Prof. Dr. Maihe Li

• 1) Associate editor (2009 - present): Journal of Plant Ecology (Oxford)
• 2) Associate editor (2010 - present): iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry (Italy)
• 3) Editorial board (2011 - present): Ecological Processes (Springer)
• 4) Academic editor (2014 - ......): PLoS ONE (USA)

• Member of The Ecological Society of America (ESA)

• Member of the "Gesellschaft fuer Oekologie" (The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
• Member of The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)

Education 

• 1996 - 1999: Dr. rer. net. techn. (Major: Forest Ecology; Minor: Forest and Mountain Risk Engineering; Supervisors: Prof. Herbert Aulitzky, Prof. Hanno Richter), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• 1994 - 1996: Degree in Forest Ecology (Minor: Forest and Mountain Risk Engineering,  University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• 1993 - 1994: Shanghai  International Studies University, China
• 1990 - 1991: Teacher's vocational studies, Forestry University Nanjing, China 
• 1981 - 1985: Degree in Forestry, Central-South University of Forestry & Technology, China   

Work Experience

• 2003 - present. Research Scientist, Tree physioecology, Forest dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland
• Nov. 2012, Visiting Professor, School of environment, Tsinghua University
• 2009 - present, Joint Research Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2006 - 2009, Guest Professor Lecture, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2004 - 2008, Joint Research Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2005 - 2010, Guest Professor Lecture, College of Forestry, Central-South University of Forestry & Technology, China
• 2001 - 2003: Post-Doc, Forest Ecosystems and Ecological Risks Division, WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (with Dr. Norbert Kräuchi), Switzerland
• 2000 - 2001: Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Botany, University of Basel (with Prof. Christian Körner), Switzerland
• 1999 - 2000: Post-Doc, Austrian Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (with Hofrat Director Friedrich Ruhm), Austria
• 1996 - 1997: 8-month Research Assistant, Horticulture Research Center of Westfalen-Lippe (with Prof. Jürgen Matschke), Germany
• 1985 - 1994: Lecturer, Central-South University of Forestry & Technology, China

Research interests

I am interested in "global change ecology", "treeline ecology", and "disturbance ecology". My current research focuses on the impacts of global change at species level (plant ecophysiology) and community/ecosystem level (vegetation and ecosystem change, aboveground-belowground interactions)

Current research projects

1. Dynamics of Forest-Grassland Ecotone under Global Environmental Changes (Project No. LFSE2013-01; 2013 - ......) 
2. Physiological mechanisms underlying the dynamics of the upper limit of different life forms under climate change (NSF China Project No. 41371076; 2014 - 2017)
3. Carbon-physiological responses of trees to climate change (using Expriments: Querco, Buklim,  N-deposition in Alpthal, and irrigation in Pfynwald etc.; 2007 - ......)
4. Comparing and linking the d¹³C and d¹⁸O in needles and treering for understanding the past physiology in trees (Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation Program SSSTC. Project No. EG44-092011; 2011.1 - 2011.12)
5. Physiological mechanism of alpine treeline formation (NSF China, Project Nos. 30540039, 40771071; 2005 - 2009)
6. Effects of simulated defoliation on physiology and growth of Abies alba trees
7. Interactive effects of N and water on plant carbon physiology in semi-arid grasslands (using experiments: Xilinhaote experiments, Duolun Water-N exp.)
8. Effects of global changes on soil collembola (using experiments: Querco, Buklim,  N-deposition in Alpthal, Swiss FACE, and irrigation in Pfynwald; Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation Program SSSTC. Project No. EG07-092009; 2009.1 - 2009.12)

Membership

• Member of The Ecological Society of America (ESA)

• Member of the "Gesellschaft fuer Oekologie" (The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
• Member of The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)

Editorial work

• 1) Associate editor (2009 - present): Journal of Plant Ecology (Oxford)
• 2) Associate editor (2010 - present): iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry (Italy)
• 3) Editorial board (2011 - present): Ecological Processes (Springer)
• 4) Academic editor (2014 - ......): PLoS ONE (USA)

People trained (only PostDoc and PhD students listed)

1. Cai Xiao-Hu (PostDoc; 2005)
2. Qiu Pengfei (PostDoc; 2007)
3. Xu Guoliang (PostDoc; 2008, 2010)
4. Zhang Jun-Yan (PhD thesis; 2004-2008)
5. Pan Hong-Li (PhD thesis; 2006-2009)
6. Du Zhong (PhD thesis; 2007-2011)
7. Yan Caifeng (PhD thesis; 2009-2012)
8. Wang Xue (2012- ...)
9. Leonie Schönbeck (2015-...)
10.  He Peng (2016- ...)

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Current research projects

1. Dynamics of Forest-Grassland Ecotone under Global Environmental Changes (Project No. LFSE2013-01; 2013 - ......) 
2. Physiological mechanisms underlying the dynamics of the upper limit of different life forms under climate change (NSF China Project No. 41371076; 2014 - 2017)
3. Carbon-physiological responses of trees to climate change (using Expriments: Querco, Buklim,  N-deposition in Alpthal, and irrigation in Pfynwald etc.; 2007 - ......)
4. Comparing and linking the d¹³C and d¹⁸O in needles and treering for understanding the past physiology in trees (Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation Program SSSTC. Project No. EG44-092011; 2011.1 - 2011.12)
5. Physiological mechanism of alpine treeline formation (NSF China, Project Nos. 30540039, 40771071; 2005 - 2009)
6. Effects of simulated defoliation on physiology and growth of Abies alba trees
7. Interactive effects of N and water on plant carbon physiology in semi-arid grasslands (using experiments: Xilinhaote experiments, Duolun Water-N exp.)
8. Effects of global changes on soil collembola (using experiments: Querco, Buklim,  N-deposition in Alpthal, Swiss FACE, and irrigation in Pfynwald; Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation Program SSSTC. Project No. EG07-092009; 2009.1 - 2009.12)

• 1) Cai Xiao-Hu (PostDoc; 2005)
• 2) Qiu Pengfei (PostDoc; 2007)
• 3) Xu Guoliang (PostDoc; 2008, 2010)
• 4) Zhang Jun-Yan (PhD thesis; 2004-2008)
• 5) Pan Hong-Li (PhD thesis; 2006-2009)
• 6) Du Zhong (PhD thesis; 2007-2011)
• 7) Yan Caifeng (PhD thesis; 2009-2012)
• 8) Wang Xue (2012- ...)
• 9) Leonie Schönbeck (2015-...)
• 10) He Peng (2016- ...)