CAI Chunju, professor and doctoral supervisor, works at the Research Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Resources and Environment of the International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR).

She also holds several key positions, including Member of the National Economic Forest Product Standardization Technical Committee, Director of the Urban Forest Branch of the Chinese Forestry Society, Expert in the National Forest Health Expert Database, and Head of the National Positioning Observation and Research Station of the Bamboo Forest Ecosystem in Changning, Sichuan.

Her primary research focuses on bamboo resource cultivation and integrated management, ecological evaluation and improvement functions of bamboo forests, and urban forestry. Dr. Cai has led over 20 research projects, including national science and technology support programs, the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" national key R&D initiative, public welfare forestry industry projects, agricultural science and technology achievement transformation funds, and forestry industry standards development. She has contributed to six scientific and technological achievements, authored three monographs, developed two local bamboo industry plans, and established two industry standards. Additionally, she has published more than 70 papers in core domestic and international journals.

Dr. Cai has been honored with awards such as the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Award, among other provincial-level research recognitions.

Email:caicj@icbr.ac.cn

The main papers published in recent years are as follows:

[1]  Effects of physiological integration on nitrogen use efficiency of moso bamboo in homogeneous and heterogeneous environments. Frontiers in plant science.2023, 14: 1203881. WOS:001014110800001.

[2] How to control nitrogen and phosphorus loss during runoff process? - A case study at Fushi Reservoir in Anji County (China). Ecological Indicators..2023, 155: 111007. WOS:001148782900001.

[3] Soil meso-and micro-fauna-community in response to bamboo-fungus agroforestry management. Scientific Reports，2022，12，16392. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20738.

[4] Physiological integration improves nitrogen use efficiency of moso bamboo: An isotopic (15N) assessment. Forest Ecology and Management.2022,12,16392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121073.

[5] Physiological Response Characteristics of Moso Bamboo under Drought Stress Based on Calcium Signal. Forests. 2021, 12(12), 1699.

[6] Consistent Effects of Canopy vs. Understory Nitrogen Addition on the Soil Respiration and Net Ecosystem Production in Moso Bamboo Forests. Forests 2021, 12(10), 1427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ f1210142.

[7]  Air moisture and soil texture are crucial for the water dynamics of riparian bamboo in a subtropical region. PLANT AND SOIL.2020, 455 (1-2): 381-395. WOS:000563626600001.

[8] Effects of Rhizome Integration on the Water Physiology of Phyllostachys edulis Clones Under Heterogeneous Water Stress. Plants 2020, 9(3), 373.

[9] Spatial and Temporal Calcium Signaling and Its Physiological Effects in Moso Bamboo under Drought Stress;Forests;2019,10(3):224.