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
- Dynamics of Forest-Grassland Ecotone under Global Environmental Changes (Project No. LFSE2013-01; 2013 - ......)
- Physiological mechanisms underlying the dynamics of the upper limit of different life forms under climate change (NSF China Project No. 41371076; 2014 - 2017)
- Carbon-physiological responses of trees to climate change (using Expriments: Querco, Buklim, N-deposition in Alpthal, and irrigation in Pfynwald etc.; 2007 - ......)
- 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)
- Physiological mechanism of alpine treeline formation (NSF China, Project Nos. 30540039, 40771071; 2005 - 2009)
- Effects of simulated defoliation on physiology and growth of Abies alba trees
- Interactive effects of N and water on plant carbon physiology in semi-arid grasslands (using experiments: Xilinhaote experiments, Duolun Water-N exp.)
- 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
Editorial work
People trained (only PostDoc and PhD students listed)
- Cai Xiao-Hu (PostDoc; 2005)
- Qiu Pengfei (PostDoc; 2007)
- Xu Guoliang (PostDoc; 2008, 2010)
- Zhang Jun-Yan (PhD thesis; 2004-2008)
- Pan Hong-Li (PhD thesis; 2006-2009)
- Du Zhong (PhD thesis; 2007-2011)
- Yan Caifeng (PhD thesis; 2009-2012)
- Wang Xue (2012- ...)
- Leonie Schönbeck (2015-...)
- He Peng (2016- ...)
