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Mai-He Li

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Forest ecosystems and ecological risks
Zürcherstrasse 111
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland

Tel. +41 44 739 24 91
Fax +41 44 739 22 15
Maihe.li@wsl.ch

Education / Professional Experience

1981-1985: Degree in Forestry, Central-South Forestry University, China
1990-1991: Teacher's vocational studies, Forestry University Nanjing, China
1993-1994: Foreign Language University in Shanghai
1994-1996: Degree in Forest Ecology (Minor: Forest and Mountain Risk Engineering, Vienna University of Agricultural Sciences, Austria)
1996-1997: 8-month research leave, Horticulture Research Center of Westfalen-Lippe/Germany (with Prof. Jürgen Matschke)
1996-1999: Dr. rer. net. techn. (Major: Forest Ecology; Minor: Forest and Mountain Risk Engineering; Supervisors: Prof. Herbert Aulitzky, Prof. Hanno Richter), Vienna University of Agricultural Sciences, Austria
1999-2000: Post-Doc, Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests (with Hofrat Director Friedrich Ruhm)
2000-2001: Assistant and postdoctoral fellowship, Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland (with Prof. Christian Körner)
2001-2003: Post-Doc, Forest Ecosystems and Ecological Risks Division, WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (with Dr. Norbert Kräuchi)

1985-1994: Lecturer, Central-South Forestry University, China
2003-present. Research scientist, Forest Ecosystems and Ecological Risks Division, WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Research interests

I am interested in "global change ecology", "treeline ecology", and "disturbance ecology". My current research focuses on the impacts of global change at species level (plant ecophysiology) and community/ecosystem level (vegetation and ecosystem change, ecological restoration).

Current research projects

1) Eco-change index
2) Effects of simulated defoliation on physiology and growth of Abies alba trees
3) Effects of multiple global changes on the relationships between native and non-native plant species at the community-level
4) Physiological mechanism of alpine treeline formation (NSF of China, Project No. 30540039, to MH Li)
5) Leaf characteristics and tree physiology of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Pinus massoniana across environmental gradients.

Membership

1) Research professor: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2) Guest professor: College of Resources and Environment, Central-South Forestry University, China
3) Member of The Ecological Society of America (ESA)
4) Member of the "Gesellschaft fuer Oekologie" (The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
5) Member of The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)

People trained (PostDoc or PhD students)

1) Cai Xiao-Hu (PostDoc)
2) Zhang Jun-Yan (PhD thesis)
3) Pan Hong-Li (PhD thesis)

Publications

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