Congcong LIU
Title: Associate Professor
Address: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, 27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China.
Email: liucc@muc.edu.cn
Education Background
Sept. 2011 – Jul. 2015: Bachelor of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University
Sept. 2015 – Jun. 2020: Ph.D. in Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun. 2019 – Mar. 2020: Visiting Scholar, Lawren Sack Lab, University of California, Los Angeles
Work Experience
Jun. 2020 – Sept. 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sept. 2022 – Dec. 2022: Lecturer, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China
Jan. 2023 – Present: Associate Professor, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China
Research Areas
Functional Ecology
Plant Ecology
Community Ecology
Research Projects
1. Special Research Assistant Grant, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Funding: 800,000 RMB
Role: Principal Investigator
2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Project No.: 2020M680663
Project Title: Variation Patterns and Adaptation Mechanisms of Leaf Stomatal Traits of Plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: From Species to Community
Funding: 80,000 RMB
Role: Principal Investigator
3. Youth Science Fund Project, National Natural Science Foundation
Project Title: Mechanisms of Leaf Stomatal Morphological Variation and Its Regulation on Ecosystem Productivity
Funding: 300,000 RMB
Role: Principal Investigator
Honors and Awards
Special Award from the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023 Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in China's Ecological Environment (Third Place)
Representative Publications
1. Liu C, Sack L, Li Y, Zhang JH, Yu KL, Zhang QY, He NP, Yu GR. (2023) Relationships of stomatal morphology to the environment across plant communities. Nature Communications, 14, 6629. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42136-2
2. Li Y, Liu C*, Sack L, Xu L, Li M, Zhang J, He N*. (2022) Leaf trait network architecture shifts with species-richness and climate across forests at continental scale. Ecology Letters, 25, 1442–1457. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14009
3. Liu C, Sack L, Li Y, He N. (2022) Contrasting adaptation and optimization of stomatal traits across communities at continental-scale. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73, 6405–6416. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac266
4. Liu C, He N, Zhang J, Li Y, Wang Q, Sack L, Yu G. (2018) Variation of stomatal traits from cold temperate to tropical forests and association with water use efficiency. Functional Ecology, 32,20–28. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12973
5. He N#, Liu C#, Tian M#, Li M, Yang H, Yu G, Guo D, Smith MD, Yu Q, Hou J. (2018) Variation in leaf anatomical traits from tropical to cold-temperate forests and linkage to ecosystem functions. Functional Ecology, 32, 10–19. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12934
6. Liu C, Li Y, He N. (2022) Differential adaptation of lianas and trees in wet and dry forests revealed by trait correlation networks. Ecological Indicators, 135, 108564. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108564
7. Liu C, Li Y, Xu L, Li M, Wang J, Yan P, He N. (2021). Stomatal arrangement pattern: A new direction to explore plant adaptation and evolution. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 655255. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.655255
