My research interests mainly focus on integrating various components of Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) to understand socioeconomic and environmental interconnections and to create sustainability solutions.
    General research topics include: 1) how climate change and human activities (e.g., land use, urbanization, grazing etc.) affect the ecosystem processes and services, and also the contributions of these different drivers and their interactions; 2) how environmental changes impact the human well-being, how adaptation actions work and what the implications of adaptation measures for resilience of both ecosystems and human societies are; 3) what are complex interactions among components in human and natural systems, and how human-environment interactions are influenced by policies.
    Approaches for these studies include field measures and household surveys, spatial analysis of remote sensing and geo-spatial data, statistical analysis, and complex systems modeling (e.g., agent-based modeling). Especially, as Dr. Jianguo Liu of Michigan State University has developed a telecoupling framework as a system integration approach, I’m recently trying to use this new framework to solve some integrated environmental issues, e.g., assessing the effects of payment for ecosystem services programs.

Ph.D. 2004-2009, Physical Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
B.S. 2000-2004, Geography, Anhui Normal University, China

   

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Visiting Scholar, Center for Systems Integration & Sustainability, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, 2014-2015 (Host: Jianguo Liu)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Associate Director, Laboratory of Integrated Physical Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, 2014-present
Assistant / Associate Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, 2009-present

Chu-Li-Yuet-Wah Prize for Outstanding Doctoral by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009.
Outstanding Graduates Award by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009.
Pivot of Merit Student Award by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008.
Excellent Students Awards (top 1%) by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008.
Excellent Cadre Awards by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007.
The First Prize Scholarship by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006/2007/2008/2009.

Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals:

Pan T, Wu S, Liu Y (2015) Relative Contributions of Land Use and Climate Change to Water Supply Variations over Yellow River Source Area in Tibetan Plateau during the Past Three Decades. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123793.

Yunhe Yin, Danyang Ma, Shaohong Wu, Tao Pan, 2015. Projections of aridity and its regional variability over China in the mid-21st century. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4295.

Erfu Dai, Zhuo Wu, Xiaofan Wang, Hua Fu, Weimin Xi, Tao Pan (2015) Progress and prospect of research on forest landscape model. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 25(1): 113-128.

LAI Min, WU Shaohong, YIN Yunhe, PAN Tao. Accounting for Eco-compensation in the Three-River Headwaters Region Based on Ecosystem Service Value. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 35(2): 227-236. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Yujie Liu. 2013. Spatiotemporal variation of water supply service in Three Rivers Source Area of China based on InVEST model. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 24(1): 183-189. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Yujie Liu. 2013. Estimating the daily global solar radiation spatial distribution from diurnal temperature ranges over the Tibetan Plateau in China. Applied Energy, 107: 384-393.

Yunhe YIN, Shaohong WU, Dongsheng ZHAO, Du ZHENG, Tao PAN. 2013. Modeled effects of climate change on actual evapotranspiration in different eco-geographical regions in the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 23(2): 195-207.

Min LAI, Shaohong WU, Yunhe YIN, Tao PAN. Changes in Grassland Ecosystem Service Values in the Three-River Headwaters Region, China. Agricultural Science & Technology, 2013, 14(4): 654-660.

LAI Min, WU Shaohong, DAI Erfu，YIN Yunhe, PAN Tao, ZHAO Dongsheng. Dynamic Valuation on Ecosystem Services to Ecological Construction in the Three-River Headwaters Nature Reserve, China. Journal of Mountain Science, 2013, 31(1): 8-17. (in Chinese with English abstract)

YIN Jie, DAI Erfu, WU Shaohong, PAN Tao. A study on the relationship between typhoon intensity grade and disaster loss in China. Geographical Research, 2013, 32(2): 266-274. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao PAN, Shaohong WU, Daming HE, Erfu DAI, Yujie LIU. 2012. Effects of longitudinal range-gorge terrain on the eco-geographical pattern in Southwest China. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 22(5): 841-858.

Shao-Hong WU, Tao PAN, Shan-feng HE. 2012. Climate Change Risk Research: A Case Study on Flood Disaster Risk in China. Advances in Climate Change Research, 3(2): 92-98.

Li CHEN, Shaohong WU, Tao PAN. 2011. Variability of climate-growth relationships along an elevation gradient in the Changbai Mountain, Northeastern China. Trees, 1133-1139.

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Daming He, Erfu Dai, Yujie Liu. 2012. Ecological Effects of Longitudinal Range-Gorge Land Surface Pattern and Its Regional Differentiation. Acta Geographica Sinca, 67(1): 13-26. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Yujie Liu, Erfu Dai. 2012. Climatological Calculation of Land Surface Atmospheric Water Vapor Content in Longitudinal Range-gorge Region. Progress in Geography, 31(3):293-302. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Shaohong Wu, Tao Pan, Jie Cao, Daming He, Ziniu Xiao. 2012. Barrier-corridor effect of longitudinal range-gorge terrain on monsoons in Southwest China. Geographical Research, 31(1):1-13. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Yujie Liu, Tao Pan. 2012. Spatial simulation of China’s land surface solar radiation Resources. Journal of Natural Resources, 27(8):1392-1403. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Li Chen, Yunhe Yin, Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Hui Wang. 2012. Growth of Pinus koraiensis and Its Response to Temperature Change at Changbai Mountain, Northeast China. Resources Science, 34(11): 2139-2145. (in Chinese with English abstract)

HAN Rongqing, PAN Tao, LIU Yujie, ZHANG Jiutian, WANG Wentao. 2012. Integrated Innovation Systems for Climate Change Adaptation Technologies in North China Plain. Progress in Geography, 31(11): 1537-1545. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao Pan, Yujie Liu, Jiutian Zhang, Wentao Wang. 2012. Integrated Innovation Mechanism of Technology System for Adaptation to Climate Change. China Population, Resources and Environment, 22(11): 1-5. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Shaohong Wu, Tao Pan, Shanfeng He. 2011. Primary Study on the Theories and Methods of Research on Climate Change Risk. Advances in Climate Change Research, 7(5):363-368. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Xiaoli Shi, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Dongsheng Zhao, Tao Pan. 2011. Risk assessment of carbon sequestration for terrestrial ecosystems from climate change in China. Geographical Research, 30(4): 601-611. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Qiaofu ZHOU, Erfu DAI, Shaohong WU, Tao PAN, Xiwei CHEN. 2011. Risk Assessment on Food Crops Supply-Demand Balance under Climate Change in China. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis,1-11.

Xin Ma, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Xueyan Zhang, Xiangwu Kang, Tao Pan. 2011. Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Main Paddy Rice Cropping Regions in China. Journal of Natural Resources, 26(6): 1052-1064. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Qiaofu Zhou, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Tao Pan, Xiwei Chen. 2011. Analysis on the Temporal and Spatial Change of Grain Production of China in Recent Years and Its Adaptation Strategies. Journal of Anhui Agricultural Sciences, 39(8): 4925-927. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao PAN, Erfu Dai, Shaohong Wu. 2010. Relationship between surface pollen and modern vegetation in southwestern China. Journal of Mountain Science, 7(2): 176-186.

Tao PAN, Shaohong Wu, Erfu DAI, Yujie Liu. 2010. Modern pollen distribution and its relationship with environmental difference in southwestern China. Geosciences Journal, 14(1): 23-32.

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Dongsheng Zhao, Yunhe Yin. 2010. Spatial pattern of vegetation landscape diversity in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region, Southwestern China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 21(12): 3091-3098. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Xiaoli Shi, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Dongsheng Zhao, Tao Pan. 2010. Risk assessment of carbon sequestration for terrestrial ecosystems from climate change in China. Geographical Research, 30(4): 601-611. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Bin Pei, Tao Pan. 2010. Land Use System Dynamic Modeling:Literature Review and Future Research Direction in China. Progress in Geography, 29, 1060-1066. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Qiaofu ZHOU, Shaohong WU, Erfu DAI, Tao PAN, Xiwei CHEN. 2010. Analysis on the Temporal and Spatial Change of Grain Production ofChina in Recent Years and Its Adaptation Strategies. Agricultural Science & Technology, 11(9-10): 164- 167.

Tao PAN, Shaohong WU, Erfu DAI, Yujie LIU, Yue Dou. 2009. Significance of pollen distribution to the barrier function of the Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region, Southwest China. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 19(4): 660-670.

Yujie Liu, Yuannong Li, Tao Pan, Luxing Zhai, Zilong Du. 2009. Study on effects of different irrigation treatments on evaportranspiration and yield in spring maize. Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas, 27(6): 67-72. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Hao Wang, Dongsheng Zhao. 2009. Relationships between surface pollen and spores assemblages and environmental difference in the Southern Subtropics of Yunnan Province, China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 29(1): 151-160. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Tao Pan, Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Hao Wang, Dongsheng Zhao. 2008. Quantitative relationships between surface pollen and spores assemblages and vegetation in the Southern Subtropics of Yunnan Province, China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 28(12):6060-6069. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Chengyuan HAO, Erfu DAI, Shaohong WU, Changhai ZHOU, Hao WANG, Tao PAN. 2006. Research on barrier function and temporal and spatial heterogeneity of vegetation in the southern of LRGR. Chinese Science bulletin, 51, 143-153.

Changhai ZHOU, Shaohong WU, Erfu DAI, Chengyua HAOn, Tao PAN. 2006. Vapor corridor phenomenon and response of vegetation NPP in longitudinal range-gorge region. Chinese Science bulletin, 51, 97-107.

Shaohong Wu, Tao Pan, Erfu Dai. 2006. The Progress and Prospect of Stable Isotopes in Plants. Progress in Geography, 25(3):1-11. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Books & Chapters
Shaohong Wu, Tao Pan, Qinye Yang. 2014. Major climate and hydrological disaster risk pattern and prevention in China. Beijing: Science Press.

Hui Ju, Tao Pan. Theory, Approaches and Cases of Climate Change Adaptation. 2011. In: National Development and Reform Commission, Department of Climate Change, Eds, Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies: Rising sea levels and melting glaciers fields. Beijing: Science Press.

Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Quansheng Ge, Shenghong Ran, Hongbin Liu, Tao Pan. 2011. Integrated Climate Change Risk of China. Beijing: Science Press.

Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Tao Pan. 2011. Prevention of Integrated Global Environmental Change Risk. In: Peijun Shi, Eds, Prevention of Integrated Risk：Science, Technology and demonstration. Beijing: Science Press.

Shaohong Wu, Erfu Dai, Tao Pan. 2011. Atlas of Climate Change Risk in China. In: Peijun Shi, Eds, Atlas of China's Natural Hazards Risk: Science Press.

Shaohong Wu, Tao Pan, Erfu Dai, Chengyuan Hao, Changhai Zhou. 2010. Barrier-Corridor Functions and its Ecological Effects in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region. In: Shaohong Wu, Eds, Special Environmental Pattern and Ecological Effects in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region. Beijing: Science Press.

Griffith University, Griffith Climate Change Response Program (Brisbane, Queensland). 2015, forthcoming. Workshop on climate change adaptation information services for urbanization and sustainable development in China. Invited presentation: “Assessment of Climate change risk of Megacities in China” (Jun 24-26, 2015)

Michigan State University, Center for Systems Integration & Sustainability (East Lansing, MI). 2015. Seminar “Relative contributions of land use and climate change to water supply variations over Yellow River Source Area in Tibetan Plateau during the past three decades” (Feb 23, 2015)

Ministry of Science and Technology of China, The Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda 21 (Beijing). 2015.Workshop on climate change adaptation information services for urbanization and sustainable development in China. Invited presentation: “Consideration of Orderly Adaptation for Urbanization to Extreme Climate” (Sep 16-17, 2014)

The China Society on Tibetan Plateau Annual Conference (Xiamen, Fujian). 2013. Presentation “Relative impacts of land use and climate change on water supply services over Yellow River Source Area during the past three decades” (Dec 19-21, 2013)

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) (Beijing). 2013. Workshop on Climate change impacts and adaptation in China. Invited presentation: “Integrated Innovation Mechanism of Technology System for Adaptation to Climate Change” (Dec 2, 2013)

International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Geographic Conference (RGI) (Santiago, Chile). 2011. Presentation “Variation of water supply services in Three-River Headwaters Region” (Nov 14-18, 2011)

Ecological Society of Beijing (ESB) Annual Conference (Beijing). 2011. Invited presentation: “Adaptation of natural ecosystems to climate change in China” (Nov 12, 2011)

Jianguo Liu
Professor & director of Center for Systems Integration & Sustainability, Michigan State University

Catherine Chan
Professor & Chair of Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Student advising:

Doctoral student advisor:
Shuai Hou, Physical Geography (2013-)

Master student advisor:
Xintong Zou, Physical Geography (2015-)