2004.09 — 2008.06 Bachelor of Science in Ecology: Sun Yat-sen University
2008.09 — 2013.06 Doctor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Sun Yat-sen University
Produced significant results in speciation theory and genomic adaptive evolution
Published over 40 research papers in top international journals
Led multiple provincial and national projects
Selected for national major talent projects
2013.08 — 2015.12 Postdoctoral Researcher: School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
2016.01 — 2018.12 Distinguished Researcher: School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
2019.01 — 2024.03 Associate Professor: School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
2024.04 — Present Professor: School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Academic Newcomer Award for Doctoral Students: Ministry of Education
Research
Evolutionary Biology and Ecological Genomics
Adaptation in unstable environments and global gene losses: small but stable gene networks by the May–Wigner theory., Shaohua Xu, Shao Shao, Xiao Feng, Sen Li, Lingjie Zhang, Weihong Wu, Min Liu, Miles E. Tracy, Cairong Zhong, Zixiao Guo, Chung-I Wu, Suhua Shi, Ziwen He, 2024
Genomic evidence for rediploidization and adaptive evolution following the whole-genome triplication., Xiao Feng, Qipian Chen, Weihong Wu, Jiexin Wang, Guohong Li, Shaohua Xu, Shao Shao, Min Liu, Cairong Zhong, Chung-I Wu, Suhua Shi, Ziwen He, 2024
Genomic analysis of Nypa fruticans elucidates its intertidal adaptations and early palm evolution., Weihong Wu, Xiao Feng, Nan Wang, Shao Shao, Min Liu, Fa Si, Linhao Chen, Chuanfeng Jin, Shaohua Xu, Zixiao Guo, Cairong Zhong, Suhua Shi, Ziwen He, 2024
The evolution history of an allotetraploid mangrove tree analysed with a new tool Allo4D., Yuan Wang, Yulong Li, Weihong Wu, Shao Shao, Qi Fang, Shaohua Xu, Zixiao Guo, Suhua Shi, Ziwen He, 2023
Expansion and adaptive evolution of the WRKY transcription factor family in Avicennia mangrove trees., Xiao Feng, Guohong Li, Weihong Wu, Haomin Lyu, Jiexin Wang, Cong Liu, Cairong Zhong, Suhua Shi, Ziwen He, 2023
Where whole-genome duplication is most beneficial: Adaptation of mangroves to a wide salinity range between land and sea., Shaohua Xu, Zixiao Guo, Xiao Feng, Shao Shao, Yuchen Yang, Jianfang Li, Cairong Zhong, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, 2023
Extensive gene flow in secondary sympatry after allopatric speciation., Xinfeng Wang, Ziwen He, Zixiao Guo, Ming Yang, Shaohua Xu, Qipian Chen, Shao Shao, Sen Li, Cairong Zhong, Norman C Duke, Suhua Shi, 2022
Sympatric or micro-allopatric speciation in a glacial lake? Genomic islands support neither., Ning Sun, Liandong Yang, Fei Tian, Honghui Zeng, Ziwen He, Kai Zhao, Cheng Wang, Minghui Meng, Chenguang Feng, Chengchi Fang, Wenqi Lv, Jing Bo, Yongtao Tang, Xiaoni Gan, Zuogang Peng, Yiyu Chen, Shunping He, 2022
Evolution of coastal forests based on a full set of mangrove genomes., Ziwen He, Xiao Feng, Qipian Chen, Liangwei Li, Sen Li, Kai Han, Zixiao Guo, Jiayan Wang, Min Liu, Chengcheng Shi, Shaohua Xu, Shao Shao, Xin Liu, Xiaomeng Mao, Wei Xie, Xinfeng Wang, Rufan Zhang, Guohong Li, Weihong Wu, Zheng Zheng, Cairong Zhong, Norman C. Duke, David E. Boufford, Guangyi Fan, Chung-I Wu, Robert E. Ricklefs, Suhua Shi, 2022
Genomic insights into molecular adaptation to intertidal environments in the mangrove Aegiceras corniculatum., Xiao Feng, Guohong Li, Shaohua Xu, Weihong Wu, Qipian Chen, Shao Shao, Min Liu, Nan Wang, Cairong Zhong, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, 2021
Genomic convergence in the adaptation to extreme environments., Shaohua Xu, Jiayan Wang, Zixiao Guo, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, 2020
Genes and speciation: is it time to abandon the biological species concept?, Xinfeng Wang, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, Chung-I Wu, 2020
Convergent adaptation of the genomes of woody plants at the land–sea interface., Ziwen He, Shaohua Xu, Zhang Zhang, Wuxia Guo, Haomin Lyu, Cairong Zhong, David E Boufford, Norman C Duke, The International Mangrove Consortium, Suhua Shi, 2020
Adaptive convergence at the genomic level—prevalent, uncommon or very rare?, Ziwen He, Shaohua Xu, Suhua Shi, 2020
Molecular adaptation to salinity fluctuation in tropical intertidal environments of a mangrove tree Sonneratia alba., Xiao Feng, Shaohua Xu, Jianfang Li, Yuchen Yang, Qipian Chen, Haomin Lyu, Cairong Zhong, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, 2020
Molecular evolution in large steps—codon substitutions under positive selection., Qingjian Chen, Ziwen He, Ao Lan, Xu Shen, Haijun Wen, Chung-I Wu, 2019
Speciation with gene flow via cycles of isolation and migration: Insights from multiple mangrove taxa., Ziwen He, Xinnian Li, Ming Yang, Xinfeng Wang, Cairong Zhong, Norman C Duke, Chung-I Wu, Suhua Shi, 2019
Extremely low genetic diversity across mangrove taxa reflects past sea level changes and hints at poor future responses., Zixiao Guo, Xinnian Li, Ziwen He, Yuchen Yang, Wenqing Wang, Cairong Zhong, Anthony J. Greenberg, Chung-I Wu, Norman C. Duke, Suhua Shi, 2018
De novo assembly and annotation of the Avicennia officinalis L. transcriptome., Haomin Lyu, Xinnian Li, Zixiao Guo, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, 2018
Convergent adaptive evolution in marginal environments: unloading transposable elements as a common strategy among mangrove genomes., Haomin Lyu, Ziwen He, Chung-I Wu, Suhua Shi, 2018
Genome-wide convergence during evolution of mangroves from woody plants., Shaohua Xu, Ziwen He, Zixiao Guo, Zhang Zhang, Gerald J. Wyckoff, Anthony Greenberg, Chung-I Wu, Suhua Shi, 2017
The origin, diversification and adaptation of a major mangrove clade (Rhizophoreae) revealed by whole-genome sequencing., Shaohua Xu, Ziwen He, Zhang Zhang, Zixiao Guo, Wuxia Guo, Haomin Lyu, Jianfang Li, Ming Yang, Zhenglin Du, Yelin Huang, Renchao Zhou, Cairong Zhong, David E. Boufford, Manuel Lerdau, Chung-I Wu, Norman C. Duke, The International Mangrove Consortium, Suhua Shi, 2017
The emergence of the hyperinvasive vine, Mikania micrantha (Asteraceae), via admixture and founder events inferred from population transcriptomics., Ming Yang, Ziwen He, Yelin Huang, Lu Lu, Yubin Yan, Lan Hong, Hao Shen, Ying Liu, Qiang Guo, Lu Jiang, Yanwu Zhang, Anthony J. Greenberg, Renchao Zhou, Xuejun Ge, Chung‐I Wu, Suhua Shi, 2017
Can genomic data alone tell us whether speciation happened with gene flow?, Ming Yang, Ziwen He, Suhua Shi, Chung-I Wu, 2017
Transcriptome analyses provide insights into the phylogeny and adaptive evolution of the mangrove fern genus Acrostichum., Zhang Zhang, Ziwen He, Shaohua Xu, Xinnian Li, Wuxia Guo, Yuchen Yang, Cairong Zhong, Renchao Zhou, Suhua Shi, 2016
De novo assembly of coding sequences of the mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans) using RNA-seq and discovery of whole-genome duplications in the ancestor of palms., Ziwen He, Zhang Zhang, Wuxia Guo, Ying Zhang, Renchao Zhou, Suhua Shi, 2015
Estimating DNA polymorphism from next generation sequencing data with high error rate by dual sequencing applications., Ziwen He, Xinnian Li, Shaoping Ling, Yun-Xin Fu, Eric Hungate, Suhua Shi, Chung-I Wu, 2013
Two evolutionary histories in the genome of rice: the roles of domestication genes., Ziwen He, Weiwei Zhai, Haijun Wen, Tian Tang, Yu Wang, Xuemei Lu, Anthony J. Greenberg, Richard R. Hudson, Chung-I Wu, Suhua Shi, 2011
