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Welcome to the Lab, Jie, Tingyu, and Yichen
Jie Xie, Tingyu Bai, and Yichen Guo joined Zheng Lab in 2026 as a PhD student, a master's student, and a research assistant, respectively.
Two weeks with bird specimens in Hangzhou
In summer 2026, our lab spent two weeks measuring bird specimens at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, and celebrated two birthdays along the way.
Long-term trait change reshapes bird community functional structure
Our new study examines how changes within species can alter the functional structure of bird communities over time, published in Current Biology.