2006-09--2012-01 PhD: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002-09--2006-07 Bachelor's: Beijing Forestry University
2020-11~Present - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2018-10~2020-11 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
2017-10~2018-10 - University of Exeter - Visiting Scholar
2016-01~2017-10 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
2012-02~2016-01 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Yunnan Provincial Natural Science First Prize (2023): First Prize
Yunnan Youth Science and Technology Award (2022): Provincial Level
Research
Evolution of Plant Coloration Plant Reproductive Strategies
Plant camouflage: ecology, evolution, and implications, Niu, Yang, Hang Sun, and Martin Stevens, 2018
Grey leaves in an alpine plant: a cryptic colouration to avoid attack?, Niu, Yang, Gao Chen, De‐Li Peng, Bo Song, Yang Yang, Zhi‐Min Li, and Hang Sun, 2014
Alpine scree plants benefit from cryptic coloration with limited cost, Niu, Yang, and Hang Sun, 2014
Divergence in cryptic leaf colour provides local camouflage in an alpine plant, Niu, Yang, Zhe Chen, Martin Stevens, and Hang Sun, 2017
Commercial harvesting has driven the evolution of camouflage in an alpine plant, Niu, Yang, Martin Stevens, and Hang Sun, 2021
Camouflaged plants are shorter than non-camouflaged plants in the alpine zone, Huang, Tao, Zhe Chen, Bo Xu, Hang Sun, and Yang Niu, 2023
Red fruits exhibit lower colour diversity than red flowers as perceived by birds, Chen, Zhe, O. Nevo, K. Valenta, Hang Sun, and Yang Niu, 2023
The ultraviolet colour component enhances the attractiveness of red flowers of a bee-pollinated plant, Chen, Zhe, Chang-Qiu Liu, Hang Sun, and Yang Niu, 2020
Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents, Chen, Zhe, Yang Niu, Chang-Qiu Liu, and Hang Sun, 2020
Intraspecific floral colour variation in three Pedicularis species, Zhang, Qiu-Yu, Zhe Chen, Hang Sun, and Yang Niu, 2023
Visual function of red staminal filaments in a bee-pollinated plant, Hu, Ya-Li, Zhe Chen, Jian-Jun Zhao, Yang Niu, and Gang Xu, 2022
Survival and reproduction of plant species in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Sun, Hang, Yang Niu, Yong‐Sheng Chen, Bo Song, Chang‐Qiu Liu, De‐Li Peng, Jian‐Guo Chen, and Yang Yang, 2014
Historical development of karst evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia has shaped the evolution of a hemiparasitic genus Brandisia (Orobanchaceae), Chen, Zhe, Zhuo Zhou, Ze-Min Guo, Truong Van Do, Hang Sun, and Yang Niu, 2023
Floral closure induced by pollination in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae): effects of pollen load and type, floral morph and fitness consequences, Niu, Yang, Yang Yang, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Zhi-Min Li, and Hang Sun, 2011
A sexually dimorphic corolla appendage affects pollen removal and floral longevity in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae), Niu, Yang, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Chang-Qiu Liu, Zhi-Min Li, and Hang Sun, 2015
Function of male and hermaphroditic flowers and size-dependent gender diphasy of Lloydia oxycarpa (Liliaceae) from Hengduan Mountains, Niu, Yang, Qiangbang Gong, Deli Peng, Hang Sun, and Zhimin Li, 2017
Intersexual mimicry and imperfect deceit of a threatened aquatic herb Ottelia acuminata, Yang, Jing, Yang Niu, Wei‐Bang Sun, Xiang‐Hai Cai, and Gao Chen, 2022
Post-floral erection of stalks provides insight into the evolution of fruit orientation and its effects on seed dispersal, Niu, Yang, Zhuo Zhou, Wen Sha, and Hang Sun, 2016
Sexual allocation in the gynodioecious species Cyananthus macrocalyx (Campanulaceae) at high elevations in the Sino-Himalaya Mountains, Chen, Jian-Guo, Yang Niu, Yang Yang, and Hang Sun, 2016
Sex allocation in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi differs between gender morphs and soil quality, Chen, Jianguo, Yang Niu, Zhimin Li, Yang Yang, and Hang Sun, 2017
Phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of the Sino-Himalayan endemic genus Cyananthus (Campanulaceae) and implications for the evolution of its sexual system, Zhou, Zhuo, Deyuan Hong, Yang Niu, Guodong Li, Zelong Nie, Jun Wen, and Hang Sun, 2013
Sexual conflict in protandrous flowers and the evolution of gynodioecy, Wang, Hao, Spencer CH Barrett, Xue‐Yan Li, Yang Niu, Yuan‐Wen Duan, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang, and Qing‐Jun Li, 2021
Woolly and overlapping leaves dampen temperature fluctuations in reproductive organ of an alpine Himalayan forb, Peng, De-Li, Yang Niu, Bo Song, Jian-Guo Chen, Zhi-Min Li, Yang Yang, and Hang Sun, 2015
Papilio butterfly vs. hawkmoth pollination explains floral syndrome dichotomy in a clade of Lilium, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Yang Niu, Qing-Biao Lu, Zhe Chen, Bo Cai, Ye Fang, and Yun-Dong Gao, 2022
Are superior ovaries damaged by the bills of flower-visiting birds and does this preclude adaptation to bird pollinators?, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Yang Niu, De-Li Peng, and Hang Sun, 2018
Floral adaptations of two lilies: implications for the evolution and pollination ecology of huge trumpet‐shaped flowers, Liu, Chang‐Qiu, Yun‐Dong Gao, Yang Niu, Ying‐Ze Xiong, and Hang Sun, 2019
Mystery revisited: Is nocturnal colored nectar a nonadaptive floral trait?, Cai, Xiang‐Hai, Bao‐Bao Shi, Yang Niu, Jia Ge, Guillaume Chomicki, and Gao Chen, 2022
