In December 2020, Baoxiao Liu joined the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) to pursue her doctoral degree, focusing on land-based co-benefits for carbon and biodiversity in agriculture and food system transitions.

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Professional experience

Baoxiao received her MSc (2013) in Cartography and Geographic Information System from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. She previously earned a BSc (2009) in Spatial Informatics from Wuhan University in China.

During her MSc, she specialized in ecological monitoring using remote sensing and GIS, focusing on land use change analysis and grassland biomass assessment. After graduation, she worked for four years as a research assistant at the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC) in China, where her job involved greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory compilation, data management, and measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) mechanism development. Since December 2020, Baoxiao has been working at CML to pursue her doctoral degree in Industrial Ecology.

Research topic

Climate change and biodiversity loss are intertwined global challenges, and there is a growing recognition that joint efforts need to be pursued. Land use is the main driver of both terrestrial carbon loss and biodiversity loss. Baoxiao's current research includes understanding the spatial relationship between carbon storage and biodiversity, quantifying carbon and biodiversity loss in agriculture, and assessing the impacts of food system transitions on both carbon and biodiversity.