David Johnson

N8 Chair of Microbial Ecology, The University of Manchester, UK. He is a terrestrial ecologist with a particular interest in understanding how plants interact with the myriad organisms that live in soil, especially symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi, and the consequences of these interactions for biogeochemical cycles.

刘徐兵

中山大学生命科学学院教授、博士生导师，国家优秀青年科学基金获得者，英国皇家学会牛顿高级学者。主要从事森林群落的物种共存和生物多样性领域基础理论研究，近期工作以热带雨林和南亚热带常绿阔叶林为研究对象，从寄主植物与土壤微生物相互作用的角度，系统地探讨了森林生态系统的群落构建和多样性维持机制。