Areas of Focus
- Taxonomy and evolution of zooplankton
- Mechanisms of diversity formation and maintenance
- Molecular basis of adaptive evolution
- Role in maintaining aquatic ecosystem health
Work Experience
- 2022.12 – Present - Fudan University - Professor
- 2014.12 – 2022.11 - Fudan University - Associate Researcher
- 2012.01 – 2014.11 - Fudan University - Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2011 PhD: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Publications
- Climate has contributed to population diversification of Daphnia galeata across Eurasia, Deng Z, Zhang X, Wolinska J, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M*, 2023
- Responses to predation pressure involve similar sets of genes in two divergent species of Daphnia, Zhang X, Wolinska J, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M*, 2023
- Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Scapholeberis kingii species complex (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in China, Wang L, Deng Z, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M*, 2023
- Ceriodaphnia (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in China: lineage diversity, phylogeography and possible interspecific hybridization, Deng Z, Yao Y, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M*, 2022
- Diversity of Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera) in inland saline waters from China: presence of a new mitochondrial clade on the Tibetan Plateau, Deng Z, Yang W, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M*, 2022
- Cyanobacterial bloom associated with a complete turnover of a Daphnia population in a warm‐temperate eutrophic lake in Eastern China, Ma X, Deng Z, Blair D, Bi Y, Hu W and Yin M*, 2022
- Genomic regions associated with adaptation to predation in Daphnia often include members of expanded gene families, Zhang X, Blair D, Wolinska J, Ma X, Yang W, Hu W and Yin M*, 2021
- Lineage diversity and gene introgression in freshwater cladoceran crustaceans of the Chydorus sphaericus species complex, Wang J, Ni Y, Hu W and Yin M*, 2021
- Clonal diversity and substantial genetic divergence of the Daphnia similis species complex in Chinese lakes: possible adaptations to the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ma X, Ni Y, Wang X, Hu W and Yin M*, 2019
- New lineages and old species: lineage diversity and regional distribution of Moina (Crustacea: Cladocera) in China, Ni Y, Ma X, Hu W, Blair D and Yin M*, 2019
- Daphnia galeata and D. dentifera are geographically and ecologically separated whereas their hybrids occur in intermediate habits: survey of 44 Chinese lakes, Ma X, Hu W, Smilauer P, Yin M* and J Wolinska, 2019
- Lineage diversity and reproductive modes of the Daphnia pulex group in Chinese lakes and reserviors, Ma X, Petrusek A, Wolinska J, Hu W and Yin M*, 2019