XU Jianchu
Gender：male
Birth Date：1964-07
Educational Background：PhD
Employer：Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Position：Principal Scientist
Academic Title：Professor
Email：jxu@mail.kib.ac.cn
1997-2002 PhD Research in Agronomy, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China
1991-1992 Diploma in environmental studies, University of the Philippines at Los Banus
1988-1990 MSc Research in Ethnoecology, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
1982-1986 BS in Horticulture, Nanjing Agriculture University
2007-present: Principal Scientist and Coordinator, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Director of Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
1997-present: Professor at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2004-2007: Program manager, Integrated Program on Water, Hazards and Environmental Management, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
1995-2004: Executive Director, Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge in Kunming, China
2000-present: Editorial board, Mountain Research and Development (Journal)
2010-present: Editorial board: Journal of Mountain Sciences (Journal)
2009-present : Board member, International Association for Ecology and Human Health
1999-2006: Vice Chair and Chair of Board, Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
1998-2000: Board of Directors, Conservation and Development Forum (CDF), USA
1996-2002: Board Member, International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE), USA
1999-2005: Scientific Steering Committee, LUCC-IGBP/IHDP, Global Environmental Change
Ethnic ecology, mountain ecosystems, global change
master degree or above, minimum 15 years of relevant experience at the national and/or international level;
Prof. Jianchu Xu is a plant ecologist and ethnobotanist working on sustainable forest management in coupled social-ecological systems in Asian highland ecosystems. He has strong background in interdisciplinary research. His current research includes investigation of early warning signals of global change, ecosystem restoration, forest management, agroforestry, and integrative conservation and the role of fungi in ecosystem functioning and services. After more than thirty years of living and working in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, he has excellent scientific research networks in Asia. Professor Xu has published over 150 papers in high impact journals including Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Fungal Diversity, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Global Environmental Change, PLOS Biology and Conservation Biology. As chair of the Mountain Futures Initiative, which is part of Global Land Program, he promotes the sustainable management and domestication of wild edible mushroom for smallholders’ livelihoods in Asia and worldwide.
