Current Positions Associate Professor, College of Forestry, Guangxi University; Editor in Chief, Journal of Sustainable Forestry.

Educational Background B.Sc. (Botany), University of Colombo; M.F.S. (Forest Science), Yale University; PhD (Plant Physiological Ecology), Yale University; Post-doctoral Fellow, UCSD/NIH; Post-doctoral Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Plant Physiological Ecology).

Research Interests Plant physiological ecology, seed biophysiology, forest regeneration dynamics, epiphytic seed germination, dispersal and recruitment limitation; tropical and transitional subtropical forest dynamics; Orchidaceae, Ficus, pioneer trees.

Teaching Interests Plant physiological ecology, biodiversity conservation, development of student and faculty key competencies for research and education, academic and industry landscape of research journal publications.

BSA service Human Diversity Committee, 2015-present; Member, Strategic Planning Committee (2014); APPS Reviewing Editor (2014-2016); Treasurer, Physiological Section (2007-2011); Planting Science Program Mentor (2008-2010); International Committee Member (2008-2009); Workshop organizer on data screening and data management (2008).

Other service Graduate Women in Science: National Secretary (2010-2012); Member, Editorial Board (2010 -2012); Chair, Co-Chair, and Member, International Relations Committee (2012-2014; 2011-2012 and 2010-2011, respectively); Association for Women in Science (AWIS) San Diego Chapter: Co-Chair and Member, Scholarship Committee (2010-2012 and 2009, respectively); Science Fair Mentoring, Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven, Connecticut (2001).

Honors/Awards Outstanding individual contribution award for international exchange and academic cooperation, Guangxi University (2017); AWIS appreciation award scholarship committee leadership (co-award with Cheryl Okumura; 2012); BSA best student presentation and Li-Cor prize for best presentation, physiological section (2007 and 2008, respectively); AAAS/NSF, Women in International Scientific Cooperation Research Award (2002);Teaching appreciation award, World University Service, Sri Lanka (2001, 2004).