Chiao-Ping Wang holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Forestry from National Chung Hsing University and a Ph.D. in Forest Soil Science from the University of Goettingen in Germany. She is currently an associate Researcher at the Silviculture Division of the Forestry Research Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and an adjunct associated professor at the Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, where she primarily teaches ecology. Her expertise includes forest soils and silviculture, restoration of degraded ecosystems, global change, soil ecology, and urban ecology. Wang has received the Executive Yuan's Outstanding Research Award and is dedicated to promoting ecological urban development and rural soil conservation through popular science education supported by National Science and Technology Council for years.