I am a researcher interested in understanding how plant functional diversity affects ecosystem functioning, and how this effect is modulated by precipitation and livestock grazing. I mainly use a process-based ecohydrological model (EcoHyD; also a savanna and dynamic vegetation model) to simulate the diversity within plant functional types (perennial and annual grass, shrub) in my research, which is carried out under different environmental scenarios and at multiple spatial scales. I am also interested in understanding how to use sedimentary diatoms and pollen to evaluate historical fluctuations of water levels. I am currently working on assessing spatiotemporal variations of daily precipitation and temperature as well as climate extremes on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. This will allow us to better understand the responses of alpine ecosystems to climate change.