Areas of Focus
- Plant Taxonomy
- Plant Evolutionary Biology
- Biogeography
- Conservation Biology
Work Experience
- 1986-09 to 1990-06: Undergraduate, Department of Biology, Central China Normal University
- 1990-07 to 1995-06: Graduate Student, School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University
- 1995-07 to 1996-10: Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University
- 1996-11 to 1997-08: Foreign Aid Expert, School of Science and Technology, University of N'Djamena, Chad
- 1997-09 to 2002-09: Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University
- 2002-08 to 2002-12: Advanced Studies, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
- 2002-10 to 2008-12: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University
- 2006-07 to 2007-06: Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Duke University
- 2007-07 to 2008-12: Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University
- 2008-12 to Present: Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1990-09 to 1995-06: PhD, Wuhan University, School of Life Sciences
Publications
- The slow-evolving Acorus tatarinowii genome sheds light on ancestral monocot evolution, Shi T, Huneau C, Zhang Y, Li Y, Chen J, Salse J, Wang Q, 2022
- Touch induces rapid floral closure in gentians, Dai C, Gong Y, Liu F, Hu G, Fu P, Wang S, Ouyang J, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Yan X, Liu X, Wan T, Wang Q, 2022
- The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts, Wan T, Liu Z, Leitch IJ, Xin H, Gillian MK, Gong Y, Li Z, Marais E, Liao Y, Dai C, Liu F, Wu Q, Song C, Zhou Y, Huang W, Jiang K, Wang Q, Yang Y, Zhong Z, Yang M, Yan X, Hu G, Hou C, Su Y, Feng S, Yang J, Yan J, Chu J, Chen F, Ran J, Wang X, de Peer YV, Leitch AR, Wang Q, 2021
- A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants, Wan T, Liu ZM, Li LF, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Lohaus R, Liu ZJ, Xin HP, Gong YB, Liu Y, Wang WC, Chen LY, Yang Y, Kelly LJ, Yang J, Huang JL, Li Z, Liu P, Zhang L, Liu HM, Wang H, Deng SH, Liu M, Li J, Ma L, Liu Y, Lei Y, Xu W, Wu LQ, Liu F, Ma Q, Yu XR, Jiang Z, Zhang GQ, Li SH, Li RQ, Zhang SZ, Wang QF, Van de Peer Y, Zhang JB, Wang XM, 2018
- Phylogenomic analyses of Alismatales shed light into adaptations to aquatic environments, Chen LY, Lu B, Morales-Briones DF, Moody ML, Liu F, Hu GW, Chen JM, Wang QF, 2022
- Phylogenomics, co-evolution of ecological niche and morphology, and historical biogeography of buckeyes, horsechestnuts, and their relatives (Hippocastaneae, Sapindaceae) and the value of RAD-Seq for deep evolutionary inferences back to the Late Cretaceous, Du ZY, Harris AJ, Xiang QJ, 2020
- Diurnal regulation of plant epidermal wax synthesis through antagonistic roles of SPL9 and DEWAX, Li RJ, Li LM, Liu XL, Kim JC, Jenks MA, LüSY, 2019
- Altitudinal diversity of aquatic plants in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Zhou YD, Xiao KY, Chen SC, Liu X, Wang QF, Yan X, 2022
- Plastome Evolution in the Hyperdiverse Genus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) Using Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses: Large-Scale Expansion and Contraction of the Inverted Repeat Region, Wei N, Perez-Escobar OA, Musili PM, Huang WC, Yang JB, Hu AQ, Hu GW, Grace OM, Wang QF, 2021
- Inventory incompleteness and collecting priority on the plant diversity in tropical East Africa, Wang S, Zhou Y, Musili PM, Mwachala G, Hu G, Wang Q, 2020
- Floristic composition and endemism pattern of vascular plants in Ethiopia and Eritrea, Wang SW, Boru BH, Njogu AW, Ochola AC, Hu GW, Zhou YD, Wang QF, 2020
- Modeling impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of six endemic baobab species in Madagascar, Wan JN, Mbari NJ, Wang SW, Liu B, Mwangi BN, Rasoarahona JRE, Xin HP, Zhou YD, Wang QF, 2021