Lirong Cai

Research Interests

Knowledge on the spatial distribution of plant diversity is crucial to ecology and key for its further exploration, sustainable use, and conservation. In my PhD, I will assess global taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns of alpha diversity, endemism and beta-diversity and explore the underlying roles of historical evolutionary and environmental processes compared to contemporary environmental factors in generating and maintaining the spatial variability of plant diversity across spatial scales.

Education

2018 - present : PhD program " Phylogenetic history and global diversity patterns of plants ", University of Göttingen
2014 – 2017: M.Sc. in Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010-2014: B.Sc. in Biology, Hangzhou Normal University