Research Focus

My research is currently focused on the ecology of plant invasions at global and regional scales.
I am particularly interested in understanding how the environmental and anthropic factors might drive the naturalization success of ornamental plants introduced in China.

Scientific Career

2020 – present

Associate Professor at School of Ecology and Nature Conservation,
Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

2019 – 2020

Visiting scholar at Department of Biology, Univerisity of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Collaborator: Prof. Mark van Kleunen

2014 – 2019

Lecturer at School of Ecology and Nature Conservation,
Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Education

2009 – 2014

Doctoral degree: Nature Conservation, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation,
Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Supervisor: Prof. Fei-Hai Yu

2005 – 2009

Bachelor of Science: Ecology, Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences,
Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China