Xi-Min Deng (Ph.D.) Current mailing address：406 9th Street, Unit #4, Davis, CA 95616, USA Phone: 760-618-1171 (H); 619-518-1309 (mobile) E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Major research areas Biology of fruit trees, plant water relations, and micro capillarity Education 1978 - 1982 BS in Agronomy, NW College of Agronomy, China 1983 - 1984 MS in Horticulture, University of Illinois, USA 1984 - 1987 PhD in Plant Physiology, University of California at Davis, USA Professional experience 1984 – 1987 Research assistant at University of California at Davis, USA (N metabolism in walnut trees related with pistillate flower abortion) 1988 - 1989 Post-doctoral researcher at Purdue University, USA (effects of water stress on C assimilation and distribution in cacao seedlings). 1989 – present Associate professor and professor at China Agricultural University, China (water relations of grapevines and cellular change of jujube fruit related to firmness) 1996-1997 Visiting scholar at Sheffield University, UK (growth and yield responses of strawberry to elevated CO2 and N supply) 2011 – 2014 Chinese Professor with the Confucius Institute, San Diego State University, USA (classification of Chinese characters) 2014 – present Visiting scholar at the University of California, Davis Publications Co-Authored Books Li Yaling, Deng Ximin, Xu Hui, et al.. English for Horticulture Specialty. Beijing: China Agriculture Press. 2003. Deng Ximin, Han Zhenhai, Li Shaohua. Biology of Fruit Trees. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 1999. Selected articles in peer-reviewed journals Ximin Deng Pits act as capillaries in the water ascent in xylem vessels of grape leaf petioles. Submitted to the Plant Journal. 邓西民 秉承黎锦熙“据位定部”的思想,尝试创立新的检字法部首. 黎锦熙先生诞辰 120 周年纪念暨学术思想研讨会论文集. 刁晏斌 主编 北京：中华书局 2011. Xuemin Hou, Zihua Wang, Ximin Deng*. Guohui Li. Water relation parameters of the cortex tissue of fresh ‘Fuji’ apple fruit determined by centrifugation. HortScience. 2011. 46:30– 34. Zihua Wang, Jia Xue, Liping Liu, Tianjun Wei, Ximin Deng* Effects of freezing methods and storage temperature on the flesh firmness of jujube fruits. Acta Horticulturae. 2009. 840: 505-511 Chang Le, Yu Jing, Ximin Deng*. Influence of pH values and KCl concentrations on relative flow rate and shoot flowering of Prunus triloba。Acta Horticulturae Sinica. 2007. 33(1):： 235-237 Zhang Qing, Ximin Deng*. Measurement of the transpiration rate of developing pear fruit. Acta Horticulturae Sinica. 2006. 32（2）： 360-362 Zuolian Shen, Ximin Deng*, Zhang Wen, Liu Dong. Effects of flower thinning on the mesocarp cell division and expansion of ‘Okubo’ peach fruit. Acta Horticulturae Sinica.. 2005. 31（1）： 84-86 Ning Xia, Baoguo Li, Ximin Deng, Yan Guo. Modeling the branching patterns of peach tree branches after being pruned. Acta Botanica Sinica. 2004, 46:793-802 P Leng, H Itamura, H Yamamura，Ximin Deng*. Anthocyanin accumulation in apple and peach shoots during cold acclimation. Scientia Horticulturea. 2000. 83: 43-50 Ximin Deng，J Wang, W Zhu, et al. Effects of frost action on the soil physical properties of plow pan. Chinese Science Bulletin 1999. 44(5): 445-448 Ximin Deng，FI Woodward. The growth and yield responses of strawberry to elevated CO2 and N supply. Ann. Bot. 1998，81: 67-71 Ximin Deng, SA Weinbaum, TM DeJong. Pistillate flower abortion in 'Serr' walnut associated with reduced carbohydrate and nitrogen concentration in wood and xylem sap. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 1991，116: 291-296. Ximin Deng, RJ Joly, DT Hahn. The influence of plant water deficit on photosynthesis and translocation of 14C-labelled assimilates in cacao seedlings. Physiol. Plant. 1990. 78: 623-627. Ximin Deng, RJ Joly, DT Hahn. The influence of plant water deficit on distribution of 14C-labelled assimilates in cacao seedlings. Ann. Bot. 1990. 66:211-217. Patents 1. A method for in situ monitoring the xylem water pressure of land plants. 2. A method for holding liquid on the internal topside of an open container by surface tension. Patent application No. 201410280369.2 (Chinese) 3. Using low temperature liquid to freeze fresh fruit. Patents No. 200810056119.5 & 200810056848.0 (Chinese) 4. An automatic control device maintaining high humidity under 0℃. Patent No. 00129684. 1 5. A method producing offseason cutting flowers of Prunus persica, Syzygium aromaticum, and Prunus triloba. Patent No. 99102803.1 6. A method storing fresh jujube fruit under ice temperature. Patent No. 00129686.8 7. A method freezing storage of fresh jujube fruit. Patent No. 98102227.8 Essays and poem written in Chinese Happiness in one’s heart (美，在心里) Some thoughts on learning (学习杂谈) Letters (信) Love with jujube fruit (枣缘) All for you (为了您) In memory of my Daddy (怀念) Scenery of waters and mountains (山水 诗) Travel poem on Mount Yuntai （云台山游记 古体诗） Honors 2004 Distinguished Teacher, China Agricultural University 2008 Outstanding Teacher, Bao Steel Education Foundation 2009 Outstanding Teacher, Beijing Metropolis Government 2010 Excellent Teacher, China Agricultural University 2013 Excellent Teacher, Confucius Institute, San Diego State University 2014 Certificate of Appreciation, San Diego State University – Imperial Valley Campus .