• Ecological network vary across time and space
  My research explores the dynamic changes of ecological networks in space and time and its impact on biodiversity and ecosystem function. Using pollination and seed dispersal networks as model systems, I am committed to analyzing how ecological networks respond to natural environmental gradients (e.g., altitude, habitat diversity) and human-driven environmental changes (e.g., forest fragmentation and climate change), and to deeply examine the temporal dynamics of ecological networks (e.g., seasonal dynamics). My research objective is to reveal the relationship between ecological network structure and function, and their response mechanisms to environmental change, thereby providing a theoretical foundation for biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem management.

• Metacommunity Ecology
  My second research objective focuses on the spatiotemporal dynamics of metacommunities and the mechanisms that govern their assembly, dynamics, and maintenance. I explore these questions by integrating metacommunity ecology theory with ecological network approaches, seeking to link community structure, dynamics, and stability to critical ecological functions at the metacommunity scale.

• Development of methods to understand ecological networks and community dynamics
  I am also interested in developing methods, particularly approaches for understanding ecological networks and community dynamics. Such as:

– We developed a species-patch network framework to explore the temporal dynamics of metacommunities

– We developed an R package for visualizing ecological multilayer networks.