Areas of Focus
- Integrative Taxonomy
- Phylogenomics and Biogeography
- Molecular Species Delimitation and DNA Barcoding
- Speciation and Reticulate Evolution
- Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics
Work Experience
- 2021.02--Present - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2016.03--2021.02 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2016.03--2017.03 - Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida - Visiting Scholar
- 2013.08--2016.03 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2021.02--Present: Associate Researcher, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016.03--2021.02: Assistant Researcher, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016.03--2017.03: Visiting Scholar, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
- 2013.08--2016.03: Postdoctoral Researcher, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007.09--2013.07: Ph.D. in Botany, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
- 2003.09--2007.07: B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Jiujiang University
Publications
- Species delimitation of tea plants (Camellia sect. Thea) based on super-barcodes, Yin-Zi Jiang, Jun-Bo Yang, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Jie Liu, Zheng-Shan He, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang, Chun-Lei Xiang, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2024
- Museomics in Lamiaceae: Resolving the taxonomic mystery of Pseudomarrubium, Yue Zhao, Ya-Ping Chen, Jing-Chen Yuan, Alan J. Paton, Maxim S. Nuraliev, Fei Zhao, Bryan T. Drew, Yasaman Salmaki, Orzimat T. Turginov, Miao Sun, Alexander N. Sennikov, Xiang-Qin Yu, Bo Li, Chun-Lei Xiang, 2023
- Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal deep gene tree discordance in Camellia (Theaceae), Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Zhi-Qiong Mo, Hang Ye, Zhao-Yuan Zhang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao, Shi-Xiong Yang, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2023
- Camellia renshanxiangiae, a synonym of C. punctata (Theaceae), Ya-Li Zhang, Xiang-Qin Yu, Yin-Zi Jiang, Yin Wu, Shi-Xiong Yang, 2023
- Phylogenomic insights into the origin and evolutionary history of evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia under Cenozoic climate change, Sheng-Yuan Qin, Zheng-Yu Zuo, Cen Guo, Xin-Yu Du, Shui-Yin Liu, Xiang-Qin Yu, Xiao-Guo Xiang, Jun Rong, Bing Liu, Zhi-Fang Liu, Peng-Fei Ma, De-Zhu Li, 2023
- Species discrimination in Schima (Theaceae): Next-generation super-barcodes meet evolutionary complexity, Xiang-Qin Yu, Yin-Zi Jiang, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Chao-Nan Fu, Liang Fang, Hua Peng, Jun-Bo Yang, Shi-Xiong Yang, 2022
- Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats, Jian-Li Zhao, Xiang-Qin Yu, W. John Kress, Ya-Li Wang, Yong-Mei Xia, Qing-Jun Li, 2022
- Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication, Qiong Zhang, Lei Zhao, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Nelson A. Zamora, Shi-Xiong Yang, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Lian-Ming Gao, Hua Peng, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2022
- Opening a door to the spatiotemporal history of plants from the tropical Indochina Peninsula to subtropical China, Hong-Hu Meng, Can-Yu Zhang, Yi-Gang Song, Xiang-Qin Yu, Guan-Long Cao, Lang Li, Chao-Nan Cai, Jian-Hua Xiao, Shi-Shun Zhou, Yun-Hong Tan, Jie Li, 2022
- 评“茶树起源于第三纪宽叶木兰”的观点, 杨世雄, 余香琴, 2022
- 广西茶组植物新记录——光萼厚轴茶, 杨世雄, 方伟, 余香琴, 2021
- Speciation along the elevation gradient: divergence of Roscoea species within the south slope of the Himalayas, Jian-Li Zhao, B Ram Paudel, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jie Zhang, Qing-Jun Li, 2021
- Camellia luteocalpandria (Theaceae), a new species and the first discovery of sect. Calpandria in China, Xiang-Qin Yu, En-De Liu, Zhen-Wen Liu, Bo Xiao, Jin-Lin Ma, Shi-Xiong Yang, 2021
- The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Laplacea alpestris and its phylogenetic position, Xiang-Qin Yu, Qiong Zhang, Yin-Zi Jiang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao, Shi-Xiong Yang, 2020
- Camellia rostrata, a new species of yellow camellias from Southwest China, Zhen-Wen Liu, Sheng-Feng Chai, Fang-Yuan Wu, Pin-Ming Ye, Chang-Jie Jiang, Zhi-Rong Zhang, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jin-Lin Ma, Shi-Xiong Yang, 2020
- The complete chloroplast sequence of Roscoea humeana (Zingiberaceae): an alpine ginger in the Hengduan Mountains, China, Xing-Fu Zhu, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jian-Li Zhao, 2019
- The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Camellia mingii (Theaceae), a critically endangered yellow camellia species endemic to China, Qiong Zhang, Jian Luo, Jin-Lin Ma, Xiao-Juan Wei, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2019
- Taxonomy in the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB): Progress during the past decade (2008–2018) and perspectives on future development, Xiang-Qin Yu, Chun-Lei Xiang, Hua Peng, 2018
- Plant phylogenomics based on genome-partitioning strategies: Progress and prospects, Xiang-Qin Yu, Dan Yang, Cen Guo, Lian-Ming Gao, 2018
- Insights into the historical assembly of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests revealed by the temporal history of the tea family, Xiang-Qin Yu, Lian-Ming Gao, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jun-Bo Yang, Liang Fang, Shi-Xiong Yang, De-Zhu Li, 2017
- Comparative chloroplast genomes of eleven Schima (Theaceae) species: insights into DNA barcoding and phylogeny, Xiang-Qin Yu, Bryan T. Drew, Jun-Bo Yang, Lian-Ming Gao, De-Zhu Li, 2017
- Phylogeny and biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae): rapid radiation in south-west China and Miocene overland dispersal into Africa, Xiang-Qin Yu, Masayuki Maki, Bryan T. Drew, Alan J. Paton, Hsi-Wen Li, Jian-Li Zhao, John G. Conran, Jie Li, 2014
- Invasion genetics of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae): extremely low diversity across Asia, Xiang-Qin Yu, Tian-Hua He, Jian-Li Zhao, Qiao-Ming Li, 2014
- Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for a worldwide invasive weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae), Xiang-Qin Yu, Qiao-Ming Li, 2011
- 外来入侵植物飞机草的研究进展与展望, 余香琴, 冯玉龙, 李巧明, 2010
Awards
- Third Prize, Academic Annual Conference of the Germplasm Bank of Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, 2016
- National Public Overseas Study Project, National Level, 2016
- Three Good Students, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013
- Di'ao Second Prize, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013
- Outstanding Graduate, Jiujiang University, 2007
- Second Class National Scholarship, National Level, 2005