Invited by the School of Life Sciences, professor Bernhard Schmid from University of Zurich, Switzerland, will visit Lanzhou University and give an academic talk. Everyone is welcomed.

Title: Individuality and diversity in plants

Time: June 22, 2018 (Friday) 15:00 pm

Place: Hall 301, Shaw Bio Building, Lanzhou University

Introduction to Professor Bernhard Schmid:

Professor Bernhard Schmid is a world-renowned botanist, ecologist, and evolutionary biologist. He graduated from the University of Zurich in 1981. He is currently a professor of Department of Evolutionary Biology and Department of Geography of the University of Zurich. He is engaged in plant ecology, conservation biology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity and ecosystem function. He has published more than 400 papers in top journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, Nat Ecol Evol, Ecol Lett, Curr Biol, and Nat Commun. The papers have been cited more than 30,000 times. Professor Schmid was a member of the Research Foundation of the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at University of Zurich, the Dean of the School of Mathematics and Sciences, and a Visiting Professor at Peking University. He is currently the editor-in-chief of “Journal Plant Ecology”.