Laben, male, Tibetan, from Dulan, Qinghai, is a professor and master's supervisor. After graduating from the Department of Biology of Qinghai Normal University in 1991 he joined its faculty. He is a council member of the Ethnobotany Branch of the Botanical Society of China and of the national ethnoecology society, working on ecology, ethnoecology and ethnobotany and culture. He teaches Fundamentals of Ecology (lectures and laboratory), Conservation Biology and Ethnobotany. He has led one National Natural Science Foundation project, one project of the Qinghai Department of Science and Technology, three projects of the Qinghai Forestry Department and one university teaching project, and taken part in two NSFC projects, eight provincial or ministerial projects, three teaching-reform projects, three course-development projects and the establishment of the desert ecosystem research station in the Qaidam region of Qinghai. He has published two monographs, contributed to another, obtained eight research results and three utility patents, and published more than 46 papers. He currently leads one project of the Qinghai Department of Science and Technology and participates in one NSFC project and one provincial project.