Associate Professor
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
No. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
liubinbin@ibcas.ac.cn; liub@si.edu
(010) 6283-6710 (OFFICE)
EDUCATION
INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES – Xiangshan, Beijing
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Botany (2017)
Emphasis Areas: Population-oriented Taxonomy, Rosaceae, and Phylogeny
ZHEJIANG A&F UNIVERSITY – Lin’an, Hangzhou
Master of Science degree in Ornamental Plants and Horticulture (2013)
Emphasis Areas: Floristic Geography
QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY – Chengyang, Qingdao
Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture (2010)
Emphasis Areas: Anatomy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, (March 2022 – present)
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
Xiangshan, Beijing 100093
?Title: Associate Professor
?Aims: Systematics and taxonomy of Rosaceae.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, (January 2022 - present)
Department of Botany
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20560
Title: Research Associate
Aims: Phylogenomics and machine learning of Rosaceae.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, (October 2018 - December 2021)
Department of Botany
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20560
Title: Visiting Fellow
Aims: Phylogenomic analysis and biogeography of Maleae (Rosaceae).
INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, (October 2019 – March 2022)
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
Xiangshan, Beijing 100093
Title: Special Research Assistant
Aims: Phylogenomic analysis and biogeography of Maleae (Rosaceae).
INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, (December 2016 – March 2022)
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change
Xiangshan, Beijing 100093
Title: Post-doctoral Fellow
Aims: Phylogenomic analysis of Pourthiaea (Rosaceae).
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Liu B-B, Ren C, Kwak M, Hodel RGJ, Xu C, He J, Zhou WB, Huang CH, Ma H, Qian GZ, Hong DY, Wen J. 2022. Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13246
2. Hodel RGJ, Zimmer EA, Liu B-B, Wen J. 2022. Synthesis of nuclear and chloroplast data combined with network analyses supports the polyploid origin of the apple tribe and the hybrid origin of the Maleae - Gillenieae clade. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 820997.
3. Su N#, Liu B-B#, Wang J-R#, Tong R-c, Ren C, Chang Z-Y, Zhao L, Potter D, Wen J. 2021. On the species delimitation of the Maddenia group of Prunus (Rosaceae): Evidence from plastome and nuclear sequences and morphology. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 743643.
4. Liu B-B, Ma ZY, Ren C, Hodel RGJ, Sun M, Liu XQ, Liu GN, Hong DY, Zimmer EA, Wen J. 2021. Capturing single‐copy nuclear genes, organellar genomes, and nuclear ribosomal DNA from deep genome skimming data for plant phylogenetics: A case study in Vitaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 1124-1138.
5. Liu BB, Campbell CS, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships and chloroplast capture in the Amelanchier-Malacomeles-Peraphyllum clade (Maleae, Rosaceae): Evidence from chloroplast genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data using genome skimming. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147: 106784.
6. Liu BB#, Liu GN#, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. Eriobotrya belongs to Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae): Evidence from chloroplast genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1731.
7. Liu BB#, Wang YB#, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae). PhytoKeys 154: 19-55.
8. Liu BB#, Liu GN#, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. Typification of 23 names in Eriobotrya (Maleae, Rosaceae). PhytoKeys 139: 99-118.
9. Wen J, Herron SA, Yang X, Liu BB, Zuo YJ, Harris AJ, Kalburgi Y, Johnson G, Zimmer EA. 2020. Nuclear and chloroplast sequences resolve the enigmatic origin of the Concord grape. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 263.
10. Wang YB#, Liu BB#, Nie ZL, Chen HF, Chen FJ, Figlar RB, Wen J. 2020. Major clades and a revised classification of Magnolia and Magnoliaceae based on whole plastid genome sequences via genome skimming. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58(5): 673-695.
11. Liu GN, Liu BB, Wen J, Wang YB. 2020. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Magnolia mexicana DC. (Magnoliaceae) from Central America. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 5(1): 798-799.
12. Liu BB, Hong DY, Zhou SL, Xu C, Dong WP, Johnson G, Wen J. 2019. Phylogenomic analyses of the Photinia complex support the recognition of a new genus Phippsiomeles and the resurrection of a redefined Stranvaesia in Maleae (Rosaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 57: 678-694.
13. Liu BB, Hong DY. 2017. A taxonomic revision of four complexes in the genus Pourthiaea (Rosaceae). Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand. 1-75. (Monograph)
14. Liu BB, Hong DY. 2016. A taxonomic revision of the Pourthiaea villosa complex (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 244: 201-247.
15. Liu BB, Hong DY. 2016. Identity of Pourthiaea podocarpifolia (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 269: 221-230.
16. Liu BB, Lou LH, Liu GN, Zhang DB, Ye Q. 2013. Growth of Cyclobalanopsis myrsinaefolia in Zhejiang, China. Journal of Zhejiang A&F University, 30(4): 517-522.
17. Liu BB, Lou LH, Liu GN 2013. A floristic analysis of Fagaceae in Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Zhejiang A&F University, 30(5): 698-705.
18. Zhou JS, Zhou JK, Liu BB, Lou LH. 2013. Floristics of seed plants from Longwantan national forest park in Zhejiang. Journal of Zhejiang Forestry Science and Technology, 33(3): 67-73.
19. Leng JH, Lou LH, Wei Q, Liu BB. 2011. Research progress of Carex and its application to landscape. Northern Horticulture 6: 196-201.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Reviewer, Frontiers in Plant Science
Reviewer, Phytotaxa
Reviewer, Phytokeys
Reviewer, Botanical Letters
Reviewer, MDPI genes
Reviewer, MDPI plants
Reviewer, MDPI forests
Reviewer, The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
GRANTS
Integrative systematics of the Malus complex (Rosaceae) with reticulate evolution based on the next and third generation sequencing technology, awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2021-2023
