Education and Qualification:
2001-2005: Nanjing Agricultural University, BS
2006-2007: Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, CAS, Guest student
2005-2010: Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS, PhD

Previous employment and current position:
2010-2012: Assistant Professor, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS
2012-: Associate Professor, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS

Honors:
2010, Zhu-Li-Yue-Hua Award for Excellent PhD, CAS
2013, Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS

Research Interest:
Ecological Remote Sensing, Remotely Sensed Monitoring and Assessment of Karst Ecosystems

Xiaoxin Zhang#, Martin Brandt, Xiaowei Tong*, Philippe Ciais, Yuemin Yue*, Xiangming Xiao, Wenmin Zhang, Kelin Wang, Rasmus Fensholt. A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China. Nature Sustainability, 2022, 5: 321-328.

Yuemin Yue, Chujie Liao, Xiaowei Tong, Xiangkun Qi, Bo Liu, Kelin Wang, Martin Brandt. Large scale rocky desertification reversal in South China Karst. Progress in Physical Geography, 2022, 46(5), 661–675.

Qian Li, Yuemin Yue*, Siyu Liu, Martin Brandt, Zhengchao Chen, Xiaowei Tong, Kelin Wang, Jingyi Chang, Rasmus Fensholt. Beyond tree cover: Characterizing southern China’s forests using deep learning. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.292.

Xuemei Zhang, Martin Brandt, Yuemin Yue*, Xiaowei Tong, Kelin Wang, Rasmus Fensholt. The carbon sink potential of southern China after two decades of afforestation. Earth’s Future, 2022, 10, e2022EF002674.

Jingyi Chang, Yuemin Yue*, Xiaowei Tong, Martin Brandt, Chunhua Zhang, Xuemei Zhang, Xiangkun Qi, Kelin Wang. Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China Karst. Progress in Physical Geography, 2022.

Xiangkun Qi, Qian Li, Yuemin Yue*, Chujie Liao, Lu Zhai, Xuemei Zhang, Kelin Wang, Chunhua Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Ying Xiong. Rural-urban migration and conservation drive the ecosystem services improvement in China karst: A case study of Huanjiang County, Guangxi. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 566.

Xuemei Zhang, Yuemin Yue, Xiaowei Tong, Kelin Wang, Xiangkun Qi, Chuxiong Deng, Martin Brandt. Eco-engineering controls vegetation trends in southwest China karst. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 770, 145160.

Xiaowei Tong，Martin Brandt, Yuemin Yue*, Philippe Ciais, Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Josep Penuelas, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Xiangming Xiao, Xiao-Peng Song, Stephanie Horion, Kjeld Rasmussen, Sassan Saatchi, Lei Fan, Kelin Wang*, Bing Zhang, Zhengchao Chen Yuhang Wang, Xiaojun Li, Rasmus Fensholt. Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration. Nature Communications, 2020, 11: 129.

Yuemin Yue, Chujie Liao, Xiaowei Tong, Zhaobai Wu, Rasmus Fensholt, Alexander Prishchepov, Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Kelin Wang, Martin Brandt. Large scale reforestation of farmlands on sloping hills in South China karst. Landscape Ecology, 2020, 35: 1445-1458.

Xiaowei Tong, Martin Brandt, Yuemin Yue*, Stephanie Horion, Kelin Wang*, Wanda De Keersmaecker, Fent Tian, Guy Schurgers, Xiangming Xiao, Yiqi Luo, Chi Chen, Ranga Myneni, Zheng Shi, Hongsong Chen, Rasmus Fensholt. Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering. Nature Sustainability, 2018, 1: 44-50.

Martin Brandt, Yuemin Yue*, Jean Pierre Wigneron, Xiaowei Tong, Feng Tian, Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Xiangming Xiao, Aleixandre Verger, Arnaud Mialon, Amen Al-Yaari, Kelin Wang and Rasmus Fensholt. Satellite-observed major greening and biomass increase in South China karst during recent decade. Earth’s Future，2018,6:1017-1028.

Chujie Liao, Yuemin Yue*, Kelin Wang, Rasmus Fensholt, Xiaowei Tong, Martin Brandt. Ecological restoration enhances ecosystem health in the karst regions of southwest China. Ecological Indicators, 2018, 90:416-425.