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Name	Zengyuan Wu
Contact Information	wuzengyuan@mail.kib.ac.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Yunnan

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Name

Zengyuan Wu

Contact Information

wuzengyuan@mail.kib.ac.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Yunnan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2012-12--2013-12 Joint PhD Student: Natural History Museum, London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2009-09--2015-01 PhD in Science: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2005-09--2009-07 Bachelor's in Science: Yunnan University
Work Experience	2019-01~Present - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher 2016-09~2017-09 - Aberystwyth University - Visiting Scholar 2015-02~2018-12 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Awards	Western Light of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Western Young Scholar' (2022): Institute Level Outstanding Employee (2022): Institute Level Yunnan Province 'High-level Talent Training Support Program' Young Top Talent (2020): Provincial Level Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019): Institute Level Annual Academic Report First Prize (2019): Institute Level Outstanding Employee (2018): Institute Level

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2012-12--2013-12 Joint PhD Student: Natural History Museum, London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2009-09--2015-01 PhD in Science: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005-09--2009-07 Bachelor's in Science: Yunnan University

Work Experience

2019-01~Present - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
2016-09~2017-09 - Aberystwyth University - Visiting Scholar
2015-02~2018-12 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher

Awards

Western Light of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Western Young Scholar' (2022): Institute Level
Outstanding Employee (2022): Institute Level
Yunnan Province 'High-level Talent Training Support Program' Young Top Talent (2020): Provincial Level
Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019): Institute Level
Annual Academic Report First Prize (2019): Institute Level
Outstanding Employee (2018): Institute Level

Areas of Focus	Plant Taxonomy Molecular Systematics Biogeography Crop Domestication Population Genomics
Publications	Genomic variation, environmental adaptation and feralization in ramie, an ancient fiber crop, First Author, 2024 Boehmeria nivea var. strigosa (Urticaceae), a new variety from southwest China, Corresponding Author, 2024 The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal, First Author, 2023 Genetic analysis of walnut cultivars from southwest China: Implications for germplasm improvement, Fourth Author, 2022 Determinants of genetic structure in a highly heterogeneous landscape in southwest China, Sixth Author, 2022 Deep Insights Into the Plastome Evolution and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Tribe Urticeae (Family Urticaceae), Corresponding Author, 2022 Genetic Diversity and Structure of Persian Walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Pakistan: Implications for Conservation, Fifth Author, 2022 Name and scale matters: Clarifying the geography of Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountain regions, Sixth Author, 2022 Phylogenomics and evolutionary history of Oreocnide (Urticaceae) shed light on recent geological and climatic events in SE Asia, First Author, 2022 The complete chloroplast genome sequences of an endemic species of Urticaceae (Debregeasia hekouensis), Corresponding Author, 2021 Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives, Third Author, 2021 Characteristics and Mutational Hotspots of Plastomes in Debregeasia (Urticaceae), Corresponding Author, 2020 Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Debregeasia orientalis (Urticaceae), Corresponding Author, 2019 Elatostema nanxiense, a new species of Urticaceae from Yunnan Province, Second Author, 2019 Protect third pole's fragile ecosystem, Fourth Author, 2018 Testing Darwin's transoceanic dispersal hypothesis for the inland nettle family (Urticaceae), First Author, 2018 Complete chloroplast genome sequences of two Boehmeria species (Urticaceae), First Author, 2018 Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Cecropia pachystachya, First Author, 2017 Six new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Yunnan, Second Author, 2016 Systematics and biogeography of Urticaceae, First Author, 2015 Ancestral State Reconstruction Reveals Rampant Homoplasy of Diagnostic Morphological Characters in Urticaceae, Conflicting with Current Classification Schemes, First Author, 2015 Two new species and one new variety of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from China, First Author, 2013 Molecular phylogeny of the nettle family (Urticaceae) inferred from multiple loci of three genomes and extensive generic sampling, First Author, 2013 Supplementary description of fruits of seven species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) (in English), First Author, 2012 One new series with its only new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China, First Author, 2012 Two new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China, First Author, 2012 Supplementary description of inflorescences of three species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) (in English), First Author, 2012 Elatostema densistriolatum sp nov., E-latistipulum sp nov and E-cyrtandrifolium var. hirsutum var. nov (Urticaceae) from southwest China, First Author, 2011

Areas of Focus

Plant Taxonomy
Molecular Systematics
Biogeography
Crop Domestication
Population Genomics

Publications

Genomic variation, environmental adaptation and feralization in ramie, an ancient fiber crop, First Author, 2024
Boehmeria nivea var. strigosa (Urticaceae), a new variety from southwest China, Corresponding Author, 2024
The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal, First Author, 2023
Genetic analysis of walnut cultivars from southwest China: Implications for germplasm improvement, Fourth Author, 2022
Determinants of genetic structure in a highly heterogeneous landscape in southwest China, Sixth Author, 2022
Deep Insights Into the Plastome Evolution and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Tribe Urticeae (Family Urticaceae), Corresponding Author, 2022
Genetic Diversity and Structure of Persian Walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Pakistan: Implications for Conservation, Fifth Author, 2022
Name and scale matters: Clarifying the geography of Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountain regions, Sixth Author, 2022
Phylogenomics and evolutionary history of Oreocnide (Urticaceae) shed light on recent geological and climatic events in SE Asia, First Author, 2022
The complete chloroplast genome sequences of an endemic species of Urticaceae (Debregeasia hekouensis), Corresponding Author, 2021
Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives, Third Author, 2021
Characteristics and Mutational Hotspots of Plastomes in Debregeasia (Urticaceae), Corresponding Author, 2020
Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Debregeasia orientalis (Urticaceae), Corresponding Author, 2019
Elatostema nanxiense, a new species of Urticaceae from Yunnan Province, Second Author, 2019
Protect third pole's fragile ecosystem, Fourth Author, 2018
Testing Darwin's transoceanic dispersal hypothesis for the inland nettle family (Urticaceae), First Author, 2018
Complete chloroplast genome sequences of two Boehmeria species (Urticaceae), First Author, 2018
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Cecropia pachystachya, First Author, 2017
Six new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Yunnan, Second Author, 2016
Systematics and biogeography of Urticaceae, First Author, 2015
Ancestral State Reconstruction Reveals Rampant Homoplasy of Diagnostic Morphological Characters in Urticaceae, Conflicting with Current Classification Schemes, First Author, 2015
Two new species and one new variety of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from China, First Author, 2013
Molecular phylogeny of the nettle family (Urticaceae) inferred from multiple loci of three genomes and extensive generic sampling, First Author, 2013
Supplementary description of fruits of seven species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) (in English), First Author, 2012
One new series with its only new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China, First Author, 2012
Two new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China, First Author, 2012
Supplementary description of inflorescences of three species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) (in English), First Author, 2012
Elatostema densistriolatum sp nov., E-latistipulum sp nov and E-cyrtandrifolium var. hirsutum var. nov (Urticaceae) from southwest China, First Author, 2011

Plant Taxonomy: Classification Identification Nomenclature Flora Species Genus Family Phylogeny Morphology Herbarium Molecular Systematics: Dna Sequencing Phylogenetics Molecular Markers Genetic Diversity Evolutionary Relationships Genomics Bioinformatics Molecular Evolution Species Delimitation Systematics Biogeography: Distribution Species Range Ecological Niches Geographic Variation Dispersal Migration Habitat Biodiversity Endemism Biomes Crop Domestication: Agriculture Breeding Genetic Improvement Wild Relatives Cultivation Agronomy Phenotypic Traits Genetic Resources Adaptation Selection Population Genomics: Genetic Structure Gene Flow Population Differentiation Genetic Variation Evolutionary History Demographic History Genome-Wide Association Studies Conservation Genetics Molecular Ecology

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