Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 2011–Present
Doctoral Candidate, Professorship of Landscape Architecture and Regional Open Space
Faculty of Architecture, Supervisors: Prof. Sören Schöbel and Prof. Johannes Küchler (TU Berlin)

Peking University, Beijing, China, 2009–2011
Master of Science in Landscape Architecture, The Graduate School of Landscape Architecture
Supervisor: Prof. Kongjian Yu

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2005–2009
Bachelor of Agronomy in Landscape Gardening, Institute of Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology

Offshore Wind Energy in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Cooperative Research Project among MLU Halle-Wittenberg, ETH Zürich, and TUM. German Federal Environmental Foundation Fund. 2016

LAREG Urban Landscape China Lab
Director and Leading Researcher. LAREG, TUM, May 2015–Present

The Restoration of the Belvedere, Tiefurt, and Ilm Parks
UNESCO World Heritage Volunteer Project, Classical Weimar Ensemble, Germany, 11–24 Aug 2013

Landscape Architecture Based on Regional Characters—Cultural Landscape Typologies, Characterization and Assessment of the Metropolitan Yangtze River Delta Region
Doctoral Dissertation, China State Scholarship Fund, Oct 2011–Present

Euphorigenic Landscapes—Urban Landscape Studies
Book Project, LAREG, TUM, 2011–2013

The Evolution and Optimization of Spatial Structure of Agricultural Land in the Beijing Second Green Belt
Master Thesis, 2010–2011

Using GIS to Analyze the Agricultural Landscape Change in the Taihu Town, Beijng
Cooperation Project with Turenscape, 2010 Summer

The Preservation of Ancient Huizhou Villages and Local Tourism Development
Summer Social Practice, ZJU, 2008

Landscape Architecture and Site Security Design
A Case Study of the Xiasha Leisure Park, Student Research Training Program, ZJU, 2007–2008

Water Integration and Place Making—Urban Restructuring for the Arrival Generation in Longhua / Longgang District of the Metropolis Shenzhen
Co-supervision of Master Theses with Prof. Schöbel, May–Dec 2015

Design Historic Cultural Landscape Elements as Green-Blue Infrastructure—A Case Study of Suzhou, Yangtze River Delta Region
Lectures and Co-supervision with Prof. Schöbel and Julian Schäfer, TUM Master Course, Mapping Seminar, Apr-May 2015; Research by Design Seminar, Jun–Jul 2015

Landscape Planning and Design of the Qinling National Botanical Garden, Xi’an
Bachelor and Master Thesis, Teaching Assistant, TUM, Feb–Jul 2015

World Heritage Site in Modern Landscape—Monument Protection and Landscape Renovation of the Grand Canal, Peking Section
Co-supervision of Master Thesis with Prof. Schöbel, TUM, Dec 2014–May 2015

Dynamic Growing City Framework—Landscape Design in the Southern Part of Nanjing
Co-supervision of Master Thesis with Prof. Schöbel, TUM, Aug 2014–Jan 2015

Cultural Landscape Structure as a Framework of Regional Development—A Case Study of Wujiang, Yangtze River Delta Region, China
Co-supervision of Master Thesis with Prof. Schöbel, TUM, Aug 2014–Jan 2015

Cultural Landscape Study of Suzhou and Shaoxing, Yangtze River Delta Region
Cooperative Workshop with Prof. Zhiyi Bao, Zhejiang A&F University, Mar–May 2014

Landscape and Sociology
Teaching Assistant, PKU Master Course, Nov 2009–June 2010

Identifying and Reactivating Historic Cultural Landscape Elements as Green-Blue Infrastructure for Polder Urbanization—A Case Study of Suzhou, Yangtze River Delta Region
Presentation, 52nd World Congress of the IFLA “History of the Future”, St. Petersburg, 7–15 Jun 2015

From Agricultural to Urban-Industrial Land Use: Transformation of the Yangtze River Delta Region
Lecture, Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China, Technical University of Berlin, 15 Dec 2014

Landscape Architecture Based on Regional Characters—Cultural Landscape Study of Suzhou
Poster Presentation, 18th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium “Heritage and Landscape as Human Values”, Florence, 9–11 Nov 2014

Urban and Landscape Transformation
Presentation, Doctoral Colloquium, Technical University of Munich, Munich, 26 Sept 2014

German Landscape Architecture Education and Trends of Academic Researches
Academic Salon, Zhejiang A&F University, 18 May; Lecture, Zhejiang University, 23 May 2014

Creating Knowledge—Methodology
Presentation, ECLAS Landscape Architecture Doctoral Colloquium, HafenCity Universität, Hamburg, 22 Sept, 2013

Landscape Architecture Based on Regional Characteristics
Lecture, The 6th Landscape Architecture Academic Forum, Beijing Forest University, 19 Dec 2010

CULL—China Urban Landscape Laboratory
Xie,Y. Nodium–Zeitschrift des Alumni-Clubs Landschaft der TU München, (#8 Dialog Landschaft), p.92, 2016. ISBN 978-3-941370-64-7

CULL—China Urban Landscape Laboratory
Xie,Y. Year Book 2015. Faculty of Architecture. Technical University of Munich (pp.198–201), 2015. ISBN 978-3-941370-66-1

Identifying and Reactivating Historic Cultural Landscape Elements as Green-Blue Infrastructure for Polder Urbanization—A Case Study of Suzhou, Yangtze River Delta Region
Xie,Y., Schöbel-Rutschmann, S. Congress Proceedings of 52nd World Congress of the IFLA (pp.121–122, 695–701), 2015. ISBN 978-5-7422-4877-4

Landscape Architecture Based on Regional Characters—Cultural Landscape Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region
Xie,Y. Nodium–Zeitschrift des Alumni-Clubs Landschaft der TU München, (#7 Naturschutz 3.0), p.93, 2015. ISBN 978-3-941370-54-8

The Re-naturalized Restoration of Urban River Landscape—A Case Study of Isar-Plan, Munich
Xie,Y., Lin,Y. Journal of Chinese Landscape Architecture, (1), pp.59–63, 2015

Landscape Architecture Based on Regional Characters—Cultural Landscape Study of Suzhou
Xie,Y. Conference Proceedings of 18th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2014 (in press)

The Dream City or Not? —The Urban Revolution of Shenzhen
Xie,Y. In S.Schöbel & D.Czechowski (Eds.), Euphorigenic Landscapes-Urban Landscape Studies (pp.127– 143). Borsdorf: Winterwork, 2013

A Study of Phenomenon and Causes of Shenzhen Container “Community”
Xie, Y., Yin, J., Lin, S. Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University (Social Science), 14(3), pp.277–280, 2012

Transient Population and New Container “Community” in Shenzhen
Han, Li., Xie, Y., Yin, J., Lin, S. Journal of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (Social Science Edition), 14(3), pp.277–280, 2011

Languages: Chinese, English (Full Professional Proficiency), German (Limited Working Proficiency)

Software: CAD; Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator; Sketch Up; GIS; ENVI; Fragstats