Research groups
Research overview
Yi provides lab management, oversees safety, trains students and researchers and supports research activities across the three ecology groups in the department. Current major projects include mapping of endangered tree species using drones to improve conservation management outcomes; monitoring of lakes and tracking seasonality of dissolved organic matter associated with Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network.
Teaching
Yi helps with IA Biology of Cells and 1A Physiology of Organisms practicals
Websites
Selected Publications
Chen, L., Zhang, Y., Nunes, M., Stoddart, J., Khoury, S., Chan, H. Y., Coomes, D. 2022. Predicting leaf traits of temperate broadleaf deciduous trees from hyperspectral reflectance: can a general model be applied across a growing season? Remote Sensing of Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112767
Sheridan, E., Fonvielle, J., Cottingham, S., Zhang, Y., Dittmar, T., Aldridge, D., Tanentzap, A.. 2022. Plastic pollution fosters more microbial growth in lakes than natural organic matter. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31691-9
