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.