Lifetime member of the International Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS), Deputy Director of the Fourth Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Forestry Society, Deputy Director of the Ecological Remote Sensing Monitoring and Assessment Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, and Committee Member of the National Parks and Nature Reserves System Research Special Committee of the Chinese Society of Natural Resources. Serves as an editorial board member for the journals "Wetland Science and Management" and "Journal of Terrestrial Ecosystems and Conservation," as well as a review editor for "Frontiers in Soil Science"; invited editor for journals such as "Forests" and "Diversity." Acts as an expert in the degree evaluation of the Ministry of Education and a member of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Expert Database for the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. The director of the Beijing Hanshiqiao Wetland Ecosystem National Positioning Observation Research Station and the Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Office of the Yellow River Ecological Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Forestry.
Leader of the first batch of excellent innovation teams of the Chinese Academy of Forestry (Innovation Team in Wetland Ecological Processes and Restoration), mainly engaged in wetland restoration, wetland ecological processes and effects, hyperspectral remote sensing research on wetland vegetation, etc. Received 3 national and provincial-level science and technology awards, including one second-class National Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked 4th). Published over 60 papers as the first and corresponding author, authored 4 books as the main editor; granted 6 international and national invention patents as the first inventor, obtained 7 software copyrights (ranked 1st), recognized achievements in 1 instance (ranked 1st), and formulated 1 industry standard (ranked 1st).
Wetland Nature Reserve Ecosystem Service Valuation (GEF Project), National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest and Grassland Survey and Planning, Duration: January 2023 to December 2023, Funding: 150,000 RMB
Research on Wetland Ecological Carrying Capacity in the Yellow River Basin (20212DKT005-3), Key Project of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Duration: January 2021 to June 2023, Funding: 150,000 RMB
Wetland Protection and Development Planning in Haidian District, Beijing (Government-2020-0008-10 years), Haidian District Gardening and Greening Bureau, Beijing, Duration: January 2020 to December 2020, Funding: 480,000 RMB
Ecological Unit Construction Technology under Different Restoration Targets in Coastal Wetlands, Subproject of the National Key Research and Development Program, Duration: 2017-2020, Funding: 790,000 RMB
Wetland Plant Biomass and Biochemical Component Inversion Based on UAV Hyperspectral Data (CAFYBB2017MA028), Central Level Public Welfare Scientific Research Institute Basic Scientific Research Business Special Project, Duration: December 2016 to November 2019, Funding: 350,000 RMB
Wetland Protection and Management, Wetland Protection and Management Center, National Forestry Administration, Duration: January 2019 to December 2019, Funding: 480,000 RMB
Technical Regulations for Assessment of Ecosystem Services in Mangrove Wetlands (2016-LY-181), Forestry Industry Standard Project, Duration: 2016-2017, Funding: 100,000 RMB
Li Wei, Zuo Xueyan, Liu Zhijun, Nie Leichao, Li Huazhe, Wang Junjie, Dou Zhiguo, Cai Yang, Zhai Xiajie, Cui Lijuan*. 2023. Predictions of Spartina alterniflora leaf functional traits based on hyperspectral data and machine learning models. European Journal of Remote Sensing. 57:1, 2294951.
Cai Yang, Wang Zecheng, Cui Lijuan, Wang Jinzhi, Zuo Xueyan, Lei Yinru, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhai Xiajie, Li Jing, Li Wei*. 2023. Distribution, source diagnostics and influencing factors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Yellow River Delta wetland. Regional Studies in Marine Science.67:103181.
Tang Xiying, Dou Zhiguo, Cui Lijuan, Liu Zhijun, Gao Changjun, Wang Junjie, Li Jing, Lei Yinru, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhai Xiajie, Li Wei*. 2022. Hyperspectral prediction of mangrove leaf stoichiometries in different restoration areas based on machine models. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing.16(3): 034525.
Cui Lijuan, Zuo Xueyan, Dou Zhiguo, Yilan Huang, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhai Xiajie, Lei Yinru, Li Jing, Pan Xu, Li Wei*. 2021. Plant identification of Beijing Hanshiqiao wetland based on hyperspectral data. Spectroscopy Letters, 54(5), 381-394.
Li Wei, Dou Zhiguo, Cui Lijuan*, Wang Rumiao, Zhao Zhijiang, Cui Shifeng, Lei Yinru, Li Jing, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhai Xiajie. 2020. Suitability of hyperspectral data for monitoring nitrogen and phosphorus contents in constructed wetlands. Remote sensing letters. 11(5):495-504.
Li Wei, Dou Zhiguo, Cui Lijuan*, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhang Manyin, Zhang Yan, Gao Changjun, Yang Zheng, Lei Yinru, Pan Xu. 2020. Soil fauna diversity at different stages of reed restoration in a lakeshore wetland at Lake Taihu, China. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 6(1):1722034.
Cui Lijuan, Dou Zhiguo, Liu Zhijun, Zuo Xueyan, Lei Yinru, Li Jing, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhai Xiajie, Pan Xu, Li Wei*. 2020. Hyperspectral inversion of Phragmites communis carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry using three models. Remote Sensing. 12(12):1998.
Dou Zhiguo†, Li Youzhi†, Cui Lijuan, Pan Xu, Ma Qiongfang, Huang Yilan, Lei Yinru, Li Jing, Zhao Xinsheng, Li Wei*. 2020. Hyperspectral inversion of Suaeda salsa biomass under different types of human activity in Liaohe estuary wetland in north-eastern China. Marine and Freshwater Research. 71:482–492.
Li Wei, Dou Zhiguo, Wang Yan, Wu Gaojie, Zhang Manyin, Lei Yinru, Ping Yunmei, Wang Jiachen, Cui Lijuan*, Ma Wu. 2019. Estimation of above-ground biomass of reed (Phragmites communis) based on in situ hyperspectral data in Beijing Hanshiqiao Wetland, China. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 27(1):87-102.
Cui Lijuan, Li Wei*, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhang Manyin, Lei Yinru, Zhang Yan, Gao Changjun, Kang Xiaoming, Sun Baodi, Zhang Yaqiong. 2016. The relationship between standing vegetation and the soil seed bank along the shores of Lake Taihu, China. Ecological Engineering, 96:45–54.
Li Wei, Cui Lijuan*, Zhang Manyin, Wang Yifei, Zhang Yaqiong, Lei Yinru, Zhao Xinsheng. 2015. Effect of mangrove restoration on crab burrow density in Luoyangjiang Estuary, China. Forest Ecosystems, 2:21.
Li Wei, Zhang Yan, Cui Lijuan*, Zhang Manyin, Wang Yifei. 2015. Modeling total phosphorus removal in an aquatic environment restoring horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland based on artificial neural networks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(16): 12347-12354.
Li Wei, Cui Lijuan*, Zhang Yan, Zhang Manyin, Zhao Xinsheng, Wang Yifei. 2014. Statistical modeling of phosphorus removal in horizontal subsurface constructed wetland. Wetlands, 34(3):427-437.
Li Wei, Cui Lijuan, Dou Zhiguo, Zhao Xinsheng, Yang Si, Zhang Manyin, Gao Changjun, Zhu Yinuo. Device and method for harvesting wind-borne of wetland plant. America National Invention Patent. Patent Number: US 10,827,680 B2. Authorized on 11.10.2020.
Li Wei, Dou Zhiguo, Cui Lijuan, Kang Xiaoming, Zhang Xiao Dong, Wang Yan, Li Chunyi, Zhao Xinsheng, Hu Yukun, Xu Huibo, Cai Yang, Zuo Xueyan. A capture device for hydraulically transmitted wetland plant seed and method of using the same. Canadian National Invention Patent. Patent Number: CA 3,018,231, P180592CN-CA-LYK. Authorized on December 8, 2020.
Li Wei, Cui Lijuan, Zhang Yaqiong, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhang Manyin, Lei Yinru, Kang Xiaoming, Zhang Yan. Device and Method for Root Measurement of Plants in Constructed Wetlands. Invention Patent, Authorized Announcement Date: October 5, 2016. Patent Number: ZL201510050301.X.
Li Wei, Cui Lijuan, Zhang Yan, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhang Manyin, Kang Xiaoming, Lei Yinru, Zhang Yaqiong. Artificial Horizontal Subsurface Flow Wetland and its Anti-clogging Sedimentation Tank and Anti-clogging Method. Invention Patent, Authorized Announcement Date: February 1, 2017. Patent Number: ZL201510051357.7.
