Professor

E-Mail: larix@tsinghua.edu.cn

Personal homepage:https://yanglab.org

Discipline: Ecology

University of California at Berkeley(PhD, 2004)

Beijing Forestry University (Master, 1999)

Beijing Forestry University (Bachelor, 1994)

2019.1—Now
Tsinghua University -- Department of Earth System Science -- Full Professor

2013.1—2018.12
Tsinghua University -- Department of Earth System Science -- Associate Professor (Tenure-track)

2009.9—2012.11
Beijing Forestry University -- College of Forestry -- Professor

2005.9—2009.5
Temple University, USA -- Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture -- Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)

1994.7—1996.7
Institute of Medicinal Plant Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China -- Assistant Researcher

2024.10—2025.1
University of Hong Kong -- Department of Geography -- Visiting Professor

2017.9—2018.2
Cornell University, USA -- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology -- Visiting Associate Professor

2008.7—2008.12
Insitute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS -- Senior visiting fellow

2005.1—2005.3
Yale University -- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies -- Visiting Postoc Fellow

Urban ecology in the era of global change, specifically:
Quantifying urban ecosystem structure and functions
Explore the relationships among urban biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human wellbeing
Produce nature-based climate solutions for cities

Published more than 160 journal papers, edited 3 books and contributed chapters to 12 books;For a list of publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q6TkqvkAAAAJ&hl=en

(1) Urban ecosystem structure and functions

An LLM-based multi-agent system for remote sensing analysis[J];Big Earth Data,2026,10(1):1-25.

Big data and the future of urban ecology: From the concept to results[J];Science China-Earth Sciences,2020,631443-1456.

Effects of sampling approaches on quantifying urban forest structure[J];Landscape and Urban Planning,2019,195

Mapping the maximum extents of urban green spaces in 1039 cities using dense satellite images[J];Environmental Research Letters,2021,16

Can you see green? Assessing the visibility of urban forests in cities[J];Landscape and Urban Planning,2009,91(2):97-104.

(2)Urban biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human wellbeing

Homogenization and differentiation of urban tree assemblages globally[J];Nature Cities,2026,3

A review of methods for quantifying urban ecosystem services[J];Landscape and Urban Planning,2024,253

Genetic patterns reveal differences between the invasion processes of common ragweed in urban and non-urban ecosystems[J];Global Ecology and Conservation,2022,38

The compositional similarity of urban forests among the world’s cities is scale dependent[J];Global Ecology and Biogeography,2015,24(12):1413-1423.

Tsinghua-Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China[J];Lancet,2018,391(10135):2140-2184.

(3) Nature-based climate solutions for cities

Assessing the potential of large-scale urban forest projects as a natural climate solution[J];Nature-Based Solutions,2024,61-9.

Assessing the potential impact of climate change on urban trees: a case study in Philadelphia;Journal of Forestry,2009,107(7):364-372.

Detection of the urban heat island in Beijing using HJ-1B satellite imagery[J];Science China-Earth Sciences,2011,5367-73.

The role of satellite remote sensing in climate change studies[J];Nature Climate Change,2013,3875-883.

地理信息科技进步奖一等奖,2024,1,2024/01/22,Province/ city,Science and technology progress award,中国地理信息产业协会

2011 Australian Leadership Award Scholarship, Australian National University, Australia

2001 Xi-Sigma-Pi, Forestry Honor Society, California Chapter, USA

健康城市建设方法与实践案例[Works],2022

Health Functions of Urban Forest[Works],北京,中国林业出版社,2020

城市林业规划与管理[Works],中国林业出版社,2012

生态安全多领域耦合模型与跨部门协同方案,生态环境部

A study on biodiversity patterns and the mechanisms of assembly and maintenance in urban forests across multiple scales.,国家自然科学基金委员会

Unraveling the socio-ecological effects of urban green infrastructure: Formation mechanisms and pathways for synergistic optimization,国家自然科学基金委员会