Doctor of Natural Science, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His team focuses on the forefront and fundamental scientific issues of the impacts of environmental changes on wildlife, as well as conservation biology of threatened species. He explores the effects of environmental change on wildlife and species' responses from various perspectives. Additionally, he conducts researches in ecological modeling methodology for endangered species and protected areas. He has published 80 papers in academic journals and contributed to eight monographs. As the first or corresponding author, his researches have been published in leading journals such as Methods in Ecology and Evolution, PNAS, Global Change Biology, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Animal Ecology, Biological Conservation, Diversity and Distributions, Journal of Biogeography, Oecologia, and so on.

Spatial Ecology, Biogeography, Wildlife Conservation and Global Change Biology

1) Formation and Maintenance Mechanisms of Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Patterns

2) Species Ecological Adaptation under Global Change

3) Eco-safety Barrier Optimization in Western China

Committee member, China Society of Tibetan Plateau

Committee member, China Zoological Society of Biogeography Society

Committee member, Animal Ecology Committee of the Ecological Society of China

Committee member, Scientific and Technological Committee, China Wildlife Conservation Society

Editorial Board Member, Asian Herpetological Research

？ The National WR Jihua for Outstanding Young Talents (2022)

？ The 11th Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Science and Technology Award for Young Scientist (2017)

？ National Outstanding Young Animal Ecologist (2011)

？ "Light of West China" Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Type A, 2019)

？ Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015)

？ Sichuan Province Outstanding Young Scholars Talent Program (2014)

？   Lin, H^#., Wang, X^#., Zhong M., Tang, K., Du, Y., Xu, H., Yi, J., Liu, W., & Hu, J*. (2024) Elevational patterns and assembly processes of multifaceted bird diversity in a subtropical mountain system. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14827. （^#co-author, *corresponding author, the same below）

？   Wang, X^#., Yang, C^#., Qiao, H., & Hu, J*. (2024) More than two-fifths of the protected land in a global biodiversity hotspot in southwest China is under intense human pressure. Science of The Total Environment, 906, 167283.

？   Yang, S, Qu, J, Tang, K, Zhao, X, Zhou, H, & Hu, J*. (2023) Trophic niche and adaptation in highland lizards: sex has greater influences than species matching. Integrative Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12779.

？   Wang, X., Zhong, M., Yang, S., Jiang, J. & Hu, J*. (2022) Multiple β-diversity patterns and the underlying mechanisms across amphibian communities along a subtropical elevational gradient. Diversity and Distributions, 28, 2489–2502.

？   Li, C., Yao, T., Wang, X., Zhang, B., Qiao, H*. & Hu, J*. (2022) Prospects and challenges coexist in China’s new protected area system. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, 315–319.

？   Fu, L., Wang, X., Yang, S., Li, C*. & Hu, J*. (2022) Morphological variation and its environmental correlates in the Taihangshan swelled-vented frog across the Qinling Mountains. Animals, 12, 2328.

？   Guo, C., Zhong, M., Leung, KW., Wang, X. & Hu, J*. (2022) A new species of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Zoological Research, 43, 90–94.

？   Wang, X., Zhong, M., Zhang, J., Si, X., Yang, S., Jiang, J., & Hu, J*. (2022) Multidimensional amphibian diversity and community structure along a 2 600 m elevational gradient on the eastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Zoological Research, 43, 40–51. (Cover story)

？   Yang, S^#., Wang, X^#., & Hu, J*. (2022) Mountain frog species losing out to climate change around the Sichuan Basin. Science of The Total Environment, 806, 150605.

？   Guo, C., Zhong, M., Wang, X., Yang, S., Tang, K., Jia, L., Zhang, C*., Hu, J*. (2022) An updated species checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Fulian Province. China. Biodiversity Science, 30, 22090. (in Chinese)

？   Jiang, Z., Shen, G., Hu, J. et al. (2022) Biodiversity in the Emei Shan World Natural Heritage Site: Outstanding Universal Value and Conservation. Science Press. (in Chinese)

？   Fang, B^#., Yang, Z^#., Shen, M*., Wu, X. & Hu, J*. (2021) Limited increase in asynchrony between the onset of spring green-up and the arrival of a long-distance migratory bird. Science of The Total Environment, 795, 148823.

？   Leung, KW., Yang, S., Wang, X., Tang, K. & Hu, J*. (2021) Ecogeographical adaptation revisited: morphological variations in the plateau brown frog along an elevation gradient on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Biology-Basel, 10, 1081.

？   Luo, Z., Wang, X., Yang, S., Cheng, X., Liu, Y. & Hu, J*. (2021) Combining the responses of habitat suitability and connectivity to climate change for an East Asian endemic frog. Frontiers in Zoology, 18, 14.

？   Xu, A^#., Zhong, M^#., Tang, K., Wang, X., Yang, C., Xu, H., Yi, J., Liu, W., Zhang, C*. & Hu, J*. (2021) Multidimensional diversity of bird communities across spatial variation of land cover in Zoige on the eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Avian Research, 12, 25.

？   Huang, Y^#., Wang, X^#., Yang, X., Jiang, J*. & Hu, J*. (2020) Unveiling the roles of interspecific competition and local adaptation in phenotypic differentiation of parapatric frogs. Current Zoology, 66, 383–392. (Cover story)

？   Liang, D^#., Yang, S^#., Pagani-Nú？ez, E.^#*, He, C., Liu, Y., Goodale, E., Liao, WB*. & Hu, J*. (2020) How to become a generalist species? Individual niche variation across habitat transformation gradients. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 597450.

？   Wang, X., Yang, S., Guo, C., Tang, K., Jiang, J*. & Hu, J*. (2020) Amphibian diversity and conservation along an elevational gradient on Mount Emei, southwestern China. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 14, 46–56.

？   Hu, J*., Huang, Y., Jiang, J. & Guisan, A. (2019) Genetic diversity in frogs linked to past and future climate changes on the roof of the world. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88, 953–963.

？   Feng, L., Liao, W. & Hu, J*. (2019) Towards a more sustainable human–animal relationship: the legal protection of wildlife in China. Sustainability, 11, 3112.

？   Wang, X^#., Huang, Y^#., Zhong, M., Yang, S., Yang, X., Jiang, J. & Hu, J*. (2019) Environmental stress shapes life-history variation in the swelled-vented frog (Feirana quadranus). Evolutionary Ecology, 33, 435–448.

？   Yang, S., Jiang, J., Luo, Z., Yang, X., Wang, X., Liao, W. & Hu, J*. (2019) Microhabitat segregation of parapatric frogs in the Qinling mountains. Asian Herpetological Research, 10, 48–55.

？   Wang, P., Liu, S., Hu, J., Zhang, J., Wang, Z., Xu, J., Yao, H., Wang, B., Chen, D., Zhang, Z. & Liu, Y*. (2022) Disentangling the relative roles of geographical and ecological factors in driving genomic variations of a widely distributed bird across a longitudinal gradient. Journal of Avian Biology, 2022, e02979.

？   Luo, Z*., Mowery, M*., Cheng, X., Yang, Q., Hu, J. & Andrade, M. (2022) Realized niche shift of an invasive widow spider: drivers and impacts of human activities. Frontiers in Zoology, 19, 25.

？   Du, Y^#., Fan, L^#., Xu, Z., Wen, Z., Cai, T., Feijo, A., Hu, J., Lei, F., Yang, Q*. & Qiao, H*. (2021) A multi-faceted comparative perspective on elevational beta-diversity: the patterns and their causes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, 20210343.

？   Lin, X., Shih, C., Hou, Y., Shu, X., Zhang, M., Hu, J., Jiang, J. & Xie, F*. (2021) Climatic-niche evolution with key morphological innovations across clades within Scutiger boulengeri (Anura: Megophryidae). Ecology and Evolution, 11, 10353–10368.

？   Pagani-Nunez, E*., Barnett, C., Dingle, C., Goodale, E., Hu, J., Li, Y., Liu, Y., Wu, N. & Zou, Y. (2021) Impacts of habitat transformation on species, biodiversity and ecosystems in Asia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 777175.

？   Yang, S., Zhang, C*., Liao, W., Li, N. & Hu, J. (2021) Trophic niche shifts in mountain Feirana frogs under human-mediated habitat transformations. Asian Herpetological Research, 12, 234–241.

？   Chen, D., Liu, Y., Davison, G., Ding, L., Gao, S., Hu, J., Li, S. & Zhang, Z*. (2020) Disentangling the evolutionary history and biogeography of hill partridges (Phasianidae, Arborophila) from low coverage shotgun sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 151, 106895.

？   Yang, J., Lu, J., Chen, Y., Yan, E., Hu, J., Wang, X. & Shen, G*. (2020) Large underestimation of intraspecific trait variation and its improvements. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 53.

？   Wang, X^#., Que, P^#., Heckel, G., Hu, J., Zhang, X., Chiang, C., Zhang, N., Huang, Q., Liu, S., Martinez, J., Pagani-Nunez, E., Dingle, C., Leung, Y., Szekely, T., Zhang, Z. & Liu, Y*. (2019) Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19, 135.

？   You, Z., Hu, J*., Wei, Q., Li, C., Deng, X. & Jiang, Z*. (2018) Pitfall of big databases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, E9026–E9028.

？   Hu, J*. & Jiang J*. (2018) Inferring ecological explanations for biogeographic boundaries of parapatric Asian mountain frogs. BMC Ecology, 18, 3.

？   Qiao, J., Wang, X., Wang, W., Luo, Z., Tang, K., Huang, Y., Yang, S., Cao, W., Zhao, X., Jiang, J., Hu, J*. (2018) From nature reserve to national park system pilot: Changes of environmental coverage in the Three-River-Source National Park and implications for amphibian and reptile conservation. Biodiversity Science, 26, 202–209. (in Chinese)

？   Qiao, H., Peterson, A.T., Ji, L. & Hu, J*. (2017) Using data from related species to overcome spatial sampling bias and associated limitations in ecological niche modeling. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1804–1812.

？   Hu, J*. (2017) Decreasing desired opportunity for energy supply of a globally acclaimed biofuel crop in a changing climate. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 76, 857–864.

？   Hua, F^#*., Hu, J^#., Liu, Y^#*., Giam, X., Lee, T.M., Luo, H., Wu, J., Liang, Q., Zhao, J., Long, X., Pang, H., Wang, B., Liang, W., Zhang, Z., Gao, X. & Zhu, J. (2016) Community-wide changes in intertaxonomic temporal co-occurrence resulting from phenological shifts. Global Change Biology, 22, 1746–1754.

？   Hu, J*., Broennimann, O., Guisan, A., Wang, B., Huang, Y. & Jiang, J*. (2016) Niche conservatism in Gynandropaa frogs on the southeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports, 6, 32624.

？   Feng, X., Chen, W., Hu, J*. & Jiang, J*. (2015) Variation and sexual dimorphism of body size in the plateau brown frog along an altitudinal gradient. Asian Herpetological Research, 6, 291–297.

？   Hu, J., Jiang, Z*., Chen, J. & Qiao, H*. (2015) Niche divergence accelerates evolution in Asian endemic Procapra gazelles. Scientific Reports, 5, 10069.

？   Hu, J. & Liu, Y*. (2014) Unveiling the conservation biogeography of a data-deficient endangered bird species under climate change. PLoS ONE, 9, e84529.

？   Hu, J., Jiang, Z*. & Mallon, D.P. (2013) Metapopulation viability of a globally endangered gazelle on the Northeast Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Biological Conservation, 166, 23–32.

？   Hu, J*. & Jiang, Z*. (2012) Detecting the potential sympatric range and niche divergence between Asian endemic ungulates of Procapra. Naturwissenschaften, 99, 553–565.

？   Hu, J., Li, C., Xie, F. & Jiang, J*. (2012) Endemic amphibians and their distribution in China. Asian Herpetological Research, 3, 163–171.

？   Hu, J. & Jiang, Z*. (2011) Climate change hastens the conservation urgency of an endangered ungulate. PLoS ONE, 6, e22873.

？   Hu, J., Jiang, Z., Zhang, C., Xiao, F. & Hu, H*. (2011) Bird diversity and the conservation value of a new Ramsar site: Guangdong Haifeng Wetlands, China. Integrative Zoology, 6, 266–278.

？   Hu, J., Xie, F., Li, C. & Jiang, J*. (2011) Elevational patterns of species richness, range and body size for spiny frogs. PLoS ONE, 6, e19817.

？   Hu, J., Hu, H. & Jiang, Z*. (2010) The impacts of climate change on the wintering distribution of an endangered migratory bird. Oecologia, 164, 555–565.

？   Hu, J. & Jiang, Z*. (2010) Predicting the potential distribution of the endangered Przewalski’s gazelle. Journal of Zoology, 282, 54–63.

？   Hu, J., Ping, X., Cai, J., Li, Z., Li, C. & Jiang, Z*. (2010) Do local communities support the conservation of endangered Przewalski’s gazelle? European Journal of Wildlife Research, 56, 551–560.

1. Interdisciplinary Innovation Team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) “Light of West China” Program (xbzg-zdsys-202207, 2023-2025, Principal Investigator)

2. National WR Jihua for Outstanding Young Talents (2022.09)

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program: Synergistic effects of land-use and climate changes on amphibian diversity and their conservation in mountains of southwest China (32271737, 2023-2026, Principal Investigator)

4. NSFC General Program: Intraspecific geographic variations of functional traits and trophic niches and their mechanism in spiny frogs (32071544, 2021-2024, Principal Investigator)

5. “Light of West China” Young Scholars (Type A) Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019XBZG_XBQNZG_A_003, 2020-2022, Principal Investigator)

6. NSFC General Program: Climate change impacts on multiple facets of biodiversity and conservation prioritization for amphibians in the Hengduan Mountains (31770568, 2018-2021, Principal Investigator)

7. NSFC General Program: Species coexistence and conservation biogeography of Feirana frogs (31572290, 2016-2019, Principal Investigator)

8. Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Plan: Maintenance mechanisms of species diversity and ecosystem sustainability representing the OUV of heritage sites (2016YFC0503303, 2016-2020, Principal Investigator)

9. Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015304, Principal Investigator)

10. NSFC General Program: Spatial diversity patterns and niche evolution of spiny frogs (31270568, 2013-2016, Principal Investigator)