Jan Sher is currently working at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Jan Sher works on many projects involving areas such as biological activities, phytochemistry, and medicinal plants. Currently, Jan Sher is studying how plants respond to their neighboring kin or non-kin under different environmental factors, such as drought, nutrients, toxicity, density, and light. Jan Sher has published many papers in Plants, Frontiers, and other journals.