Jianguo Wu

Jianguo "Jingle" Wu (邬建国) is a Dean's Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He is also known internationally for his research in landscape ecology and urban ecology. His areas of expertise include landscape ecology, biodiversity, sustainability science, ecosystem functioning and urban ecology. He is the author of over 300 publications, 14 books and has translated 1 book from English to Chinese. He has been awarded multiple awards and honors, including being elected as a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007 and an Ecological Society of America fellow in 2019. In 2019 and 2020, Wu was chosen as one of the most influential researchers in the world by Web of Science in the fields of Environment and Ecology (2019) and Cross-Field (2020) due to his collective published works being in the top 1% most cited over the last decade. Since 2005, Jianguo Wu has also served as the editor-in-chief of the international publication Landscape Ecology.

Affiliation

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Top Publications

• Global Change and the Ecology of Cities (2008) - 7,252 citations
• Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions (2021) - 1,896 citations
• Landscape sustainability science: ecosystem services and human well-being in changing landscapes (2013) - 1,549 citations
• China’s response to a national land-system sustainability emergency (2018) - 1,458 citations
• Ecosystem stability and compensatory effects in the Inner Mongolia grassland (2004) - 1,295 citations