Talks

Academic and public conversations

2026

  1. Conference talkLiked, but not linked: Does online affection carry conservation content?European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB), Culturomics & iEcology Symposium · Leiden, the Netherlands

2025

  1. Conference talkUmbrella, keystone, or flagship? An integrated framework for identifying effective surrogate speciesSeventh Biodiversity Frontiers Forum · Chengdu, China
  2. Institutional talkThe AI Amplifier: A Human–AI Partnership in ResearchCKI AI Learning Day: AI-Empowered, Ecosystem-Co-created · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · Suzhou, China
  3. Conference talkUmbrella, keystone, or flagship? An integrated framework for identifying effective surrogate species32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) · Brisbane, Australia

2024

  1. Public talkSnow leopards of High AsiaBritish Consulate-General Shanghai · Shanghai, China
  2. Conference talkUmbrella, keystone, or flagship? An integrated framework for identifying effective surrogate species17th National Symposium on Wildlife Ecology and Resource Conservation · Hefei, China
  3. Invited conference talkGlobal implications of industrial and smallholder agriculture in protected areas for biodiversity conservation and food security15th National Biodiversity Science and Conservation Conference · Zhengzhou, China
  4. Invited conference talkGlobal climate refugia and conservation priority areas for snow leopardsSecond Conference on Tiger and Leopard Conservation · China
  5. Public talkMy life with snow leopardsChinese National Geography Lecture · Shanghai, China

2023

  1. Invited talkGlobal climate refugia and conservation priority areas for snow leopardsQinghai–Tibet Plateau Snow Leopard Conservation Alliance · Xining, China
  2. Public talkThe world that the snow leopard showed meYixi · Hangzhou, ChinaOfficial videoIllustrated full text

2022

  1. Invited public talkThreats to and protection of the snow leopardXuejing Organization · Online

2020

  1. Invited talkThe global status of snow leopard threats and opportunities for conservationSnow Leopard Network · Online

2017

  1. Invited talkThe future of snow leopards on the Tibetan PlateauSaint Mary’s College of California · California, USA

2016

  1. SeminarClimate refugia of snow leopards in High AsiaESPM Wildlife, Fisheries & Conservation Seminar, University of California, Berkeley · California, USA

2013

  1. Conference presentationA communal sign post of snow leopards and other species on the Tibetan PlateauStudent Conference on Conservation Science — Beijing Student Sub-Forum of the Beijing Forum · Beijing, China
  2. Conference presentationRole of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in snow leopard conservation26th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) · Baltimore, USA

2012

  1. Workshop presentationCamera trapping snow leopards in ChinaGlobal Snow Leopard Strategy Workshop · Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan