
Current People
| Name | Position | Research Interests | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jianyang Xia | Principle Investigator | jyxia@des.ecnu.edu.cn | Ecosystem Ecology; Ecosystem Modeling |
| Yang Qiao | Lab manager | yqiao@des.ecnu.edu.cn | Ecological stoichiometry; Carbon use efficiency |
| Liming Yan | Associate Professor | lmyan@des.ecnu.edu.cn | Wetland ecology; soil carbon turnover |
| Erqian Cui | Associate Professor | eqcui@des.ecnu.edu.cn | Plant functional traits; Trait-based ecosystem modeling |
| Songbo Tang | Postdoctoral Researcher | tangsongbo@scbg.ac.cn | Water and nutrient use efficiency |
| Cuihai You | Postdoctoral Researcher | jzhou@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Ecosystem fluxes in extreme climatic events |
| Ying Du | Postdoctoral Researcher | yingdu@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Plant ecophysiology; Non-structural Carbohydrates |
| Jiaye Ping | PhD candidate | jyping@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Causality analyses and models in ecosystem ecology |
| Chengyu Bian | PhD candidate | cybian@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Forest canopy structure and ecosystem carbon cycle |
| Huanfa Sun | PhD candidate (joint supervision) | hfsun@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Forest canopy and understory; extreme drought |
| Ruiling Lu | PhD candidate | rllu@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Tree mortality; Forest water-carbon interactions |
| Xingli Xia | PhD candidate | xiaxinglichn@outlook.com | Leaf lifespan and ecosystem functions |
| Wansu Li | PhD candidate | wsli@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Wetland carbon cycle; soil respiration |
| Xueke Wang | PhD candidate | xkwang@des.ecnu.edu.cn | Wetland ecosystem stability & Climate change |
| Fangxiu Wan | PhD candidate | fxwan@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | TECO-CNP model development and uncertainty analysis |
| Zhengyu Wang | Master Student | zywang@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Litter decomposition in coastal wetland |
| Jiali Xu | Master Student | jlxu@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Wetland vegetation change & carbon fluxes |
| Zhiqin Tu | Master Student | zhqtu@stu.ecnu.edu.c | Vegetation dynamics and ecosystem carbon cycle |
| Liuting Chen | Master Student | liutingchen@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Machine learning for spinning up models |
| Fanyu Xia | Master Student | fyxia@stu.ecnu.edu.cn | Soil microbe community & climate change |
| Huizhu Li | Master Student | lhz1256015215@163.com | Wetland soil carbon stabilization and storage |
| Yihang Fan | Master Student | fanyihang@njfu.edu.cn | Plant root functional traits |
Former Lab Members
| Name | Time - Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Ning Wei | (2018-2023) PhD student | Post-doc fellow at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) |
| Jing Wang | (2015-2023) PhD student & PostDoc | Associate Professor at Northeast Forestry University (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China) |
| Ming Jiang | (2016-2023) PhD student | Lotus Health Group Company (Shanghai, China) |
| Yiping Wu | (2021-2022) Undergraduate | PhD student at Perking University |
| Xinyi Liu | (2019-2020) Undergraduate | PhD student at Tsinghua University |
| Shuying Qiu | (2019-2022) Master studennt | PhD student at Northeast Forestry University |
| Xuanze Zhang | (2018-2019) Associate Research Professor | Associate Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) |
| Kun Huang | (2016-2019) Postdoctoral Researcher | Research Professor at ECNU (Shanghai, China) |
| Qiang Gao | (2016-2018) Postdoctoral Researcher | Researcher at Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Shanghai, China) |
| Jian Zhou | (2017-2021) PhD student | Post-doc fellow at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) |
| Baoyu Sun | (2017-2022) PhD student | Post-doc fellow at Fudan University (Shanghai, China); Selected for National Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program in 2022. |
| Chen Zhu | (2016-2021) PhD student | Researcher at Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources (Sichuan Province, China) |
| Xiaoni Xu | (2016-2021) PhD student | Post-doc fellow at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) |
| Zhao Li | (2015-2021) PhD student | Associate professor at China Agricultural University (Beijing, China) |
| Wanying Cheng | (2017-2020) Master student | PhD student in the School of Geographic Sciences, ECNU (Shanghai, China) |
| Shimin He | (2015-2017) Undergraduate student | Master student at Waseda University (Japan) |
| Shaoze Xiao | (2015-2018) Undergraduate student | Master student at Tongji University (Shanghai, China) |
| Xingyue Qi | (2016; 2020) Undergraduate student | Master student at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) |
| Cuihai You | (2021) Visiting PhD student | Institute of Botany, CAS (Beijing, China) |
| Lingjie Lei | (2016-2019) Visiting PhD student (Henan University) | Post-doc fellow at Peking University (Beijing, China) |
| Qianyu Li | (2015-2017) Visiting PhD student (Tsinghua University) | Post-doc fellow in Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY, USA) |
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