Zhenxin Li is an Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Northeast Normal University. He received his Bachelor’s in Environmental Science and Master’s in Ecology from Northeast Normal University in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and earned a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma from 2014 to 2015. His main research areas include forest ecology, wetland ecology, and ecological assessment.