Ethnobotany, 

Ethnopharmacology, 

Pharmaceutical Botany,

Comparative ethnobotany.

- 02/2014 - 06/2018: Ph.D. student, major in Ethnobotany, at University of Zurich, Switzerland.

- 09/2010 - 06/2013: Master student, in Pharmaceutical Botany, at Sichuan Agricultural University, China.

- 09/2006 - 06/2010: Undergraduate student, major in Cultivation and Authentication of Chinese Herbal Medicines, at Sichuan Agricultural University, China.

   

04/2024- current:  Associate professor of Ethnobotany, at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

10/2018 - 03/2024: Postdoc fellow, at the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China.

   

（1） Genetic diversity of food-medicinal Lycium spp. in China: Insights from chloroplast genome, Chinese Herbal Medicines, 2024, 第 1 作者

（2） Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2024, 第 7 作者  通讯作者

（3） Medicinal plants used by minority ethnic groups in China: Taxonomic diversity and conservation needs, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2024, 第 1 作者

（4） An ethnobotanical survey on the medicinal and edible plants used by the Daur people in China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2024, 第 8 作者  通讯作者

（5） Exotic medicinal plants from the Silk Road promote the diversification of traditional Chinese medicines, PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2024, 第 8 作者  通讯作者

（6） Single botanical drugs in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India-A quantitative ethnobotanical analysis, FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, 2023, 第 1 作者

（7） ���Food and medicine continuum��� in the East and West: Old tradition and current regulation, CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES, 2022, 第 1 作者

（8） Identification of the original plants of cultivated Bupleuri Radix based on DNA barcoding and chloroplast genome analysis, PEERJ, 2022, 第 5 作者

（9） Food-medicine can promote cross-culture communication between East and West, CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES, 2022, 第 3 作者

（10） The Quality Monitoring of Cistanches Herba (Cistanche deserticola Ma): A Value Chain Perspective, FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, 2021, 第 7 作者  通讯作者

（11） Dragon's Blood from Dracaena Worldwide: Species, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE, 2021, 第 3 作者

（12） What's the choice for goji: Lycium barbarum L. or L. chinense Mill.?, JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2021, 第 1 作者

（13） ���Food and medicine continuum��� ��� Why we should promote cross-cultural communication between the global East and West, CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES, 2021, 第 2 作者

（14） Ethnobotanical study on herbal market at the Dragon Boat Festival of Chuanqing people in China, JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE, 2021, 第 7 作者  通讯作者

（15） Cross-Cultural Ethnobotanical Assembly as a New Tool for Understanding Medicinal and Culinary Values-The Genus Lycium as A Case Study, FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, 2021, 第 1 作者

（16） Effect of UV-B radiation on growth, flavonoid and podophyllotoxin accumulation, and related gene expression in Sinopodophyllum hexandrum, PLANT BIOLOGY, 2021, 

（17） Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of Akebiae Caulis and its synonyms: A review, JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2021, 第 5 作者  通讯作者

（18） Quality Control of Radix Astragali (The Root of Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus) Along Its Value Chains, FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, 2020, 第 4 作者  通讯作者

（19） The genus Orobanche as food and medicine: An ethnopharmacological review, JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2020, 第 8 作者  通讯作者

（20） Paris nitida (Melanthiaceae): revisiting morphological characteristics, biogeography and phylogenetic relationships, PHYTOTAXA, 2019, 第 3 作者

（21） A pectic polysaccharide from water decoction of *** Lycium barbarum fruit protects against intestinal endoplasmic reticulum stress, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 2019, 第 2 作者

（22） Two complement fixing pectic polysaccharides from pedicel of Lycium barbarum L. promote cellular antioxidant defense, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 2018, 第 1 作者

（23） Quality Variation of Goji (Fruits of Lycium spp.) in China: A Comparative Morphological and Metabolomic Analysis, FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, 2018, 第 1 作者  通讯作者

（24） Quality control of goji (fruits of Lycium barbarum L. and L. chinense Mill.): A value chain analysis perspective, JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2018, 第 1 作者  通讯作者

（25） The genus Lycium as food and medicine: A botanical, ethnobotanical and historical review, JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2018, 第 1 作者  通讯作者

（26） Topsis法综合比较4种成熟度青川产北柴胡种子的萌发质量, Comprehensive Germination Quality Evaluation of Bupleurum chinense Seeds of Different Maturities from Qingchuan County with the Topsis Approach, 植物研究, 2014, 

（27） 人工老化对青川产北柴胡种子生理生化特性的影响, Effects of artificial aging on physiological and biochemical characteristics of Bupleurum chinense seeds from Qingchuan county, 中草药, 2014, 第 1 作者

（28） Topsis法综合比较不同采收期青川产北柴胡种子产量质量, Comprehensive yield and quality comparison of Bupleurum chinense's seeds of different harvesting time from Qingchuan County with Topsis approach, 中国中药杂志, 2013, 第 1 作者

（29） Traditional Use, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Quality Control of Species in Genus Bupleurum L., CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES, 2013, 第 1 作者

（30） 我国柴胡的种质资源现状与育种研究展望, Germplasm resource status and breeding prospects of Bupleuri Radix in China, 中草药, 2013, 第 1 作者

（31） 药用植物GAP生产的病害绿色防控发展策略, Development strategies for green control of medicinal plants diseases in GAP production, 中国中药杂志, 2012, 第 1 作者

（32） Combined effect of dark and wounding on regeneration potential of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. leaves, INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2011, 第 5 作者

（33） 北柴胡种子生物学研究进展, Advances of studies on seed biology of Bupleurum chinense, 中国中药杂志, 2011, 第 1 作者

陈兴福, 姚入宇, 孟杰, 李志飞, 杨兴旺, 2014. 一种北柴胡种子的采收和贮藏方法 [P]. 中国专利, 201410029737.6

Conservation and sustainable utilization of food-medicinal plants,

Cross-cultural comparison of traditional herbal knowledge.

1. Yao, R., 2023. Ethnobotany of goji for community development. International Training Workshop on Ethnoecology and Sustainable Rural Community development of the Belt & Road Countries. Yunnan, China. (Oral presentation)

2. 姚入宇，Michael Heinrich, 2021. 理解东西方“药食两用”的异同，促进跨文化交流. 肖培根院士九十华诞学术思想研讨会暨中国工程院战略研究与咨询项目研讨会. 北京. (Oral presentation)

3. Yao, R., Heinrich, M., Xiao, P., et al., 2019. The globalization of goji (fruits of Lycium barbarum L. and L. chinense Mill.): What are the drivers? The 19th Congress of International Society of Ethnopharmacology. Dresden, Germany. (Oral presentation)

4. Yao, R., 2019. Using Pharmacophylogeny to understand medicinal plants and their relatives. The International Training Workshop on Agrobiodiversity and Conservation of the Belt & Road Countries. Yunnan, China. (Oral presentation)

5. Yao, R., Heinrich, M., Reich, E., et al., 2017. How does the quality change among goji berry (fruits of Lycium spp.) of different regions in China? A quality assessment based on HPTLC fingerprint and 1H NMR metabolomics analysis. Abstract Phytopharm 2017, 60. (Poster)

6. Yao R., Heinrich M., Weckerle C., 2016. Lycium spp.: A cross-cultural study of its use as medicine and food. In: 2016 Fall Symposium of UCL School of Pharmacy: 'Food and Medical Traditions from the Plant World: Exploring Herbal Uses'. London, UK. （Poster）

7. Yao, R., 2016. Simultaneous analysis of flavonoids, betaine, and monosaccharides in goji (fruits of Lycium spp.) using HPTLC with SPE. The 16th Congress of International Society of Ethnopharmacology. Guangxi, China. (Oral presentation)

8. Yao, R., Stafford, G., Heinrich, M., et al., 2015. Rapid identification of goji berry (fruit of Lycium spp.) from different provinces in China by HPTLC and sensory properties analysis. The 15th Congress of International Society of Ethnopharmacology. （Poster）

Introducing Talents Start-up Fund of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2024-2029);

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32300322) (2024-2025);

Senior Foreign Expert Introduction Program (G2022194013L) (2022-2023);

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Program (No. 2019M660552) (2019-2021); 

The International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program (2018-2021); 

Strategic Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering (2021-X2-10) (2021);

Claraz Schenkung in University of Zurich (2014 and 2015);

Chinese Government Scholarship (No. 201306910001) (2014-2018).