2010.09 ~ 2015.01，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，生态学，博士；

2004.09 ~ 2007.07，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，生态学，硕士。

工作经历

2021.01~ 现  在，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，研究员；

2016.01 ~ 2020.12，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，副研究员；

2018.02 ~ 2018.05，荷兰瓦赫宁根大学，访问学者；

2012.11 ~ 2013.02，德国德累斯顿工业大学，访问学者；

2011.11 ~ 2012.02，德国德累斯顿工业大学，访问学者；

2010.09 ~ 2015.12，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，助理研究员。

代表论著 （*，通讯，#，共一）

1. Chen YJ^*,#, Maenpuen P^#, Katabuchi M^#, Tor-ngern P, Palmorth S, Zhang SB, Xiao YX, Liu M, Oren R^*,#. Hydraulic conductivity-induced systematic parameter variation in a widely used thermal dissipation sap-flow technique. New Phytologist. 2025

   2. Aritsara ANA, Cao KF, Zhang YJ, Han L, Maenpuen P, Zhang SB, Zhao GJ, Wei Y, Liu JB, Yu JR, Chen YJ*. Bulliform cell-induced leaf curling contributes to water loss and water potential regulation of bamboos during dry season. Physiology Plantarum. 2025.

   3. Han L, Tinprabat P, Maenpuen P*, Chanthorn W*, Marod D, Tor-ngern P, Nathalang A, Brokelman WY, Zhang SB, Chen YJ. Lianas exhibit lower leaf drought resistance than trees in both tropical dry and wet forests in Thailand. Flora, 2025, 32710.1016/j.flora.2025.152730

   4. Wang N*, Domec JC*, Palmroth S, Maier CA, Xie LL, Yin CY, Chen YJ, Oren R. Xylem hydraulic properties of give Pinus species grown in common environment vary from needles to roots with needle length and native‐range climate. Plant Cell and Environment. 2025, DOI: 10.1111/pce.70015.

   5. Groenendijk P, Babst F, Trouet V, Fan ZX, Granato-Souza D, Locosselli GM, Mokria M, Panthi S, Pumijumnong N, Abiyu A, et al. The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research. Quaternary Science Reviews 2025, 355.

   6. Dai FY, Hou YR, Li ZF, Wen HD, Li TL, Chen YJ, Zhang SB*. Leaf habit and plant height are associated with mortality risk of trees and shrubs during extreme drought in a Chinese savanna ecosystem. Journal of Forestry Research. 2025, 36:64 10.1007/s11676-025-01861-8

7. Kongjarat W^#, Han L^#, Aina Aritsara AN*, Zhang S-B, Zhao GJ, Zhang YJ, Maenpuen P, Li YM, Zou YK, Li MY, Li XN, Tao LB, Chen YJ*. Hydraulic properties and drought response of a tropical bamboo (Cephalostachyum pergracile). Plant Diversity.2024, 46: 406-415

   8. Zhang SB*, Song Y, Wen HD, Chen YJ. Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies are related to drought resistance across woody species in a Chinese savanna. Tree Physiology 2024, 44(1).

   9. Li XA, Li ZF, Xu ZX, Lu ZY, Fan ZX, Chen YJ, Zhang SB*. Leaf trait networks shift toward high modularity during the succession of a subtropical forest, in southwest China. Ecological Indicators 2024, 166.

   10. Dossa GGO*, Li HL, Pan B, Ling TC, Schaefer DA, Roeder M, Njoroge DM, Zuo J, Song L, Ofosu-Bamfo B, et al. Effects of lianas on forest biogeochemistry during their lives and afterlives. Global Change Biology 2024, 30(4): e17274.

   11. Dossa GGO*, Adhikari S, Cao KF, Chen YJ, Codjia JEI, Corlett RT, Dong J, Fan ZX, Khatri P, Kiki M, et al. 2024. Lianas from lives to afterlives: 1st International workshop on liana forest ecology, Xishuangbanna, China, 12-16 October 2024. New Phytologist 242(5): 1886-1890.

   12. Hu HX, Mo YX, Ai YY, Lu HZ, Chen YJ, Nakamura A, Song L. Highlights and hotspots in canopy science: A review based on the 8th International Canopy Conference. Chinese Journal of Ecology 2024, 43(10): 3199-3204 (Chinese journal with English abstract). 

   13. Chen YJ^#, Maenpuen P^#, Zhang JL*, Zhang YJ*. Remaining uncertainties in the Pneumatic method. New Phytologist. 2023, 237(2): 384-391. 

   14. Wei Y, Chen YJ, Siddiq Z, Zhang JL, Zhang SB, Jansen S, Cao KF*. Hydraulic traits and photosynthesis are coordinated with trunk sapwood capacitance in tropical tree species. Tree Physiology, 2023, tpad107, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad107

   15. Song HQ, Wang YQ, Yan CL, Zeng WH, Chen YJ, Zhang JL, Liu H, Zhang QM, Zhu SD*. Can leaf drought tolerance predict species abundance and its changes in tropical-subtropical forests? Tree Physiology, 2023, 43, 1319–1325

   16. Wang YQ, Song HQ, Chen YJ, Fu PL, Zhang JL, Cao KF*, Zhu SD*. Hydraulic determinants of drought-induced tree mortality and changes in tree abundance between two tropical forests with different water availability. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2023, 331. 109329

   17. Zhang YJ*, Hochberg U, Rockwell FE, Ponomarenko A, Chen YJ, Manandhar A, Graham AC, Holbrook NM. Xylem conduit deformation across vascular plants: an evolutionary spandrel or protective valve? New Phytologist. 2022. 237: 1242-1255.

   18. Shen JX, Zhang YJ*, Maenpuen P, Zhang SB, Zhang L, Yang L, Tao LB, Yan PY, Zhang ZM, Li SQ, Yuan X, Kongjarat W, Kaewkamol S, Tinprabat P, Chen YJ*. Response of four evergreen savanna shrubs to an incidence of extreme drought: High embolism resistance, branch shedding, and maintenance of nonstructural carbohydrates. Tree Physiology 2022, 42: 740-753. 

   19. Maenpuen P#, Katabuchi M^*,#, Onoda Y, Zhou C, Zhang JL^*, Chen YJ. Sources and consequences of mismatch between leaf disc and whole-leaf leaf mass per area (LMA). American Journal of Botany. 2022, 109(8):1242-1250.

   20. Unawong W, Yaemphum S, Nathalang A, Chen YJ, Domec JC, Tor-Ngern P*. Variations in leaf water status and drought tolerance of dominant tree species growing in multi-aged tropical forests in Thailand. Scientific Report. 2022,12: 6882.

   21. Yang LY, Yu R, Wu J, Zhang Y, Kosugi Y, Restrepo-Coupe N, Huete A, Zhang J, Liu YH, Zhang X, Liu WJ, Zhao JF, Zeng JY, Song QH, Chen YJ, Song L, Tan ZH*. Asian tropical forests assimilating carbon under dry conditions: water stress or light benefits? Journal of Plant Ecology. 2022. 16(3): rtac106.

   22. Zhang KY^#, Yang D^#, Zhang YB^#, Ellsworth DS, Xu K, Zhang YP, Chen YJ, He F, Zhang JL*. Differentiation in stem and leaf traits among sympatric lianas, scandent shrubs and trees in a subalpine cold temperate forest. Tree Physiology 2021, 41(11): 1992-2003 (Doi:10.1093/treephys/tpab049) 

   23. Bai XL, Liu Q, Mohandass D, Cao M, Wen HD, Chen YJ, Gupta SK, Lin LX, Zhang JL*. Spatial autocorrelation shapes liana distribution better than topography and host tree properties in a subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in SW China. Biotropica 2021.54(2)：301-308.

   24. Chen YJ, Choat B, Sterck F*, Maenpuen P, Katabuchi M, Zhang SB, Tomlinson KW, Oliveira RS, Zhang YJ, Shen JX, Cao KF*, Jansen S* Hydraulic prediction of drought-induced plant dieback and top-kill depends on leaf habit and growth form. Ecology Letters 2021. 24:2350-2363.（封面文章） 

   25. Chen YJ^#,*, Maenpuen P ^#, Zhang YJ*, Barai K, Katabuchi M, Gao H, Sasiwimol K, Tao LB, Zhang JL*. Quantifying vulnerability to embolism in tropical trees and lianas using five methods: Can discrepancies be explained by xylem structural traits? New Phytologist. 2021, 229(2): 805-819. 

   26. Siddiq Z*, Chen YJ, Cao KF*. Water flux responses of tropical trees and lianas to foliage loss caused by a heavy hailstorm. Ecohydrology 2021, e2288. (DOI:  10.1002/eco.2288)

   27. Tor-ngern P*, Chart-asa C, Chanthorn W, Rodtassana C, Yampum S, Unawong W, Nathalang A, Brockelman W, Srinoppawan K, Chen YJ, Hasselquist NJ. Variation of leaf-level gas exchange rates and leaf functional traits of dominant trees across three successional stages in a Southeast Asian tropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management 2021, 489:119101

   28. Surayothee W, Buajan S, Fu PL, Pumijumnong N, Fan ZX, Panthi S, Finnegan PM, Zhang YJ, Chen YJ, Tor-ngern P, et al. 2021. Growth-climate relationships and long-term growth trends of the tropical forest tree Choerospondias axillaris (Anacardiaceous) in East-central Thailand. Forests 2021, 12:1655. (https://doi.org/10.3390/ f12121655)

   29. Tan FS, Song HQ, Fu PL, Chen YJ, Siddiq Z,Cao KF, Zhu SD.Hydraulic safety margins of co-occurring woody plants in a tropical karst forest experiencing frequent extreme droughts Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2020, 292–293, 108107

   30. Zhang L, Chen YJ*, Hao GY, Ma KP*, Bongers F, Sterck FJ. Conifer and broadleaved trees differ in branch allometry but maintain similar functional balances Tree Physiology 2020, 40: 511-519.

31. Gao H, Chen YJ*, Zhang YJ, Maenpuen P, Lv S, Zhang JL*. Vessel length determination using silicone and air injection: Are there artifacts? Tree Physiology 2019, 39: 1783-1791.

   32. Zhang L, Chen YJ*, Ma KP, Bongers F, Sterck FJ. Fully exposed canopy branches in co-existing trees and lianas lack trade-offs between hydraulic conductivity, hydraulic safety and mechanical safety and are much alike in hydraulic functions in a tropical forest. Tree Physiology 2019, 39: 1713-1724

   33. Zhu SD*, Chen YJ, Fu PL, Cao KF*. Leaf turgor loss point is correlated with drought tolerance and leaf carbon economics traits. Tree Physiology, 2018, 38, 658-663

   34. Zheng YL*, Burns JH, Liao ZY, Li YP, Yang J, Chen YJ, Zhang JL, Zheng YG Species composition, functional and phylogenetic distances correlate with success of invasive Chromolaena odorata in an experimental test. Ecology Letters 2018, 21:1211-1220.

   35. Siddiq Z#, Chen YJ#, Zhang YJ, Zhang JL, Cao KF* More sensitive response of crown conductance to VPD and larger water consumption in tropical evergreen than in deciduous broadleaf timber trees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2017, 247：399-407

   36. Li YP, Feng YL, Kang ZL, Zheng YL, Zhang JL, Chen YJ. Changes in soil microbial communities due to biological invasions can reduce allelopathic effects. Journal of Applied Ecology 2017. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12878

   37. Chen YJ, Schnitzer S, Zhang YJ, Fan, ZX, Goldstein G; Tomlinson, Lin H, Zhang JL*, Cao KF*. Physiological regulation and efficient xylem water transport regulate diurnal water and carbon balances of tropical lianas. Functional Ecology 2017, 31:306-317

   38. Zhu SD#, Chen YJ#, Fu PL, Cao KF^*Different hydraulic traits of woody plants from tropical forests with contrasting soil water availability. Tree Physiology 2017, 37, 1469–1477

   39. Lin H, Chen YJ, Zhang HL, Fu PL, Fan ZX. 2017 Stronger cooling effects of transpiration and morphology of the plants from a hot dry habitat than from a hot wet habitat Functional Ecology 2017, 31: 2202–2211.

   40. Lin H, Chen YJ, Song QH, Fu PL, Cleverly J, Magliulo V, Law BE, Gough CM, Hortnagl LJ, et al. Quantifying deforestation and forest degradation with thermal response Science of The Total Environment 2017, 607-608:1286-1292

   41. Chen YJ*, BongersF,TomlinsonK, Fan ZX, LinH, Zhang SB, ZhengYL, Li YP, CaoKF*, Zhang JL. Time lags between crown and basal sap flows in tropical lianas and co-occurring trees. Tree Physiology, 2016, 36, 736-747.

   42. Zhao WL, Chen YJ, Brodribb T, Cao KF*. Weak coordination between vein and stomatal densities in 105 angiosperm tree species along altitudinal gradients in Southwest China. Functional Plant Biology, 2016. 43,1126-1133.

   43. Chen YJ*, Cao KF, Schnitzer SA, Fan ZX, Zhang JL & Bongers F Water-use advantage for lianas over trees in tropical seasonal forests. New Phytologist, 2015, 205, 128-136.

   44. Chen YJ, Bongers F, Zhang JL, Liu JY & Cao KF*. Different biomechanical design and ecophysiological strategies in juveniles of two liana species with contrasting growth habit. American Journal of Botany, 2014, 101, 925-934.

   45. Zhu SD^#, Chen YJ^#, Cao KF & Ye Q^*. Interspecific variation in branch and leaf traits among three Syzygium tree species from different successional tropical forests. Functional Plant Biology, 2015, 42, 423–432

   46. Li YP, Feng, YL*, Chen YJ & Tian YH. Soil microbes alleviates allelopathy of invasive plants. Science Bulletin, 2015, 60(12): 1083-1091.

   47. Zheng YL, Feng YL, Valiente-Banuet A, Li YP, Liao ZY, Zhang, JL& Chen YJ. Are invasive plants more competitive than native conspecifics? Patterns vary with competitors. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5.

   48. Cao K, Fu PL, Chen YJ, Jiang YJ, Zhu SD. 2014. Implications of the ecophysiological adaptation of plants on tropical karst habitats for the ecological restoration of desertified rocky lands in southern China. Scientia Sinica Vitae. (Chinese journal with English abstract).

   49. Ding LZ, Chen YJ, Zhang JL. Leaf traits and their associations among liana species in tropical rainforest. Plant Science Journal. 2014. (Chinese journal with English abstract).

   50. Li S, Zhang YJ, L Sack, Scoffoni C, Ishida A, Chen YJ & Cao KF*. The heterogeneity and spatial patterning of structure and physiology across the leaf surface in giant leaves of Alocasia macrorrhiza. Plos One 2013, 8, e66016.

   51. Cai ZQ*, Schnitzer SA, Wen B, Chen YJ & Bongers F. Liana diversity and abundance in three tropical forests in Xishuangbanna, SW China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2009, 21, 252-264.

   52. Chen YJ, F. Bongers, K.F. Cao & Cai ZQ*. Above- and below-ground competition in high and low irradiance: tree seedling responses to a competing liana Byttneria grandifolia. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2008, 24, 517–524.

   53. Cai ZQ*, Chen YJ & Bongers F Seasonal changes in photosynthesis and growth of Zizyphus attopensis seedlings in three contrasting microhabitats in a tropical seasonal rain forest. Tree Physiology, 2007, 27, 827-836.

   54. Cai ZQ, Chen YJ, Guo YH & Cao KF*. Responses of two field-grown coffee species to drought and re-hydration. Photosynthetica, 2005, 43, 187-193.

   55. Chen YJ, Cao KF, and Cai ZQ. Comparison of the eco-physiological characteristics between seedlings of lianas and trees under two light irradiances. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica, 2008, 32:639-647. (Chinese journal with English abstract)

   56. Chen YJ，Zhang JL, Cao KF 2008 Morphological, Growth and Photosynthetic Traits of Two Liana Species in Response to Different Light and Soil Nutrients. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 25:185-194. (Chinese journal with English abstract)

   57. Chen YJ, Wen B. Liana diversity and abundance of a tropical montane rainforest in Mengsong, Southern Yunnan, China. Guihaia, 2008, 8: 67-72. (Chinese journal with English abstract)

   58. Chen YJ, Chen JW, Cai ZQ. Lianas and Their Functions in Tropical Forests, Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 2008, 24:240-249. (Chinese journal with English abstract)

   59. Chen YJ，Zhu SD; Cao KF. Comparison of the eco-physiological characteristics between seedlings of lianas and trees under two light irradiances. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2008, 28: 6034-6042. (Chinese journal with English abstract)

   60. Zhang Q, Chen JW, Chen YJ, Cao KF, Li BG. Photosynthetic Induction in Two Fern Species with Different Eco-types in Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest. Chinese Bulletin of Botany 2008, 25: 673-679. (Chinese journal with English abstract)

Book chapter

1. Campanello PI，Manzané E，Villagra M，Zhang YJ，Panizza AM，Francescantonio DD，Rodriguez SA，Chen YJ，Santiago L，Goldstein G，Carbon Allocation and Water Relations of Lianas Versus Trees Carbon Allocation and Water Relations of Lianas Versus Trees, Tropical Tree Physiology: Adaptations and Responses in a Changing Environment, Guillermo Goldstein, Louis S Santiago, Springer International Publishing, pp 103-124 

承担科研项目

1. 轻木良种选育与高产稳产栽培管理配套技术研究与示范，2024/01-2028/12，1000万元，项目首席；

    2. 热带珍稀龙脑香科植物的生理生态学特性及干旱响应研究，云南省基础研究专项重点项目，2025/06-2027/05，经费：50 万，主持；

3. 国家自然基金委面上项目，32371576，干热和湿热生境下木本植物的水力策略及其干旱响应，2024.01-2027/12，直接经费：50 万，主持；

4. 国家自然基金委面上项目，32071735，热带望天树季节雨林木本植物的水分关系及对极端干旱的响应， 2021/01-2024/12，直接经费：58 万，主持；

5. 云南省万人计划“青年拔尖人才”，2020/01-2024/12，经费：50 万，主持；

6. 国家自然基金委国际（地区）合作与交流项目（NSFC-TRF）：41861144016，沿纬度梯度典型森林对气候变化的响应:基于东经101度样带网络的研究， 2019/01-2021/12，经费：188.6万，主持；

7. 中科院西部青年学者项目， 2021/01-2024/12，经费：50万，主持；

8. 中国科学院国际伙伴计划项目，151C53KYSB20200019，生物多样性沿纬度梯度的维持机制：基于中国西南—中南半岛东经101度森林样带2021/01-2023/12，40万，子课题负责人；

9. 国家自然基金委国际（地区）合作与交流项目（中德NSFC-DFG）：从温带到热带生物群落的木本被子植物干旱引起水力失效的机制和频度。2019/01-2021/12，33万，子课题负责人；

10. 云南省中青年学术技术后备人才，6万元，2018/01-2021/12，主持；

11. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：31570406，干旱诱发树木死亡的生理机制：以西南干热河谷为例。2016/01-2019/12，73.25万元，主持；

12. 版纳植物园“十四五”任务一，2023-2025，承担经费：30万元，子课题负责人；

13. 版纳植物园“十四五”任务二，2023-2025，课题总经费：500万，课题共同负责人；

14. 版纳植物园“一三五”专项重大突破一子课题，2017XTBG-T01，沿纬度梯度不同水热条件森林木本植物的水分关系及对环境因子的响应。2017/09-2020/12；子课题经费：20万，主持；

15. 版纳植物园“一三五”专项重大方向一子课题，2017XTBG-F05，热带冠层木质藤本及伴生树木日间碳水平衡维持的生理机制。2017/09-2020/12，子课题经费：14万元，主持；

16. 中国科学院人才项目,2016351，中国科学院青年创新促进会会员。2016/01-2019/12，经费：70万，主持；

17. 中国科学院西部青年学者B类。2016/01-2018/12,经费：15万，主持；

18. 国家自然科学基金青年项目，31100291、季节性干旱维持木质藤本多样性的生理机制研究。2012/01-2014/12，经费：25万，主持。

获得荣誉

1. 2022年 云南省中青年学术技术人才；

2. 2020年 中科院西部青年学者；

3. 2019年 云南省万人计划“青年拔尖人才”；

4. 2017年 云南省中青年学术技术后备人才，云南省优秀博士论文；

5. 2016年 中科院优秀博士论文，中科院青年创新促进会会员；

6. 2015年 中科院院长优秀奖，中科院优秀毕业生；

7. 2014年 中科院野外台站联盟十佳论文。