一直从事生态遥感和区域生态恢复机制研究，重点关注全球气候变化背景下中国西南地区生态环境变化，着眼于区域森林地上生物量估算及森林碳汇研究。以第一/通讯作者发表Nature Sustainability 2篇，Nature Communications 1篇，其中，发表在Nature Sustainability的文章为创刊封面文章。关于我国西南地区生态工程成效评估的部分研究成果已被国家第三次石漠化监测公报及石漠化治理工程规划采纳，为国家重点生态工程效益评价和后续治理工程布局优化提供了重要科学依据。
招生专业：遥感、自然地理学、生态学、森林经理学等。
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiaowei-Tong
教育经历：
2010.09至2017.07：中科院亚热带农业生态研究所，生态学，博士
2015.12至2016.11：哥本哈根大学地理与自然资源管理系，访问学习
2006.09至2010.06：衡阳师范学院，资旅系地理科学专业，学士
工作经历：
2022.09至今：中国科学院亚热带农业生态研究所， 研究员
2017.08至2022.01：哥本哈根大学地理与自然资源管理系，博士后
荣誉奖励：
2021 HW优秀青年科学基金项目获得者
2018 欧盟H2020玛丽居里个人项目获得者
1. 科技部重点研发计划青年科学家项目“西南喀斯特山区森林碳汇遥感精准计量技术”，2023.12-2026.11，300万，主持。
2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“西南喀斯特地区森林碳汇精准定量及稳定性影响机制”，2024.01-2026.12，47万，主持。
3.欧盟玛丽·居里个人项目“退化与保护并存--中国西南喀斯特地区碳平衡研究（795970）”，2018.11-2021.12，200万丹麦克朗，结题，主持。
(1) Xiaowei Tong; Martin Brandt; Yuemin Yue; Philippe Ciais; Martin Rudbeck Jepsen; Josep Penuelas; Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Xiangming Xiao; Xiao-Peng Song; Stephanie Horion; Kjeld Rasmussen; Sassan Saatchi; Lei Fan; Kelin Wang; Bing Zhang; Zhengchao Chen; Yuhang Wang; Xiaojun Li; Rasmus Fensholt; Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration, Nature Communications, 2020, 11(1): 129.
(2) Xiaowei Tong; Martin Brandt; Yuemin Yue; Stephanie Horion; Kelin Wang; Wanda De Keersmaecker; Feng Tian; Guy Schurgers; Xiangming Xiao; Yiqi Luo; Chi Chen; Ranga Myneni; Zheng Shi; Hongsong Chen; Rasmus Fensholt; Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering, Nature Sustainability, 2018, 1(1): 44-50.
(3) Xiaowei Tong; Kelin Wang; Yuemin Yue; Martin Brandt; Bo Liu; Chunhua Zhang; Chujie Liao; Rasmus Fensholt; Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2017, 54(54): 105-113.
(4) Xiaowei Tong; Kelin Wang; Martin Brandt; Yuemin Yue; Chujie Liao; Rasmus Fensholt; Assessing Future Vegetation Trends and Restoration Prospects in the Karst Regions of Southwest China, Remote Sensing, 2016, 8(5): 357.
(5) Xiaowei Tong; Martin Brandt; Yuemin Yue; Xiaoxin Zhang; Rasmus Fensholt; Philippe Ciais; Kelin Wang; Siyu Liu; Wenmin Zhang; Chen Mao; Martin Rudbeck Jepsen ; Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s, Communications Earth & Environment, 2023, 4(1) .
(6) Xiaoxin Zhang; Martin Brandt; Xiaowei Tong; Philippe Ciais; Yuemin Yue; Xiangming Xiao; WenminZhang; Kelin Wang; Rasmus Fensholt; A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China, Nature Sustainability, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00843-y.
(7)Martin Brandt; Yuemin Yue; Jean Pierre Wigneron; Xiaowei Tong; Feng Tian; Martin Rudbeck Jepsen; Xiangming Xiao; Aleixandre Verger; Arnaud Mialon; Amen Al-Yaari; Kelin Wang; Rasmus Fensholt; Satellite-Observed Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade, EARTHS FUTURE, 2018, 7(6): 1017-1028.