Juan Li · Conservation scientist

Juan Li

Portrait of Juan Li

Position / Institution

Assistant Professor

Health & Environmental SciencesXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityXJTLU

I am a conservation biologist and spatial ecologist. I study how wildlife and biodiversity persist in human-modified landscapes, combining long-term field ecology with spatial analysis, global biodiversity data, and emerging computational methods.

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A field-to-framework practice

Across species, landscapes, and ways of knowing.

My work began with snow leopards and the high mountains of Asia. It now moves between field ecology, spatial evidence, conservation decisions, education, and AI-assisted scientific discovery. The thread is constant: make complex living systems more visible without flattening what makes them alive.

Research areas

Carnivores, landscapes, and coexistence

Snow leopards, large carnivores, mountain landscapes, human–wildlife conflict, and coexistence.

Biodiversity in human-modified landscapes

Agriculture, cropland abandonment, urban wildlife, ecological recovery, and historical baselines.

Evidence, data, and AI for conservation

Surrogate species, conservation decisions, global databases, culturomics, LLMs, and validated AI methods.

Teaching · Talks · Resources

Research in practice.

TeachingCourses and scientific training TalksAcademic and public conversations ResourcesSkills, software, and datasets

Juan Li｜AI4Science

A shared lens for research, teaching, and making.

ENV117, a forthcoming book, public writing, the AI4Science Radar, and open skills meet here.

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