Qinfeng Guo joined the EFETAC Threat Assessment team in 2006 as a research ecologist and is currently conducting collaborative research (1) using plant traits in life history and genetics to predict invasiveness of introduced species, and (2) using life history and distribution information from both native and exotic habitats to simulate/predict the spread of invasive species under various climatic scenarios. Guo worked at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, the University of Arizona, and the University of Tokyo before joining the U.S. Geological Survey in 2001. His work has included desert/chaparral/grassland plant community ecology, simulations of climatic effects on linear forests in agroecosystem, biogeography (e.g., disjunct plants between eastern Asia and North America), and biological invasions. Guo’s research interests include plant community ecology, biodiversity, biological invasions, plant-animal co-succession, community/ecosystem self-organization, and biogeography. A native of Chengde, Hebei, China, Guo received a Ph.D. in biology (ecology) from the University of New Mexico in 1994.


Contact Qinfeng Guo at qguo@fs.fed.us or 828-257-4246.