Urban Forestry; Parks Study; Municipal Management of UI; Utilization of Forest Resources; Non-Wood Forest Product; Tree Physiology; Horticulture

2006-2011 The College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Ph.D. in "Forestry Silviculture"

2010.09-12 Visiting Student in University of Victoria, BC, Canada, host: Prof. Barbara Hawkins

2002-2006 The College of Natural Resources and Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Bachelor Degree

Works in Institutes affiliated to Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences

Visits in University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, USA

2013.04 - present Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Changchun, Jilin, China

2019.09 - 2020.11 Visiting fellow in University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, host: Prof. Richard J. Hauer

Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

2011.07 - 2013.03 Center for Flower Research Center, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science

Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, China

Totally publihed about 80 SCI journal papers, 3 patents, 1 conference paper, and a part of textbook 

Ten from the most recent bibliography,

1. Yifeng Liu, Zhanhua Cao, Hongxu Wei*, Peng Guo*. Optimizing Spatial Distribution of Retail Shops against Neighborhood Tree Canopy Shade Using Big Data Extracted from Streetscape. Land, 2024, 13(8), article ID: 1249

2. Xiaopei Wang, Lingquan Meng, Yifeng Liu, Hongxu Wei*. Faial Expressions of Urban Forest Visitors Jointly Exposed to Air Pollution and Regional Climate. Forests, 2023, 14(8), article ID: 1571.

3. Qian He†, Yue Wang†, Quan Qiu, Yan Su, Yang Wang, Hongxu Wei*, Jiyue Li*. Joint effects of air PM2.5 and socioeconomic dimensions on posted emotions of urban green space visitors in cities experiencing population urbanization: A pilot study on 50 cities of East China. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 861, article ID: 160607.

4. Qian He†, Yue Wang†, Quan Qiu, Yan Su, Hongxu Wei*, Jiyue Li*. Posted sentiments toward experiences in degraded forests are shaped jointly by landscape structure and microclimate. Ecosystem Health & Sustainability, 2023, 9, article ID: 0004.

5. Xiaopei Wang, Lingquan Meng, Hongxu Wei*. Biomass, carbohydrate, and leakage conductance in buds of six ornamental tree species subjected to a "false spring" in Northeast China. Annals of Forest Research, 2022, 65(2): 15-30.

6. Hongxu Wei, Richard J. Hauer, Yuxiang Sun*, Lingquan Meng, Peng Guo*. Emotional perceptions of people exposed to green and blue spaces in forest parks of cities at rapid urbanization regions of East China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022, 78, article ID: 127772.

7. Hongxu Wei*, Jie Zhang, Zhihui Xu, Tengfei Hui, Peng Guo, Yuxiang Sun. The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022, 73, article ID: 127613.

8. Hongxu Wei*, Richard J. Hauer, Shenglei Guo. Daytime dynamic of spontaneous expressions of pedestrians in an urban forest park. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021, article ID: 127326.

9.  Hongxu Wei, Richard J. Hauer, Xingyuan He*. A forest experience does not always evoke positive emotion: A pilot study on unconscious facial expressions using the face reading technology. Forest Policy & Economics, 2021, 123, article ID: 102365. 

10. Hongxu Wei, Bingqian Ma, Richard J. Hauer, Chunyue Liu, Xin Chen, Xingyuan He*. Relationship between environmental factors and facial expressions of visitors during the urban forest experience. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020, 58: article ID: 126699.

Invention: A methodology assessing human satisfaction towards an expeience with natural resources by visitors through rating facial expression scores, ZL2019106764031.X

Invention: A cultivational methodology to promote morphological growth in Taxus cuspidata seedlings, ZL201410798194.4

Invention: A methodology to efficiently transplant cultured Taxus cuspidata stocks in large bulks, ZL201510603968.8

Fully adviced students:

Xiaopei Wang (2021.09 - 2024.07)

Yifeng Liu (2022.09 - present)

Haonan Wu (2023.09 - present)

Jointly educational master students:

Dan Wang (2017.09 - 2019.11)

Mengnan Liu (2020.09 - 2023.07)

Tingting Xia (2020.09 - 2023.07)

Lan Wang (2012.09 - 2024.07)