Until Dec. 31 2023, there are 36 staff in the CIC, including 10 professors. The previous CIC Director was Professor Lixing Gao (2012.6-2019.4) and Professor Ruichang Quan (2019.4-2023.12), the current CIC Director is Professor Yunhong Tan, and Professor Kyle Tomlinson is the Deputy Director.
Professor Ruichang Quan, who is the Duputy Director of XTBG, is an expert on behavioral ecology, animal-mediated seed dispersal (birds and mammals), biodiversity conservation;
Professor Jie Li, who works on the plant phylogenetics, biogeography and conservation biology;
Professor Kyle Tomlinson, who researches on landscape conservation, forest ecology, savanna ecology, functional trait diversity;
Professor Yang Bai, who researched on ecosystem processes, ecosystem services, and management;
Professor Wenbin Yu, who works on evolution of plastome in parasitic plants, systematics and evolution of the large hemiparasitic genus Pedicularis L. (Orobanchaceae), and conservation biology of endangered species;
Professor Tan Yunhong, who researchs on floristics, taxonomy, systematics of tropical plant;
Professor Harald Schneider, whose major research directions are include: Evolution of land plants with a focus on Phylogenomics Seed-Free Land Plants and the Tree-of-Life.
Professor Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, who focus on the ecology and conservation of Asian megafauna, particularly Asian elephants;
There more doctors and assistant researchers in our center, more information please see the CIC Annual Report.