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Tieyao Tu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Legume
Dna
Morphology
Evolution
Taxonomy
Biodiversity
Tropical
Economic
Ecology
Genetics
Areas of Focus
- Legume Plant Diversity
- Plant DNA Identification
- Plant Morphology and Evolution
- Plant Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics
- Plant Biodiversity Conservation
- Tropical Rainforest Species Diversity
- Economic Plant Research
- Ecological System Diversity
- Genetic Diversity
- Functional Diversity
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2019-01--2019-12 Visiting Scholar: Smithsonian Institution, USA
- 2007-01--2009-09 Visiting Scholar: Smithsonian Institution, USA
- 2006-03--2006-09 Visiting Scholar: Ben-Gurion University, Israel
- 2005-03--2008-07 Ph.D.: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001-09--2005-01 M.Sc.: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1997-09--2001-07 B.Sc.: Yunnan University
Publications
- Biphyly of the genus Wendlandia and establishment of a new tribe Clavistigmeae and a new genus Clavistigma of Rubiaceae from Asia, Tu et al., 2024
- Phylogeny and re-circumscription of Cheniella (Leguminosae: Cercidoideae) based on plastome data and morphology, with description of three new species, Gu et al., 2024
- Different mechanisms underlie similar species-area relationships in two tropical archipelagoes, Li et al., 2024
- Genomic evidence supports the genetic convergence of a supergene controlling the distyplous floral syndrome, Zhao et al., 2023
- Diverse mating consequences of the evolutionary breakdown of the sexual polymorphism heterostyly, Yuan et al., 2023
- A new self-pollination mechanism, Wang et al., 2004
- Corsiopsis chinensis gen. et sp. nov. (Corsiaceae): first record of the family in Asia, Zhang et al., 1999
Awards
- High Mountain Plant Diversity Research (2009): First Prize, Provincial Level
