Areas of Focus
- DNA Barcoding
- Genomic Evolution
- Plant Systematics
Work Experience
- 1995-07 to 2016-08 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 1984-07 to 1989-08 - Zhejiang Forestry College - Teacher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992-09 to 1995-07 PhD: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1989-09 to 1992-06 Master's: Northeast Forestry University
- 1980-09 to 1984-07 Bachelor's: Nanjing Forestry University
Publications
- Barcoding the kingdom Plantae: new PCR primers for ITS regions of plants with improved universality and specificity, Shiliang Zhou, 2016
- ycf1, the most promising plastid DNA barcode for land plants, Shiliang Zhou, 2015
- Accelerating plant DNA barcode reference library construction by using herbarium specimens: improved experimental techniques, Shiliang Zhou, 2015
- Multiple species of wild tree peonies gave rise to the King of Flowers, Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews, Shiliang Zhou, 2014
- Discriminating plants using the DNA barcode rbcLb: an appraisal based on a large dataset., Shiliang Zhou, 2014
- Sequencing angiosperm plastid genomes made easy: A complete set of universal primers and a case study on the phylogeny of Saxifragales., Shiliang Zhou, 2013
Awards
- Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Award (2006): Third Prize
- Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Award (1996)