Dr. Jian Chen is an Assistant Professor at the Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry. His research focuses on the responses and adaptation of mountain forest ecosystems to global change, with particular interests in soil microbial ecology, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and biodiversity conservation. His mission is to bridge ecological research with forest restoration and sustainable management. He has participated in multiple research projects funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Chinese Academy of Forestry. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, including 12 as the first author, in journals such as Catena, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Science of the Total Environment.