Team

Intro：I am a tenure-track assistant professor in the School of Life Science at Nanjing University. I am an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented conservation biologist, trained in ecology, ornithology, and conservation biology from McGill, Oxford, and Tsinghua Universities. I strive to understand biodiversity patterns and dynamics and how different processes and mechnisms can influence our understanding. Towards this end, I do modelling and empirical research to improve our ability to monitor and estimate biodiversity change. I have also worked on tranforming movement behaviours into long-term populuation persistence based on both wildlife tracking data and experiments in the lab. If you’re a prospective student or postdoc, please also see the opportunities page.

Career: Before Nanjing University, I was a postdoctoral fellow with Andy Gonzalez and Laura Pollock at the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science(QCBS) at the Department of Biology of McGill University. My research there had two major components: theoretical movement ecology (understanding the causes, patterns and mechnisms of organismal movements and their relationship with populaltion dynamics) and connectivity conservation planning (the design of conservation tools to protect connectivity and facilitate movement under global change).

I was a DPhil student under the supervision of Ben Sheldon, Rich Grenyer and Kevin Gaston at the Department of Zoology (now the Department of Biology) of the University of Oxford, where I studied the processes and mechanisms that influence our estimation and understanding of biodiversity, and investigated their implications for biodiversity conservation from multiple scales. In 2018, I graduated from the Department of Earth System Science at Tsinghua University with a MSc degree in Ecology, specialising in species distribution of migratory birds under the supervision of Yali Si.

I am a master student of ZIEL supervised by Dr. Wenyuan Zhang. I am passionate about exploring the impacts of multiple environmental factors on organisms/biological communities. I focus on combining basic research with applied exploration to provide support for policies related to biodiversity and ecological security.

Educational Background

2024 - present: School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, master student in Biology and Pharmaceutical Science

2020 - 2024: School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, B.Sc. in Ecology

Hobbies：Basketball, hiking

I’m a master student supervised by Dr. Wenyuan Zhang. My main research interests are avian ecology and conservation biology.

I like birdwatching, stargazing, collecting, reading, playing Go and travelling.

Education Background:

2025–present, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University

2019–2022, School of Law, Nanjing University

I am a master student in ZIEL, supervised by Dr. Wenyuan Zhang. My research focuses on avian diversity, and I am committed to providing scientific support for biodiversity conservation and ecological practices through theoretical analysis, field data monitoring, and empirical research.

Education Background:

2025 - Present: College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Ecology, Master student

2021-2025: College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Bachelor of Agriculture

Hobbies: Badminton, Travelling

I am a master student in ecology affiliated with ZIEL. My research interests focus on exploring the interactions between human activities (urban sprawl) and natural systems, with a theoretical foundation in wildlife connectivity under anthropogenic disturbances. My work is devoted to enhancing our understanding of nature and promoting its services for human well-being.

Educational Background

2025 - present: School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, master student in Ecology

2021 - 2025: College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, B.Sc.(Ag.) in Urban forestry

Hobbies: hiking, photography, stand-up comedy