My pronouns are she/her
I am a quantitative ecologist. I integrate empirical data and theory with mathematical and computational models to predict the responses of plant populations to environmental changes, as well as to provide support for decision-making in ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation, invasive species management and optimal control of infectious disease.
I systematically study the key population dynamic processes underling grassland restoration, which provide the in-depth ecological understanding essential for the sustainable management of grasslands. I am a founding member of Tibet Qiangtang Ecological Research Station (4,750 m). I have established several permanent research platforms to conduct long-term ecological researches under climate change in the cold and dry regions in China, including 1) long-term warming and precipitation controlling experimental system on Tibetan Plateau to examine the responses of dominant alpine plant species to climate warming and precipitation changing; 2) long-term study plots to monitor the population dynamics of dominant alpine plants along elevation gradients on Tibetan Plateau; 3) long-term precipitation platforms to study how plants in desertified sandland respond to changes in precipitation; 4）long-term nitrogen addition experiments on Tibetan Plateau and Inner-Mongolia grasslands. These research platforms provide an excellent opportunity for international collaborative projects.
