Basic Information and Current Positions

Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Director of the Joint Laboratory for Green Innovation at Beijing Normal University

Former Tenured Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Former Researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

CAS "Hundred Talents Program" and "Introduction of Overseas Outstanding Talents"

Academic and Social Affiliations

1. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Plant Ecology and Acta Geographica Sinica.

2. Former Director of the Beijing Office of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) and Member of the Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) Committee.

3. Review expert for organizations including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), NASA (USA), and the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Natural Science Foundation (China); Review expert for IPCC reports.

Research Interests

Long-term engagement in frontier interdisciplinary research on climate change, ecosystem carbon cycling, eco-hydrological process simulation, and biodiversity conservation.

Landmark Achievements

1. Academic Output: Published more than 200 papers (over 150 SCI papers) in top domestic and international journals such as Science and Nature sub-journals, and co-authored 5 monographs.

2. Academic Influence: Over 10,000 citations on Google Scholar and nearly 6,000 citations on SCI.

3. Research Projects: Presided over or participated in more than 30 domestic and international research projects, and delivered more than 20 invited keynote reports at international academic conferences.

Science and Technology Awards

1. 2013 First Prize of Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (Co-presided).

2. 2016 Second Prize of Qinghai Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award; 2017 Second Prize of Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award.

3. 2018 First Prize of the National Excellent Engineering Consulting Achievement Award.

4. Multiple consultative proposal reports received written instructions/comments from national leaders (Premier Wen Jiabao).