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
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
Research
Plant Evolutionary Biology Palynology and Environmental Change
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
