Dr. Yaoqi Li is now an assistant professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. She obtained her PhD degree in Ecology at Peking University (PKU) in 2019 and then worked as a postdoc of PKU-IIASA international program. Her research locate in the field of functional biogeography, exploring geographic patterns, ecological determinants and ecosystem effects of plant functional traits, trait trade-offs and functional diversity. She currently works on the relationship of biodiversity with ecosystem functioning under climate change via functional traits.

PhD candidates are recruiting in the following areas：Plant functional diversity in alpine regions; Effect and management of weeds on eco-economic output of organic rice; Variation of leaf size under structure constrains, climate drivers, and ecological implication.  Postgraduate research scholarship for full-funded positions are applied, and tuition-free ones are welcome. Please contact me if you are interested.

She is open to undergraduates for summer undergraduate research fellowship program (SURF) or the final year projects (FYP) who are interested in plant diversity of urban greenland and organic farmland (e.g. composition, phenology and adaptation) based on observation, experiments and big-data exploration.

See contact for more information: https://connect.xjtlu.edu.cn/user/yaoqi-li

Contact: Yaoqi.Li@xjtlu.edu.cn; office @ ES331, XJTLU South Campus, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Functional biogeography

Leaf traits

Assistant professor, Xian Jiaotong – Liverspool University, 2021 – Present

Postdoc research fellow, PKU-IIASA postdoctoral program, 2019 – 2021

Visiting scholar, University of Arizona, 2017 – 2018

2024/09 – 2024/12, ENV115 (General Laboratory Techniques and Experiments in Environmental Science; Module leader).

2024/02 – 2024/05, ENV313 (Environmental Remediation and Rehabilitation, Field Class; Module leader; 5 days’ field work in Bali, Indonesia).

2023/09 – 2023/12, ENV115 (Module leader).

2023/02 – 2023/05, ENV313 (Module leader; 5 days’ field work in Hainan, China); ENV114 (Introduction to Environmental Chemistry and Monitoring, co-taught).

2022/09 – 2022/12, ENV115 (Module leader).

2022/02 – 2022/05, ENV201 (Research Design, co-taught); ENV313 (co-taught).

2021/09 – 2021/12, ENV113 (Introduction of Ecology, Evolution and Earth System, module leader); ENV115 (co-taught).

2022/02 – 2023/05, ENV002 (Global Environmental Issues, joint).

2021/09 – now, ENV301 (Final Year Project, joint).

2023/09 – now, ENV402 (Research Project, joint).

2024, SURF Poster Fair Winner in School of Sciences (SURF-2024-0047, 2 winners out of 50 posters).

2024, Certificate on Top Cited Article in Journal of Applied Ecology.

2024, Certificate on Top Downloaded Article & Top Cited Article in Global Ecology and Biogeography.

2023 – 2024, Research Excellence Award in School of Science, XJTLU

2022 – 2023, Best Research in Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, XJTLU

2022, JPE Best Paper awards (2020), Journal of Plant Ecology (JPE) Editorial board

2017 – 2018, Chancellor's Scholarship, PKU

2017 – 2018, State Scholarship of study abroad, Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC)

2016 – 2017, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education

2016 – 2017, Outstanding Student, PKU

2015 – 2016, Outstanding Civilized Backpacker, National Tourism Administration & China Youth Daily

2014/08, Scholarship for the Outstanding Youngers on Nature Protection, China Biodiversity Committee

2013 – 2014, Excellent Graduates & Excellent 100 Bachelor Thesis, CAU

2012 – 2013, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education

2011 – 2013, Ecology Scholarship, CAU (2 consecutive years)

2010 – 2013, Outstanding Student, CAU (3 consecutive years)

2010 – 2012, National Motivational Scholarship, CAU (2 consecutive years)