2008.08-2013.10, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher

2013.11-2014.11, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Researcher 

2014.12-2018.10, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Young Researcher 

2015.12-2016.12, Dujiangyan Municipal People's Government, Deputy Mayor (seconded) 

2017.05-2019.05, Ecology Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director

2018.11-Present, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher 

2019.06-2024.04, The Thematic Area of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS，Deputy Chief 

2019.09-Present, Ecological Restoration and Ecological Protection Project Team, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director 

2019.10-Present, Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecosystem Recovery and Bioresource Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation, Deputy Director 

2024.04-Present, the Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration，Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS，Vice Chief

Restoration Ecology

Microbial Ecology

Soil Ecology

Grassland Ecology

Since December 2023, serving as the Executive Director of Sichuan Provincial Botanical Society.

Since October 2019, serving as the Executive Director of the National Park Branch of the China Forestry Society.

Since December 2023, serving as the Director of the Plant Ecology Committee.

Since November 2019, serving as an Editorial Board Member of the "Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology."

Since May 2022, serving as a Special Inspector of the Sichuan Provincial People's Procuratorate.

Since October 2022, serving as a Director of the Sichuan Provincial Overseas Students Association and Deputy Director of the Ecological Environment Professional Committee (since March 2023).

Since October 2018, serving as an expert in the Special Working Group for Democratic Supervision of Yangtze River Ecological Environment Protection of the China National Democratic Construction Association.

Since September 2022, serving as the Deputy Director of the Sichuan Provincial Committee's Ecological Environment Work Committee.

Since January 2023, serving as a member of the 14th Sichuan Provincial People's Congress on Urban Construction, Environmental Resources Committee.

Since July 2022, serving as a member of the 10th and 11th Academic Committee of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Aba Prefecture "8-8" Jiuzhaigou Earthquake Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Advanced Collective Award, 2021, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Government

Tianfu Ten Thousand People Plan-Tianfu Science and Technology Elites, 2020, Sichuan Provincial Party Committee Organization Department, Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, China

The Twelfth Batch of Reserve Candidates for Academic and Technical Leaders of Sichuan Province, 2018, Organization Department of Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Sichuan Province, etc.

Research and Demonstration of Comprehensive Technology for Ecological Restoration of Alpine Grassland in Northwest Sichuan, 2016, Second Prize of Sichuan Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress

Recovery of Degraded Vegetation and Sustainable Utilization of Grassland in Alpine Forest-Grass Intertwined Zone of Western Sichuan, 2009, Second-class prize of Sichuan Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress

Monograph:

Atlas of Diatoms of Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, An？elka Plenkovi？-Moraj, Geng Sun, Zlatko Levkov, Nikola Moraj, Marija Gligora Udovi？and Weiyang Xiao. 2023, Science Press

"Field Guide to the Main Forage and Poisonous Plants of the Grasslands in Northwest Sichuan. By Sun Geng, Lei Yanbao, Zhu Dalin, Huang Zhongxuan, and Wu Danni. 2022, Science Press."

"Moss Flora of the Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve. By Sun Geng, Lei Yanbao, Chen Ke, Xu Rongliang, et al. 2021, Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House."

Papers:

Tang ZL, Xiao Y, Wang YT, Xu YZ, Ren BN, Sun G*. How changes in landscape patterns affect the carbon emission: a case study in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, China [J]. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024, 158: 196.

Shen J, Liang Z, Kuzyakov Y, Li W, He Y, Wang C, Xiao Y, Chen K, Sun G*, Lei YB*. Dissolved organic matter defines microbial communities during initial soil formation after deglaciation [J]. Science of The Total Environment, 2023,  878: 163171.

Sun G, Levkov Z*, Xiao W, Moraj N, Gligora Udovi？M, Du J, Chen Q, Plenkovi？-Moraj A. New diatom species Diploneis zhui sp. nov. from Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China [J]. Phytotaxa, 2023, 629(3): 235-244.

Sun G, Levkov Z*, Xiao W, Moraj N, Gligora Udovi？ M, Du J, Chen Q, Plenkovi？-Moraj A. Sellaphora jiuzhaienis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae)—A new diatom species from Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China [J]. Phytotaxa, 2023, 626(4): 259-268.

Xia HX, Chen K, Liu L, Plenkovi？-Moraj A, Sun G*, Lei YB*. Photosynthetic regulation in fluctuating light under combined stresses of high temperature and dehydration in three contrasting mosses [J]. Plant Science, 2022, 323: 111379.

Li XH, Zhang MQ, Xiao WY, Du J, Sheng MQ, Zhu DL, Plenkovi？-Moraj A, Sun G*. The Color Formation Mechanism of the Blue Karst Lakes in Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China [J]. Water, 2020, 12: 771.

Tang ZL, Sun G*, Fu M, Chuanhao, Plenkovi？-Moraj A. Research on the industrial energy eco-efficiency evolution characteristics of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the temporal and spatial dimension, China [J]. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020; 17: 268.

Liu L, Zeng K, Wu N, Zhang XQ, Sun F, Chen DM, Gao WC, Zhou JQ, Zhao JX, You CM, Sun G*. Variation in physicochemical and biochemical soil properties among different plant species treatments early in the restoration of a desertified alpine meadow [J]. Land Degradation & Development, 2019, 30(16): 1887-1917.

Zhang NN, Sun G*, Zhong B, Wang ET, Zhao CZ, Cheng W, Wu N. Impacts of wise grazing on physicochemical and biological features of soil in a sandy grassland on the Tibetan Plateau [J]. Land Degradation & Development, 2019, 30(7): 719-729.

Hu X, Li J, Sun G*, Lei YB, Zhong B, Zhang NN, He J, Wu N. Growth and reproduction characteristics of plant's kin recognition in two different lifestyle species [J]. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 2018, 20: 951-958.

Zhang NN, Sun G*, Liang J, Wang E T, Shi C G, He J, Hu X, Wu N. Response of ammonium oxidizers to the application of nitrogen fertilizer in an alpine meadow at Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau [J]. Applied Soil Ecology, 2018, 124: 266-274.

Tang ZL, Sun G*, Zhang NN, He J, Wu N. Impacts of land-use and climate change on ecosystem service in Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China [J]. Sustainability, 2018, 10: 467.

Sun G, Zhu-Barker X, Chen DM, Liu L, Zhang NN, Shi CG, He LP, Lei YB*. Responses of root exudation and nutrient cycling to grazing intensities and recovery practices in an alpine meadow: An implication for pasture management [J]. Plant and Soil, 2017, 416: 515-525.

Liu L, Monaco TA, Sun F, Liua W, Gan Y, Sun G*. Altered precipitation patterns and simulated nitrogen deposition effects on phenology of common plant species in a Tibetan Plateau alpine meadow [J]. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2017, 236: 36-47.

Silva L, Sun G*, Zhu X, Liang Q, Wu N, Horwath W. Tree growth acceleration and expansion of alpine forests: The synergistic effect of atmospheric and edaphic change [J]. Science Advances, 2016, 2: e1501302.

National Natural Science Foundation Special Project on Permafrost: The Storage of Organic Carbon Components in Peatland Soil of the Zoige Plateau Permafrost Region and the Characteristics of Changes in Key Attribute Parameters, 2023.01-2027.12

Key Research and Development Plan Strategic International Cooperation Project: China-Croatia Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Joint Research, 2020.11-2023.10 

Subtopic of the Second Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Tibetan Plateau: Basic Investigation and Development of Special Livestock Products and Ecological Grassland Animal Husbandry, 2019.11-2024.10 

Sichuan Province Centrally Guided Local Science and Technology Development Special Project: China-Croatia Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services "Belt and Road" Joint Laboratory, 2022.09-2024.08 

Jiuzhaigou Post-Disaster Restoration Project: Research on the Recovery and Protection of World Natural Heritage, 2018.06-2020.12 

Jiuzhaigou Post-Disaster Restoration Project: Operation and Maintenance Services of the National Comprehensive Observation Station Project for World Natural Heritage Landscape and Ecological Protection, 2019.01-2021.12 

Jiuzhaigou Post-Earthquake Restoration Project: Artificial Moss Cover Experiment Research on Bare Rock Slope after the Jiuzhaigou Earthquake, 2019.10-2021.12 

Jiuzhaigou Post-Earthquake Restoration Project: Large-Scale Application Experiment and Demonstration Project of Artificial Moss Cover on Bare Rock Slope after the Jiuzhaigou Earthquake, 2022.08-2023.12