学习经历/Learning Experience：

1994.08-2000.12，Duke University, Botany PhD; 

1984.09-1989.05， Harvard College, Biological Anthropology.

工作经历/Work Experience：

1. Director, Applied Research Center for Tropical Plant Conservation,  Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (China), 2026-present.

2. Director, Forest and Tree Research, Singapore Botanic Garden, 2024-2026.

3. Director, Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, 2015-2023.

4. Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, 2007-2015.

5. Professor, XTBG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007-2011.

6. Director, E.L. Reed Herbarium, Texas Tech University, 2002-2015.

7. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2002-2007.

8. Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University, 2001-2002.

社会兼职/Social Part-time Job：

1. Executive Advisory Board, Alliance for Tompotika (Sulawesi, Indonesia), 2019-current.

2. Chairman, Global Conservation Consortium for Dipterocarps, 2024-present.

3. Deputy Coordinator, International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Genetics and Physiology Division, 2019-present.

4. Associate Editor, Global Ecology and Conservation, Elsevier, 2019-present.

5. Associate Editor, Tropical Plants, Max Press, 2026-present.

6. Co-founder, Welcome to the Jungle (Finalist Team): X-Prize Rainforest Challenge, 2019-2024.

7. Science Advisory Board, Chicago Biodiversity Assessment project, 2020-2024.

8. Expert Advisory Board, Shanghai Engineering Center for Urban Tree Ecology and Applications, 2019-2021.

9. Associate Research Professor (Adjunct), University of Illinois, Chicago, 2016-2018.

10. Vegetation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, Indonesia, 2001; 2004-2006.

代表论著/Representative treatise：

1. Cannon, CH.  2025.  The long tail of tree maximum lifespan enriches the forest.  Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02695-7.

2. Cannon, CH, J Kartesz, S Hoban, MI Loza, E Beckman-Bruns, AL Hipp. 2024. Constructing sympatry networks to assess potential introgression pathways within the major oak sections in the contiguous US states. Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10546.

3. Cannon, CH, M Lerdau. 2023. Conservation should not make ‘perfect’ an enemy of ‘good’.  Trends in Plant Science 28 (9), 971-972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.06.010.

4. Cannon, CH, A Dhyani, J Chen, & M Rivers. 2023. The Global Tree Assessment provides a multifaceted view on the future of tree diversity conservation. Plants People Planet doi:10.1002/ppp3.10392.

5. Piovesan G, CH Cannon, S Munné-Bosch, & JJ Liu.  2022. Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution. (in press).

6. Cannon, CH, G Piovesan & S Munné-Bosch. 2022. Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity. Nature Plants 8, 136–145. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-021-01088-5.

7. Cannon CH, C Borchetta, et al. (36 co-authors). 2021. Extending our scientific reach in arboreal ecosystems for research and management. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4, 160.

8. Cannon CH. 2021. Is speciation an unrelenting march to reproductive isolation? Molecular Ecology 30: 4349–4352.

9. Cannon CH and RJ Petit. 2019. The oak syngameon: more than the sum of its parts. New Phytologist. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.16091.

10. Cannon CH, O Brendel, M Deng, AL Hipp, A Kremer, CS Kua, C Plomion, J Romero-Severson, VL Sork. 2018. Gaining a global perspective on Fagaceae genomic diversification and adaptation. The New Phytologist 218: 894–897.

11. Cannon, CH, CS Kua. 2017. Botanic gardens should lead the way to create a “Garden Earth” in the Anthropocene. Plant Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2017.11.003.

承担科研项目情况/Undertaking scientific research projects

1. Director, Forest and Tree Research at the Singapore Botanic Garden (2024-2026).  Launched a new research branch for the National Parks Board (Singapore).

2. X-Prize Rainforest Challenge, 2023. Finalist team co-founder and member. $333,000 USD.  Competed in Brazil for autonomous measurement and analysis of biodiversity data in old-growth rainforest near Manaus.

3. U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, 2023. Research Experience for Undergraduates site: “Integrated Tree Science for the Anthropocene” renewal for 384,200 USD for three years.

4. U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Biological Infrastructure, 2020. “BII-Design: Developing a Tree-focused Biology Integration Institute”. 192,991 USD for 16 months.  

5. U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, 2019. Research Experience for Undergraduates site: “Integrated Tree Science for the Anthropocene”. 311,800 USD for three years.

6. Director, Center for Tree Science at the Morton Arboretum (2015-2023). Led a multidisciplinary team of seven senior scientists to develop collaborative research projects, training programs, and public outreach, primarily based in the living collections of the arboretum. Budget of 7.5 million USD.

7. Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012. Comparative genomics of rare versus widespread Fagaceae, 750,000 RMB (~120K USD).

8. U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, 2012. Collaborative Research: Field course in near-sensing forest recovery and restoration. 147,000 USD over two years.

9. High-Quality Overseas Talent, Yunnan Provincial Government, 2011-2013. Comparative genomics of tropical biodiversity. 1 million RMB.

10. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bureau of International Cooperation, 2010. Senior Visiting Professorship – Dr. Manuel Lerdau 515,000 RMB.

11. Yunnan Provincial Government High-End Talent Grant, 2009-2012. Comparative genomics of tropical biodiversity 2 million RMB.

12. Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007-2011. Start-up grant for the Ecological Evolution group 3 million RMB.

13. National Geographic Society, Conservation Trust Fund, 2004. DNA Fingerprinting of tropical timbers 34,000 USD.

14. National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration, 2001. Phylogeography of Southeast Asian stone oaks 15,000 USD.

15. US-National Science Foundation Research Grant, Systematics panel (co-written with PI-Manos), 2001-2003. Phylogenetic biology of a paleotropical tree group (Lithocarpus).

16. National Science Foundation Research Assistantship (Dr. Paul Manos), 2000. Systematics and evolutionary biology of the chestnut subfamily (Castaneoideae).

17. Boren Fellowship, Agency for Educational Development, 1997.