Quantitative marine ecologist & conservation palaeobiologist working at the interface of benthic biodiversity, functional traits, palaeontology, biogeography and environmental change.
I build reproducible R/GIS pipelines that integrate biodiversity/trait databases with gridded ocean–climate products (NetCDF/GeoTIFF) to quantify community responses to warming and other stressors, and to produce clear, decision-ready indicators for research and (where relevant) management.
- 📍 Based in Naples, Italy | Research Fellow @ Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
- 🧪 Background: earth sciences，palaeontology， geochemistry， shell archives (microstructure + isotopes), trait-based ecology, biodiversity informatics
- 📝 Publications: 21 peer-reviewed papers (10 first-author); PhD funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
- Trait-based and community analyses: functional diversity, redundancy/turnover, ordination, null models, resampling/CI workflows
- Trait–environment frameworks: RLQ / fourth-corner and related inference for stressor–response questions
- Reporting: traceable workflows from raw data → analysis → figures/tables with clear documentation and versioning
- Work with NetCDF/GeoTIFF climate/ocean datasets; extraction, regridding, QA/QC, metadata handling
- QGIS/ArcGIS mapping, spatial joins, CRS management, raster/vector workflows
- Database-minded: tidy, well-documented datasets; experience with SQL/relational thinking for biodiversity/trait data products
- Carbonate proxies: δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and shell microstructure as environmental signals
- Imaging & lab workflows: SEM / EBSD / microscopy, micro-drilling, carbonate preparation, uncertainty-aware alignment with covariates
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Research Fellow (2024–present) — Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Naples)
Trait-based and spatial analyses of modern + fossil Mediterranean invertebrates; reproducible pipelines integrating traits, abundance, and gridded environmental fields. -
Associate Research Fellow (2019–2023) — University of Wollongong (Australia)
Quantitative biodiversity/trait research; built and maintained large trait & occurrence databases; supported teaching and mentoring. -
Collections & Outreach Manager (2012–2015) — Nanjing Museum of Palaeontology, CAS (China)
Fossil invertebrate curation & digitisation; databasing workflows; exhibitions and public engagement.
I keep my “job-application-ready” projects pinned here. Typical formats:
- Paper reproducibility: scripts + documentation to regenerate main results/figures
- Methods/toolkits: reusable functions for trait/community analyses, null models, and CI workflows
- Data products: clean, documented datasets (or instructions to obtain/derive them)
Ye, F., Bitner, M. A. (2025). Exploring the association between temperature and multiple ecomorphological traits of biocalcifiers (Brachiopoda). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 667, 112883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112883 Wang, F., Finnegan, S., Dal Corso, J., Ye, F., et al. (2025). Brachiopods and forams reduced calcification costs through morphological simplification during mass extinction events. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9, 1456–1468. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02749-w Ye, F., Shi, G. R., Bitner, M. A. (2023). Interhemispheric biodiversity peaks of living brachiopods coinciding with warm-temperate zones and correlated to multiple biotic, abiotic and evolutionary factors. Global and Planetary Change, 227, 104163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104163 Ye, F., Bitner, M. A., Shi, G. R. (2023). Variation of shell ornamentation with latitude and water depth – a case study using living brachiopods. Ecology and Evolution, 13(4), e10006. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10006 Roda, M. S., Griesshaber, E., Angiolini, L., … Ye, F., et al. (2022). The architecture of Recent brachiopod shells: diversity of biocrystal and biopolymer assemblages. Marine Biology, 169, 1–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03962-4 Ye, F., Shi, G. R., Bitner, M. A. (2021). Global biogeography of living brachiopods: bioregionalization patterns and possible controls. PLoS ONE, 16, e0259004. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259004 Ye, F., Jurikova, H., Angiolini, L., Brand, U., et al. (2019). Variation in brachiopod microstructure and isotope geochemistry under low pH–ocean acidification conditions. Biogeosciences, 16, 617–642. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-617-2019
(Full list on Google Scholar.)
I enjoy building analysis pipelines that are transparent, reusable, and friendly to collaborators—with clear file structure, metadata, and notes for “handover-ready” projects.
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=38tjnR8AAAAJ&hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/facheng-ye-brachiopod/
- ORCID: 0000-0001-8674-5967
📫 Email: fachengye@gmail.com | 279617274@qq.com