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Daike Tian
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Classification
Evaluation
Ornamental Plants
Breeding
Introduction
Domestication
Cultivation
Molecular Mechanisms
Lotus
Begonia
Areas of Focus
- Classification and evaluation of ornamental plant resources
- Breeding of ornamental plants
- Introduction, domestication, and cultivation techniques of ornamental plants
- Molecular mechanisms of important traits and physiological development phenomena in ornamental plants
- International registration of lotus
- Construction of international lotus and Chinese Begonia websites and databases
- Development of intelligent recognition software for lotus and Begonia images
- Promotion of the horticultural industry
Work Experience
- 2021-12~present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Research Center - Researcher, Group Leader
- 2011-03~2021-11 - Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology - Researcher, Group Leader
- 2009-03~2011-05 - South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher, Group Leader
- 2008-10~2009-01 - Auburn University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2001-07~2003-09 - Shanghai Four Seasons Ecological Technology Development Co., Ltd. - Engineer, Project Research Manager
- 2000-09~2001-07 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Intern Researcher, Assistant Researcher
- 1999-09~2000-09 - Toyama Central Botanical Garden, Japan - Visiting Scholar, Intern Researcher
- 1993-07~1996-08 - Hunan Normal University, Hunan Provincial Institute of Biology - Assistant Experimentalist
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004-08--2008-08 PhD in Horticulture: Auburn University
- 1996-09--1999-08 MSc in Botany: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany
- 1989-09--1993-06 BSc in Biology Education: Hunan Normal University
Publications
- Quercetin-derivatives painting the yellow petals of American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) and enzymatic basis for their accumulation, Daike Tian, 2023
- Spatial genetic patterns and distribution dynamics of Begonia grandis (Begoniaceae), a widespread herbaceous species in China, Daike Tian, 2023
- Begonia parvibracteata, a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Begoniaceae) from Guangxi of China, based on morphological and molecular evidence, Daike Tian, 2022
- Genetic diversity and inferred ancestry of Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) germplasms in Thailand and Vietnam, Daike Tian, 2022
- Genetic diversity of the wild Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) from Northern China, Daike Tian, 2021
- A new species (Begonia giganticaulis) of Begoniaceae from southern Xizang (Tibet) of China, Daike Tian, 2021
- Molecular Cloning and Expression Profile of Class E Genes Related to Sepal Development in Nelumbo nucifera, Daike Tian, 2021
- Begonia shenzhenensis, a new species of Begoniaceae from Guangdong, China, Daike Tian, 2021
- Characterization of Genomic Variation from Lotus (Nelumbo Adans.) Mutants with Wide and Narrow Tepals, Daike Tian, 2021
- Effects of parent species type, flower color, and stamen petaloidy on the fruit-setting rate of hybridization and selfing in lotus (Nelumbo), Daike Tian, 2021
- Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Senescence Process Controlling the Flower Opening and Closure Rhythm in the Waterlilies (Nymphaea L.), Daike Tian, 2021
- Begonia pseudoedulis, a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Begoniaceae) from southern Guangxi of China, Daike Tian, 2021
Awards
- 2020: Excellence Contribution Award, Begonia Professional Committee of the Chinese Wild Plant Protection Association
- 2019: Gold Award at the Beijing World Horticultural Exposition for the new variety 'Ningming Silver'
- 2019: Rudolf Ziesenhenne Award, American Begonia Society
- 2018: Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award, Second Prize
- 2015: Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Science and Technology Innovation Award, Second Prize
- 2015: Advanced Individual Award in Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Industry
- 2015: Shanghai Songjiang District Science and Technology Paper Award, First Prize
- 2015: Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Science and Technology Paper Award, Second Prize
- 2006: Outstanding International Student, Auburn University
- 2004: President's Scholarship, Auburn University
- 2003: Science and Technology Progress Award, Yunnan Province, Second Prize
- 2001: Gold Award at the Fifth Guangzhou National Flower Expo
- 1999: 'Di'ao' Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Second Prize
