Daike Tian

dktian@cemps.ac.cn

English, Chinese

Shanghai

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Life Sciences

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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