Brief CV

• BS in Biology, Beijing Normal University (2002-2006)
• MS in Ecology, Beijing Normal University (2006-2009)
• PhD in Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Plant Science, University of Bern (2009-2013)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Plant Science, University of Bern (2013-2015)
• Assistant Professor, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University (2016-2019)
• Associate Professor, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University (2019-)

Research Interests

• Plant epigenetics
• Evolutionary ecology
• Biological invasion
• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

Selected Publications

• Yin J, Zhou M, Lin Z, Li QQ, Zhang Y-Y*. (2019) Transgenerational effects benefit offspring across diverse environments: a meta-analysis in plants and animals. Ecology Letters, 22: 1976-1986.
• Qiao H^#, Liu W^#, Zhang Y*, Zhang Y-Y*, Li QQ*. (2019) Genetic admixture accelerates invasion via provisioning rapid adaptive evolution. Molecular Ecology, 28: 4012–4027.
• Zhang Y-Y*, Latzel V, Fischer M, Bossdorf O. (2018) Understanding the evolutionary potential of epigenetic variation: a comparison of heritable phenotypic variation in epiRILs, RILs, and natural ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Heredity, 121: 257-265.
• Zhang Y-Y, Parepa M, Fischer M, Bossdorf O. (2016) Book Chapter 19 “Epigenetics of colonizing species? A study on Japanese knotweed in Central Europe” in “Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy”, John Wiley&Sons , Ltd.
• Zhang Y-Y*, Fischer M, Colot V, Bossdorf O. (2013) Epigenetic variation creates potential for evolution of plant phenotypic plasticity. New Phytologist, 197: 314-322
• Zhang Y-Y, Zhang D-Y, Barrett SCH*. (2010) Genetic uniformity characterizes the invasive spread of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), a clonal aquatic plant. Molecular Ecology, 19: 1774-1786
• Hong L, Su W, Zhang Y-Y, Ye C, Shen Y, Li QQ.^# (2018) Transcriptome profiling during mangrove viviparity in response to abscisic acid, Scientific Reports, 8, 770
• Manning P*, Gossner MM, Bossdorf O, Allan E, Zhang Y-Y, …., Fischer M (2015) Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology, 96: 1492-1501.
• Latzel V*, Zhang Y-Y, Moritz KK, Fischer M, Bossdorf O. (2012) Epigenetic variation in plant responses to defence hormones. Annals of Botany, 110: 1423-1428
• Bossdorf O*, Zhang Y-Y. (2011) A truly ecological epigenetics study. Molecular Ecology, 20: 1572-1574

Teaching Experience

• Genetics and evolutionary biology
• Plant science
• Global change seminar