Curriculum Vitae / Resume

Xinyi Xu xixu7607@uni.sydney.edu.au
+86 150 2193 8505

EDUCATION
University of Sydney Sydney, Australia
• Master of Agriculture and Environment, Distinction Aug. 2021 – Mar.2023
• Track: Agriculture and Environment Techonologies
Fudan University Shanghai, China
• Bachelor of Science in Ecology Sep. 2015 – Jun. 2019
• Core Courses GPA: 3.72 / 4.00; Cumulative GPA: 3.30 / 4.00; Rank: 34 / 122
• Awards: 2019 Outstanding Graduate (Top 10%)
HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
• 2019 Best Dissertation of School of Life Science Jun. 2019
• 2019 Outstanding Graduate of Fudan University Apr. 2019
• Shanghai Province Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship, $1500 (awarded to top 1%) Sep. 2018
• Fudan University Academic Merit Scholarship, $300 Sep. 2018
• Fudan Xiyuan Undergraduate Research Program (FDUROP), $1700 Jun. 2018
• Fudan University Guanghua Self-Reliance Prize Winner, $300 Apr. 2018
• International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM at MIT), Silver Medal Nov. 2017
• JingRong First prize Scholarship in Biology, $1200 (awarded to top 6%) Sep. 2017
• Fudan University Academic Merit Scholarship, $300 Sep. 2017
• The National Top Talent Undergraduate Training Program (NTTUTP), $5000 May 2017
PUBLICATION
• Mark van Kleunen, Xinyi Xu, Qiang Yang, Noëlie Maurel, Zhijie Zhang, Wayne Dawson, Franz Essl,
Holger Kreft, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Patrick Weigelt, Dietmar Moser, Bernd Lenzner & Trevor Fristoe.
Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. 2020. Nature Communications
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16982-3
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Lab Research
University of Sydney New South Wales, Australia
Capstone Project (Advisor: Petr Matous) Jun. 2022 – Dec.2022
Title: Key influential users driving online discussion of environmentally controversial project
• Retrieved tweets and user data related to the Scarborough gas project in Australia though Twitter API 2.0
• Python package wordcloud, NetworkX, TexrBlob used to apply social network and sentiment analysis.
• Key influential users present to be important in gathering communities in the retweet social network
• Chi-square test verified the difference in sentiment proportion of tweets produced by key influential users
between different social networks
University of Konstanz Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Research Internship & Thesis Project (Advisor: Professor Mark van Kleunen) Nov. 2018 – Feb.2019
Title: Global Naturalization of Alien Plants: The Role of Economic Use
• Linked 4 databases using R: GloNAF, Plant World Economic Uses, Dave’s Garden, Plant Information Online
• Cleaned 79,610 species data, including Taxon name standardization, region info merging, data frame reshaping
• Applied different models to test whether and how naturalization of alien plants is related with economic uses
• Find that the economic use increases the likelihood of naturalization almost 18-fold, species with multiple
economic uses are more likely to naturalize, environmental and animal food purposes have most strong effects.
• Published on the Journal Nature communications in 2020 with 65 citations currently.
Fudan University Shanghai, China
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Fudan Xiyuan Undergraduate Research Program
(Advisor: Professor Min Nie, Professor Bo Li) Mar. 2018 – Oct. 2018
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Title: Arbuscular mycorrhizal network mediated C transfer from native to invasive plant species
• Grew invasive and native plants together, with AMF hyphae connected or not, and under shading or not
• Applied stable isotope probing with 13C-CO2 to trace 13C-labelled photosynthate throughout plants
• Found no support for 13C transfer and resulting changes in plant functional traits
• Presented this project’s results in the National Top Talent Undergraduate Training Program
Selected Course Projects and other Training
Life Cycle Assessment Project (Industrial Ecology) May 2018
• Group Leader, responsible for conducting life cycle assessment (LCA) of wooden and stainless-steel
chopsticks made in China and completed an assessment report
• Presentation was awarded the Best Project of the course, for outstanding structure and solid research
Queen’s University Summer workshop Jul. 2017 Ontario, Canada
• Attending a series of lectures, field study, field investigation and research on topic of “Assessment of
biodiversity on aquatic ecosystems” in two-weeks length, ranked A for the final report.
Environmental Education Outcomes May. 2020
• Finished the 25-hour professional development course run by Cornell University with certificate.
WORK EXPERIENCES
SynTao Beijing, China
ESG Consulting Intern Jan. 2022 –Mar 2022
• Assist in writing the ESG Disclosure Guidelines for Overseas Investment of Chinese Enterprises 2022, sorting
through the latest national policies and compiling information from multiple sources (official research reports,
sub-sector guidelines, stakeholder needs, etc.)
• Participate in writing ESG Performance Rank List and Management Improvement Manual for the Real Estate
Industry 2022, including framework set-up, literature review, research and summary of SBTi establishment
and TCFD disclosure, and statistics on the publication and content of the sample companies' ESG reporting
217 Kids Club Shanghai, China
Course Designer, Environment Interpreter Mar. 2021 –Aug 2021
• Designed environment education courses in plant module, screen parks and green spaces suitable for activities
• Held activities and games, teach plant identification skills and botanical knowledge to children and parents
Swild Sichuan, China
Science Communication Specialist Jun. 2020 – Oct. 2020
• Edited popular science short videos of wild animals, with the highest been watched over 300 thousand times
• Participated in the post production and propaganda work of the nature documentary " Mount Siguniang"
• Attended the field shooting, post-directed and edited propaganda videos for 5 Nature Reserves in Sichuan
(Cuopugou Nature Reserve, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Mount
Siguniang National Nature Reserve, Zhubalong Nature Reserve)
Neweco Consulting Shanghai, China
Content Curation for Environment Interpretation Sep. 2019 – Jan. 2020
• Design, plan, and write content for the Xin'an River Museum of Nature and History in Huangshan City
• Wrote a popular science article on game security and COVID-19 which has been read over 3000 times

OTHER ACTIVITIES
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) Youth Observer in Montreal, Canada Dec. 2022
• Gave speech on “The concept of scale in biodiversity conservation” in the Youth Salon Forum: Conservation,
restoration to innovation: science exploration and youth role in biodiversity protection
• Special correspondent of Zhejiang Daily, Followed and filmed the entire China Corner Zhejiang Day event
• Interviewer and producer for the COP 15 Youth Perspectives Interview Programme in Polar Hub
COP 15 Biodiversity Scientific Exploration Program Youth Representative Jul. 2021 – Dec. 2022
• Co-initiated and organized the COP 15 Youth Biodiversity Scientific Exploration Synthetic Biology Forum.
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Invited experts and scholars as well as youth to share their views on synthetic biology and biodiversity
conservation, with the production of initially developed draft on "China's Synthetic Biology Youth Declaration
on Responsible Science and Technology Innovation for Biodiversity Conservation"
• Conducted a biodiversity scientific investigation in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan
Province, and created synchronous science popularization content on the Little Red Book social platform.
Project leader of aquatic plant survey program in Minhang District, Shanghai Jun. 2020 – July.2021
• Conducted vegetation investigation in dozens of parks and greenbelts and independently produced the analysis
report, commissioned by Shanghai Municipal Administration of Greening and Urbanism
Research volunteer of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Apr. 2020 – May. 2020
• Helped with raptor population monitoring for a month at the biology station in Sanjiangyuan National Park,
located at an altitude of 4,200 metres in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province
Guest speaker on Shanghai Education TV's "Open Your Brain" programme May. 2018
• Delivered a lecture on the topic and participated in a series of interactive performances as a representative of
the iGEM award-winning team from Fudan University
Communications Director of Class of 2019, School of Life Sciences, Fudan Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2019
• Planned and produced promotional videos for various activities, including the military training commemorative
video, 12·9 theme micro-film, laboratory safety propaganda short film, Top Talent program recruitment video,
Graduation commemorative music video. Mainly act as the director and editor.
Deputy Minister of Propaganda Department in Fudan Psychological Alliance Jun. 2017 – Jan. 2018
• Organized and planned propaganda activities including articles writing and poster designing.
Art design director in International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition Mar. 2017 – Nov. 2017
• Topic: Sequential memory storage based on recombinant enzymes from E. coli
• Responsible for the human practice and art design of all posters, web pages and propaganda videos for the
competition. Committed to spread complex scientific ideas in a lively, interesting, concise and easy-to-
understand way.
President of Fudan Herbal Soul SciComm Club Jun. 2016 – Oct. 2017
• Organized and initiated science communication activities and projects impacting over 3,000 people, including:
tutorial for wild plant identification, tutorial for horticulture, giving popular science seminars
• One communication project won a grant of $1,000 from the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
Leader in Social Practice Team, Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2016
• Investigated the conservation status of Xuhang Straw weaving, an intangible cultural heritage in Shanghai, with
surveys, field work and local governments visiting
• A summary report was published on Pengpai News (a well-known news outfit in China)
SKILLS
• Cornell “Environmental Education Outcomes” certificate, a 25-hour professional development course
• Computer Skills: Python, SQL, R programming; Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects; DaVinci Resolve
• Laboratory Skills: Measurement of plant functional traits, soil properties; Mycorrhizal related skills;
common molecular biology skills; The use of Microplate Reader, Mass Spectrometer, Piccaro gas analyzer
• Field Skills: Quadrat sampling, LI-6400 Portable Photosynthesis System.