Papers
On June 30, 2023, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo's paper on "Plant canopies exhibit stronger thermoregulation capacity at the seasonal than diurnal timescales" was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192323002733. The study reveals the secrete underlying thermoregulation capacity difference between diurnal and seasonal timescales, and highlight that there are time-scale dependent mechanisms regulating plant thermoregulation behaviors (and also other plant ecophysiological processes). Thus, extreme caution is needed when extrapolating thermoregulation-relevant conclusions drawn from short-term observations to longer-term predictions, and vice versa. Very nice piece of work, and congrats Zhengfei!
On May 30, 2023, lab postdoc Dr. Calvin Lee's paper on "Cost-effective and accurate monitoring of flowering across multiple tropical tree species over two years with a time series of high resolution drone imagery and deep learning" was published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924271623001399. The study effectively combines frequent drone imagery with sophisticated deep learning techniques to accurately monitor flowering phenology across a diverse range of tropical species. This innovative approach has the potential to be further extended and applied to various regions and forest types, thereby broadening its impact on the understanding and management of diverse ecosystems. Nice work, and congrats Calvin!
On May 15, 2023, lab student Ms. Yating Gu's paper on "The underappreciated importance of solar radiation in constraining spring phenology of temperate ecosystems in the Northern and Eastern United States" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425723001682. The story behind Yating's interesting finding can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/international-research-team-improves-spring-phenology-models-in-temperate-ecosystems/. Excellent work, Yating!
On May 5, 2023, lab student Mr. Shuwen Liu's paper on "Mapping foliar photosynthetic capacity in sub-tropical and tropical forests with UAS-based imaging spectroscopy: scaling from leaf to canopy" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425723001633. The story behind Shuwen's interesting finding can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/mapping-foliar-photosynthetic-capacity-functional-forest-compositions-and-beyond-by-uas-based-imaging-spectroscopy/. Nice work, Shuwen!
On March 22, 2023, lab student Ms. Qianhan Wu's paper on "Satellites reveal hotspots of global river extent change" was published in Nature Communications, with the access link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37061-3. Notably, the work is supervised by Qianhan's maser supervisor Prof. Chunqiao Song (corresponding author of the paper), with Qianhan and Prof. Linghong Ke as the equal first author. Huge congrats, Qianhan, Linghong and Chunqiao!
On March 16, 2023, lab former postdoc Dr. Zhengbing Yan's paper on "Global patterns and drivers of leaf photosynthetic capacity: the relative importance of environmental factors and evolutionary history" was published in Global Ecology and Biogeography, with the access link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geb.13660. This work demonstrates that there are time-scale dependent mechanisms in shaping global photosynthetic capacity variability, and reveals the under-appreciated importance of deep-time evolutionary history in affecting photosynthetic capacity variability, while implying that the recent widely abuse use of optimality theories for explaining and modelling large-scale photosynthetic capability variability. This is a truly excellent work, and very well done, Zhengbing!
On January 8, 2023, lab former postdoc Dr. Jing Wang and lab student Mr. Guangqin Song's paper on "An ecologically-constrained deep learning model for tropical leaf phenology monitoring using PlanetScope satellites" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425722005351. Notably, the work is equally contributed by Jing and Guangqin, as an outcome of their open-minded and close collaborations. The work will lay down the foundation to advance the future tropical phenology research. Big congratulations, Jing and Guangqin.
On November 22, 2022, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo's paper on "Does plant ecosystem thermoregulation occur? An extratropical assessment at different spatial and temporal scales" was published in New Phytologist, with the access link: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18632. Very well done, Zhengfei!
On October 20, 2022, lab student Ms. Yingyi Zhao's paper on "Evaluating fine-scale phenology from PlanetScope satellites with ground observations across temperate forests in eastern North America" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425722004163. The story behind Yingyi's very exciting work can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/planetscope-satellites-show-great-potential-for-fine-scale-phenology-monitoring/. Huge congratulations, Yingyi!
On October 8, 2022, lab student Ms. Kay Law's paper on "Vegetation regeneration on natural terrain landslides in Hong Kong: direct seeding of native species as a restoration tool" was published in Land Degradation & Development, with the access link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ldr.4492. This paper used the experimental approach, with recommendations on the optimal seed species selection and direct seeding method to facilitate the post-disturbance forest restoration, with particular relevance to nature-based solutions towards climate change mitigations and large-scale actionable plans on reaching the carbon neutrality goal. Excellent work, Kay, Calvin, and all coauthors!
On September 14, 2022, lab PI Dr. Jin Wu’s new paper entitled "Improved modeling of canopy transpiration for temperate forests by incorporating a LAI-based dynamic parameterization scheme of stomatal slope" was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192322003446. This work was led by Prof. Jiaxin Jin from Hohai University, and Dr. Jin Wu and Prof. Jin equally correspond this work. This paper demonstrates that leaf age phenology not only importantly regulates forest canopy photosynthesis seasonality (as demonstrated in Wu et al., 2016, 2017a, 2017b), but also greatly mediates forest canopy transpiration seasonality, and the LAI phenology could be an effective way to approximate leaf age phenology in mediating forest canopy stomatal regulation. Very interesting finding, and very exciting work. Congratulations to Jiaxin, Jin and all coauthors!
On July 28, 2022, lab PI Dr. Jin Wu and PhD student Ms. Ziyu Lin coauthored paper entitled "Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions" was published in Nature Geoscience, with the access link: https://www-nature-com.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/articles/s41561-022-00989-0. The story behind this finding is shown here: https://newshub.sustech.edu.cn/en/html/202208/36533.html, and Mr. Junyu Zou and Prof. Zhenzhong Zeng from Southern University of Science and Technology lead this very exciting work. Congratulations to Junyu, Zhengzhong and all coauthors!
On July 1, 2022, lab postdoc Dr. Jing Wang’s "A new object-class based gap-filling method for PlanetScope satellite image time series" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425722002504. This work, together with Jing's another two papers published in Remote Sensing of Environment (Wang et al., 2020, 2021), lay important methodologies of using PlanetScope satellites for improved Earth's surface monitoring. Extraordinary achievements, Dr. Wang!
On January 21, 2022, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo's new finding of "leaf internal properties mediate large part of leaf thermoregulation" was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192322000211. The story behind Zhengfei's interesting finding can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/leaf-internal-properties-mediate-large-part-of-leaf-thermoregulation-variation/. Nice work, Zhengfei!
On November 10, 2021, lab student Mr. Guangqin Song developed a novel integration of machine learning and phenocams for improved monitoring of tropical phenology covering both leaf quantity and quality aspects. The paper was published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924271621002914. Congratulations, Guangqin!
On July 11, 2021, lab postdoc Dr. Jing Wang’s new algorithm on “Automatic cloud and cloud shadow detection in tropical areas for PlanetScope satellite images” was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425721003242. The story behind Dr. Wang’s ground breakthrough contribution on addressing key PlanetScope observational challenges is shown here: https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_23190.html. Excellent jobs, Jing!
On June 24, 2021, lab postdoc Dr. Zhengbing Yan’s new finding on “Spectroscopy outperforms leaf trait relationships for predicting photosynthetic capacity across different forest types” was published in New Phytologist, with the access link: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.17579. Very well done, Zhengbing!
On April 5, 2021, lab PI Dr. Jin Wu’s coauthored perspective paper entitled “Potential ecological impacts of climate intervention by reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth”, was published in PNAS, which later received wide media coverage with 40+ news reports and 200+ tweets. Here is the access link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/15/e1921854118.
On June 30, 2023, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo's paper on "Plant canopies exhibit stronger thermoregulation capacity at the seasonal than diurnal timescales" was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192323002733. The study reveals the secrete underlying thermoregulation capacity difference between diurnal and seasonal timescales, and highlight that there are time-scale dependent mechanisms regulating plant thermoregulation behaviors (and also other plant ecophysiological processes). Thus, extreme caution is needed when extrapolating thermoregulation-relevant conclusions drawn from short-term observations to longer-term predictions, and vice versa. Very nice piece of work, and congrats Zhengfei!
On May 30, 2023, lab postdoc Dr. Calvin Lee's paper on "Cost-effective and accurate monitoring of flowering across multiple tropical tree species over two years with a time series of high resolution drone imagery and deep learning" was published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924271623001399. The study effectively combines frequent drone imagery with sophisticated deep learning techniques to accurately monitor flowering phenology across a diverse range of tropical species. This innovative approach has the potential to be further extended and applied to various regions and forest types, thereby broadening its impact on the understanding and management of diverse ecosystems. Nice work, and congrats Calvin!
On May 15, 2023, lab student Ms. Yating Gu's paper on "The underappreciated importance of solar radiation in constraining spring phenology of temperate ecosystems in the Northern and Eastern United States" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425723001682. The story behind Yating's interesting finding can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/international-research-team-improves-spring-phenology-models-in-temperate-ecosystems/. Excellent work, Yating!
On May 5, 2023, lab student Mr. Shuwen Liu's paper on "Mapping foliar photosynthetic capacity in sub-tropical and tropical forests with UAS-based imaging spectroscopy: scaling from leaf to canopy" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425723001633. The story behind Shuwen's interesting finding can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/mapping-foliar-photosynthetic-capacity-functional-forest-compositions-and-beyond-by-uas-based-imaging-spectroscopy/. Nice work, Shuwen!
On March 22, 2023, lab student Ms. Qianhan Wu's paper on "Satellites reveal hotspots of global river extent change" was published in Nature Communications, with the access link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37061-3. Notably, the work is supervised by Qianhan's maser supervisor Prof. Chunqiao Song (corresponding author of the paper), with Qianhan and Prof. Linghong Ke as the equal first author. Huge congrats, Qianhan, Linghong and Chunqiao!
On March 16, 2023, lab former postdoc Dr. Zhengbing Yan's paper on "Global patterns and drivers of leaf photosynthetic capacity: the relative importance of environmental factors and evolutionary history" was published in Global Ecology and Biogeography, with the access link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geb.13660. This work demonstrates that there are time-scale dependent mechanisms in shaping global photosynthetic capacity variability, and reveals the under-appreciated importance of deep-time evolutionary history in affecting photosynthetic capacity variability, while implying that the recent widely abuse use of optimality theories for explaining and modelling large-scale photosynthetic capability variability. This is a truly excellent work, and very well done, Zhengbing!
On January 8, 2023, lab former postdoc Dr. Jing Wang and lab student Mr. Guangqin Song's paper on "An ecologically-constrained deep learning model for tropical leaf phenology monitoring using PlanetScope satellites" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425722005351. Notably, the work is equally contributed by Jing and Guangqin, as an outcome of their open-minded and close collaborations. The work will lay down the foundation to advance the future tropical phenology research. Big congratulations, Jing and Guangqin.
On November 22, 2022, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo's paper on "Does plant ecosystem thermoregulation occur? An extratropical assessment at different spatial and temporal scales" was published in New Phytologist, with the access link: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18632. Very well done, Zhengfei!
On October 20, 2022, lab student Ms. Yingyi Zhao's paper on "Evaluating fine-scale phenology from PlanetScope satellites with ground observations across temperate forests in eastern North America" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425722004163. The story behind Yingyi's very exciting work can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/planetscope-satellites-show-great-potential-for-fine-scale-phenology-monitoring/. Huge congratulations, Yingyi!
On October 8, 2022, lab student Ms. Kay Law's paper on "Vegetation regeneration on natural terrain landslides in Hong Kong: direct seeding of native species as a restoration tool" was published in Land Degradation & Development, with the access link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ldr.4492. This paper used the experimental approach, with recommendations on the optimal seed species selection and direct seeding method to facilitate the post-disturbance forest restoration, with particular relevance to nature-based solutions towards climate change mitigations and large-scale actionable plans on reaching the carbon neutrality goal. Excellent work, Kay, Calvin, and all coauthors!
On September 14, 2022, lab PI Dr. Jin Wu’s new paper entitled "Improved modeling of canopy transpiration for temperate forests by incorporating a LAI-based dynamic parameterization scheme of stomatal slope" was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192322003446. This work was led by Prof. Jiaxin Jin from Hohai University, and Dr. Jin Wu and Prof. Jin equally correspond this work. This paper demonstrates that leaf age phenology not only importantly regulates forest canopy photosynthesis seasonality (as demonstrated in Wu et al., 2016, 2017a, 2017b), but also greatly mediates forest canopy transpiration seasonality, and the LAI phenology could be an effective way to approximate leaf age phenology in mediating forest canopy stomatal regulation. Very interesting finding, and very exciting work. Congratulations to Jiaxin, Jin and all coauthors!
On July 28, 2022, lab PI Dr. Jin Wu and PhD student Ms. Ziyu Lin coauthored paper entitled "Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions" was published in Nature Geoscience, with the access link: https://www-nature-com.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/articles/s41561-022-00989-0. The story behind this finding is shown here: https://newshub.sustech.edu.cn/en/html/202208/36533.html, and Mr. Junyu Zou and Prof. Zhenzhong Zeng from Southern University of Science and Technology lead this very exciting work. Congratulations to Junyu, Zhengzhong and all coauthors!
On July 1, 2022, lab postdoc Dr. Jing Wang’s "A new object-class based gap-filling method for PlanetScope satellite image time series" was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425722002504. This work, together with Jing's another two papers published in Remote Sensing of Environment (Wang et al., 2020, 2021), lay important methodologies of using PlanetScope satellites for improved Earth's surface monitoring. Extraordinary achievements, Dr. Wang!
On January 21, 2022, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo's new finding of "leaf internal properties mediate large part of leaf thermoregulation" was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168192322000211. The story behind Zhengfei's interesting finding can be found in the following link: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/leaf-internal-properties-mediate-large-part-of-leaf-thermoregulation-variation/. Nice work, Zhengfei!
On November 10, 2021, lab student Mr. Guangqin Song developed a novel integration of machine learning and phenocams for improved monitoring of tropical phenology covering both leaf quantity and quality aspects. The paper was published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924271621002914. Congratulations, Guangqin!
On July 11, 2021, lab postdoc Dr. Jing Wang’s new algorithm on “Automatic cloud and cloud shadow detection in tropical areas for PlanetScope satellite images” was published in Remote Sensing of Environment, with the access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425721003242. The story behind Dr. Wang’s ground breakthrough contribution on addressing key PlanetScope observational challenges is shown here: https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_23190.html. Excellent jobs, Jing!
On June 24, 2021, lab postdoc Dr. Zhengbing Yan’s new finding on “Spectroscopy outperforms leaf trait relationships for predicting photosynthetic capacity across different forest types” was published in New Phytologist, with the access link: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.17579. Very well done, Zhengbing!
On April 5, 2021, lab PI Dr. Jin Wu’s coauthored perspective paper entitled “Potential ecological impacts of climate intervention by reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth”, was published in PNAS, which later received wide media coverage with 40+ news reports and 200+ tweets. Here is the access link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/15/e1921854118.
Grants and Awards
- On January 6, 2023, Dr. Jin Wu’s co-PI CRF grant (led by Prof. Louise Ashton) and co-I CRF grant (led by Prof. Xiaobo Yin) were awarded. Big congratulations to both Louise and Xiaobo!
- On December 6, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu’s co-I NSFC-RGC grant was awarded, led by Prof. Anthony Leung from HKUST. Congratulations, Anthony. Look forward to more close collaborations.
- On June 30, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu was awarded with Research Grant Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF).
- On May 30, 2022, our seed proposal on "quantifying the costs and benefits of ecosystem regeneration and restoration" was awarded by HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research. Huge congratulations to lab postdoc Dr. Calvin Lee for the great proposal!
- On April 26, 2022, lab postdoc Dr. Mizan Rahman was awarded with a very prestigious RGC Postdoc Fellowship. Very well deserved, Mizan, and great congratulations!
- On April 6, 2022, our seed proposal on "Satellite-based estimation of agricultural irrigation water use and its impact on regional water resources and crop yield" was awarded by SKLA Individual Project Fund. Great congratulations to lab postdoc Dr. Kun Zhang.
- On March 24, 2022, our seed proposal on "Exploring terrestrial ecosystem sensitivity response to plant available water on a pan-tropical scale" was awarded by Hung Hing Ying Physical Science Research Fund. Huge congratulations to lab postdoc Drs. Kaihao Cheng and Kun Zhang.
- On January 4, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu’s co-I CRF grant on "Study of Carbon Sequestration in Hong Kong’s Vegetation: from Present to Future Prediction under Climate Change" was awarded, in which Prof. Charles Wong from PolyU was the project PI. Congratulations, Charles!
- On November 29, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu’s two co-I NSFC-RGC grants were awarded, respectively led by Dr. Louise Ashton from School of Biological Sciences at HKU and Prof. Michael Ng from Math Department at HKU. Congratulations, Louise and Michael!
- On June 30, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu was awarded with Research Grant Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF).
- On May 21, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu was awarded with HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research.
- On May 13, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu’s co-I grant on “Hong Kong Carbon Stock Estimation” was funded by Hongkong Bank Foundation, in which Dr. Billy Hau from School of Biological Sciences at HKU was the project PI.
- On March 24, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu was awarded with HKU 45th round PDF scheme.
Talks
- On Sep 14, 2023, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo successfully defended his PhD and his PhD thesis was rated as "Outstanding (top 5%)". Excellent work, and congrats, Dr. Guo!
- On Aug 29, 2023, we invited Prof. Amos Tai's group from CUHK and successfully organized the first joint mini-symposium between our two labs, focusing on "ecosystems, climate change, food security, and modelling". During the four-hour event, 17 presentations were delivered, highlighting several shared research interests, complementary expertise, and potential collaboration topics. Moreover, students from both labs learned from one another, and began to establish more professional collaborations.
- On Aug 17-20, 2023, Dr. Jin Wu joined the "First Ecosystem Remote Sensing Workshop of China" in Shenzhen, China, and delivered a talk on "Assessing ecosystem sensitivity to climate change: insights from plant functional traits and multi-scale remote sensing".
- On Aug 8-11, 2023, Dr. Jin Wu joined the "International Symposium on Agricultural Genomics for food security and plant-environment interaction in a changing climate" organized by CUHK, and delivered an invited talk on "Hyperspectral remote sensing of plant ecophysiology".
- On Aug 7, 2023, Dr. Jin Wu joined "The First Earth Observation for Ecosystem, Infrastructure, and City (EO4EIC) Workshop" organized by HK PolyU, and delivered an invited keynote speech on "Unravelling plant photosynthesis and terrestrial ecosystem sensitivity: harnessing advanced remote sensing technologies, AI and process models for climate change mitigation".
- On June 26, 2023, lab student Ms. Xiaorong Wang successfully defended her qualifying seminar.
- On June 13, 2023, Dr. Jin Wu joined a research forum called "Earth data-intensive paradigm shift towards sustainability" that was held at City University of Hong Kong, and gave a talk on "The role of terrestrial plants in planet health and sustainability".
- On May 18, 2023, lab student Ms. Qianhan Wu successfully defended her qualifying seminar.
- On April 23-27, 2023, five GEARSers, namely Dr. Kun Zhang, Mr. Zhengfei Guo, Ms. Yingyi Zhao, Mr. Guangqing Song, and Ms. Yating Gu, visited Vienna, Austria, and each delivered an oral/poster presentation in EGU annual meeting.
- On March 17, 2023, Dr. Jin Wu gave an invited talk for Xiangshan-Ecology Forum, Beijing, China.
- On December 14, 2022, lab student Mr. Shuwen Liu successfully defended his qualifying seminar.
- On December 2, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu co-organized the first workshop on Ecological Remote Sensing with Prof. Yanjun Su, Prof. Lingli Liu and Prof. Zhengbing Yan (all from Institute of Botany, CAS), and gave an online guest seminar.
- On December 1-2, 2022, lab graduate students all gave excellent poster/oral presentations at the Ecology & Biodiversity Research Symposium, among which Zhengfei won a very competitive "audience choice award". Huge congratulations, Zhengfei. Feel proud of you!
- On September 30, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu gave an online guest seminar to Earth System Science students at Tsinghua University.
- On September 22, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu gave an invited planetary talk to the AsiaFlux 2022 annual meeting.
- On September 6, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu gave a virtual talk to the 2022 International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Developmental Goals.
- On July 29, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu gave a virtual invited talk to LiDAR Forest Ecological Application Training Course organized by Peking University with over 2000 students joining online.
- On July 20, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu gave a virtual invited talk to Agrobiotechnology talk series organized by the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- On July 15, 2022, lab student Ms. Yating Gu successfully defended her qualifying seminar.
- On April 12, 2022, Dr. Jin Wu gave a virtual invited talk to Cambridge Ecology group.
- On April 7, 2022, lab student Ms. Ziyu Lin successfully defended her qualifying seminar.
- On January 26, 2022, lab student Mr. Guangqin Song successfully defended his qualifying seminar.
- On December 16, 2021, lab postdoc Dr. Jing Wang gave her first oral presentation in the AGU Fall Meeting.
- On November 15, 2021, lab student Ms. Kay Law successfully defended her qualifying seminar.
- On November 13, 2021, lab student Mr. Shuwen Liu gave an oral presentation on the 2021 State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (SKLA) and Institute of Planet Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology (IPMBAB) Annual Meeting, held at CUHK.
- On November 5, 2021, lab postdoc Dr. Jing Wang gave an invited guest lecture on the SPSC7003 course, HKU.
- On September 17, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu gave an invited talk on the Planet Explore 2021.
- On August 30-31, 2021, lab students Mr. Zhengfei Guo, Mr. Guangqin Song, Mr. Shuwen Liu, Ms. Yating Gu, Ms. Ziyu Lin, and Ms. Kay Law each gave a poster/lighting talk at the Ecology & Biodiversity Research Symposium. These talks have received numerous positive feedbacks, including the highly comment from Prof. Juan D. Gaitan-Espitia, “Really cool balance between science and technology”.
- On August 20, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu gave an invited lecture on the Monthly Biogeochemistry Science Friday Science Presentation Series organized by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- On August 6, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu helped to organize the 2021 Mainland & Hong Kong Joint Symposium on Ecology and Biodiversity, which turned out to be very successful. Many thanks to every participant, and look forward to more interactions and collaborations in the future.
- On July 7, 2021, Dr. Jin Wu gave an oral presentation on the 7th Young Scientist Forum of Earth Science, Guiyang, China.
- On July 2, 2021, lab student Mr. Zhengfei Guo successfully defended his qualifying seminar.
- On May 26, 2021, lab student Ms. Yingyi Zhao successfully defended her qualifying seminar.