1. Pollution Ecology

2. Global Change Biology

1999,9—2003,8 Ph.D Degree, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China

1996,9—1999,6 M.S. Degree, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, China

   1996,9—1999,6 B.S Degree, Department of Biology, China Central Normal University, China

2013.5— present   Professor, Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS

2012.11—2013.4   Associate Professor, Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS

2008,11—2010,6 Visiting Scholar, Department of Natural Resource, Cornell University, USA.

2004,6—2006,5 Postdoctor, College of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, China

2006,7—2012,10   Associate Professor, Wuhan University

1999,9—2004,6     Assistant, lecturer, Wuhan University

Deputy Director, Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Committee member of professional committee of Pollution ecology, Ecological society of China.

GUOAN A. YAN, XUE YAN, WEI WU. 1997. Effects of the herbicide monlinate on mixptrophic growth, photosynthetic Anabaena sphaerica under different pigments, and protein content of light conditions. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 38: 144-149. 

XUE YAN, G.X.SHEN, G.A.YAN. 1998. Role of aquatic plant in toxicity test and its application to ecological risk assessment. Shanghai Environmental Sciences. 17(7):24-26,39.

YAN G.A., JIANG J. W., WU G., YAN X., 1998. Disappearance of linera alkylbenzen sulfonate from different cultures with Anabaena sp. HB 1017. Bulletin of Environmental contamination and Toxicology, 60:329-334.

G.A.Yan,　Shen G.X., Yan X., Peng J.L. 1999. Study on ecotoxiclogy for pesticides to algaeⅠ:Toxic effect. Advances in Environmental Science. 7(5): 96-106.

Shen G.X., G.A.Yan,　Peng J.L. Yan X. 1999. Study on ecotoxiclogy for pesticides to algae. II: Toxic mechanism and accumulation, degradation. Advances in Environmental Science. 7(6)131-140.

YAN Xue, YAN Guo-an, SHENG Guo-x ing, PENG J ing- l iang. 1999. Study on The Toxicological Response of Chlorella to Anthracene Under Different Nutrient Conditions. J. Wuhan Univ. l145　(16): 845- 848.

PENG J.L., YAN G.A., SHEN G.X., YAN X., LIU YD. 2001. Effect of acid rain on aquatic ecosystem. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 25(3):282-288

YAN Xue, YANG Yongqing, L I Yongke, SHENG Guoxing, YAN Guoan. 2002. Accumulation and biodegradation of anthracene by Chlorella protothecoides under different trophic conditions. Chin. J. A ppl. Ecol. 13 (2):145-150.

X. YAN, S. GUOXING, D. YU. 2002, Effect of N,N-Dimethyl formamide used as organic solvent on two species of green algae chlorella. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 68: 592-599.

L. ZHANG, X.YAN *. 2003. Effect of cadmium on root exudes of wheat (Triticum aestivm L.) under different cultures media. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 71: 698-705.

YAN XUE, YU DAN, LI YONGKE. 2003. Response of growth rate and nutrient elements accumulation in submerged clonal macrophyte under elevated CO2. Acta Phytoecologica Sinia.27(4):435-440.

LI YONGKE, YU DAN, YAN XUE. 2004. Are polyphenolics valuable in antiherbiyory strategies of submersed freshwater macrophytes? Archiy Fur Hydrobiologie. 161(3): 391-402.

XUE YAN, DAN YU, YONG-KE LI. 2006. The effects of elevated CO2 on clonal growth and nutrient content of submerge plant Vallisenria spinulosa. Chemosphere, 62: 595-601.

XUE YAN, DAN YU, HEYUN WANG, JINWANG WANG. 2006. Response of submerged plant (Vallisneria spinulosa) clones to lead stress in the heterogenous soil. Chemosphere, 63: 1459-1465.

JIANFANG WANG, XUE YAN*, LING ZHANG (ICBBE 2008). The influence of culture factors on abiotic loss of PAHs and their derivatives from different media. The 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering 

LI YANG, JIE ZHOU, XUE YAN. 2010. Environmental Strategies Analysis of Cohousing Based on Ecological Footprint. International Conference on Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering. 4314-4317. Wuhan.

YAN GAO, XUE YAN*. 2012. Response of Chara globularis and Hydrodictyon reticulatum to lead pollution: their survival, bioaccumulation and defenses. Journal of Applied Phycology. 24:245-251.

XUE YAN, HAOWEN WANG, QINGFENG WANG, LARS G. RUDSTAM. 2013. Risk spreading, habitat selection and division of biomass in a submerged clonal plant: Responses to heterogeneous copper pollution. Environmental Pollution. 174: 114-120

LING YUN CHEN, JOHN K. MUCHUKU, XUE YAN, GUANGWAN HU, QINGFENG WANG. 2015. Phylogeography of Haplocarpha rueppelii (Asteraceae) suggests a potential geographic barrier for plant dispersal and gene flow in East Africa. Science Bulletin. 60(13), 1184-1192.

MUNGAI T.M., OWINO A.A., MAKOKHA V.A., GAO Y., YAN X., WANG J. 2016. Occurrences and toxicological risk assessment of eight heavy metals in agricultural soils from Kenya, Eastern Africa. Environ Sci Pollut Res. DOI 10.1007/s11356-016 -7042-1.

ZHOU Y.D., HU G.W., YAN X., MWACHALA G., GITURU R.W., WANG Q.F., 2016 Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa. 261 (2): 177–184.

Yuyi Yang, Anita Awino Owino, Yan Gao, Xue Yan, Chen Xu,Jun Wang. 2016. Occurrence, composition and risk assessment of antibiotics in soils from Kenya, Africa. Ecotoxicology. DOI 10.1007/s10646-016-1673-3.

YA-DONG ZHOU, YUVENALIS MBUNI, GUANG-WAN HU, XUE YAN, GEOFFREY MWACHALA, QING-FENG WANG. 2016. Zehneria subcoriacea (Cucurbitaceae), a New Species from Kenya.Phytotaxa. dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.277.3.6 

1. Transport and effect of contaminants in aquatic plants;

2. The physiological and behavioral ecology of aquatic clonal plants exposed to sediment pollution;

3. Sustainable restoration of deteriorated ecosystem;

4. Elevated CO2 on the spread and biological control on invasive Plants