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Xi Xinqiang
Life Science
Nanjing University
Jiangsu
Language: Chinese, English
Plant Defense Strategies
Herbivore Life History
Parasitoid Regulation
Apparent Competition
Ecological Function
Food Web Structure
Species Coexistence
Trophic Interactions
Biodiversity
Ecosystem Dynamics
Areas of Focus
- Plant-Herbivore-Parasitoid Food Webs
- Mechanisms and Ecological Functions of Enemy-Mediated Apparent Competition
Work Experience
- 2021-present - Nanjing University, School of Life Sciences - Assistant Professor/Researcher
- 2016-2020 - Nanjing University, School of Life Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2018-2019 - University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-2020 - University of Liverpool, Centre for Integrative Biology - Visiting Scholar
- 2014-2016 - Nanjing University, School of Life Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2014 PhD in Botany: Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2008-2011 Master's in Ecology: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2004-2008 Bachelor's in Ecology: College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University
Awards
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory Open Project: Diversity and Ecology of Parasitoid Flies of Grassland Caterpillars
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project: Food Web Structure and Species Coexistence
- National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project: Interactions between Host Plants Mediated by Polyphagous Fruit Flies
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund Project: Effects of Spring and Autumn Warming on the 'Parasitoid Wasp-Fruit Fly-Plant' Food Chain
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Grant Project: Cross-Trophic Species Differentiation in the 'Asteraceae-Fruit Fly-Parasitoid Wasp' Food Web
