Prof. Mingjian Yu received a BS from Zhejiang University in 1990, an MS from Zhejiang University in 1993, and a PhD from Northeast Forestry University in 1997. He is a professor at the School of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University. He has published five monographs and two textbooks as the chief editor or deputy editor. He is the chairman of the Zhejiang Ecological Society, the honorary chairman of the Zhejiang Botanical Society, and the director of the Chinese Botanical Society. His research interests are plant ecology, community ecology, biodiversity, and island biogeography.