Hirokazu Koreeda considers himself as a "gleaner," collecting things that are embedded in the world but often overlooked and projecting them back into the world. I aspire to be a gleaner as an ecologist and a storyteller.
I was born in Hangzhou, China, to parents who were railroad workers. We always lived near a train station, but never ventured beyong the city limit. Every night, I drifted into sleep to the rhythmic sound of the train, wondering what the world would look like at the end of the two rails — perhaps the beginning of my curiosity about "mobility". Today, I am fortunate to be able to visit many places far away from home. However, around the world, mobilities of many species, including humans, are increasingly restricted by climate change, habitat loss, geopolitical tensions, and socioeconomic processes. Hence, as a scientist, I strive to understand the mobilities of animals and humans, and how they shape and are shaped by their surrounding environments. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan in the US. I received my PhD from the University of California - Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, and MSc from the University of Georgia in Geography. I completed my BS from China University of Geosciences in Wuhan. |