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Yifeng Yao
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Plant Evolution
Biology
Palynology
Environmental Change
Pollen
Climate Change
Vegetation
Ecology
Botany
Research
Areas of Focus
- Plant Evolutionary Biology
- Palynology and Environmental Change
Work Experience
- 2024-03 to Present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2013-10 to 2014-10 - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh UK - Visiting Scholar
- 2011-12 to 2024-03 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2007-04 to 2011-11 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2006-07 to 2007-03 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Intern
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2001-09 to 2006-05 PhD: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1996-09 to 2000-07 Bachelor's Degree in Science: Nanchang University
Publications
- New insights into the origin of buckwheat cultivation in southwestern China from pollen data, Yifeng Yao, 2023
- Palaeobotanical evidence reveals the living conditions of Miocene Lufengpithecus in East Asia, Yifeng Yao, 2023
- 华北泥河湾盆地植被、气候与早期人类生存环境研究进展, Yifeng Yao, 2022
- Artemisia pollen dataset for exploring the potential ecological indicators in deep time, Yifeng Yao, 2022
- Pollen R-values in arid central Asia for quantitative palaeo-vegetation reconstruction, Yifeng Yao, 2022
- 京津冀地区气传花粉数据分析, Yifeng Yao, 2021
- Reconstructing vegetation and climate in the Nihewan Basin, North China, during the middle Pleistocene (similar to 603-587 ka) to trace the evolution of human environments, Yifeng Yao, 2021
- Holocene vegetation dynamics and climatic fluctuations from Shuanghaizi Lake in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China, Yifeng Yao, 2020
- A new approach to interpret vegetation and ecosystem changes through time by establishing a correlation between surface pollen and vegetation types in the eastern central Asian desert, Yifeng Yao, 2020
- Evidence for climate instability during the Younger Dryas interval in the Hengduan Mountains, Yunnan, southwestern China, Yifeng Yao, 2020
- Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the human-environment interactions during the 9th-13th centuries at Turpan, Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Road, Yifeng Yao, 2020
- Holocene climate, dynamic landscapes and environmentally driven changes in human living conditions in Beijing, Yifeng Yao, 2019
- A new pollen classification of Chenopodiaceae for exploring and tracing desert vegetation evolution in the eastern central Asia, Yifeng Yao, 2019
- Pollen spectrum, a cornerstone for tracing the evolution of the eastern Central Asian desert, Yifeng Yao, 2018
- Vegetation responses to the warming at the Younger Dryas-Holocene transition in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China, Yifeng Yao, 2018
- Pollen-based reconstruction of vegetational and climatic change over the past similar to 30 ka at Shudu Lake in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan, southwestern China, Yifeng Yao, 2017
- 北京地区全新世植被和气候变化研究进展, Yifeng Yao, 2016
- A 50 ka record of monsoonal variability in the Darjeeling foothill region, eastern Himalays, Yifeng Yao, 2015
- Endophytic Fungal Communities Associated with Vascular Plants in the High Arctic Zone Are Highly Diverse and Host-Plant Specific, Yifeng Yao, 2015
- A 22 570-year record of vegetational and climatic change from wenhai lake in the hengduan mountains biodiversity hotspot, yunnan, southwest china, Yifeng Yao, 2015
- 新疆地区全新世植被演替与气候环境演变, Yifeng Yao, 2015
- 孢粉记录的新疆地区新近纪植被格局与气候环境演化, Yifeng Yao, 2015
- Pollen morphology in Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) from Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Arctic, and its taxonomic significance., Yifeng Yao, 2014
- Environmental Reconstruction of Tuyoq in the Fifth Century and Its Bearing on Buddhism in Turpan, Xinjiang, China, Yifeng Yao, 2014
- Tree barks as a natural trap for airborne spores and pollen grains from China, Yifeng Yao, 2014
- Natural traps of spores and pollen grains from the region surrounding Wenbi Reservoir, Yunnan, China, Yifeng Yao, 2013
- Warnstorfia exannulata, an aquatic moss in the Arctic: seasonal growth responses to global climate change, Yifeng Yao, 2013
- Holocene vegetation and climate history at Haligu on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yunnan, SW China, Yifeng Yao, 2012
- Monsoon versus Uplift in Southwestern China–Late Pliocene Climate in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan, Yifeng Yao, 2012
- Quantitative reconstruction of Miocene climate patterns and evolution in Southern China based on plant fossils, Yifeng Yao, 2011
- Spatiotemporal extension of the Euramerican Psaronius component community to the Late Permian of Cathaysia: In situ coprolites in P. housuoensis stems from Yunnan Province, southwestern China, Yifeng Yao, 2011
- Pollen evidence for an Eocene to Miocene elevation of central southern Tibet predating the rise of the High Himalaya, Yifeng Yao, 2010
- Reconstruction of paleovegetation and paleoclimate in the Early and Middle Eocene, Hainan Island, China, Yifeng Yao, 2009
