Title: Associate Professor Zhao Liang

　　Contact Information:

　　Mailing Address:

　　College of Life Sciences

　　Northwest A&F University

　　Yangling, Shaanxi 712100

　　P. R. China

　　E-mail: biology_zhaoliang@126.com

　　Office: North Campus, Science Building, College of Life Sciences, E533

　　Research Interests:

　　1. Systematics and evolution of some groups in Rosaceae, Ranunculaceae, Berberidaceae and Nyssaceae, using an integration of phylogenomics, phylogenetic, biogeographic and molecular dating methods.

　　2. Floral morphology, morphogenesis and evolution of some genera (especially for genera endemic to China) in Rosaceae, Ranunculaceae, Berberidaceae and Nyssaceae.

　　Education Experiences:

　　Shaanxi Normal University, Botany, Ph.D. 2011

　　Shaanxi Normal University, Botany, M.S. 2008

　　Shaanxi Normal University, Biological Science, B.S. 2004

　　Professional Experiences:

　　Associate Professor in College of Life Sciences, Norwest A&F University (2017-present)

　　Assistant Professor in College of Life Sciences, Norwest A&F University (2011-2016)

　　Visiting Scholar in National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (2015)

　　Honors and Awards:

　　Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Shaanxi Province (2013)

　　The Second Prize of the Youth Teacher's Lecture Contest of Norwest A&F University (2016)

　　Grants:

　　Phylogeny and the evolution of inflorescences and floral organs in Prunus s.l. (Rosaceae), NSFC, No. 31770200, 2018/01-2021/12

　　Formation and evolution of different floral phyllotaxis patterns in Ranunculaceae, NSFC, No. 31300158, 2014/01-2016/12

　　Publications:

　　(1) Zhao L, Liu P, Che XF, Wang W, Ren Y*. 2011. Floral organogenesis of Helleborus and Nigella (Ranunculaceae) and its systematic significance. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.166: 431-443.

　　(2) Zhao L, Bachelier J B., Chang HL, Tian XH, Ren Y*. 2012. Floral development in Ranunculus and three allied genera in Ranunculeae (Ranunculoideae, Ranunculaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 298: 1057-1071.

　　(3) Zhao L, Wang W, Ren Y*, Bachelier J B.. 2012. Floral development in Asteropyrum (Ranunculaceae): implication for its systematic position. Annales Botanici Fennici 49: 31-42.

　　(4) M R Luo, L Zhao*. 2013. A new Ranunculus species (Ranunculaceae) from Shaanxi, China. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy. 20(2): 201-205.

　　(5) Liang Zhao*, Jing-zhi Gong, Xiaohui Zhang, Youquan Liu, Xiao Ma, Yi Ren. 2016. Floral organogenesis in Urophysa rockii, a rediscovered endangered and rare species of Ranunculaceae. Botany. 94: 215-224.

　　(6) Xi Wang, Jing-zhi Gong, Liang Zhao*, Xiao-fen Che, Hai-ning Li, Yi Ren. 2016. Flower morphology and development of the monotypic Chinese genus Anemoclema (Ranunculaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302:683-690.

　　(7) Liang Zhao, Julien B. Bachelier, Xiao-hui Zhang, Yi Ren*. 2016. Floral organogenesis in Dysosma versipellis (Berberidaceae) and its systematic implications. Botany. 94: 359-368.

　　(8) Liang Zhao, Xi-Wang Jiang, Yun-juan Zuo, Xiao-Lin Liu, Siew-Wai Chin,

　　Rosemarie Haberle, Daniel Potter, Zhao-Yang Chang, Jun Wen*. 2016. Multiple events of allopolyploidy in the evolution of the racemose lineages in Prunus (Rosaceae) based on integrated evidence from nuclear and plastid data. PLoS ONE. 11(6): e0157123. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157123

　　(9) Tian XH, Zhao L, Ren Y*, Zhang XH. 2007. Number of foral organs in Circaeaster agrestis (Circaeasteraceae) and possible homeosis among floral organs. Plant Systematics and Evolution 265: 259-265.

　　(10) Ren Y*, Li HF, Zhao L, Endress PK. 2007. Floral morphogenesis in Euptelea (Eupteleaceae, Ranunculales). Annals of Botany 100(2): 185-193.

　　(11) Wang X. M., Zhang P., Du Q. G., He H. X., Zhao L., Ren Y. *, Endress P. K. 2012. Heterodichogamy in Kingdonia (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales). Annals of Botany, 109, 1125-1132, 2012.

　　(12) Zhang R., Guo C. C., Zhang W. G., Wang P. P., Li L., Duan X. S., Du Q. G., Zhao L., Shan H. Y., Hodges A. S., Kramer E. M., Ren Y. *, Kong H. Z. * 2013. Disruption of the petal identity gene APETALA3-3 is highly correlated with loss of petals within the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110: 5074-5079.

　　(13) Niklas Buhk, Liang Zhao, Hongqing Li, Dirk C. Albach*. 2015. Molecular systematics and morphometrics in Veronica subsect. Canae (Plantaginaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 301: 1967-1979.

　　(14) Kun-Li Xiang, Sheng-Dan Wu, Sheng-Xian Yu, Yang Liu, Florian Jabbour, Andrey S. Erst, Liang Zhao, Wei Wang*, Zhi-Duan Chen. 2016. The First Comprehensive Phylogeny of Coptis (Ranunculaceae) and Its Implications for

　　Character Evolution and Classification. PLoS ONE. 11(4):e0153127 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0153127

　　(15) Yue-Ping Ma, Meng-Meng Chen, Jiang-Xue Wei, Liang Zhao, Pei-Liang Liu, Si-Lan Dai, Jun Wen*. 2016. Origin of Chrysanthemum cultivars d Evidence from nuclear low-copy LFY gene sequences. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 65: 129-136.

　　(16) Kun-Li Xiang, Liang Zhao, Andrey S. Erst, Sheng-Xiang Yu, Florian Jabbour, Wei Wang*. 2017. A molecular phylogeny of Dichocarpum (Ranunculaceae): Implications for eastern Asian biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 594-604.