Liu Lab @IOZ.CAS
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Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020–)
Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015–2020)
Visiting Scholar, Losos Lab, Museum of Comparative Zoology/Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2016)
Assistant Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011– 2014)
PhD in Ecology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
MS in Ecology, South China Normal University, China (2007)
BS in Biological Science, Sichuan Normal University, China (2004)
Professional Activities
Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Associate Editor, Journal of Animal Ecology
Associate Editor, Diversity and Distributions
Editorial Board Member in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology section, Scientific Reports
Editorial Board Member, Asian herpetological research
Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Zoology
Guest Editor: Ecological Applications ("Management of Biological Invasions in China" Special Feature)
Deputy secretary-general of China Zoological Society of Biogeography
Council member of China Zoological Society of Herpetology
Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of International Society of Zoological Science Working Group on Invasive species
Member of International Biogeography Society (IBS)
Member of Ecological Society of China
Member of China Zoological Society
Member of British Ecological Society (BES)
Member of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)
Awards
Outstanding member of YIPA, CAS (2019)
Science and YIPA Review for the Science WeChat Official Account (2019)
Young Scientist Award, China Zoological Society (2017)
Top ten best scientific papers of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) (2014)
Outstanding young animal ecology scientist of China (2013)
The First-Grade for Di Ao Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
Outstanding Graduate Award in research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
Merit Graduate Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010)
Outstanding Presentation Honor, South China Normal University (2005)
The Second-Grade Presentation Honor, South China Normal University (2004)
The Second-Grade Teaching Skills Honor, Sichuan Normal University (2004)
Excellent Undergraduate Leader Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2004)
Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2002)
The Third-Prize Undergraduate Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2002)
The Third-Prize Undergraduate Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2001)
Research Grants
Rapid response of population and life history traits of invasive alien amphibian to habitat fragmentation (2022-2025, PI), Grant from National Natural Science foundation of China
National Youth Talent Support Program, (2021-2023, PI)
Talent Support Program of Youth Innovation Promotion Association from Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020-2022, PI)
National Comprehensive Scientific Survey for Amphibians and Reptiles of Xinjiang, China (2020-2022, PI), Grant from National Science and Technology Foundation
Impact mechanisms of multiple co-occuring invaders on native anuran species (2019-2022, PI), Grant from National Natural Science foundation of China
Biodiversity monitoring program - amphibians at Tianjin Wetland Areas (2018-2027, PI), Grant from National Ministry of Environmental Protection
Mechanism for the influence of propagule pressure and landscape heterogeneity on natural spread of alien invasive species (2016-2019, PI), Grant from National Natural Science foundation of China
Youth Innovation Promotion Association Grant from Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015-2018, PI)
The impact of the invasive American bullfrog to the biotic homogenization of native amphibian community structure and function in Yunnan Province (2013-2015, PI), Grant from National Natural Science foundation of China
Study on the infection of an emerging chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians in Beijing area (2013-2015, PI), Grant from Beijing Natural Science Foundation
Presentations
2021
Sun Yat-sen University (invited speaker), Alien Species Invasions and Biodiversity Loss
Nanjing University (invited speaker), Prevent Biological Invasions and Protect Biodiversity
2020
Beijing Normal University (invited speaker), Invasion Ecology of Alien Terrestrial Vertebrates
WCH9, University of Otago, New Zealand, (oral presentation), Climate extremes, variability and trade shape assemblage of alien amphibians and reptiles in the Anthropocene
2019
Forum on biosystematics, (invited speaker), Exploring species distributions from biological invasions
China West Normal University, (invited speaker) Linking field work and macroecological models to predict and prevent alien species invasions
Haikou, China, (invited speaker) Invasion Zoogeography of Alien Herpetofauna
2018
Minzu University of China & Ecological Society of Beijing (invited speaker)
Invasion Ecology and Alien Amphibians and Reptiles
Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Invasion process of Alien Herpetofauna
17th Ecological Conference of China
Invasion process of alien herpetofaunal species: Establishment, Spread and Impact
2017
Beijing Forestry University (invited speaker)
Establishment, spread and impact of alien reptiles and amphibians
Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
Density-dependent antagonistic effect of two global invaders on native anurans
Hangzhou, 3rd International Congress on Biological Invasions
Invasion process of alien reptiles and amphibians
University of Southampton (invited speaker)
Linking field work to macroecological models to predict and prevent aquatic species invasions
2015
Inner Mongolia Normal University, Shanxi Normal University (invited speaker)
Realized upper thermal niches are conserved among herpetofaunal invaders
2014
Guangxi Normal University (plenary speaker)
The invasion process of alien herpetofaunal species
Guangxi Normal University
Oviposition microhabitat selection by invasive bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) in southwestern China
Henan Normal University, Diet and prey selection of the invasive American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in southwestern China
Institute of Zoology, CAS
The invasion success of alien herpetofaunal species: establishment, range expansion and climatic niche shift
2013
Harbin Normal University
Spatial scale effect of the role of species richness on the dilution effect of amphibian chytridiomycosis
Central China Normal University
The role of climate, vegetation, introduced hosts, and trade in shaping the global chytridiomycosis pandemic
Ecological Society of Beijing (invited speaker)
What determine the worldwide distributions of the amphibian chytridiomycosis
2012
Shenyang Normal University
The establishment of feral populations and geographical variations in life history of the American bullfrog in China
2010
Guangxi Normal University
Research progress on the American bullfrog invasion ecology in China