Molecular evolution

Phylogeny and biogeography

Amphibian and reptile diversity

2003.9–2006.12

Ph.D.

Major in Herpetology,

College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, P. R. China (Chengdu)

Dissertation: Molecular Phylogenetics of Some Living Ranid Species

Supervisor: Prof. Er-mi Zhao and Prof. Ya-ping Zhang

 

2000.9–2003.6

M.Sc.

Major in Zoology,

College of Life Sciences, Southwest University, P. R. China (Chongqing)

Dissertation: Studies on the Development of Testis and Spermatozoa in Siniperca kneri Garman

Supervisor: Prof. Yao-guang Zhang

 

1996.9–2000.6

B. Sc.

Major in Biology,

College of Life Sciences, Southwest University, P. R. China (Chongqing)

2012.09–Present:

Professor

PI of the Laboratory of Herpetological Diversity and Evolution

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P.R. China

 

2015.01–2015.04:

Senior visiting scholar, Work with Prof. David B. Wake

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 

2008.10–2012.09:

Associate Professor, work with Prof. Ya-ping Zhang (Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Genome Diversity)

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P.R. China

 

2011.10–2011.12:

Senior visiting scholar,work with Prof. David Hillis

Integrative Biology department, University of Texas at Austin, TX

 

2008.11–2009.05:

Visiting Scholar, Work with Prof. David B. Wake

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 

2006.12–2008.09:

Assistant Professor, work with Prof. Ya-ping Zhang (Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Genome Diversity)

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P.R. China

   

（1） Transcriptomes reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying ionic regulatory adaptations to salt in the crab-eating frog, Scientific Reports, 2016, 通讯作者（2） The Australasian frog family Ceratobatrachidae in China, Myanmar and Thailand: discovery of a new Himalayan forest frog clade, Zoological Research, 2016, 通讯作者
（3） A new genus and species of treefrog from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae), Zoological Research, 2016, 通讯作者
（4） A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, Zoological Research, 2016, 通讯作者
（5） Two New Species of Japalura (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Range, PR China, Zoological Research, 2016, 通讯作者
（6） A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from Medog of southeastern Tibet, China, Zoological Research, 2016, 通讯作者
（7） Spatiotemporal Diversification of the True Frogs (Genus Rana): A Historical Framework for a Widely Studied Group of Model Organisms, Systematic Biology, 2016, 通讯作者
（8） A New Species of Japalura (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Upper Lancang (Mekong) Valley of Eastern Tibet, China, Asian Herpetological Research, 2015, 通讯作者
（9） Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri and the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. , 2015, 通讯作者
（10） DNA barcodes and species distribution models evaluate threats of global climate changes to genetic diversity: a case study from Nanorana parkeri (Anura: Dicroglossidae), Plos One, 2014, 通讯作者
（11） Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) with the Description of a New Species from Qixiling Nature Reserve, Jiangxi, Southeastern China and a Key to the species, Asian Herpetological Research, 2014, 通讯作者
（12） DNA barcoding of Vietnamese bent-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) and the description of a new species, Zootaxa, 2014, 通讯作者
（13）  Phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with the description of two new species.,  Zootaxa, 2013, 通讯作者
（14） Cold Code: the global initiative to DNA barcode amphibians and nonavian reptiles, Molecular Ecology Resources, 2013, 第 4 作者
（15） A New Newt of the Genus Cynops (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guangdong, China, Asian Herpetological Research, 2013, 通讯作者
（16）  A new species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Thailand, Asian Herpetological Research, 2013, 通讯作者
（17） Geological events play a larger role than Pleistocene climatic fluctuations in the genetic structure of the montane stream-dwelling frog Quasipaa boulengeri (Anura: Dicroglossidae) in southern China. , Molecular Ecology, 2013, 通讯作者
（18） River islands, refugia, and genetic structuring in the endemic brown frog Rana kukunoris (Anura, Ranidae) of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Molecular Ecology, 2013, 通讯作者
（19） Speciation in the Rana chensinensis complex and its relationship to the uplift of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, Molecular Ecology, 2012, 通讯作者
（20） Universal COI primers for DNA barcoding amphibians, Molecular Ecology Resources, 2012, 第 1 作者
（21） Monograph: Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Asian Clawed Salamanders, genus Onychodactylus (Amphibia, Caudata: Hynobiidae), with the description of four new species., Zootaxa, 2012, 第 2 作者
（22） On the occurrence of Oligodon joynsoni (Smith, 1917) in China (Squamata: Colubridae), Asian Herpetological Research, 2012, 通讯作者
（23） A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from southeastern Tibet, China., Zootaxa, 2012, 通讯作者
（24） Testing hypotheses of Pleistocene population history using coalescent simulations: refugial isolation and Secondary Contact in Pseudepidalea raddei (Amphibia: Bufonidae)., Asian Herpetological Research, 2012, 第 2 作者
（25） Matrilineal history of the Rana longicrus species group (Rana, Ranidae,Anura) and the description of a new species from Hunan, southern China., Asian Herpetological Research., 2011, 通讯作者
（26） A phylogeny of the Tylototritonasperrimus group (Caudata: Salamandridae) based on a mitochondrial study: suggestions for a taxonomic revision., Zoological Research,, 2011, 通讯作者
（27） The validity and systematic position of Rana altaica (Rana: Ranidae): Results of a phylogenetic analysis. , Zoological Research, 2010, 通讯作者
（28） From the Cover: Spiny Frogs (Paini) illuminate the history of the Himalayan region and Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA., 2010, 第 1 作者
（29） New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2009, 第 2 作者
（30） Phylogeny of the Asian spiny frog tribe Paini (Family Dicroglossidae) sensu Dubois., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,, 2009, 第 1 作者
（31） A new species of Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guizhou Province, China., Zootaxa, 2008, 第 1 作者
（32） Molecular phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura): A framework of taxonomic reassignment of species within the genera Aquixalus, Chiromantis, Rhacophorus, and Philautus., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2008, 第 2 作者
（33） Phylogenetic relationships of the Chinese brown frogs (genus Rana) inferred from partial mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA gene sequences., Zoological Science,, 2007, 第 1 作者
（34） Phylogeny of Raninae (Anura: Ranidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequences., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution  , 2007, 第 1 作者
（35） Molecular phylogeny of the Chinese ranids inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences., Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2007, 第 1 作者

Research in my laboratory focuses on the population, evolutionary, and conservation genetics of amphibians and reptiles using a combination of fieldwork and molecular genetic analyses. We are interested in how historical and ongoing processes have shaped the patterns of biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles that exist today, and what contemporary patterns of genetic variation can tell us about the history, ecology, evolutionary attributes and conservation status. Much of our current work is engaged in species from three interesting regions: China’s Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Hengduan Mountain Ranges, Southeast Asia, and the mainland of East China and nearby islands.