Education
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, USA, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, 2013
M.S. Acadia University, Canada, Ecology, 2007
B.S. Beijing Normal University, China, Biology, 2003
Professional appointments
Professor, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen China, 2016-ongoing
Applications Scientist (offer declined), LI-COR Biosciences company, Lincoln, NE. 2014.
Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, 2013 –2016
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2009 – 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2007 – 2013
Awards and Fellowships
2020 Outstanding Young Scientists Award, Ecological Society of China
2015 1000 Youth Talents, Central Government of China
Grants and Contracts
2018 – 2021 Natural Science Foundation of China, Award # 31770435; “Towards an improved understanding of the fractionation mechanisms underlying tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope composition”; Principle Investigator, ¥610,000
2017 – 2021 Finance Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, Award # 2017FC62693131; “Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis as a tool for studying plant carbon and water relations”; Principle Investigator, ¥5,000,000
2016 – 2019 1000 Youth Talents Program, Central Government of China, Start-up funding; “Isotope investigations of plant-environment interactions”; Principle Investigator, ¥3,000,000
2018 – 2022 Peacock Program, Science and Technology Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, Award #JCYJ20180305538658; "Improving plant resistance to stress through sensor regulation"; Co-Principle Investigator,¥3,500,000 awarded to Xin Song
2019 – 2022 Basic Research Program, Science and Technology Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, Award # JCYJ20180305123818782; “Tree-ring isotope analysis in mangrove trees, -- a potential tool for climate reconstruction of coastal regions in South China?”; Principle Investigator, ¥500,000
Awards and Grants achieved by postdoc and graduate students
2019 Wen Lin, Postdoc, Natural Science Foundation of China, Early Career Researcher Program, ¥250,000
2018 Yongle Chen, Postdoc, Natural Science Foundation of China, Early Career Researcher Program, ¥250,000
2018 Yongle Chen, Postdoc, Research Foundation of China for Postdoctoral Scientists, ¥500,000
2019 Lingling Zhu, Postdoc, Research Foundation of China for Postdoctoral Scientists, ¥500,000
2020 Hongcheng Li, Graduate Student, Annual conference of coastal ecosystems of China; Best oral presentation award for graduate students
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Stable Isotope Ecology, Shenzhen University undergraduate Course Bio 403, 2020 & 2021 Spring semester
Lecturer, Global Change Ecology, Shenzhen University graduate course bio 202, 2018 & 2019 Fall semester
Lecturer, Frontiers in Life Sciences, Shenzhen University graduate course bio 215, 2016 & 2017 Fall semester
Lecturer, Stable Isotopes in the Biosphere, Australian National University, ‘Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings’, February 2014
Teaching Assistant, Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems (BIO 240), University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2012 & 2011
Laboratory Instructor, Zoology and Evolution (BIO 102), University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007 & 2008
Laboratory Instructor, Organismal Biology (BIO 124): University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2009 & 2010
Laboratory Instructor, Introductory Biology (BIO 101): University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2008
Conference and Scholarly Presentations (listed below are invited presentations in the past five years)
2021 Institute of land and water conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China; Unexpected deuterium fractionations associated with cryogenic extraction of water from plant stems.
2020 Natural Resources Centre, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China; Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionations in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
2019 Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China; Laser-enabled query of plant carbon and water relations.
2019 Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China; Towards an improved understanding of ecophysiological controls of tree-ring oxygen isotope composition.
2019 Department of Geography, Northwestern Normal University, Lanzhou, China; Leaf water oxygen isotope enrichment: mechanisms and applications.
2019 The Sixth Dendro Conference China, XiShuang Banna, China; Towards an improved understanding of ecophysiological controls of tree-ring oxygen isotope composition.
2019 Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems 2019, Xi’an, China; Modelling nonsteady state enrichment in oxygen isotope ratio of leaf water.
2019 Department of Biology, Hongkong University, Hongkong, China; Towards an isotope approach for measuring mesophyll conductance in C4 plants.
2019 Department of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China; From water to cellulose: ecophysiological controls of tree-ring oxygen isotope composition.
2018 Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China; Towards an isotope approach for measuring mesophyll conductance in C4 plants.
2017 The Fourth Conference on Stable Isotope Ecology, Nanjing, China; Laser-based isotope investigations of plant carbon and water relations.
2017 International conference on crop photosynthetic ecophysiology, Wuhan, China; Carbon isotope photosynthetic discrimination and mesophyll conductance
2017 Shan’xi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an China; Ecophysiological mechanisms underpinning tree-ring oxygen isotope ratio
2017 Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Interpreting tree-ring stable oxygen isotope signals in a temperature deciduous tree species
2017 New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists 2017, Norwich, UK; Temperature effect on carbon isotope photosynthetic discrimination and mesophyll conductance in barley genotypes
2017 South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; Interpreting tree-ring stable oxygen isotope signals in a temperature deciduous tree species
2016 Department of Biology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA; Plant carbon and water relations from the lens of stable isotope analysis.
2016 Climate Change Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA; Plant carbon and water relations from the lens of stable isotope analysis.
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - present
Editorial Board, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019 – present
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2019 – present
Committee member, Stable Isotope Ecology Session, Chinese Society of Ecology, 2018 - present
The 2nd conference of Gas Stable Isotope Techniques in Earth System Sciences, Lanzhou, China, 2019; Session Organizer: Stable isotope applications in ecosystem carbon and water cycling
Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems (SIBS) 2019, Xi’an China; Session Chair: Stable isotope effects in plants
The Fourth Conference on Stable Isotope Ecology, Nanjing, China 2018; Session Chair: Stable isotopes in ecosystem water research
Shenzhen University Marine Science and Technology Workshop, 2018, Shenzhen, China; Co-organizer and session chair
Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems (SIBS) 2014, Canberra, Australian National University; Lecturer
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, USA, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, 2013
M.S. Acadia University, Canada, Ecology, 2007
B.S. Beijing Normal University, China, Biology, 2003
Professional appointments
Professor, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen China, 2016-ongoing
Applications Scientist (offer declined), LI-COR Biosciences company, Lincoln, NE. 2014.
Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, 2013 –2016
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2009 – 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2007 – 2013
Awards and Fellowships
2020 Outstanding Young Scientists Award, Ecological Society of China
2015 1000 Youth Talents, Central Government of China
Grants and Contracts
2018 – 2021 Natural Science Foundation of China, Award # 31770435; “Towards an improved understanding of the fractionation mechanisms underlying tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope composition”; Principle Investigator, ¥610,000
2017 – 2021 Finance Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, Award # 2017FC62693131; “Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis as a tool for studying plant carbon and water relations”; Principle Investigator, ¥5,000,000
2016 – 2019 1000 Youth Talents Program, Central Government of China, Start-up funding; “Isotope investigations of plant-environment interactions”; Principle Investigator, ¥3,000,000
2018 – 2022 Peacock Program, Science and Technology Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, Award #JCYJ20180305538658; "Improving plant resistance to stress through sensor regulation"; Co-Principle Investigator,¥3,500,000 awarded to Xin Song
2019 – 2022 Basic Research Program, Science and Technology Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, Award # JCYJ20180305123818782; “Tree-ring isotope analysis in mangrove trees, -- a potential tool for climate reconstruction of coastal regions in South China?”; Principle Investigator, ¥500,000
Awards and Grants achieved by postdoc and graduate students
2019 Wen Lin, Postdoc, Natural Science Foundation of China, Early Career Researcher Program, ¥250,000
2018 Yongle Chen, Postdoc, Natural Science Foundation of China, Early Career Researcher Program, ¥250,000
2018 Yongle Chen, Postdoc, Research Foundation of China for Postdoctoral Scientists, ¥500,000
2019 Lingling Zhu, Postdoc, Research Foundation of China for Postdoctoral Scientists, ¥500,000
2020 Hongcheng Li, Graduate Student, Annual conference of coastal ecosystems of China; Best oral presentation award for graduate students
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Stable Isotope Ecology, Shenzhen University undergraduate Course Bio 403, 2020 & 2021 Spring semester
Lecturer, Global Change Ecology, Shenzhen University graduate course bio 202, 2018 & 2019 Fall semester
Lecturer, Frontiers in Life Sciences, Shenzhen University graduate course bio 215, 2016 & 2017 Fall semester
Lecturer, Stable Isotopes in the Biosphere, Australian National University, ‘Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings’, February 2014
Teaching Assistant, Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems (BIO 240), University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2012 & 2011
Laboratory Instructor, Zoology and Evolution (BIO 102), University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007 & 2008
Laboratory Instructor, Organismal Biology (BIO 124): University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2009 & 2010
Laboratory Instructor, Introductory Biology (BIO 101): University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2008
Conference and Scholarly Presentations (listed below are invited presentations in the past five years)
2021 Institute of land and water conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China; Unexpected deuterium fractionations associated with cryogenic extraction of water from plant stems.
2020 Natural Resources Centre, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China; Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionations in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
2019 Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China; Laser-enabled query of plant carbon and water relations.
2019 Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China; Towards an improved understanding of ecophysiological controls of tree-ring oxygen isotope composition.
2019 Department of Geography, Northwestern Normal University, Lanzhou, China; Leaf water oxygen isotope enrichment: mechanisms and applications.
2019 The Sixth Dendro Conference China, XiShuang Banna, China; Towards an improved understanding of ecophysiological controls of tree-ring oxygen isotope composition.
2019 Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems 2019, Xi’an, China; Modelling nonsteady state enrichment in oxygen isotope ratio of leaf water.
2019 Department of Biology, Hongkong University, Hongkong, China; Towards an isotope approach for measuring mesophyll conductance in C4 plants.
2019 Department of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China; From water to cellulose: ecophysiological controls of tree-ring oxygen isotope composition.
2018 Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China; Towards an isotope approach for measuring mesophyll conductance in C4 plants.
2017 The Fourth Conference on Stable Isotope Ecology, Nanjing, China; Laser-based isotope investigations of plant carbon and water relations.
2017 International conference on crop photosynthetic ecophysiology, Wuhan, China; Carbon isotope photosynthetic discrimination and mesophyll conductance
2017 Shan’xi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an China; Ecophysiological mechanisms underpinning tree-ring oxygen isotope ratio
2017 Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Interpreting tree-ring stable oxygen isotope signals in a temperature deciduous tree species
2017 New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists 2017, Norwich, UK; Temperature effect on carbon isotope photosynthetic discrimination and mesophyll conductance in barley genotypes
2017 South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; Interpreting tree-ring stable oxygen isotope signals in a temperature deciduous tree species
2016 Department of Biology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA; Plant carbon and water relations from the lens of stable isotope analysis.
2016 Climate Change Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA; Plant carbon and water relations from the lens of stable isotope analysis.
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - present
Editorial Board, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019 – present
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2019 – present
Committee member, Stable Isotope Ecology Session, Chinese Society of Ecology, 2018 - present
The 2nd conference of Gas Stable Isotope Techniques in Earth System Sciences, Lanzhou, China, 2019; Session Organizer: Stable isotope applications in ecosystem carbon and water cycling
Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems (SIBS) 2019, Xi’an China; Session Chair: Stable isotope effects in plants
The Fourth Conference on Stable Isotope Ecology, Nanjing, China 2018; Session Chair: Stable isotopes in ecosystem water research
Shenzhen University Marine Science and Technology Workshop, 2018, Shenzhen, China; Co-organizer and session chair
Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems (SIBS) 2014, Canberra, Australian National University; Lecturer