Hui Guo received his Ph.D. in Ecology at Lanzhou University, focusing on plant population and community ecology. During his graduate stage, he studied at University of California, Santa Barbara for two years, working with Dr. Susan Mazer. He then had a postdoc position at Fudan University, working with Prof. Bo Li,where he began his studies on the invasive species. He then began his faculty position in Nanjing Agricultural University. During 2017-2018, he collaborated with Dr.Jeffrey Diez at University of California, Riverside studying plant biodiversity and species coexistence in red wood forest. 

郭辉，博士，南京农业大学资源与环境科学学院教授，博士生导师，于2003年9月至2010年6月就读于兰州大学和美国加州大学圣芭芭拉分校获生态学博士学位，2010年至2013年在复旦大学从事博士后研究。之后在北卡州立大学和加州大学河滨分校进行学术交流和合作研究。主要利用长期野外定位试验、温室同质园实验、大尺度调查取样和整合分析等方法，研究生物多样性维持与保护、生物入侵、全球变化和生态系统功能等相关的生态学问题。主持国家自然基金项目、江苏省自然基金和国家重点研发专项子课题等多个科研项目，以第一和通讯作者在Ecology、 Journal of Ecology和Soil Biology & Biochemistry等期刊发表研究论文50多篇。担任《Journal of Plant Ecology》和《生物安全学报》编委；主讲《普通生态学》(国家精品在线开放课程)、《Advanced Ecology》(江苏省全英文精品课程)和《生态学野外实习》等课程。