMAL, SIDDIQUE, NADEEM, ZHOU, JIANBIN, MOONEY, SACHA J., KURGANOVA, IRINA, ZHAO, XIAONING and KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, 2024. Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis GEODERMA. 443,
• RAZA, SAJJAD and FARMAHA, BHUPINDER SINGH, 2022. Contrasting corn yield responses to nitrogen fertilization in southeast coastal plain soils FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 10,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, ULLAH, SAMI, KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, VIRTO, INIGO and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2021. Inorganic carbon losses by soil acidification jeopardize global efforts on carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 315,

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• AHMED, MUNEER, RAZA, SAJJAD, ELRYS, AHMED SALAH, LEI, MING, CHEN, ZHUJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2024. Urease Inhibitor N-(n-butyl) Thiophosphoric Triamide (NBPT) Application as a Mitigating Strategy of Ammonia Volatilization from Different Loess Soils of China JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION.
• RAZA, SAJJAD, SOMMER, ROLF and MARGENOT, ANDREW J., 2024. Do soil enzyme activities explain stimulated carbon mineralization following liming? SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 194,
• ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, TAGHIZADEH-MEHRJARDI, RUHOLLAH, TAO, JINGJING, FAN, LICHAO, RAZA, SAJJAD, GUGGENBERGER, GEORG and KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, 2024. Acidification of European croplands by nitrogen fertilization: Consequences for carbonate losses, and soil health SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 924,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, IRSHAD, ANNIE, MARGENOT, ANDREW, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, LI, NAN, ULLAH, SAMI, MEHMOOD, KHALID, KHAN, MUHAMMAD AJMAL, SIDDIQUE, NADEEM, ZHOU, JIANBIN, MOONEY, SACHA J., KURGANOVA, IRINA, ZHAO, XIAONING and KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, 2024. Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis GEODERMA. 443,
• ZHANG, SHENG, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, RAZA, SAJJAD, RAHEB, ALIREZA, FENG, YING and ZHAO, XIAONING, 2024. A balance among irrigation and fertilization regimes to reduce greenhouse gases emissions from saline and alkaline soils LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT. 35(1), 168-182
• JIA, SHENGNAN, YUAN, DING, LI, WENWEN, HE, WEI, RAZA, SAJJAD, KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM and ZHAO, XIAONING, 2022. Soil Chemical Properties Depending on Fertilization and Management in China: A Meta-Analysis AGRONOMY-BASEL. 12(10),
• RAZA, SAJJAD and FARMAHA, BHUPINDER SINGH, 2022. Contrasting corn yield responses to nitrogen fertilization in southeast coastal plain soils FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 10,
• LU, YONGLI, ZHOU, JIANBIN, SUN, LIKUN, GAO, JINGBO and RAZA, SAJJAD, 2022. Long-term land-use change from cropland to kiwifruit orchard increases nitrogen load to the environment: A substance flow analysis AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 335,
• AZEEM, MUHAMMAD, RAZA, SAJJAD, LI, GANG, SMITH, PETE and ZHU, YONG-GUAN, 2022. Soil inorganic carbon sequestration through alkalinity regeneration using biologically induced weathering of rock powder and biochar SOIL ECOLOGY LETTERS. 4(4), 293-306
• LI, WENWEN, JIA, SHENGNAN, HE, WEI, RAZA, SAJJAD, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM and ZHAO, XIAONING, 2022. Analysis of the consequences of land-use changes and soil types on organic carbon storage in the Tarim River Basin from 2000 to 2020 AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 327,
• YANG, ZHIHONG, HU, YI, ZHANG, SHENG, RAZA, SAJJAD, WEI, XIAORONG and ZHAO, XIAONING, 2022. The Thresholds and Management of Irrigation and Fertilization Earning Yields and Water Use Efficiency in Maize, Wheat, and Rice in China: A Meta-Analysis (1990-2020) AGRONOMY-BASEL. 12(3),
• TAO, JINGJING, RAZA, SAJJAD, ZHAO, MENGZHEN, CUI, JIAOJIAO, WANG, PEIZHOU, SUI, YUEYU, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, XU, MINGGANG, CHEN, ZHUJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2022. Vulnerability and driving factors of soil inorganic carbon stocks in Chinese croplands SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 825,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, JIANG, YUN, ELRYS, AHMED SALAH, TAO, JINGJING, LIU, ZHANJUN, LI, ZHI, CHEN, ZHUJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2022. Dicyandiamide efficacy of inhibiting nitrification and carbon dioxide emission from calcareous soil depends on temperature and moisture contents ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE. 68(10), 1413-1429
• RAZA, SAJJAD, ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, ULLAH, SAMI, KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, VIRTO, INIGO and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2021. Inorganic carbon losses by soil acidification jeopardize global efforts on carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 315,
• WANG SHICHAO, LU CHANGAI, HUAI SHENGCHANG, YAN ZHIHAO, WANG JINYU, SUN JIYING and RAZA, SAJJAD, 2021. Straw burial depth and manure application affect the straw-C and N sequestration: Evidence from ¹³C & ¹⁵N-tracing SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 208,
• KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, KUZYAKOVA, IRINA, RAZA, SAJJAD, ZHOU, JIANBIN and ZAMANIAN, KAZEM, 2021. Letter-to-the-Editor: Does acidification really increase soil carbon in croplands? How statistical analyses of large datasets might mislead the conclusions GEODERMA. 384,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, KUZYAKOV, YAKOV and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2021. Facts to acidification-induced carbonate losses from Chinese croplands GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 27(5), e7-e10
• ELRYS, AHMED S., RAZA, SAJJAD, ELNAHAL, AHMED S. M., NA, MIAO, AHMED, MUNEER, ZHOU, JIANBIN and CHEN, ZHUJUN, 2020. Do soil property variations affect dicyandiamide efficiency in inhibiting nitrification and carbon dioxide emissions? ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY. 202,
• ELRYS, AHMED S., METWALLY, MOHAMED S., RAZA, SAJJAD, ALNAIMY, MANAL A., SHAHEEN, SABRY M., CHEN, ZHUJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2020. How much nitrogen does Africa need to feed itself by 2050? JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 268,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, MIAO, NA, WANG, PEIZHOU, JU, XIAOTANG, CHEN, ZHUJUN, ZHOU, JIANBIN and KUZYAKOV, YAKOV, 2020. Dramatic loss of inorganic carbon by nitrogen-induced soil acidification in Chinese croplands GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 26(6), 3738-3751
• AFZAL, MUHAMMAD RAHIL, ZHANG, MAOXING, JIN, HEYU, WANG, GENMEI, MANG, MINGCHAO, DING, MING, RAZA, SAJJAD, HU, JUN, ZENG, HOUQING, GAO, XIANG, SUBBARAO, GUNTUR VENKATA and ZHU, YIYONG, 2020. Post-translational regulation of plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase is involved in the release of biological nitrification inhibitors from sorghum roots PLANT AND SOIL. 450(1-2, SI), 357-372
• AHMED, ELRYS S., DESOKY, EL-SAYED M., EL-MAATI, MOHAMED F. ABO, ELNAHAL, AHMED S., ABDO, AHMED I., RAZA, SAJJAD and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2019. Can secondary metabolites extracted from Moringa seeds suppress ammonia oxidizers to increase nitrogen use efficiency and reduce nitrate contamination in potato tubers? ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY. 185,
• ELRYS, AHMED S., ABDEL-FATTAH, MOHAMED K., RAZA, SAJJAD, CHEN, ZHUJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2019. Spatial trends in the nitrogen budget of the African agro-food system over the past five decades ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS. 14(12),
• BEGUM, NAHEEDA, QIN, CHENG, AHANGER, MUHAMMAD ABASS, RAZA, SAJJAD, KHAN, MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ, ASHRAF, MUHAMMAD, AHMED, NADEEM and ZHANG, LIXIN, 2019. Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Plant Growth Regulation: Implications in Abiotic Stress Tolerance FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 10,
• ELRYS, AHMED S., RAZA, SAJJAD, ABDO, AHMED I., LIU, ZHANJUN, CHEN, ZHUJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2019. Budgeting nitrogen flows and the food nitrogen footprint of Egypt during the past half century: Challenges and opportunities ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 130,
• RAZA, SAJJAD, CHEN, ZHUJUN, AHMED, MUNEER, AFZAL, MUHAMMAD RAHIL, AZIZ, TARIQ and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2019. Dicyandiamide application improved nitrogen use efficiency and decreased nitrogen losses in wheat-maize crop rotation in Loess Plateau ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE. 65(4), 450-464
• ASHRAF, MUHAMMAD NADEEM, AZIZ, TARIQ, MAQSOOD, MUHAMMAD AAMER, BILAL, HAFIZ MUHAMMAD, RAZA, SAJJAD, ZIA, MUNIR, MUSTAFA, ADNAN, XU, MINGGANG and WANG, YAOSHENG, 2019. Evaluating Organic Materials Coating on Urea as Potential Nitrification Inhibitors for Enhanced Nitrogen Recovery and Growth of Maize (Zea mays) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY. 22(5), 1102-1108
• RAZA, SAJJAD, LI, XUESONG, MIAO, NA, DAHYO, MUNEER AHMED, LIU, ZHANJUN and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2019. Dicyandiamide increased ammonia volatilisation and decreased carbon dioxide emission from calcareous soil during wheat-maize rotation on the Loess Plateau SOIL RESEARCH. 57(7), 767-778
• LI, HUIXIA, CHEN, ZHUJUN, ZHOU, TING, LIU, YAN, RAZA, SAJJAD and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2018. Effects of High Potassium and Low Temperature on the Growth and Magnesium Nutrition of Different Tomato Cultivars HORTSCIENCE. 53(5), 710-714
• AHMED, MUNEER, YU, WEIJIA, LEI, MING, RAZA, SAJJAD and ZHOU, JIANBIN, 2018. Mitigation of ammonia volatilization with application of urease and nitrification inhibitors from summer maize at the Loess Plateau PLANT SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT. 64(4), 164-172
• XU, XUEXUAN, KALHORO, SHAHMIR ALI, CHEN, WENYUAN and RAZA, SAJJAD, 2017. The evaluation/application of Hydrus-2D model for simulating macro-pores flow in loess soil INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH. 5(3), 196-201
• KALHORO, SHAHMIR ALI, XU, XUEXUAN, CHEN, WENYUAN, HUA, RUI, RAZA, SAJJAD and DING, KANG, 2017. Effects of Different Land-Use Systems on Soil Aggregates: A Case Study of the Loess Plateau (Northern China) SUSTAINABILITY. 9(8),
• YANG, XIANLONG, LU, YONGLI, DING, YAN, YIN, XIAOFANG, RAZA, SAJJAD and TONG, YAN'AN, 2017. Optimising nitrogen fertilisation: A key to improving nitrogen-use efficiency and minimising nitrate leaching losses in an intensive wheat/maize rotation (2008-2014) FIELD CROPS RESEARCH. 206, 1-10