CURRICULUM VITAE
About me
I work on evolutionary biology and write about it for a general audience. I care about how the tree of life grew into its present shape — and about how we can tell that it did.
Education
PhD · Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Amphioxus,zebrafish... Evo-devo.
MSc · Developmental Biology
Zebrafish; cross-scale imaging.
BSc · Aquaculture, Ichthyology
Field collection and taxonomic training; phylogenetic analysis.
Research
To be updated.
To be updated.
Freshwater gobies taxonomy and phylogeny
The goby genus Rhinogobius represents a prominent radiation of freshwater fishes in East Asia, with China serving as its evolutionary hotspot harboring over 39 endemic species. Despite their ecological dominance in riverine ecosystems, phylogenetic relationships among mainland Chinese Rhinogobius species remain poorly resolved due to limited sampling and morphological conservatism, particularly in meristic traits traditionally used for classification.
Selected publications
Phylogenomics of Rhinogobius gobies reveals northern–southern divergence and trait evolution in China
Liu, S., Xue, Q., Hu, Y., Hu, J., Pan, Y., Bu, Y., Wang, J., Xia, J., Li, C., 2026. Phylogenomics of Rhinogobius gobies reveal northern-southern divergence and trait evolution in China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 218, 108577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108577