Introduction to the Lecture

Hydrothermal adaptability of plants is critical for their survival, growth and distribution. Addressing the scientific problem of plants’ hydrothermal adaptation mechanism under global change, physiological experiments, evolutionary analysis and ecological models are adopted to conduct research within the framework of “character-environment-distribution-evolution”. The cases include: 1) Hydrothermal ecological adaptation strategies of multi-group plants; 2) Global temporal and spatial pattern of plant hydrothermal niche evolution; 3) Global plant carbon-water-heat synergy hypothesis; 4) The environment and evolutionary driving mechanism of plant functional character variation. These studies are of great significance to evaluate and predict the adaptability of plants under global change.

Profile of the Speaker

Liu Hui, Associate Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor of South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, mainly studies plant physiology and ecology. She graduated from Beijing Normal University with a bachelor's degree in 2005, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences with a master's degree in 2008, and University of Sheffield with a doctorate in 2012. She has published more than 40 SCI-indexed papers in the recent five years. Representative papers for which she is the first author are published in The Innovation, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Science Advances, New Phytologist, and Journal of Experimental Botany, etc. She served on the editorial board of Plant Diversity and Biological Diversity, and on the editorial board (as a promotion editor) of Eco-Environ. & Health and The Innovation. Meanwhile, she has been selected into the National Young Talent Program, and recognized as an outstanding member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an outstanding youth of Guangdong Province.