Prof. Constantin Zohner
Constantin is a Professor at the University of Tokyo and Research Director of BRANCH Institute. His research explores how ecosystems change across time and space and what this means for the climate, for biodiversity, and for people.
Dr. Lukeman Adams
Lukeman is a Postdoc at UTokyo. His research focuses on mapping the potential of nature to develop a biodiversity tracker, drawing on remote sensing and ecological data to monitor and predict biodiversity change across ecosystems.
Dr. Robert McElderry
Robert is a Senior Scientist at BRANCH and UTokyo, specializing in biodiversity risk modelling, geospatial analysis, and global biodiversity indices for tracking the state of nature. His work is critical for policy-relevant applications of biodiversity modelling.
Emily Clark
Emily is Managing Director of BRANCH Institute, overseeing governance, organizational systems, and capacity development. She builds the operational infrastructure that keeps BRANCH’s research, policy, and partnerships aligned and impact-driven.
Gayoung Yang
Gayoung is a PhD student at ETH Zurich. Her research investigates how the boundaries between land uses — forest edges, fragmented habitats, and agricultural landscapes — shape ecosystem function, from forest biomass to crop yields.
Yibiao Zou
Yibiao is a Postdoc at WSL. His research investigates the patterns, drivers, and consequences of large-scale vegetation change, spanning forest fragmentation, landscape resilience, and the mechanisms behind alternative biome states.
Dominic Rebindaine
Dominic is a PhD student at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), exploring how climate change shapes plant phenology and ecosystem functioning through a combination of experiments, long-term observations, and modelling.
Dr. Zhaofei Wu
Zhaofei is a Postdoc at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). His work focuses on the mechanistic links between climate change, plant phenology, and ecosystem functioning to understand how forests respond to a warming world.
Prof. Thomas Crowther
Thomas is a Professor at KAUST and founder of the Crowther Lab. He studies how ecological knowledge can be applied to enhance the success of conservation and restoration efforts by improving the livelihoods of local communities.
Prof. Lidong Mo
Lidong is a Professor at Nankai University. His research spans global ecosystem ecology under climate change and human disturbance, integrating scales from plant functional traits to communities to whole ecosystems.
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The scientific foundation for ecosystem restoration, informing and empowering people to protect and restore Earth’s biodiversity to fight climate change and improve human well-being.