ABOUT ME
I earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2018.
I am currently an Assistant Professor at Western Carolina University.
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My research focuses on understanding how climate change and anthropogenic activities will affect the structure and ecological functions of forests and watersheds.
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EDUCATION
2015 - 2018
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Ph.D. in Environmental Science
2008 - 2012
Minzu University of China
B.S. in Environmental Science
2012 - 2015
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
M.S. in Forest Ecology and Management
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Alumni Association Grant SUNY-ESF (2018)
Sussman Foundation Fellowship Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation (2017)
Graduate Student Travel Award ICMGP (2017)
Graduate Student Travel Grant SUNY-ESF (fall 2014 and 2016, spring 2016 and 2017)
C. Eugene Farnsworth Fellowship SUNY-ESF (2015)
Sussman Foundation Fellowship Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation (2013)
Second-class Scholarship Minzu University of China (2012)
Second-class Scholarship Minzu University of China (2010)
First-class Scholarship Minzu University of China (2009)
Undergraduate Research Training Grant Minzu University of China (2009)
2016 - 2017
Syracuse University
Program Certificate of Advanced Study
in Sustainable Enterprise
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Reviewer for Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Plant Nutrient and Soil Science, Biogeochemistry, Ecosystems, PeerJ, International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Sustainability, Forests, Resources, Atmosphere, etc.
Member of Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union,
University of California Postdoc Union