Dejun Li is a Professor at the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his B.S. from the Hunan University of Science and Technology in 2001; earned his M.S. at the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2004; and completed his Ph.D. studies at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2007. He was a Research Associate at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007–2009), a Postdoc Research Fellow at the University College Dublin (2009–2011), and a Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of Oklahoma (2011–2013). In 2013, he came to the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests focus on (1) carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and their responses/feedback to global change; (2) carbon and nitrogen dynamics during ecological restoration/succession; (3) carbon and nitrogen cycling processes in karst ecosystems; (4) and mechanisms and technology for fertility improvement of degraded ecosystems.