Prof.Dr.Anwar Tumur earned a BS in Biology (1993) and a PhD in Ecology (2008) from Xinjiang University, China. He is now a Professor at the College of Life Sciences and Technology, teaching lichen ecology, conservation biology and evolutionary biology. He is a member of the China Mycological Society and Botanical Society of Xinjiang, China. His research interests include lichen community ecology, lichen taxonomy and lichen species diversity, and his work, focused on lichen ecology and lichen biology, has resulted in 70 publications.