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Hongzhi Kong
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Evolution
Development
Biology
Genomics
Regulation
Genes
Plants
Molecular
Mechanisms
Diversity
Areas of Focus
- Evolutionary Developmental Biology
- Regulatory Genomics
Work Experience
- 2012.11-present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Leading Scientist of the 'Systematics and Evolutionary Development' research group
- 2011.08-present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
- 2008.07-present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Head of the 'Evolutionary Development and Regulatory Genomics' research group
- 2007.06-present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Doctoral Supervisor
- 2006.12-present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2006.06-2006.08 - Pennsylvania State University, USA - Senior Visiting Scholar
- 2002.04-2004.10 - Pennsylvania State University, USA - Visiting Scholar, Postdoctoral
- 2003.10-2006.12 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2000.08-2003.10 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1995-09--2000-07 Ph.D.: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1991-09--1995-07 Bachelor's: Department of Biology, Northwest University
Publications
- Mechanisms underlying the formation of complex color patterns on Nigella orientalis (Ranunculaceae) petals, Yuan, Yi, Li, Xuan, Yao, Xu, Fu, Xuehao, Cheng, Jie, Shan, Hongyan, Yin, Xiaofeng, Kong, Hongzhi, 2023
- Diversification of ranunculaceous petals in shape supports a generalized model for plant lateral organ morphogenesis and evolution, Cheng, Jie, Yao, Xu, Li, Xukun, Yue, Liang, Duan, Xiaoshan, Li, Boka, Fu, Xuehao, Li, Shuixian, Shan, Hongyan, Yin, Xiaofeng, Whitewoods, Christopher, Coen, Enrico, Kong, Hongzhi, 2023
- Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes, Zhao, Huiqi, Liao, Hong, Li, Shuixian, Zhang, Rui, Dai, Jing, Ma, Pengrui, Wang, Tianpeng, Wang, Meimei, Yuan, Yi, Fu, Xuehao, Cheng, Jie, Duan, Xiaoshan, Xie, Yanru, Zhang, Peng, Kong, Hongzhi, Shan, Hongyan, 2023
- Petal development and elaboration, Fu, Xuehao, Shan, Hongyan, Yao, Xu, Cheng, Jie, Jiang, Yongchao, Yin, Xiaofeng, Kong, Hongzhi, 2022
- 生物多样性起源与进化研究进展, 薛成, 李波卡, 雷天宇, 山红艳, 孔宏智, 2022
- The genome of Ginkgo biloba refined, Shan, Hongyan, Kong, Hongzhi, 2021
- Insights into angiosperm evolution, floral development and chemical biosynthesis from the Aristolochia fimbriata genome, Liuyu Qin, Yiheng Hu, Jinpeng Wang, Xiaoliang Wang, Ran Zhao, Hongyan Shan, Kunpeng Li, Peng Xu, Hanying Wu, Xueqing Yan, Lumei Liu, Xin Yi, Stefan Wanke, John E Bowers, James H LeebensMack, Claude W dePamphilis, Pamela S Soltis, Douglas E Soltis, Hongzhi Kong, Yuannian Jiao, 2021
- The morphology, molecular development and ecological function of pseudonectaries on Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae) petals, Liao, Hong, Fu, Xuehao, Zhao, Huiqi, Cheng, Jie, Zhang, Rui, Yao, Xu, Duan, Xiaoshan, Shan, Hongyan, Kong, Hongzhi, 2020
- A chromosome-scale reference genome of Aquilegia oxysepala var. kansuensis, Jinghe Xie, Haifeng Zhao, Kunpeng Li, Rui Zhang, Yongchao Jiang, Meimei Wang, Xuelian Guo, Ben Yu, Hongzhi Kong, Yuannian Jiao, Guixia Xu, 2020
- The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants, Zhang, Liangsheng, Chen, Fei, Zhang, Xingtan, Li, Zhen, Zhao, Yiyong, Lohaus, Rolf, Chang, Xiaojun, Dong, Wei, Ho, Simon Y W, Liu, Xing, Song, Aixia, Chen, Junhao, Guo, Wenlei, Wang, Zhengjia, Zhuang, Yingyu, Wang, Haifeng, Chen, Xuequn, Hu, Juan, Liu, Yanhui, Qin, Yuan, Wang, Kai, Dong, Shanshan, Liu, Yang, Zhang, Shouzhou, Yu, Xianxian, Wu, Qian, Wang, Liangsheng, Yan, Xueqing, Jiao, Yuannian, Kong, Hongzhi, Zhou, Xiaofan, Yu, Cuiwei, Chen, Yuchu, Li, Fan, Wang, Jihua, Chen, Wei, Chen, Xinlu, Jia, Qidong, Zhang, Chi, Jiang, Yifan, Zhang, Wanbo, Liu, Guanhua, Fu, Jianyu, Chen, Feng, Ma, Hong, Van de Peer, Yves, Tang, Haibao, 2020
Awards
- 2016: Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation, National Level
- 2014: National Excellent Scientific and Technological Worker, National Level
- 2014: Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation, Ministerial Level
- 2013: China Youth Science and Technology Award, National Level
- 2012: Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Scientist Award, Institute Level
- 2011: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, National Level
