Team
In the order of joining the lab.
Chuliang Song, Assistant Professor
Chuliang is a theoretical and computational ecologist. His research program aims to forecast the dynamics of ecological systems under unforeseen environmental conditions, and under incomplete information about the entire system.
Background:
- PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering @ MIT
- BS in Mathematics @ Zhejiang University
Dillon Max, PhD student
Dillon is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He is interested in the dynamics of ecological systems and the mechanisms that give rise to community assembly, species coexistence and biodiversity. He aims to use theoretical methods supplemented with empirical data to systematically address real-world threats to ecosystem stability.
Background:
- BS, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Minor in Chemistry @ UIUC
Mingyu Luo, Postdoctoral Researcher
Mingyu’s research goal is to offer new insights on classic ecological theories of biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and stability, and to help provide implications to ecosystem conservation and management practices. His postdoc research will focus on the intrinsic connections among ecosystem complexity, stability and productivity.
Background:
- PhD, Ecology @ Peking University
- BS, Mathematics @ Peking University
Zhiru Guoli, PhD student
Zhiru is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. His interest focuses on scale mismatches in ecological modelling. Through developing novel theoretical interpretations and methodologies, he aims to integrate ecological findings across scales and apply these unified perspectives to better safeguard threatened biodiversity and vulnerable ecosystems.
Background:
- BA, Natural Sciences (Zoology) @ The University of Cambridge
Timo Metz, Postdoctoral Researcher (co-advised with Dr. Nicholas Hendershot)
Timo combines ecological theory and empirical data analysis to find out how ecosystems respond to and recover from disturbances. His research aims at identifying which strategies may foster ecosystem recovery to provide robust guidelines for conservation science.
Background:
- PhD in Physics and Biology @ TU Darmstadt, Germany
- MS in Physics @ Heidelberg University, Germany
- BS in Physics and Biology @ Marburg University, Germany