Resume

· 2000-2004 Bachelor of Science in Biological Science, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University

· 2004-2010 Ph.D. in Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University

· 2012-2016 Associate Researcher, School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University

· 2017-Present Professor, School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University

Funding Projects

· Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Forest Resources Science, 2017/01-2019/12, Principal Investigator;

· General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Dynamic Historical Study on the Geographic Distribution and Change of the Populus complex, 2016/01-2019/12, Principal Investigator;

· Sichuan Province Outstanding Youth Academic and Technical Leader Funding Program, Genetic Mechanism Research on the Adaptation of Cupressaceae Plants in Western China to High-Altitude Environments, 2015/01-2017/12, Principal Investigator;

· General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the Speciation of Two Pairs of Juniperus Sister Groups on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 2014/01-2017/12, Principal Investigator;

· Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Hybrid Introgression and Genetic Definition between Juniperus microsperma and Juniperus squamata on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 2012/01-2014/12, Principal Investigator.

Talent Programs and Awards

· 2018 Candidate for Academic and Technical Leader in Sichuan Province

· 2017 Sichuan University Youth Science and Technology Talent Award

· 2017 Sichuan University Excellent Classroom Teaching Quality Award

· 2016 Sichuan University Tang Lixin Outstanding Scholar Award

· 2016 National Excellent Youth Fund Project Funding

· 2015 Sichuan University Excellent Classroom Teaching Quality Award

· 2014 Selected into Sichuan Province Outstanding Youth Academic and Technical Leader Funding Program

· 2014 Sichuan University Outstanding Young Scholar Project Funding

· 2013 First Prize of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (Second Completer)

· 2007 China Scholarship Council Joint Training Doctoral Scholarship

Research Interests

Mainly focusing on forest tree species in western China and endemic plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, based on large-scale field surveys and data collection, using traditional molecular markers and next-generation sequencing technologies, combined with various data analysis methods in the fields of molecular system development, biogeography, spectrum geography, population genetics, and population genomics, we conduct research on plant ecology and evolutionary history from multiple aspects such as species differentiation, population dynamics, and distribution range changes.

Interested undergraduates and graduate students are welcome to contact us to join the research team!

List of Published Papers (*Corresponding Author, †Co-first Author)

· Fan LQ, Zheng HL, Milne RI, Zhang L,Mao KS*. 2018. Strong population bottleneck and repeated demographic expansions ofPopulus adenopoda(Salicaceae) in subtropical China.Annals of botany121: 665–679.

· Liang QL, Xu XT,Mao KS, Wang MC, Wang K, Xi ZX, Liu JQ. 2018. Shifts in plant distributions in response to climate warming in a biodiversity hotspot, the Hengduan Mountains.Journal of Biogeography(Online) DOI:0.1111/jbi.13229.

· Tso S, Li J, Xie S, Miao JB, Hu QJ,Mao KS*. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome ofJuniperus microsperma(Cupressaceae), a rare endemic from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Conservation Genetics Resources(Online)DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-018-1027-y.

· Li J, Wu J, Zhang L, Wang L,Mao KS*. 2018. The complete chloroplast genome ofCupressus jiangeensis(cupressaceae), a critically endangered conifer species in China.Conservation Genetics Resources(Online)DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-017-0970-3.

· Xu TT, Wang Q, Olson MS, Li ZH, Miao N,Mao KS*. 2017. Allopatric divergence, demographic history, and conservation implications of an endangered coniferCupressus chengianain the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Tree Genetics & Genomes13:100.

· Miao N, Zhang L, Li MP, Fan LQ,Mao KS*. 2017. Development of EST-SSR Markers forTaxillus nigrans(Loranthaceae) in Southwestern China Using Next-Generation Sequencing.Applications in Plant Sciences, 5(8):1700010.

· Guo XY, Liu JQ, Hao GQ, Zhang L,Mao KS, Wang XJ, Zhang D, Ma T, Hu QJ, Al-Shehbaz IA, Koch MA. 2017. Plastome phylogeny and early diversification of Brassicaceae.BMC Genomics, 18(1): 176.

· Zheng HL, Fan LQ, Milne RI, Zhang L, Wang YL,Mao KS*. 2017. Species delimitation and lineage separation history of a species complex of aspens in China.Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 375.

· Du FK, Hou M, Wang WT,Mao KS, Hampe A. 2016. Phylogeography ofQuercus aquifolioidesprovides novel insights into the Neogene history of a major global hotspot of plant diversity in south-west China.Journal of Biogeography.44(2): 294-307.

· Hu QJ, Peng HC, Bi H, Lu ZQ, Wan DS, Wang Q,Mao KS*. 2016. Genetic homogenization of the nuclear ITS loci across two morphologically distinct gentians in their overlapping distributions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Scientific Reports. 6: 34244.

· Zheng HL, Fan LQ, Wang TJ, Zhang L, Ma T,Mao KS*. 2016. The complete chloroplast genome ofPopulus rotundifolia(Salicaceae).Conservation Genetics Resources. 8(4):399-401.

· Wang Q,Mao KS*. 2016. Puzzling rocks and complicated clocks: how to optimize molecular dating approaches in historical phytogeography.New Phytologist.209(4): 1353-1358.

· Ru DF,Mao KS, Zhang L,Wang XJ, Lu ZQ, Sun YS. 2016.Genomic evidence for polyphyletic origins and interlineage gene flow within complex taxa: a case study ofPicea brachytylain the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.MolecularEcology25(11): 2373-2386.

· Jiang D, Feng J, Dong M,Wu GL,Mao KS, Liu JQ. 2016. Genetic origin and composition of a natural hybrid poplarPopulus× jrtyschensisfrom two distantly related species.BMCPlantBiology16:89.

· Wan DS, Feng JJ, Jiang DC,Mao KS*, Duan YW, Miehe G, Opgenoorth L.2016.The Quaternary evolutionary history, potential distribution dynamics, and conservation implications for a Qinghai–Tibet Plateau endemic herbaceous perennial,Anisodus tanguticus(Solanaceae).Ecology andEvolution6(7): 1977–1995.

· Hui-Ying Shang HY, Li ZH, Dong M, Adams RP, Miehe G, Opgenoorth L,Mao KS*. 2015. Evolutionary origin and demographic history of an ancient conifer (Juniperus microsperma) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.Scientific Reports5:10216.

· Jiang DC, Wu GL,Mao KS, Feng JJ. 2015. Structure of genetic diversity in marginal populations of black poplar (Populus nigraL.).Biochemical Systematics and Ecology61: 297-302.

· Li ZH, Yang C,Mao KS, Ma YZ, Liu J, Liu ZL, Deng TT, Zhao GF. 2015. Molecular identification and allopatric divergence of the white pine species in China based on the cytoplasmic DNA variation.Biochemical Systematics and Ecology61:161-168.

· Kou YX, Shang HY,Mao KS*, Li ZH, Rushforth K, Adams RP. 2014. Nuclear andcytoplasmic DNA sequence data further illuminate the genetic composition of Leyland Cypresses.Journal of American Society for Horticultural Sciences139(5): 558-566.

· Wang GN, He XY, Miehe G,Mao KS*. 2014. Phylogeography of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau endemic alpine herbPomatosace filicula(Primulaceae).Journal of Systematics and Evolution52 (3): 289–302.

· LuX, XuHY, LiZH, ShangHY, AdamsRP,MaoKS*. 2014.Genetic diversity and conservation implications of four Cupressus species in China as revealed by microsatellite markers.Biochemical Genetics52:181–202.

· Liu BB, Tian B, Ma H, Lu ZQ, Qiu Q,Mao KS, Liu JQ. 2014. Development and Characterization of EST-SSR Markers inOstryopsis(Betulaceae).Applications in Plant Sciences2(2):1300062.

· Chen LY, Zhao SY,Mao KS, Les DH, Wang QF, Moody ML. 2014. Historical biogeography of Haloragaceae: An out-of-Australia hypothesis with multiple intercontinental dispersals.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution78: 87-95.

· Feng JJ, Jiang DC, Shang HY, Dong M, Wang GN, He XY, Zhao CM,Mao KS*. 2014. Barcoding poplars (PopulusL.) from western China.PLoS ONE8(8): e71710.

· AdamsRP†,Mao KS†,LiuJQ.2013.The volatile leaf oil ofJuniperus microspermaand its taxonomy.Phytologia95(1): 87-93.

·Mao KS,Liu JQ. 2012. Current ‘relicts’ more dynamic in the history than previously thought.New Phytologist196: 329-331.

·Mao KS, Milne RI, Zhang LB, Peng YL, Liu JQ, Thomas P, Mill RR, Renner SS. 2012. Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America109: 7793-7798.

· Jia DR, Abbott RJ, Liu TL,Mao KS, Bartish IV, Liu JQ. 2012. Out of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: evidence for the origin and dispersal of Eurasian temperate plants from a phylogeographic study ofHippophaërhamnoides(Elaeagnaceae).New Phytologist194: 1123-1133.

· Li ZH, Zou JB,Mao KS, Lin K, Li HP, Liu JQ, Källman T, Lascoux M. 2012. Population genetic evidence for complex evolutionary histories of four high altitude juniper species in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.Evolution66: 831-845.

· Tian XM, Luo J, Wang AL,Mao KS, Liu JQ.2011.On the origin of the woody buckwheatFagopyrum tibeticum(=Parapteropyrum tibeticum) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution61:515-520.

·Mao KS, Hao G, Liu JQ, Adams RP, Milne RI. 2010. Diversification and biogeography ofJuniperus(Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals.New Phytologist188: 254-272.

· Opgenoorth L†, Vendramin GG†,Mao KS†, Miehe G, Miehe S, Liepelt S, Liu JQ, Ziegenhagen B. 2010. Tree endurance on the Tibetan Plateau marks the world's highest known tree line of the Last Glacial Maximum.New Phytologist185: 332-342. (参见New Phytologist 186:780)

· Xu TT, Abbott RJ, Milne RI,Mao KS, Du FK, Wu GL, Zhaxiciren, Miehe G, Liu JQ. 2010. Phylogeography and allopatric divergence of cypress species (CupressusL.) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions.BMC Evolutionary Biology10:194.

· Xia T, Meng LH,Mao KS, Tian B, Miehe G, Liu JQ. 2008. Genetic Variation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Endemic and Endangered ConiferCupressus gigantea, Detected Using RAPD and ISSR Markers.Silvae Genetica57: 85-92.

·Mao KS*, Yao XL, Huang ZH. 2005. Molecular Phylogeny and Speciation of Adoxaceae s.s.Acta Botanica Yunnanica27: 620-628.

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