Plant demography · Forest dynamics · Global change ecology
How do forests persist, recover, and shift?
I study how tree populations respond to environmental change, and how demographic processes scale up to biodiversity, restoration, and species range limits.
My research links long-term forest data, demographic models, species distribution thinking, and life-history theory to understand forest futures under global change.
Open to opportunities
Starting January 1, 2027, I am seeking faculty or postdoctoral opportunities related to forest ecology, plant demography, global change biology, forest carbon, or biodiversity science. Please feel free to contact me if there may be a relevant position or collaboration.
Selected Current Projects
Climate sensitivity
Trait-structured tree growth and longevity responses to climate
Using millions of multi-census tree records across North American forests, this project estimates how growth and life expectancy vary across temperature, precipitation, and atmospheric aridity gradients. It tests whether life-history baselines, functional traits, thermal niche breadth, and phylogeny predict demographic vulnerability to climate.
Func-Fungi-Demo
Fungal context and trait-based tree demography
This project tests how fungal association modifies the links between functional traits, tree growth, and longevity. Using species-level demographic, trait, phylogenetic, and fungal data, it asks whether similar trait strategies lead to different life-history outcomes under contrasting symbiotic nutrient economies.
Research logic
Demographic mechanisms across climate and symbiosis
The common thread is demographic mechanism: measuring how tree growth and longevity vary across environmental gradients, and asking how traits, climate exposure, and fungal associations shape life-history strategies under global change.
Recent News
- 2026-07 I will attend the 2026 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, USA.
- 2026-03 Our paper on transient dynamics during tree recovery after logging was accepted by Journal of Plant Ecology.
- 2025-08 I was selected to join the Junior Editorial Board of Journal of Plant Ecology and Forestry Research.