Guo-Hua Ding received his B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from Hangzhou Normal University in 2007, and his Ph.D. in Ecology from Nanjing Normal University in 2012. In 2012, he joined Lishui University, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. He was a visiting scholar at the National University of Singapore (2021–2022). His research focuses on amphibians and reptiles, covering bioacoustics, behavioural ecology, ecophysiology, ecotoxicology, and biodiversity.