Areas of Focus
- Plant Phylogenetics
- Population Genetics
- Genomic Evolution
Work Experience
- 2014-09 to present - Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Position
- 2011-09 to present - Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences - PhD in Science
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-09 - PhD in Science: Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2014 - Zhu Li Yuehua Excellent Doctoral Student Scholarship
- 2013 - National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
Publications
- Genome assembly of the snow lotus species Saussurea involucrata provides insights into acacetin and rutin biosynthesis and tolerance to an alpine environment, Yanxia Sun, 2023
- Insights into the differentiation and adaptation within Circaeasteraceae from Circaeaster agrestis genome sequencing and resequencing, Yanxia Sun, 2023
- Population genomic analyses suggest a hybrid origin, cryptic sexuality, and decay of genes regulating seed development for the putatively strictly asexual Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales), Yanxia Sun, 2023
- Demographic history and local adaptation of Myripnois dioica (Asteraceae) provide insight on plant evolution in northern China flora, Yanxia Sun, 2021
- Plastome Phylogenomic and Biogeographical Study on Thuja (Cupressaceae), Yanxia Sun, 2020
- Plastome phylogenomic study of Gentianeae (Gentianaceae): widespread gene tree discordance and its association with evolutionary rate heterogeneity of plastid genes, Yanxia Sun, 2020
- Genome Sequencing of the Endangered Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) Reveals Potential Mechanisms of Evolutionary Specialization, Yanxia Sun, 2020
- Genomic insights into adaptation to heterogeneous environments for the ancient relictual Circaeaster agrestis (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales), Yanxia Sun, 2020
- Genome wide sequencing provides evidence of adaptation to heterogeneous environments for the ancient relictual Circaeaster agrestis (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales), Yanxia Sun, 2020
- Genome sequencing of the endangered Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) reveals potential mechanisms of evolutionary specialization, Yanxia Sun, 2020
- Plastome phylogenomics of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae), Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Molecular Phylogeography and Ecological Niche Modeling of Sibbaldia procumbens s.l. (Rosaceae), Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Plastome phylogenomic analysis of Torreya (Taxaceae), Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Plastome sequencing of Myripnois dioica and comparison within Asteraceae, Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Characterization of the complete plastome of western red cedar, thuja plicata (cupressaceae), Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Plastome phylogenomics of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae), Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Molecular Phylogeography and Ecological Niche Modeling of Sibbaldia procumbens s.l., Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Plastome phylogenomic analysis of Torreya (Taxaceae), Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Plastome sequencing of Myripnois dioica and comparison within Asteraceae, Yanxia Sun, 2019
- Phylogeography of Parasyncalathium souliei (Asteraceae) and Its Potential Application in Delimiting Phylogeoregions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP)-Hengduan Mountains (HDM) Hotspot, Yanxia Sun, 2018
- Plastome phylogenomics of the early-diverging eudicot family Berberidaceae, Yanxia Sun, 2018
- Study on Potassium Doped Modification of Li1.2Ni0.13Co0.13Mn0.54O2 Materials Synthesized by Novel Method for Lithium Ion Battery, Yanxia Sun, 2018
- Facile triethanolamine-assisted combustion synthesized layered LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode materials with enhanced electrochemical performance for lithium-ion batteries, Yanxia Sun, 2018
- Investigation of the synergetic effects of LiBF4 and LiODFB as wide-temperature electrolyte salts in lithium-ion batteries, Yanxia Sun, 2018
- Complete plastome sequencing from Toona (Meliaceae) and phylogenomic analyses within Sapindales, Yanxia Sun, 2018
- Phylogenetic study of the tribe Potentilleae (Rosaceae), with further insight into the disintegration of Sibbaldia, Yanxia Sun, 2017
- Preparation and characterization of lithium-rich ternary cathode materials using novel chelating agent and solvent, Yanxia Sun, 2017
- Humidity effects on scanning polarization force microscopy imaging, Yanxia Sun, 2017
- Complete plastome sequencing of both living species of Circaeasteraceae (Ranunculales) reveals unusual rearrangements and the loss of the ndh gene family, Yanxia Sun, 2017
- Synthesis of MgO nanocrystals with abundant surface defects via a carbonization method employing CO2 gas as starting material, Yanxia Sun, 2017
- Genetic structure and post-glacial expansion of Cornus florida L. (Cornaceae): integrative evidence from phylogeography, population demographic history, and species distribution modeling, Yanxia Sun, 2016
- Phylogenomic and structural analyses of 18 complete plastomes across nearly all families of early-diverging eudicots, including an angiosperm-wide analysis of IR gene content evolution, Yanxia Sun, 2016
- A new species of Argentina (Rosaceae, Potentilleae) from Southeast Tibet, with reference to the taxonomic status of the genus, Yanxia Sun, 2015
- Chloroplast Phylogeography of the phylogenetically isolated, East Asian Tertiary relict Tetracentron sinense (Trochodendraceae), Yanxia Sun, 2014
- Tertiary montane origin of the Central Asian flora, evidence inferred from cpDNA sequences of Atraphaxis (Polygonaceae), Yanxia Sun, 2014
- Chloroplast phylogeography of the East Asian Arcto-Tertiary relict Tetracentron sinense (Trochodendraceae), Yanxia Sun, 2014
- SYSTEMATIC POSITIONS OF MEDICAGO EDGEWORTHII AND M-ARCHIDUCIS-NICOLAI (LEGUMINOSAE) INFERRED FROM PLASTID TRNK/MATK, NUCLEAR GA30X1 AND ITS SEQUENCES, Yanxia Sun, 2014
- Complete Plastid Genome Sequencing of Trochodendraceae Reveals a Significant Expansion of the Inverted Repeat and Suggests a Paleogene Divergence between the Two Extant Species, Yanxia Sun, 2013
- Molecular phylogeny of tribe Atraphaxideae (Polygonaceae) evidenced from five cpDNA regions, Yanxia Sun, 2012
- 基于叶绿体rps16基因和核基因ITS片段研究肉苁蓉属系统位置, 孙延霞, 2012
- Evaluation of oasis stability in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Yanxia Sun, 2011
- Evaluation of oasis stability in the lower reaches of the tarim river, Yanxia Sun, 2011
- 干旱半干旱地区蓼科4属植物的系统发育关系研究, 孙延霞, 2011
Awards
- 2014: Zhu Li Yuehua Excellent Doctoral Student Scholarship
- 2013: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students