**Lin Zhang**

Lin Zhang, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is currently the Deputy Director of Motuo Observation Research Center for Earth Landscape and Earth System, CAS. As a member of the Alpine Ecology Committee of the Ecological Society of China, Plant ex situ Conservation Committee of the China Wild Plant Conservation Association, etc., he is active in many fields of ecology, with current research interests in the adaption and responses of alpine plants to climate change, plant geography and functional traits. He has co-authored more than 80 papers worldwide, and participated in more than 20 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the S&T Basic Work of Sciences and Technology, and the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) program.
