2012 – 2018 Ph.D., Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences (CHINA) 2015 – 2017 Jointly Trained Doctoral Candidate, Silviculture, Clemson University (USA) (CSC Program) 2008 – 2012 B.S., Forestry, Northeast Forestry University (CHINA)

2022 – Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences (CHINA) 2019 – 2022 Special Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences (CHINA) 2018 – 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Clemson University (CHINA)

Silviculture; Forest Management

2023 Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2022 Excellence Young Scientist Program, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences 2018 Outstanding Award from President of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2015 National Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students

2025 – 2026 Regeneration process and mechanisms of major broadleaf species sprouting in temperate secondary forests. Liaoning Provincial Central-Local Science and Technology Development Fund (Young Scientist Fund, B). RMB 500K. 2025 –2028 Spatiotemporal patterns of forest gap disturbances in northeastern temperate forests and their impact on forest carbon sequestration. National Natural Science Foundation of China. RMB 500K. 2024 – 2027 Multi-scale shelterbelt afforestation and synergistic erosion control and disaster reduction technologies. National Key R&D Program. RMB 3,800K. 2023 –2028 Water-heat interaction effects on growth processes and mechanisms of Larix forests at different ages. National Key R&D Program. RMB 40K. 2023 – 2025 Accurate carbon sink quantification in temperate forest ecosystems of Liaodong Mountains based on tower groups. Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Plan Joint Program (Key R&D Project). RMB 1,000K. 2023 – 2026 Research on forest gap disturbance processes and mechanisms based on multi-scale LiDAR technology. Shenyang Young and Mid-career Science and Technology Talent Cultivation Project (U35). RMB 300K. 2022 – 2025 Effects and mechanisms of forest gap disturbances on forest carbon sequestration. Excellence Young Scientist Program of Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS. RMB 1,000K. 2022 – 2026 Mechanisms enhancing productivity and carbon sequestration maintenance in plantation ecosystems. National Natural Science Foundation of China. RMB 15,000K. (Participant) 2021 – 2023 Multidimensional fine structure of forest gaps and their effects on tree regeneration in northeastern secondary forests. National Natural Science Foundation of China. RMB 240K. 2019 – 2021 Succession processes and mechanisms of broad-leaved Korean pine forests under forest gap disturbances. Chinese Academy of Sciences Special Research Assistant Project. RMB 800K.

[1] Xie HT, Wang W, Bao BH, Wang XY, Yang S-I, Lu DL*. 2025. Light intensity modulates plant nitrogen uptake preferences: Evidence from Ligustrum compactum seedlings in simulated canopy gaps of coastal shelterbelt forests. Journal of Forestry Research (Accepted). [2] Wu DN, Lu DL*, Zhu CY, Ge XW, Lin LT, Gao T, Zhu JJ. 2025. Long-term gap regeneration processes in a primary temperate forest of Northeast China: Evidence from integrated multi-temporal remote sensing and field surveys. Forest Ecology and Management 593, 122902. [3] Gao yuan, Wang Xiaoyu, Liu Qiang*, Zhang Jinxin, Han Xiaoyi, Yang Sheng-I, Lu Deliang*. 2025. Converting larch monocultures to mixed-species forests: Ten-year impacts of canopy manipulation on understory regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 584, 122611. [4] Gao Yuan, Zhang Zhidong, Lu Deliang*, Zhou Ying, Liu Qiang*. 2024. Under-canopy afforestation after 10 years: assessing the potential of converting monoculture plantations into mixed stands. Frontiers in Plant Science 15, 1340058. [5] Lu Deliang#*, Wu Danni#, Zhu Jiaojun*, et al. 2024. Resolving gap patterns and dynamics from a new perspective: Ratio effects of the evergreen versus deciduous trees in broadleaved–Korean pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 554, 121653. [6] Lu Deliang*, Zhu Jiaojun, Zhang Guangqi, Fang Shuai, Sun Yirong, Zhu Chunyu, Zhang Jinxin, Wang Geoff. 2023. A forest gap is not forever: Towards an objective standard to determine when a gap is considered closed in temperate forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 340, 109598. [7] Lu Deliang, Zhu Jiaojun*, Zhang Guangqi, Sun Yu, Sun Yirong, Hu Lile, Wang Geoff. 2023. Disentangling regeneration by vertical stratification: A 17-year gap-filling process in a temperate secondary forest. Forest Ecology and Management 539, 120994. [8] Wu Danni#, Lu Deliang#, Zhu Jiaojun*, Ge Xiaowen, Zhang Jinxin, Lin Litao, Wang Xiaoyu, Liu Huaqi, Zhang Guangqi. 2023. Spatial and temporal regeneration patterns within gaps in the primary forests vs. secondary forests of Northeast China. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1305535. [9] Lu Deliang, Zhu Jiaojun*, Wang Xiaoyu, Hao Guangyou, Wang Geoff. 2021. A systematic evaluation of gap size and within-gap position effects on seedling regeneration in a temperate secondary forest, Northeast China. Forest Ecology and Management 490, 119140. [10] Ge Xiaowen#, Zhu Jiaojun*, Lu Deliang#, Zhu Chunyu, Gao Pingzhen, Yang Xiaoyan. 2021. Effects of Korean pine basal area in mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest stands on its natural regeneration in Northeast China. Forest Science 67, 179-191. [11] Lu Deliang, Zhu Jiaojun*, Wu Danni, Chen Qingda, Yu Yue, Wang Jing, Zhu Chunyu, Liu Huaqi, Gao Tian, Wang Geoff. 2020. Detecting dynamics and variations of crown asymmetry induced by natural gaps in a temperate secondary forest using terrestrial laser scanning. Forest Ecology and Management 473, 118289. [12] Lu Deliang, Pile Lauren, Yu Dapao, Zhu Jiaojun, Bragg Don, Wang Geoff*. 2020. Differential responses of tree species to a severe ice storm and their implications to forest composition in the southeast United States. Forest Ecology and Management 468, 118177. [13] Lu Deliang#, Zhang Guangqi#, Zhu Jiaojun*, Wang Geoff, Zhu Chunyu, Yan Qiaoling, Zhang Jinxin. 2019. Early natural regeneration patterns of woody species within gaps in a temperate secondary forest. European Journal of Forest Research 138, 991–1003. [14] Lu Deliang, Wang Geoff*, Yan Qiaoling, Gao Tian, Zhu Jiaojun*. 2018. Effects of gap size and within-gap position on seedling growth and biomass allocation: Is the gap partitioning hypothesis applicable to the temperate secondary forest ecosystems in Northeast China? Forest Ecology and Management 429, 351-362. [15] Lu Deliang, Wang Geoff*, Yu Lizhong, Zhang Ting, Zhu Jiaojun*. 2018. Seedling survival within forest gaps: the effects of gap size, within-gap position and forest type on species of contrasting shade-tolerance in Northeast China. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 91, 470-479. [16] Lu Deliang, Wang Geoff*, Zhang Jinxin, Fang Yunting, Zhu Chunyu, Zhu Jiaojun*. 2018. Converting larch plantations to mixed stands: Effects of canopy treatment on the survival and growth of planted seedlings with contrasting shade tolerance. Forest Ecology and Management 409, 19-28.

[1] Utility Patent: Static Chamber for Measuring Stem Surface Respiration (Lu Deliang, Teng Dexiong, Gao Tian, et al.) [No. ZL 2023 2 2823971.3] [2] Utility Patent: Forest Structure Information Acquisition System (Lu Deliang, Teng Dexiong, Gao Tian, et al.) [No. ZL 2023 2 3640496.2]