Dioecious Plants Group

Junior Principal Investigator: Dr. Li He，Associate Professor

Address：Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, 3888 Chenhua Road, Songjiang, Shanghai 201602, China

Tel: (+86) 021-37792288-952

E-mail: heli198724@163.com

> Education

2010.9–2015.7, PhD, Wildlife Conservation and Utilization, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China; Supervisor: Prof. Zhi-Xiang Zhang.

2005.9–2009.7, Bachelor of Agriculture, Conservation of Forest Resources, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.

> Scientific career

2021.12-present, Junior Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden

2015.8-2021-11, Lecturer, College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.

2017.10–2018.10 Visiting scholar, Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants (with Herbarium), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. Collaborating with Prof. Elvira Hörandl and Dr. Natascha Dorothea Wagner.

> Research

　Evolution of sex chromosomes in dioecious plants:

1, Using whole genome resequencing data to identify the sex determination systems of representatives of Salix;

2, Assembling chromosome-level and haplotype-resolved genomes of representatives of Salix，to explore the origin and evolution of XY and ZW systems in Salix；

3，Using multi-omics data to clarify the sex determination mechanism of polyploid willows.

>Projects

　　1. National Natural Science Foundation of China：The study on genomics and sex determination system of tetraploid Salix gordejevii，2022.1-2025.12, Dr. Li He, grant No. 32171813. 

　　2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Phylogeny of Vetrix-Chamaetia clade (Salix, Salicaceae) with an emphasis on Chinese species based on RAD-seq technology, 2019.1–2021.12, Dr. Li He, grant No. 31800466.

Publications（^#First author，* Author for correspondence）

1. He, L.^* #, Jia, K.H. ^#, Zhang, R.G., Wang, Y., Shi, T.L., Li, Z.C., Zeng, S.W., Cai, X.J., Wagner, N.D., Hörandl, E., Muyle, A., Yang, K., Charlesworth, D., Mao, J.F.^*. Chromosome-scale assembly of the genome of Salix dunnii reveals a male-heterogametic sex determination system on chromosome 7. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21:1966–1982. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13362 

2. He, L.^*, Wagner, N.D., Hörandl, E. (2021) RAD sequencing data reveal an adaptive radiation of willow species (Salix L., Salicaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains and adjacent areas. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(1): 44–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12593

3. Wagner, N.D., He, L., Hörandl, E. (2020) Phylogenomic relationships and evolution of polyploid Salix species revealed by RAD sequencing data. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:1077.

4. Liu, L.J., He, L.*, Applequist, W.L. (2020) Untangling two Chinese Salix species (Salicaceae) published by C. K. Schneider, with lectotypification of four names. Willdenowia, 50(2):159–163.

5. He, L.*, Applequist, W.L. (2020) Lectotypifications and nomenclatural notes for Hao’s new Chinese taxa in Salix (Salicaceae). Novon, 28(3): 180–185.

6. He, L.*, Liao, S., Wendy, A., Chen, S.P. (2019) The valid publication of Salix suchowensis (Salicaceae). PhytoKeys 131: 27–35.

7. He, L. (2018) (2602) Proposal to conserve the name Salix wallichiana against S. disperma (Salicaceae). TAXON 67 (2): 451.

> Students