2000/09—2003/07 PhD: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997/09—2000/07 Master's: Shaanxi Normal University, School of Life Sciences
2014/01—Present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2006/11—2013/12 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
2003/07—2006/10 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
2003/07—2005/05 - Max Planck Institute for Ornithology - Postdoctoral Researcher
Chinese Zoological Society's Sixth Youth Science and Technology Award
Seventh Zheng Zuoxin Bird Youth Award
Research
Adaptive evolution of birds Phenotypic and genetic adaptation of birds to different altitudes
Gene flow and an anomaly zone complicate phylogenomic inference in a rapidly radiated avian family (Prunellidae)., Jiang Z., Zang W., Ericson PGP, Song G, Wu S, Feng S, Drovetski SV, Liu G., Zhang D, Saitoh T, Alström P, Edwards SV, Lei F, Qu Y., 2024
Genomics, fossils, and the concurrent rise of modern birds and flowering plants in the Late Cretaceous., Wu S, Rheindt FE, Zhang J, Wang J, Zhang L, Quan C, Li Z, Wang M, Wu F, Qu Y, Edwards SV, Zhou Z, Liu L., 2024
Alpine burrow-sharing mammals and birds show similar population-level climate change risks., Chen Y, Ge D, Ericson PGP, Song G, Wen Z, Luo X, Yang Q, Lei F, Qu Y., 2023
Gene expression plasticity followed by genetic change during colonization a high-elevation environment., She H, Hao Y, Song G, Luo X, Lei F, Zhai W, Qu Y., 2023
Divergent contributions of coding and noncoding sequences to initial high-altitude adaptation in passerine birds endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau., Hao Y, Song G, Zhang YE, Zhai W, Jia C, Ji Y, Tang S, Lv H, Qu Y, Lei F., 2023
Comparative genomics of widespread and narrow-ranged white-bellied rats in the Niviventer niviventer species complex sheds light on the success of invasive rodents., Wu X, Mu D, Yang Q, Zhang Y, Yuchun LI, Feijo A, Wen Z, Cheng J, Lu L, Xia L, Zhou Z-J, Qu Y, Ge D., 2023
Recurrent selection and reduction in recombination shape the congruent genomic landscape of divergence across multiple population pairs of Green-backed tits., Jiang Z, Song G, Luo X, Zhang D, Lei F, Qu Y., 2023
Genomic consequences of and demographic response to pervasive hybridization over time in climate-sensitive pikas., Ge D, Wen Z, Feijo A, Lissovsky A, Zhang W, Cheng J, Yan C, She H, Zhang D, Cheng Y, Lu L, Wu X, Mu D, Zhang Y, Xia L, Qu Y, Vogler AP, Yang Q., 2023
Evolutionary relationships of mitogenomes in a recently radiated Old World avian family., Zang W, Jiang Z, Ericson P.G.P., Song G, Drovetski S.V., Saitoh T, Lei F, Qu Y., 2023
The combination of genomic offset and niche modelling provides insights into climate change-driven vulnerability., Chen Y, Jiang Z, Fan P, Ericson PGP, Song G, Luo X, Lei F, Qu, Y., 2022
Quantifying adaptive divergence of the snowfinches in a common landscape., She H, Jiang Z, Song G, Ericson PGP, Luo X, Shao S, Lei F, Qu Y., 2022
A 12,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture., Ericson PGP, Irestedt M, Zuccon D, Larsson P, Tison JL, Emslie SD, Gotherstrom A., Hume JP, Werdelin L, Qu Y., 2022
Demographic history, local adaptation and vulnerability to climate change in a tropical mountain bird in New Guinea., Ericson PGP, Irestedt M, Qu Y., 2022
New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation., Ge D, Qu Y, Deng T, Thuiller W, Fiser C, Ericson PGP, Guo B, Sancha N, Heyden S, Hou Z, Li J, Abramov A, Vogler AP, Jonsson KA, Mittermeier R., 2022
Genomic signatures of rapid adaptive divergence in a tropical montane species., Ericson PGP, Irestedt M, She H, Qu Y., 2021
Avian corticosteroid-binding globulin: biological function and regulatory mechanisms in physiological stress responses., Lin H, Song G, Li D, Lei F, Qu Y., 2021
The evolution of ancestral and species-specific adaptation in snowfinches at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau., Qu Y, Chen C, Chen , Hao Y, She H, Wang M, Ericson PGP, Lin H, Cai T, Song G, Jia C, Chen C, Zhang H, Li J, Liang L, Wu T, Zhao J, Gao G, Zhang G, Zhai W, Zhang C, Zhang EY, Lei F., 2021
Ecological and evolutionary constraints on regional avifauna of passerines in China., Cai TL, Quan Q, Song G, Wu YJ, Wen ZX, Zhang CL, Qu Y, Qiao G and Lei F., 2020
Parallel evolution of Bower-building behavior in two groups of bowerbirds suggested by Phylogenomics., Ericson PGP, Irestedt M, Nylander AAJ, Christidis L, Joseph L, Qu Y., 2020
The role of evolutionary time, diversification rates and dispersal in determining the global diversity of a large radiation of passerine birds., Cai T, Shao S, Kennedy DJ, Alström P, Moyle GR, Qu Y, Lei F, Fjeldså J., 2020
Comparative genomics reveals evolution of a beak morphology locus in a high-altitude songbird., Cheng YL, Miller MJ, Zhang DZ, Song G, Jia CX, Qu Y, Lei F., 2020
Physiological and genetic convergence supports hypoxia resistance in high-altitude songbirds., Xiong Y, Fan L, Hao Y, Cheng Y, Chang Y, Wang J, Lin H, Song G, Qu Y, Lei F., 2020
Life history predicts flight muscle phenotype and function in birds., DuBay S, Wu Y, Scott G, Qu Y, Liu Q, Smith J, Xin C, Hart RA, Chen J, Meyer D, Wang J, Johnson J, Cheviron Z, Lei F, Bates J., 2020
Rapid phenotypic evolution with shallow genomic differentiation during early stages of high elevation adaptation in Eurasian Tree Sparrows., Qu Y, Chen X, Xiong Y, She H, Zhang EY, Cheng Y, DuBay S, Li D, Ericson PGP, Hao Y, Wang H, Zhao H, Song H, Zhang H, Yang T, Zhang C, Liang L, Wu T, Zhao J, Gao Q, Zhai W, Lei F., 2020
Great journey of Great Tits (Parus major group): Origin, diversification, and historical demographics of a broadly-distributed bird lineage., Song G, Zhang RY, Machado-Stredel F, Alström P, Johansson US, Irestedt M, Mays HLJ, McKay BD, Nishiumi I, Cheng Y, Qu Y, Ericson PGP, Fjeldså J, Peterson AT, Lei F., 2020
