Sep 2016 – present Professor Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Dept. Hydrometeorology Sep 2015 – Sep 2016 Lecturer Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Dept. Hydrometeorology Mar 2013 – Aug 2015 Research Associate University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology Münster, Germany (Prof. Dr. Christain Blodau Research Group) Apr 2011 – Mar 2013 Research Associate University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research Bayreuth, Germany (Prof. Dr. Stefan Peiffer Research Group) Jun 2010 – Feb 2011 Research Associate The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Life Science,Kowloon, Hong Kong (Prof. Dr. Wen-xiong Wang Research Group) Sep 2009 – Jul 2010 Research Associate Sun Yat-sen University, organization of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong, China (Prof. Dr. Rong-Liang Qiu Research Group) May 2006 – Jul 2008 Research Associate Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process Shenyang, Liaoning, China (Prof. Dr. Qi-Xing Zhou Research Group)