About
Education:
2018.06 –2 023.03，Université du Québec，Ph.D in Environmental Science
2015.09 –2 017/.5，East China Normal University，Master of Botany
2010.09 – 2014.07，China Agricultural University，Bachelor of Agriculture
Working Experience
2026.01 – ， Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Associate Professor
2024.11 – 2025.2， Universiti Malaysia Sabah，Visiting Researcher
2024.02 – 2025.12，Philipps-Universität Marburg，Postdoctoral Researcher
2023.01 – 2024.04， Institut national de la recherche scientifique，Researcher
2022.07 – 2022.12，Canadian Forest Service (PI: C. Martineau)，Research Consultant
Research interest：
My research focuses on plant ecology (with an emphasis on bryophytes), microbial ecology, and biodiversity conservation. The main research areas include:
1) The mechanisms by which host functional traits and external environmental factors influence the assembly of phyllosphere microbial communities;
2) The ecological functions of bryophyte-associated microbiomes in tropical montane ecosystems;
3) The offsite ecological impacts of human activities (particularly mining) and their implications for biodiversity conservation.
Articles
1. Yin, X., Liu, Y., Kong, F., Shu, L., Peng, C. and Ang, L.P., 2026. A Global Conservation Blind Spot: Neglect of Bryophytes Undermines Biodiversity Targets. Global Change Biology, 32(3):.e70789.
2. Yin, X., Ang, L.P., Zhu, R.L., Azarbad, H., Ni, H.H., Chai, M.L., Liu, C., Kong, F., Liu, L.J., Liu, S.L., Ma, Y. 2025. Host-specific and environmental core bacteria differentially shape the stability and function of the Sphagnum phyllosphere. ISME communications, 5: ycaf221.
3. Ang, L.P.#, Yin, X.#*. 2025. Offsite ecological impacts in the Anthropocene: definition, mechanisms, and challenges. Global Change Biology, 31: e70242.
4. Ang, L.P#., Kong, F., Hernández-Rodríguez, E., Liu, Q., Cerrejόn, C., Feldman, M.J., Shu, L., Ye, L.X., Gao, L., Ang, L.L., Yin, X.#*, 2024. Rocket launches threaten global biodiversity conservation. Communications Earth & Environment, 5: 799.
5. Yin, X.*, Ang, L.P., Chang, Z.Y., 2024. Rare earth element mining threatens Malaysia’s biodiversity. Science, 384: 1182.
6. Ang, L., Hernández-Rodríguez, E., Cyriaque, V., Yin, X.*, 2023. COVID-19's environmental impacts: Challenges and implications for the future. Science of the Total Environment, 899: 165581.
7. Yin, X.*, Martineau, C., Samad, A., Fenton, N.J., 2023. Out of site, out of mind: Changes in feather moss phyllosphere microbiota in mine offsite boreal landscapes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14: 1148157.
8. Yin, X.*, Martineau, C. and Fenton, N.J., 2023. How big is the footprint? Quantifying offsite effects of mines on boreal plant communities. Global Ecology and Conservation, 41: e02372.
9. Yin, X.*, Martineau, C., Fenton, N.J., 2022. Synergistic effects in mine offsite landscapes: predicted ecosystem shifts could exacerbate mining effects on bryophyte community structure. Ecological Indicators, 144: 109555.
10. Yin, X.*, Lamara, M., Liyanage, N.S., Zhu, R.L. , Fenton, J.N., 2021. Riccardia vitrea (Aneuraceae), a liverwort species new to China and North America. Herzogia, 34: 279-285.
11. Yin, X.*, Martineaub, C., Demer, I., Basiliko, Nathan, Fenton, N. 2021. The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada. Environmental Reviews (editor’s choice), 29: 354-377.
12. Yin, X., Zhang, L.N., Shu, L., Zhu, R.L. 2016. Two New Records of Riccardia (Aneuraceae, Marchantiophyta) to China Collected from Hainan Island. Herzogia, 29: 79-86.
13. 1. Changqing Liu, Xiangbo Yin, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Tobias J. Erb, 2025. Perspective: Roles of rare earth elements in Bacteria, Green Carbon, 3: 330-332
14. Webster, Kara; Strack, Maria; Balliston, Nicole; Davies, Marissa; Hettinga, Katie; Hunter, Miranda; Kleinke, Kimberly; Schmidt, Megan; Barreto, Carlos; Bird, Melanie; Blann, Kristen; Bona, Kelly Ann; Cassidy, Alison; Connolly, John; Davidson, Scott; Fedorchuk, Lee; Garneau, Michelle; Harris, Lorna; He, Hongxing; Howie, Sarah; Kirkwood, Adam; Pontone, Nicholas; Richardson, Karen; Sanderson, Nicole; Seutin, Gilles; Xu, Bin; Yin, Xiangbo, 2025. Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada in a changing world: insights from Global Peatlands Initiative Workshop, June 2023. FACETS, 10:1-19.
15. Gao, L., Paré, D., Martineau, C., Yin, X., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J.C., Gagné, P. and Bergeron, Y., 2024. Response of the soil microbial communities to forest ground cover manipulation in a boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 553: 121615.
16. Boisvert, R., Yin, X., & Fenton, J. N*. 2021. Offsite effects of mining on the frequency and abundance of five herbaceous species in western Québec (Canada). Botany, 99: 449-455.
17. Peng, J., Wang, K., Yin, X., Du, M., Gao, Y., Antwi, P., Ren, N. & Wang, A. 2019. Trophic mode and organics metabolic characteristic of fungal community in swine manure composting. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 13: 1-10.
18. Wang, K., Yin, X., Mao, H., Chu, C., & Tian, Y. 2018. Changes in structure and function of fungal community in cow manure composting. Bioresource technology, 255: 123-130.
19. Shu, L., Xiang, Y.L., Cheng, X.F., Wei, Y.M., Wang, J., Zhang, L.N., Li, W., Yin, X.B., Zhang, W.P., Zhao, C.X. and Peng, T. 2016. New liverwort and hornwort records for Vietnam. Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 38: 411-445.
Book:
Zanin, G., Rheault, K., Desrochers, A., Yin, X., Séguin, A. and Martineau, C., 2024. The Poplar Microbiome (107-123). Cham: Springer International Publishing. (Book Chapter)
Projects
1. Integrating microbiome research into bryophyte conservation: enhancing biodiversity strategies on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo，Rufford Grant，2025.05– 2026.12, £6,745.
2. From species conservation to ecological integrity: Including associated microbiomes in the conservation of Dawsonia superba on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, IAB Conservation grant, 2025.10 – 2026.10, $1,000.
