luisjose@unc.edu 

Education
B.S. Biology, University of Oviedo (Spain), 2016
M.S. Biological Sciences (Ecology), National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2020

Research interests
Conservation biogeography, ecology, biodiversity conservation planning, species distribution modeling, GIS applications, climate change and multi-scale species interactions. 

xieyy@unc.edu  | website

Education
B.S. Ecology, Yunnan University, China, 2018

Ph.D. Physical Geography, Peking University, China, 2024

Research interests
My research fields are landscape ecology and biogeography, focus on global mountain forest ecosystem such as alpine treeline distribution, and forest fragmentation in arid and semi-arid regions under climate change.

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Education
Ph.D. in Zoology, Emílio Goeldi Museum (Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi), Pará-Brazi, 2017
MSc. in Environmental biology, Federal University of Pará, Brazil, 2012

Research interests
Patterns of biodiversity distribution.
Data analysis of biodiversity and environmental, focusing on global changes (climate and land-use land-cover).
Best practice in open science, good workflows and reproducibility.

xin.chen@umces.edu

Education
M.S. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2015
Ph.D. Forest Resources, Doctoral Minor in Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020

Research interests
How species respond to different drivers including abiotic, biotic, and anthropogenic factors and modeling their distributions at different temporal and spatial scales.
Development of methodology of ecological niche modeling.