Brief CV

• Master of Science, Xiamen University (2001-2004)
• Doctor of Science, Xiamen University (2004-2008)
• Assistant Professor, Xiamen University (2009-2018)
• Associate Professor, Xiamen University (2018-)

Research Interests

• Avian ecology
• Molecular ecology
• Molecular evolution

Selected Publications

• Zeng Wang, Xiaoping Zhou, Qingxian Lin, Wenzhen Fang*, Xiaolin Chen* Diversity and selection of MHC class I genes in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes). 2017, 12(5): e0176671.
  
• Lei Wei, Fang Wenzhen, Zhou Xiaoping*, Lin Qingxian, Chen Xiaolin*. Population genetic diversity and geographical differentiation of MHC class II DAB genes in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes). Conservation Genetics, 2016, 17(6): 1459–1468. Zhou Xiaoping, Chengte Yao, Lin Qingxian, Fang Wenzhen*, Chen Xiaolin*. Complete mitochondrial genomes render the night-heron genus Gorsachius non-monophyletic. Journal of Ornithology, 2016，157 (2):505-513.
• Lei Wei, Fang Wenzhen, Zhou Xiaoping, Lin Qingxian*, Chen Xiaolin*. Major histocompatibility complex class II DAB alleles associated with intestinal parasite load in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes). Ecology and Evolution，2016， 6(13): 4421–4434. 1
• Lei Wei, Fang Wenzhen, Lin Qingxian, Zhou Xiaoping*, Chen Xiaolin*. Characterization of a non-classical MHC class II gene in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes). Immunogenetics, 2015, 67（8）:463–472
• Dai Yufei, Lin Qingxian, Fang Wenzhen, Zhou Xiaoping*, Chen Xiaolin*. Noninvasive and nondestructive sampling for avian microsatellite genotyping: a case study on the vulnerable Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes). Avian Research，2015, 6：24
• Dai Yufei, Fang Wenzhen, Lin Qingxian, Zhou Xiaoping*, Chen Xiaolin*. A novel multiplex PCR assay for individual identification in the vulnerable Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) using molted feathers. Conservation Genetics Resources，2015，7（3）: 635–638
• Zhou Xiaoping , Lin Qingxian, Fang Wenzhen *, Chen Xiaolin*. The complete mitochondrial genomes of sixteen ardeid birds revealing the evolutionary process of the gene rearrangements, BMC GENOMICS ,2014,15.