Jianguo (Jingle) Wu

Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Landscape Ecology and Sustainability Science, School of Life Sciences & School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.  Born and raised in Inner Mongolia, China.  B.S. (1982) in ecology from Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot; M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1991) in ecology from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.  National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University (1991-1992) and Princeton University (1992-1993).  Research areas: Landscape Ecology, urban ecology, and (landscape) sustainability science.  Authored/edited 21 books and 418 journal articles/book chapters.  Total citations: 65,888; H-index: 115 (Google Scholar; January 16, 2025).

Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Ecology since 2005, and Editorial Board member for several international journals.  Other services: Chair of Asian Ecology Section of Ecological Society of America (1999-2000); Program Chair of US Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) in 2001; Councilor-at-Large of IALE-North America (2001-2003); Founding Director of Sino-US Center of Conservation, Energy and Sustainability Science (2007-2012).  Awards and honors: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for International Scientific Cooperation (2006); Elected AAAS Fellow (2007); Leopold Leadership Fellow (2009); Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award from US Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) (2010); Served with Distinction as Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Ecology from US-IALE (2010); Outstanding Scientific Achievements Award from International Association for Landscape Ecology (2011); Distinguished Service Award from US-IALE (2012); Elected Fellow of Ecological Society of America (2019); IALEPresidential Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service (2023). Clarivate/Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher(2019: Environment and Ecology; 2020-2024 consecutively: Cross-Field).