Dr. Ningkang Sun | Universität Tübingen

Research interests:

Plant–AMF–bacteria holobiont advantage and underlying mechanisms
Metabolic responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi to drought stress
Soil phosphorus turnover and bacterial carbon investment in enzyme production and growth

Office
GUZ, 5R10
+49 7071 29-74709
ningkang.sunspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Research project

TERRA Idea Factory: Oxidative Aqueous Supply In Soil Fungi — Carbon Investment for Ecosystem Functioning (OASIS)

CV

2026-

Postdoctoral Researcher

at GBI group of the University of Tuebingen

2024-2026

Visiting PhD student

at GBI group of the University of Tuebingen

2020-2026

PhD student

at China Agricultural University, China

2016-2020

Bachelor degree

at China Agricultural University, China

Selected publications

Sun, N., Wang, L., Feng, G., 2025. Host-dependent roles of hyphosphere keystone Massilia in organic phosphorus mineralization and AM fungal growth. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf339