Role: Principle Investigator CV
Title: Professor
E-mail: cj@xtbg.org.cn
Introduction: PhD supervisor, Researcher of XTBG, Executive Vice President of Initiative for Collective Conservation in Chinese Botanical Gardens, Chief scientist of Environmental Education Center (XTBG). He was Director of XTBG (2005-2021). Main research directions: the ecology and evolution of plant and animal interactions, environmental/science education and conservation biology. Prof. Chen has published more than 100 papers in international journals such as Cell, Nature Communications, Current Biology, Ecology and Environmental Education Research. He has trained 46 doctoral and postgraduate students so far.
‘Do something new, do something different’, as Prof. Chen said, and he is still on his way to living up to it.
Role: Staff
Title: Professor
E-mail: zhangl@xtbg.org.cn
Introduction: I am working a magic group called mistletoes, and study the ecological adaption of asynchrony phenology of sympatric mistletoes in Xishuangbanna; meanwhile we try to explore the interrelations between the insect herbivores diversity in mistletoes and host plants by comparing the composition and herbivory level of insect herbivores, also to investigate the relationship between mistletoe leaf herbivory and leaf functional traits, by comparison studies of physical and chemical defensive traits of the mistletoe-host plants. Please join us if you are interested in these work, you are mostly welcome.
Role: Staff
Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: wenping@xtbg.ac.cn
Introduction: This is WEN Ping. Ever since my poor studentship, there was always not enough funding to buy everything needed for a project like studying the pheromone of a social insect. I tried my best to work out pheromone projects. I built the electrophysiological instruments, synthesized the chemical standards I need, and built the apparatus for every behavioral experiment.
Role: Staff
Title: Assistant Engineer
E-mail: liuwanlu@xtbg.ac.cn
Introduction: I was born in Chongqing, studied environment and resources of agriculture for my bachelor period in Southwest University. Then I came to XTBG studied environment education during my master period. Nature is a place full of unknowns, mysteries, wonders, dangers and loves. Now I shift my concentration to caterpillars, the most attracting creatures for me in the natural world. I hope my experience in the following years will give some inspirations to both ecology and nature lovers such as me.
Role: Staff
Title: Post-doc
E-mail: aluthwattha@gmail.com
Introduction: Ayubowan! I am from Sri Lanka, graduated from University of Peradeniya and Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.My major research area is ecology, conservation, systematics, evolutionary biology and biogeography of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). General research interests include Entomology, wetland biology & water chemistry, Theoretical ecology, Biodiversity conservation and restoration.
Role: Staff
Title: Post-doc
E-mail: sam.c.finnie@xtbg.ac.cn
Introduction: Introduction: I am an entomologist and tropical ecologist specialising in parasitoid wasps. Originally from Britain, I grew up in Tenerife, Spain, which sparked my fascination with diverse ecosystems in warmer climates. My previous research focuses on how insect communities change across ecological gradients, including latitudinal, vertical stratification, and elevational, in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. I am particularly interested in host-parasitoid interactions, especially between lepidopteran caterpillars and their insect parasitoids. My current work explores how the various defensive traits of caterpillars influence their susceptibility to predators and parasitoids.