The Climate Change and Ecosystem Stability Team is one of the first systematic research teams established at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences. The team focuses on the core scientific question of the maintenance mechanisms of Asian tropical forest ecosystem stability and the synergistic enhancement of sustainability under climate change. It is an interdisciplinary team that integrates theoretical innovation with technological breakthroughs, grounded in international frontiers and national needs. By integrating plant physiology, ecophysiology, soil science, microbiology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, paleontology, and cutting-edge geoscience techniques, our team aims to unravel the cross-scale response mechanisms of tropical ecosystems to climate change and to develop smart monitoring technologies and stability-enhancement techniques for plantations and natural forests.
Guided by the team culture of pushing frontiers, disciplinary integration, resource consolidation, and collaborative innovation, the team integrates aboveground and belowground processes across scales and trophic levels, combining comprehensive plot observations with manipulation experiments to systematically resolve the stability maintenance mechanisms of tropical Asian forests under climate change. The team focuses on Southwest China and the Indochina Peninsula. From Shangri-La (in Yunnan) to Malaysia, the team already built platforms include a series of latitudinal and elevational gradient plots, multi-scale monitoring network, large field rainfall exclusion experiment platforms, intelligent greenhouse experimental manipulation platform, and advanced instruments for monitoring organisms ranging from microbes to plant physiology and ecosystem processes.
The team currently consists of 21 members (with doctoral degrees), including 10 full research professors, 8 associate research professors, and 3 assistant research professors. The team is co-led by two PIs (Prof. Yongjiang Zhang and Prof. Zexin Fan) and five key researchers (Prof. Jiaolin Zhang, Prof. Xiaodong Yang, Prof. Luxiang Lin, Prof. Qinghai Song, and Prof. Chenggang Liu).
To strengthen the team and advance scientific research, we are now recruiting postdoctoral researchers globally. Candidates who are passionate about scientific research, interested in relevant research directions of team, and meet the qualifications are warmly welcome to apply. Applications are accepted year-round, and this recruitment notice remains valid long-term with dynamic updates.
I. Eligibility
· Doctoral candidates about to graduate or those who have obtained a doctoral degree within the past three years. Generally under 35 years of age, with excellent academic record and good physical health.
· Good political awareness, ideological quality, and moral standards; law-abiding with no negative records; strong dedication and sense of responsibility; keen interest in scientific research and the ability to conduct independent research.
· Relevant professional background, with at least one SCI paper published, and good English proficiency.
II. Information on Co-Supervisors
All professors in the team recruit postdocs. Associate professors can co-supervise postdocs together with professors. For supervisors' research directions and email addresses, please see the table below. Detailed information is available on the team website: https://xtbg.cas.cn/2022/kywzq/ces
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Co-Supervisor |
Title |
Research Direction |
Email |
|
Yongjiang Zhang |
Professor |
Plant physiology, ecophysiology, global change biology. Focusing on water, carbon, and nutrient processes of plants and ecosystems under climate change; safety and stability of plant water transport systems; use of cutting-edge technologies to enhance plant and ecosystem stress resistance and stability. |
zhangyj@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Zexin Fan |
Professor |
1. Global change ecology; 2. Tree growth and tree ecophysiology; 3. Mechanisms of ecosystem stability |
fanzexin@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Jiaolin Zhang |
Professor |
1. Linkage, evolution, and ecological adaptation of plant functional traits; 2. Integrating phylogeny and functional traits to study species diversity maintenance; 3. Interactions between woody lianas and trees and their impacts on forest regeneration and dynamics; 4. Plant hydraulics; 5. Biological interactions between parasites and hosts |
zjl@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Xiaodong Yang |
Professor |
Forest soil biodiversity, soil food-web structure and ecological functions, and soil community assembly |
yangxd@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Luxiang Lin |
Professor |
Community ecology based on forest dynamic monitoring plots; multi-scale, multi-dimensional, and multi-trophic analysis of biodiversity maintenance mechanisms; relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions and their response mechanisms to environmental changes |
linluxa@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Qinghai Song |
Professor |
Global change; ecosystem carbon, water, and energy exchange; remote sensing and ecosystem modeling, etc. |
sqh@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Chenggang Liu |
Professor |
1. Soil food-web structure and function; 2. Relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality |
liuchenggang@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Wei Huang |
Professor |
Photosynthesis, tree physiology, crop physiology |
huangwei@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Wenjun Zhou |
Professor |
Global change ecology, stable isotope ecology, ecology, soil ecology, etc. |
zhouwj@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Hua Lin |
Professor |
1. Ecological remote sensing; 2. Temperature and water adaptation; 3. Artificial intelligence; 4. Plant phenology; 5. Ecological visualization |
lh@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Shangwen Xia |
Associate Professor |
1. Soil nutrient cycling and soil health; 2. Plant-rhizosphere-microbe-soil interactions; 3. Soil microbial community assembly and stability |
xsw@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Sandhya Mishra |
Associate Professor |
Plant-microbe interaction, soil microbial ecology, microbial functional genes, soil health assessment: 1)Plant-microbe crosstalk: how host plants recruit and modulate rhizosphere communities across environmental gradients and stresses. 2)Microbial functional metagenomics: Employing high-throughput sequencing to track key biogeochemical cycling genes and their response to climate change. 3)Soil health assessment: Developing functional gene-based predictive models that translate metagenomic into quantitative, robust indices for benchmarking soil restoration success. |
sandhya@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Peili Fu |
Associate Professor |
1. Seasonal dynamics of radial growth and xylem biomass accumulation in tropical and subtropical trees and their physiological regulatory mechanisms; 2. Regulatory factors of spring phenology in tropical and subtropical plants; 3. Functional traits and hydraulic architecture of plants in tropical and subtropical Yunnan; 4. Tree-ring isotope research |
fpl@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Yangping Li |
Associate Professor |
Mechanisms of exotic plant invasion; interactions between soil microbes and invasive plants; adaptation and evolution of ecophysiological traits of invasive plants |
liyp@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Yunbing Zhang |
Associate Professor |
Functional traits and ecological adaptations of different functional groups, with special attention to the functional traits, hydraulics, and ecological adaptation of mistletoes |
zhangyb@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Palingamoorthy Gnanamoorthy |
Associate Professor |
Long-term monitoring of carbon, water and energy (albedo) fluxes in different forest ecosystems using eddy covariance system. Assessment of ecosystem recovery and resilience processes after extreme disturbances (drought & snow damage) |
gnanamoorthy@xtbg.ac.cn |
|
Li Wang |
Senior Engineer |
(1) Deep-time evolutionary mechanisms of forest vegetation and community structure in Southwest China and Southeast Asia since the Cenozoic; (2) Morphology and taxonomy of fossil and modern Bambusoideae; (3) Morphological evolution of the genus Metasequoia and its paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental significance; (4) Field surveys, specimen collection, and taxonomic identification of tropical plant diversity in Southwest China and Southeast Asia |
wangli@xtbg.org.cn |
|
Yun Deng |
Associate Professor |
Forest structure and function, long-term ecological research, biodiversity conservation |
dy@xtbg.ac.cn |
III. Benefits and Support
(1) XTBG provides a research funding subsidy of 150,000 - 450,000 RMB for each postdoctoral researcher. The annual salary ranging from 150,000 to 450,000RMB. Postdocs can participate in professional title evaluations. Additional research rewards may be obtained based on work performance.
(2) Support is provided for applying to various research projects, talent programs, and outstanding achievement awards at the national, CAS, and Yunnan provincial levels.
(3) Outstanding postdocs who complete their term will be given priority in competing for permanent positions at XTBG and will enjoy talent recruitment policies.
IV. Application Materials
1. Applicants should first contact a potential co-supervisor, submit the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae (including education and work experience, published research papers and other necessary supporting documents, a copy of passport, contact information, etc.);
(2) Research proposal;
(3) Two recommendation letters from peer experts in the field, one of whom must be the applicant's doctoral supervisor.
2. After the co-supervisor agrees, the specific application procedures and required materials shall be carried out in accordance with the "Service Guide" of the XTBG Postdoctoral Research Station or by consulting the HR Office. (Service Guide link: https://www.xtbg.cas.cn/2022/rcdw/bshldz/fwzn/
V. Contact Information
Contact Department: HR Office
Contact Person: Mr. Liu
Tel: 0691-8713001
Fax: 0691-8715070
Email: liuqing@xtbg.org.cn
Address: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
