Ø Functional ecology (using functional traits to analyze the functional diversity of species communities)

Ø Impact of human disturbances (non-native species, dams, etc.) on fish communities and other biotas

Ø Multi-faceted biodiversity (taxonomic, functional, phylogenetic) changes in different taxa communities 

Ø 09/2016—12/2020, Ph.D. in aquatic ecology (Laboratoire Evolution & Diversité Biologique (EDB), Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France).

Thesis: "Multifaceted biodiversity changes in the global freshwater fish faunas"

Supervisors: Pr Sebastien Brosse (University of Toulouse)

Dr Sebastien Villeger (University of Montpellier)

Defend expected in December 2020

Ø 09/2013—07/2016, M.Sc. in Hydrobiology (Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS, China).

Thesis: "Fish community diversity in Yunnan Plateau lakes"

Supervisor: Pr Jun Xu (CAS)

Ø 09/2009—07/2013, Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering, (Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China).

Ø 04/2023—Present, Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ø 01/2021—01/2023, Postdoc. , Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)

1.     Xu, C., Su, G.*, Zhao, K., Kong, X., Wang, H., Xu, X., ... & Xu, J*. (2023). Societal benefits and environmental performance of Chinese aquaculture. Journal of Cleaner Production, 422, 138645.

2.     Xu, C., Su, G.*, Zhao, K., Xu, X., Li, Z., Zhang, M., & Xu, J.* (2023). Assessing sustainable performance of aquatic species using multiple footprints for comprehensive dietary advice. Journal of Cleaner Production, 422, 138619.

3.     Tripathi, R., Reza, A., Mertel, A., Su, G., & Calabrese, J. M. (2023). A network-based approach to identifying correlations between phylogeny, morphological traits and occurrence of fish species in US river basins. PLOS ONE, 18(6), e0287482.

4.     Su, G.*, Mertel, A., Brosse, S., & Calabrese, J. M. (2023). Species invasiveness and community invasibility of North American freshwater fish fauna revealed via trait-based analysis. Nature communications,14, 2332.

5.     Zhao, T., Su, G.*, Jiang, J., Li, N., Zhao, C., Sun, Z., & Khatiwada, J. R.* (2023). Functional diversity patterns reveal different elevations shaping Himalayan amphibian assemblages, highlighting the importance of morphologically extreme individuals. Ecological Indicators, 150, 110260.

6.     Su, G.* & Xu J.* (2023). Editorial: Multiple Stressors and Ecological Response in Marine Fishery Ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. 1122772.

7.     Xu, C., Su, G.*, Zhao, K., Wang, H., Xu, X., Li, Z., Hu, Q., . . . Xu, J.* (2023). Assessment of greenhouse gases emissions and intensity from Chinese marine aquaculture in the past three decades. Journal of Environmental Management, 329, 117025.

8.     Xu, C., Su, G.*, Zhao, K., Xu, X., Li, Z., Hu, Q., . . . Xu, J. (2022). Current status of greenhouse gas emissions from aquaculture in China. Water Biology and Security, 100041.

9.     Su, G.*, Tedesco, P., Toussaint, A., Villéger, S. & Brosse, S. (2022). Contemporary drivers and historical legacy determine global patters of freshwater fish functional diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31, 700-713.

10.  Su, G.*, Logez, M., Xu, J., Tao S., Villéger, S. & Brosse, S. (2021) Human impacts on global freshwater fish biodiversity. Science, 371, 835–838.

11.  Su, G.*, Villéger, S. & Brosse, S. (2020) Morphological sorting of introduced freshwater fish species within and between donor realms. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 803-813.

12.  Su, G.*, Villéger, S. & Brosse, S. (2019) Morphological diversity of freshwater fishes differs between realms, but morphologically extreme species are widespread. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 211-221.

13.  Su, G., Xu, J., Akasaka, M., Molinos, J. G., & Shin-ichiro, S. M. (2015). Human impacts on functional and taxonomic homogenization of plateau fish assemblages in Yunnan, China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 4, 470-478.

14.  Zhao, K., He, Y., Su, G., Xu, C., Xu, X., Zhang, M., & Zhang, P. (2022). Implications for functional diversity conservation of China’s marine fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.

15.  Dias, M. S., Oikonomou, A., & Su, G. (2022). Biogeographic Regionalization: Freshwater. In Life Sciences: Elsevier.

16.  Brosse, S., Charpin, N., Su, G., Toussaint, A., Herrera-R, G., Tedesco, P., Villéger, S. (2021). FISHMORPH: a global database on morphological traits of freshwater fishes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 2330– 2336.

17.  Xu, J., García Molinos, J., Su, G., Matsuzaki, S. i. S., Akasaka, M., Zhang, H., & Heino, J. (2019). Cross‐taxon congruence of multiple diversity facets of freshwater assemblages is determined by large‐scale processes across China. Freshwater Biology, 64, 1492-1503.

18.  Zhang, M., García Molinos, J., Su, G., Zhang, H., & Xu, J. (2019). Spatially structured environmental variation plays a prominent role on the biodiversity of freshwater macrophytes across China. Frontiers in plant science, 10, 161.

19.  Xu, J., Su, G., Xiong, Y., Akasaka, M., Molinos, J. G., Shin-ichiro, S. M., & Zhang, M. (2015). Complimentary analysis of metacommunity nestedness and diversity partitioning highlights the need for a holistic conservation strategy for highland lake fish assemblages. Global Ecology and Conservation, 3, 288-296.

20.  Sha, Y., Su, G., Zhang, P., Zhang, H., & Xu, J. (2015). Diverse dietary strategy of lake anchovy Coilia ectenes taihuensis in lakes with different trophic status. Journal of ichthyology, 55, 866-873. 

Su, G., Mertel, A., Brosse, S & Calabrese J. Species invasiveness and community invasibility of US freshwater fish fauna revealed via trait-based analysis. BES Annual Meeting 2022, United Kingdom (Edinburgh), December 2022.

Su, G., Villéger, S. & Brosse, S. Morphological characteristics of introduced freshwater fishes throughout the world. International Biogeography Society Meeting Humboldt-250, Quito (Ecuador), August 2019.

Su, G., Villéger, S. & Brosse, S. Morphological diversity of freshwater fishes differs between realms, but morphologically extreme species are widespread. Sfécologie 2018-the French Ecological and Evolution Society's International Conference, Rennes (France), October 2018.