Areas of Focus
- Molecular Systematics
- Phylogeography
- Diversity Differentiation Patterns
Work Experience
- 2006-2015 - Associate Researcher at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2015-Present - Researcher at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 - PhD: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2015 - Promoted to Researcher
- Recipient of the National Excellent Youth Fund
Publications
- Marine–montane transitions coupled with gill and genetic convergence in extant crustacean., Liu H., Zheng Y., Zhu B., Tong Y., Xin W., Yang H., Jin P., Hu Y., Huang M., Chang W., Ballarin F., *Li S., *Hou Z., 2023
- Past climate cooling promoted global dispersal amphipods from Tian Shan montane lakes to circumboreal lakes., Hou Z., Jin P., Liu H., Qiao H., Sket B., Cannizzaro A.G., Berg D.J., *Li, S., 2022
- The ancient volcanos as center of diversification: a case study of freshwater amphipods in Northeast Asia., Hu Y., Li S., Liu H., Kim S.T., Kurenshchikov D.K., *Hou Z., 2022
- Sea–land transition drove terrestrial amphipod diversification in East Asia, with description of a new species., Liu H., Tong Y., Zheng Y., Li S., *Hou Z., 2022
- Cenozoic Tethyan changes dominated Eurasian animal evolution and diversity patterns., Zhao Z., Hou Z., Li S., 2022
- The cephalic morphology of Platorchestia japonica (Talitridae, Amphipoda, Crustacea) and its implications of terrestrial adaptation and phylogeny., Liu S.P., Zhen Y.M., Wang Y.R., Zhu C.D., *Hou Z., 2021
- Eocene-Oligocene climate changes drove amphipod habitat shift from marine to freshwater in the Far East., Li Y., Li S., Liu H., Kurenshchikov D.K., *Hou Z., 2020
- Tethyan changes shaped aquatic diversification., Hou Z., Li S., 2018
- Tethyan closure drove tropical marine biodiversity: Vicariant diversification of intertidal crustaceans., Liu H., Li S., Ugolini A., Momtazi F., Hou Z.*, 2018
- Eocene habitat shift from saline to freshwater promoted Tethyan amphipod diversification., Hou Z., Sket B., Fiser C., Li S., 2011
Awards
- National Excellent Youth Fund Recipient