李新荣，男，出生于1966年。1990年被国家教委公派至前苏联留学，1995年在莫斯科大学生物系地植物与生态学专业获博士学位。1998年被原中科院兰州沙漠所晋升为研究员、博士生导师。现为中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所创新研究员(二级)、博士生导师、生态与农业研究室主任、生物抗逆生理生态实验室主任、沙坡头沙漠研究试验国家站站长、中国科学院研究生院教授、国家杰出青年基金获得者。

先后在澳大利亚阿德雷得联邦科工组织水土所(1999)、美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学生物多样性研究中心(2001)和德国柏林工业大学生态研究所(2005)进修和高访，多次参加国际会议并做会议邀请报告。任《中国沙漠》副主编、《植物生态学报》编委。

2001年获中国科学技术协会“中国科学技术发展基金沙产业贡献奖”、2003年中国沙产业学会“全国防沙治沙先进科技工作者”、2007年获宁夏回族自治区科技进步一等奖、2008年获中国科学院“首届王宽城西部学者突出贡献奖”、甘肃省自然科学一等奖、国家科技进步二等奖。

1.Li,X.R.,M.Z.He,Stefan Zerbe,X.J.Li,L.C.Liu,2009.Micro-geomorphology dtermines community structure of biological soil crusts at small scales,Earth Surface processes and Landforms,in press.
        2.Li,X.R.,H.J.Tan,M.Z.He,X.P.Wang,X.J.Li,2009.Patterns of shrubs species richness and abundance in relation to environmental factors on the Alxa Plateau:prerequisities for conserving shrub diversity in extreme arid desert regions,Science in China Series D:Earth Sciences,52:669-680.
        3.Li,X.R.,DS.Kong,H.J.Tan,X.P.Wang,2007.Changes in soil and in vegetation following stabilisation of dune in southeastern fringe of the Tengger Desert,China,Plant and Soil,300:221-231.
        4.Li,X.R.,M.Z.He,Z.H.Duan,H.L.Xiao,X.H.Jia.2007.Recovery of topsoil physicochemical properties in revegetated sites in the sand-burial ecosystems of the Tengger Desert,northern China, Geomorphology, 88:254-265.
        5.Li,X.R.,Y.W.Chen,Y.G.Su,H.J.Tan,2006.Effects of biological soil crust on desert insect diversity: evidence from the Tengger Desert of northern China,Arid Land Research and Management,20(4).1-18.
        6.Li,X.R.,H.L.Xiao,M.Z.,He,J.G.Zhang,2006.Sand barriers of Straw checkerboard for habitat restoration in extremely arid desert region of China,Ecological Engineering,28:149-157.
        7.Li,X.R.,X.H.Jia,G.R.Dong,2006.Influence of desertification on vegetation pattern variations in the cold semi-arid grasslands of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,Northwest China,Journal of Arid Environments.64: 505-522.
        8.Li,X.R.,X.H.Jia,et al.,2005.Effects of biological soil crusts on seed bank,germination and establishment of two annual plant species in the Tengger Desert(N China),Plant and Soil,277:375-385.
        9.Li,X.R.2005.Influence of variation of soil spatial heterogeneity on vegetation restoration,Science in China Ser.D Earth Sciences,48:2020-2031.
        10.Li,X.R.,H.L.Xiao et al.,2004.Long-term Ecosystem Effects of Sand-binding Vegetation in Shapotou Region of Tengger Desert,Northern China,Restoration Ecology,12:376-390.
        11.Li,X.R.,Z.S.Zhang,et al.,2004.Association between vegetation pattern and soil properties in the southeastern Tengger desert,China,Arid Land Research and Management.18:369-383.
        12.Li,X.R.,Ma,F.Y.,Xiao,H.L.,et al.,2004.Long-term effects of revegetation on soil water content of sand dunes in arid region of northern China.Journal of Arid Environments.57:1-16.
        13.Li,X.R.,Zhou,H.Y.,et al.,2003.The effects of re-vegetation on cryptogam species diversity in Tengger Desert,Northern China.Plant and Soil,251:237-245.
        14.Li,X.R.,Wang,X.P.,et al.,2002.Microbiotic crust and its effect on vegetation and habitat on artificially stabilized desert dunes in Tengger Desert,North China.Biology and Fertility of Soils,35: 147-154.
        15.Li,X.R.2001.Study on shrub community diversity of Ordos plateau,Inner Mongolia,Northern China. Journal of Arid Environments,47:271-279.

主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家杰出青年科学基金、国家自然科学基金重点项目、国家科技支撑计划课题、国家重大专项水专项子专题和院地合作项目等多项课题。