Insect-microbe interactions

Aboveground and belowground interactions

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning along environmental gradients

AI-based biodiversity monitoring

Congeneric species coexistence

SafeNet - Safeguarding biodiversity and carbon-rich forest networks in Europe

Zou JY, Seidl R, Bässler C, Geres L, Ma L, Tobias R, Thom D, Xiong C, Daniel R, Zheng W, Müller J, Chao A, Mitesser, O, Kortmann M, Rothacher J, Li DZ, Liu Jie, Gao LM, Luo YH*, Seibold S *. 2026. Biodiversity associations between aboveground and belowground communities in mountain forests across different climatic regions. Journal of Ecology. 114: e70309.

Zou, JY, Luo YH, Seidl R, Thom D, Liu J, Geres L, Richter T, Ye LJ, Zheng W, Ma LL, Song J, Xu K, Li DZ, Gao LM*, Seibold S*. 2024. No generality in biodiversity-productivity relationships along elevation in temperate and subtropical forest landscapes. Forest Ecosystems. 11:100187. 

Zou JY, Cadotte MW, Bässler C, Brandl B, Baldrian P, Borken W, Stengel E, Luo YH, Müller J, Seibold S*. 2023. Wood decomposition is increased by insect diversity, selection effect and interactions between insects and microbes. Ecology. 104: e4184.

Zou JY, Luo YH, Burgess KS, Tan SL, Zheng W, Fu CN, Xu K, Gao LM*. 2020. Joint effect of phylogenetic relatedness and trait selection on the elevational distribution of Rhododendron species. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 59: 1244-1255.

Since 2026    Postdoctoral researcher, Ecosystem Resilience Group, Ulm University, Germany.

2023-2025    Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Forest Zoology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany.

2021-2023    Postdoctoral researcher, Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

2015-2021    Doctoral researcher and teaching assistant, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

2011-2015            Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Guizhou University, China.