基本介绍

蔡高潮，中山大学“百人计划”副教授，硕士生导师（生态学，学术硕士；资源利用与植物保护，专业硕士），毕业于德国波恩大学，获工学博士学位。研究领域为土壤与植物水力，研究聚焦于干旱胁迫下植物的水分吸收和土壤与植物的水分关系，先后在田间、植物和根际尺度上，利用原位观测和模型模拟，在“吸水过程预测-干旱胁迫响应-水力调整适应”三个方面展开了较为系统性的研究。其中，在吸水过程预测方面，利用先进的无损观测技术和模拟工具，预测作物在不同条件下的水分吸收过程，为智能灌溉提供科学依据。在干旱胁迫响应方面，研究作物在干旱胁迫下的水分利用策略和生理响应，揭示其应对干旱的生理机制。在水力调整适应方面，探讨作物在长期水力调节中的适应性变化，帮助培育更具抗逆性的作物品种。发表英文学术论文20多篇，主要研究成果发表在PP、PCE、JXB、PJ、HESS、VZJ等植物学、水文水资源和土壤学top期刊上。诚挚欢迎对此研究领域感兴趣的本科生、硕士生、博士和博士后加入课题组（请发送自荐信/简历到caigch3@mail.sysu.edu.cn）。

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研究方向

土壤-植物的水分关系：

  1. 植物水分吸收的多因子互作与协同调控机制

  2. 土壤-植物水力系统多尺度建模与反演应用

  3. 植物水力和表型层面抗逆品种优化和选育

  4. 田间水分运移的智能模拟与精准调控系统

     

课题组长期招聘博士后

条件：

  1. 在土壤水分运动，植物对干旱响应、调整和适应，植物不同性状和根系特征对水分生理的影响等方面有研究基础

  2. 获得博士学位不超过3年，具备较高的学术水平和较强的科研能力的海内外优秀博士和应届博士生。

待遇：

  1. 中山大学博士后按照学校教职员工管理，聘期一般为2~3年。

  2. 提供在同类院校中有竞争力的待遇， 同时提供五险一金/人才周转房/医疗/附属学校子女教育等福利。

  3. 出站博士后可直接申请中山大学教学研究并重系列教师预聘职位；

  4. 若出站博士后选择在深圳签订三年期的劳动合同，将有资格申请深圳市博士后留深生活补助；
    博士后可依托中山大学农生学院申报“逸仙博士后”项目（https://ab.sysu.edu.cn/zh-hans/article/416）。
    注：相关政策的变动将严格遵循广东省、深圳市的相关文件规定。

 

教育经历

2012.09 – 2018.01，德国波恩大学（University of Bonn），德国亥姆赫兹联合会于利希研究中心 (FZJ) ，博士

2009.09 – 2012.06，华中农业大学，资源与环境学院，硕士

2005.09 – 2009.06，湖北工业大学，生物工程学院，学士

 

工作经历

2024.04  - 至今，      中山大学，农业与生物技术学院，副教授

2022.07 - 2024.03，中山大学，农学院，副教授

2018.03 – 2022.05，德国拜罗伊特大学 (University of Bayreuth) ，博士后

2018.03 – 2021.02，德国哥廷根大学 (University of Göttingen) ，博士后

 

科研成果

发表论文 (*通讯作者，#共同作者)

  1. Koch A#, Cai G*, #, Ahmed MA, Meunier F, Carminati A, Vanderborght J, Javaux M* (2025) On the importance of rhizosphere conductance and soil–root contact in drying soils. Annals of Botany, mcaf082, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf082. 
  2. Sha S, Cai G*, Liu S*, Ahmed MA (2024) Roots to the rescue: how plants harness hydraulic redistribution to survive drought across contrasting soil textures. Advanced Biotechnology 2 (43) https://doi.org/10.1007/s44307-024-00050-8.
  3. Cai G, Carminati A, Gleason S, Javaux M, Ahmed MA* (2023) Soil-plant hydraulics explain stomatal efficiency-safety tradeoff. Plant, Cell & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14536
  4. Cai G#, Wankmüller F#, Ahmed MA, Carminati A* (2023) How the interactions between atmospheric and soil drought affect the functionality of plant hydraulics. Plant, Cell & Environment 46: 733-735.
  5. Cai G, König M, Carminati A, Abdalla M, Javaux M, Wankmüller F, Ahmed MA* (2022) Transpiration response to soil drying and vapor pressure deficit is soil texture specific. Plant and Soil 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05818-2 （ESI高被引论文）
  6. Cai G, Ahmed MA, Abdalla M, Carminati A* (2022) Root hydraulic phenotypes impacting water uptake in drying soils. Plant, Cell & Environment 45: 650–663 （ESI高被引论文；ESI热点论文；主编对此文进行了详细介绍）
  7. Cai G, Tötzke C, Kaestner A, Ahmed MA* (2022) Quantification of root water uptake and redistribution using neutron imaging: a review and future directions. The Plant Journal 111: 348–359 
  8. Cai G, Ahmed MA* (2022) The role of root hairs in water uptake: recent advances and future perspectives. Journal of Experimental Botany 73: 3330–3338  
  9. Cai G, Carminati A, Abdalla M, Ahmed MA* (2021) Soil textures rather than root hairs dominate water uptake and soil–plant hydraulics under drought. Plant Physiology 187: 858–872 
  10. Abdalla M*, Carminati A, Cai G*, Javaux M, Ahmed MA (2021) Stomatal closure of tomato under drought is driven by an increase in soil–root hydraulic resistance. Plant, Cell & Environment 44: 425–431
  11. Cai G*, Ahmed MA, Dippold MA, Zarebanadkouki M, Carminati A (2020) Linear relation between leaf xylem water potential and transpiration in pearl millet during soil drying. Plant and Soil 447: 565–578
  12. Cai G*, Ahmed MA, Reth S, Reiche M, Kolb A, Carminati A (2020) Measurement of leaf xylem water potential and transpiration during soil drying using a root pressure chamber system. Acta Horticulturae 1300: 131–138  
  13. Cai G*, Vanderborght J, Langensiepen M, Schnepf A, Hüging H, Vereecken H (2018) Root growth, water uptake, and sap flow of winter wheat in response to different soil water conditions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22: 2449–2470
  14. Cai G*, Vanderborght J, Couvreur V, Mboh CM, Vereecken H (2018) Parameterization of Root Water Uptake Models Considering Dynamic Root Distributions and Water Uptake Compensation. Vadose Zone Journal 17: 1-21 (160125) （ESI高被引论文）

  15. Cai G*, Vanderborght J, Klotzsche A, van der Kruk J, Neumann J, Hermes N, Vereecken H (2016) Construction of Minirhizotron Facilities for Investigating Root Zone Processes. Vadose Zone Journal 15: 1-13 (封面论文，美国农学会和美国土壤学会对此系统进行了报道)

     

    合作论文：

  16. He N, Gao X, Cai G, Zhou S, Jiang P, Yang M, Zhao L, Cai Y, Zhao X (2025) Physio-biochemical regulation of drought resistance in tree species within dryland plantations. Plant Physiology 199 (1), kiaf384
  17. Abdalla M, Carminati, Cai G, Ahmed MA (2024) Mucilage facilitates root water uptake under edaphic stress: first evidence at the plant scale. Annals of Botany, mcae193
  18. Abdalla M, Ahmed MA, Cai G, Zarebanadkauki M, Carminati A (2022) Coupled effects of soil drying and salinity on soil–plant hydraulics. Plant Physiology 190: 1228-1241
  19. Abdalla M, Ahmed MA, Cai G, Wankmüller F, Schwartz N, Litig O, Javaux M, Carminati A (2022) Stomatal closure during water deficit is controlled by below-ground hydraulics. Annals of Botany 129: 161–170 （ESI高被引论文）
  20. Morandage S, Vanderborght J, Zörner M, Cai G, Leitner D, Vereecken H, Schnepf A (2021) Root architecture development in stony soils. Vadose Zone Journal 20: e20133
  21. Carminati A, Ahmed MA, Zarebanadkouki M, Cai G, Lovric G, Javaux M (2020) Stomatal closure prevents the drop in soil water potential around roots. New Phytologist 226: 1541–1543
  22. Hayat F, Ahmed MA, Zarebanadkouki M, Javaux M, Cai G, Carminati A (2020) Transpiration Reduction in Maize (Zea mays L) in Response to Soil Drying. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 1695
  23. Hayat F, Ahmed MA, Zarebanadkouki M, Cai G, Carminati A (2019) Measurements and simulation of leaf xylem water potential and root water uptake in heterogeneous soil water contents. Advances in Water Resources 124: 96–105
  24. Sulis M, Couvreur V, Keune J, Cai G, Trebs I, Junk J, Shrestha P, Simmer C, Kollet SJ, Vereecken H (2019) Incorporating a root water uptake model based on the hydraulic architecture approach in terrestrial systems simulations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 269: 28–45
  25. Klotzsche A, Lärm L, Vanderborght J, Cai G, Morandage S, Zörner M, Vereecken H, van der Kruk J (2019) Monitoring Soil Water Content Using Time-Lapse Horizontal Borehole GPR Data at the Field-Plot Scale. Vadose Zone Journal 18: 190044
  26. Liu S, Hu R, Cai G, Lin S, Zhao J, Li Y (2014a) The role of UV-B radiation and precipitation on straw decomposition and topsoil C turnover. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 77: 197–202
  27. Liu S, Hu R, Zhao J, Brüggemann N, Bol R, Cai G, Lin S, Shaaban M (2014b) Flooding effects on soil phenol oxidase activity and phenol release during rice straw decomposition. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 177: 541–547

 

 

专利申请

蔡高潮，柳淑蓉，周望. 一种植物根系分布和水分运动的观测装置及其工作方法. 专利申请号: 202410955519.9

Cai G, Hu R, Liu S. A system used for treatment of southern rural domestic sewage. 一种南方农村生活污水处理系统的装置及其方法。专利授权号: CN102491520B.

 

 

科研项目

国家自然科学基金面上项目，2024-2027，50万，主持
广东省自然科学基金面上项目，2024-2026，15万，主持
中山大学“百人计划”科研启动项目，2022-2025，60万，主持

 

 

学术会议

2025. Soil-plant hydraulics explain stomatal efficiency-safety tradeoff. The European Geosciences Union conference (EGU), Vienna, Austria.

2024. Root hydraulic phenotypes impacting water uptake. Frontier forum on global change ecology. Beijing, China.

2024. Root hydraulic phenotypes impacting water uptake in drying soils. G. Cai, M. Ahmed, M. Abdalla, A. Carminati. The 4th  International Soil Modeling Consortium (ISMC) Conference, Tianjin, China.

2019. Measurement of leaf xylem water potential and transpiration during soil drying using a root pressure chamber system. G. Cai, M. Ahmed, S. Reth, M. Reiche, A. Kolb, and A. Carminati. International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Helsinki, Finland.

2019. Leaf water potential and transpiration rates of pearl millet during soil drying. G. Cai, M. Ahmed, A. Carminati. The European Geosciences Union conference (EGU), Vienna, Austria.

2016. Parameterization of root water uptake models that consider dynamic root distributions and compensation. G. Cai, J. Vanderborght, V. Couvreur, C. Mboh, M. Javaux, and H. Vereecken. Kirkham Conference, Sede Boqer, Israel.

2015. Comparisons of two root water uptake models based on field observations. G. Cai, J. Vanderborght, V. Couvreur, C. Mboh, M. Javaux, and H. Vereecken. Rhizosphere 4, Maastricht, Netherlands.

2015. Simulations and field observations of root water uptake in plots with different soil water availability. G. Cai, J. Vanderborght, V. Couvreur, M. Javaux, and H. Vereecken. The European Geosciences Union conference (EGU), Vienna, Austria

2014. Effects of soil water availability on water fluxes in winter wheat. G. Cai, J. Vanderborght, M. Langensiepen, and H. Vereecken. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, U.S.A.

2013. The impact of soil water distribution on root growth and root water uptake. G. Cai, J. Vanderborght, and H. Vereecken. TR32-HOBE International Symposium, Bonn, Germany.

 

学术兼职

《Crop and Environment》和《土壤学报》青年编委；

中国土壤学会土壤物理专业委员会委员；
第四届土壤模拟国际会议ISMC分会场召集人；
担任Nature Communications, New Phytologist, Plant, Cell & Environment (PCE),  Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB), Plant Methods, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS), European Journal of Soil Science (EJSS),  Field Crops Research, Plant and Soil, Soil & Tillage Research, Journal of Hydrology, Vadose Zone Journal (VZJ), Agriculture Water Management, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) 植物学、水文学和土壤学等10多个国际期刊审稿人.