2007年和2012年在中山大学获得理学学士和博士学位，2010-2011年在美国莱斯大学进行联合培养。2012-2014年在中国科学院植物研究所从事博士后合作研究，2014年留所工作。2017年入选“中国科学院青年创新促进会”，2019年获国家自然科学基金委优秀青年基金资助，2020年获“中国生态学学会青年科技奖”，2021年入选“中国科学院青年创新促进会”优秀会员。担任北京生态学学会理事、Soil Biology and Biochemistry、Communications Earth & Environment、Journal of Plant Ecology、《植物生态学报》等期刊编委。在Nature Communications (3篇)、Ecology Letters、Global Change Biology等国际主流刊物上发表论文40余篇。

主要从事全球变化与土壤碳循环研究。利用样带调查、室内培养、野外控制实验和数据整合等手段，重点关注微生物驱动的土壤有机碳形成与稳定、转化与分解过程及其对全球变化的响应。

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