研究员，博士生导师，国家引才计划青年项目入选者。2016年12月毕业于美国弗吉尼亚大学环境科学（生态水文）获得理学博士学位。2017-2024年先后在美国犹他大学、瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院、法国气候与环境科学实验室（LSCE）和美国普林斯顿大学从事森林碳循环、地上地下生态学、生物地球化学循环等方面的研究。其研究尤其擅长利用大数据的时空分析，并结合自我研发的理论模型对观测到的生态学现象进行机理上的解释和预测。曾获得弗吉尼亚大学论文发表奖、水文学奖、Joseph K. Roberts奖和伯克利国家实验室早期职业奖学金，并独立主持三项独立研究基金（包括弗吉尼亚大学Jefferson总统研究基金）。其研究成果发表在PNAS, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Nature Geosciences, Nature Water等国际主流期刊发表SCI期刊论文80余篇。

研究领域和方向：全球变化生态学、地上地下生态学、生物地球化学循环、生态水文

代表性学术论文 （ *为通讯作者）

K. Yu* et al. Nonlinear microbial thermal response and its implications for abrupt soil organic carbon responses to warming. (In revision after reviews)

P. He, Q. Ye*, K. Yu, X. Liu, H. Liu, X. Liang, S. Zhu, H. Wang, J. Yan, Y. Wang, I.J. Wright. Relationship between wind speed and plant hydraulics at the global scale. Nature Ecology & Evolution. (In Press)

K. Yu*, H. Chen, A. Gessler, T.A.M, Pugh, E.B. Searle, R.B. Allen, H. Pretzsch, P. Ciais, O.L. Phillips, R.J.W. Brienen, C.J. Chu, S. Xie, A.P. Ballantyne. Forest demography and carbon accumulation rate are associated with tree and density scaling relationships. PNAS Nexus (2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae008

S. Peng*, C. Terrer, B. Smith, P. Ciais, Q. Han, J. Nan, J. Fisher, L. Chen, L. Deng, K. Yu*. Carbon restoration potential on global land under water resource constraints. Nature Water (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00323-5.

X. Lian, J. Peñuelas, Y. Ryu, S. Piao, T. Keenan, J. Fang, K. Yu, A. Chen, Y. Zhang, P. Gentine. Diminishing carryover benefits of earlier spring vegetation growth. Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02272-w.

Z. Liu, B.M. Rogers, G. Keppel-Aleks, M. Helbig, A. Ballantyne, J.S. Kimball, A. Chatterjee, A. Foster,… S. Piao, S.M. Natali, W Wang, W. Buermann, X. Walker, X. Lin, X. Wang, Y. Jin, K. Yu, Y. Zhang. Drivers and trends of enhanced seasonal CO₂ amplitude in northern high latitudes. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00600-7.

Z. Fu, P. Ciais, J. Wigneron, P. Gentine, A. Feldman, D. Makowski, N. Viovy, A. Kemanian, D. Goll, C. Prentice, P. Stoy, D. Yakir, L. Liu, H. Ma, X. Li, Y. Huang, K. Yu, P. Zhu, X. Li, Z. Zhu, J. Lian, W. Smith. Global critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress. Nature Communications (2024),  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49244-7.

T. Shi, S.L. Scott, K. Yu, J. Peñuelas, J. Sardans, H. Li, J. Ye. A global meta-analysis on the effects of organic and inorganic fertilization on grasslands and croplands. Nature Communications (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47829-w.

X. Cen, N. He, K. V. Sundert, C. Terrer, K. Yu, M. Li, L. Xu, L. He, K. Butterbach-Bahl. Global patterns of nitrogen saturation in forests. One Earth (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.oneear.2024.10.007.

            C. Liu, L. Sack, Y. Li, J. Zhang, K. Yu, Q. Zhang, N. He, G. Yu. Relationships of stomatal morphology to environment across plant communities. Nature Communications (2023), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42136-2.

            X. Liang, D. Wang, Q. Ye, J. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Liu, K. Yu, Y. Wang, E. Hou, B. Zhong, L. Xu, T. Lv, S. Peng, H. Lu, P. Sicard, A. Anav, D. S. Ellsworth, Stomatal responses of terrestrial plants to global change. Nat Commun. 14 (2023), doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37934-7.

            Z. Liu, W. J. Wang, A. Ballantyne, H. S. He, X. Wang, S. Liu, P. Ciais, M. C. Wimberly, S. Piao, K. Yu, Q. Yao, Y. Liang, Z. Wu, Y. Fang, A. Chen, W. Xu, J. Zhu, Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations. Commun Earth Environ. 4 (2023), doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00676-x.

             P. Yan, N. He, K. Yu, L. Xu, K. Van Meerbeek, Integrating multiple plant functional traits to predict ecosystem productivity. Commun Biol. 6 (2023), doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04626-3.

            K. Yu*, P. Ciais, S. I. Seneviratne, Z. Liu, H. Y. H. Chen, J. Barichivich, C. D. Allen, H. Yang, Y. Huang, A. P. Ballantyne, Field-based tree mortality constraint reduces estimates of model-projected forest carbon sinks. Nat Commun. 13 (2022), doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29619-4.

            Z. Liu, J. S. Kimball, A. P. Ballantyne, N. C. Parazoo, W. J. Wang, A. Bastos, N. Madani, S. M. Natali, J. D. Watts, B. M. Rogers, P. Ciais, K. Yu, A. M. Virkkala, F. Chevallier, W. Peters, P. K. Patra, N. Chandra, Respiratory loss during late-growing season determines the net carbon dioxide sink in northern permafrost regions. Nat Commun. 13 (2022), doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33293-x.

            F. Mo, C. Ren, K. Yu, Z. Zhou, R. P. Phillips, Z. Luo, Y. Zhang, Y. Dang, J. Han, J. S. Ye, N. Vinay, Y. Liao, Y. Xiong, X. Wen, Global pattern of soil priming effect intensity and its environmental drivers. Ecology. 103 (2022), doi:10.1002/ecy.3790.

            N. Chen, K. Yu*, R. Jia, J. Teng, C. Zhao, Biocrust as one of multiple stable states in global drylands. Sci Adv. 6 (2020), doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay3763.

           K. Yu*, W. K. Smith, A. T. Trugman, R. Condit, S. P. Hubbell, J. Sardans, C. Peng, K. Zhu, J. Peñuelas, M. Cailleret, T. Levanic, A. Gessler, M. Schaub, M. Ferretti, W. R. L. Anderegg, Pervasive decreases in living vegetation carbon turnover time across forest climate zones. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116 (2019), doi:10.1073/pnas.1821387116.

            K. Yu*, G. R. Goldsmith, Y. Wang, W. R. L. Anderegg, Phylogenetic and biogeographic controls of plant nighttime stomatal conductance. New Phytologist. 222 (2019), doi:10.1111/nph.15755.

            W. R. L. Anderegg, A. G. Konings, A. T. Trugman, K. Yu, D. R. Bowling, R. Gabbitas, D. S. Karp, S. Pacala, J. S. Sperry, B. N. Sulman, N. Zenes, Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought. Nature. 561 (2018), doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0539-7.

            G. Manoli, S. Fatichi, M. Schläpfer, K. Yu, T. W. Crowther, N. Meili, P. Burlando, G. G. Katul, E. Bou-Zeid, Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population. Nature. 573 (2019), doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1512-9.

            K. Yu*, P. D’Odorico, Hydraulic lift as a determinant of tree-grass coexistence on savannas. New Phytologist. 207 (2015), doi:10.1111/nph.13431.

            K. Yu*, P. D’Odorico, A. Bhattachan, G. S. Okin, A. T. Evan, Dust-rainfall feedback in West African Sahel. Geophys Res Lett. 42 (2015), doi:10.1002/2015GL065533.

            K. F. Davis#, K. Yu#, M. C. Rulli, L. Pichdara, P. D’Odorico, Accelerated deforestation driven by large-scale land acquisitions in Cambodia. Nat Geosci. 8 (2015), doi:10.1038/ngeo2540. (# Contributed equally)

招生方向：全球变化生态学、生物地球化学循环、生态水文

招聘方向：长期招聘具有生态学、地理学、自然与人文生态系统耦合等相关研究背景的助研、博士后、客座学生；重点关注植被结构和功能，植被空间自组织，森林生态系统碳氮磷水循环，生态系统稳定性和灾变，地上地下生态学等；具有理论知识背景、兴趣及其理论模型与数据融合的申请者优先考虑。

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