Wenbin (Bean) Zhou

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Welcome!

My name is Wenbin Zhou. I am currently a Ph.D. in Dr. Jenny Xiang Lab at NC State. I will start my Postdoc at Alan Jones and Corbin Jones Lab this fall working on Grass Genomic Evolution. My current work is in molecular systematics, biogeography, and population genetics; with emphases on the disjunct plant taxa in eastern Asia and eastern North America.

Contact me: wzhou10@ncsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae: word, pdf

My pages on ResearchGate, Github, and Twitter

Education

Ph.D. 2021      North Carolina State University, NC, US, in Plant biology (Xiang Lab, advisor: Dr. Qiu-Yun Jenny Xiang)

M.S. 2016        Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in Plant Systematics (Prof. Fu Lab; Advisor: Dr. Yunpeng Zhao)

B.S. 2013         Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China, in Bio-technology (Advisor: Dr. Bingsong Zheng)

Publications

(1) Zhou, W., Soghigian, J. and Xiang, Q., 2021. A New Pipeline for Removing Paralogs in Target Enrichment Data. Systematic Biology. syab044. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab044.

(2) Zhou, W., Xiang, Q. and Wen, J., 2020. Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of morphology and ecological niche of the eastern Asian‐eastern North American Nyssa (Nyssaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58(5), pp.571-603. DOI:10.1111/jse.12599

(3) Lindelof, K., Lindo, J.A., Zhou, W., Ji, X. and Xiang, Q.Y., 2020. Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of the blue‐or white‐fruited dogwoods (Cornus)‐insights into morphological and ecological niche divergence following intercontinental geographic isolation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12676

(4) Wahlsteen, E., Zhou, W., Xiang, Q. and Rushforth, K., 2020. Rediscovery of the lost little dogwood Cornus wardiana (Cornaceae)–its phylogenetic and morphological distinction and implication in the origin of the Arctic‐Sino‐Himalayan disjunction. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, DOI: 10.1111/jse.12576

(5) Dong, Y., Chen, S., Cheng, S., Zhou, W., Ma, Q., Chen, Z., Fu, C.X., Liu, X., Zhao, Y.P., Soltis, P.S. and Wong, G.K.S., 2019. Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence. Elife, 8, p.e45199. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.45199

(6) Chen, C., Zheng, L., Ma, Q., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., 2019, Impacts of Domestication on Population Genetics of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Atractylodes macrocephala (Asteraceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 57(3), pp.222-233. DOI:10.1111/jse.12446

(7) Zhou, W., Ji, X., Obata, S., Pais, A., Dong, Y., Peet, R., Xiang, Q., 2018, Resolving relationships and phylogeographic history of the Nyssa sylvatica complex using data from RAD-seq and species distribution modeling, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126, pp.1-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.001

(8) Koch, M., Hohmann, N., Wolf, E., Rigault, P., Zhou, W., Kiefer, M., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., under review, Ginkgo biloba´s footprint of dynamic Pleistocene history dates back only 400,000 years ago and indicates multiple range expansions and retractions, BMC Genomics, 19(1), p.299. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4673-2

(9) Guan, R., Zhao, Y., Zhang, H., Fan, G., Liu, X., Zhou, W., Shi, C., Wang, J., Liu, W., Liang, X. and Fu, Y., 2016. Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba. Gigascience, 5(1), p.49. DOI:10.1186/s13742-016-0154-1

(10) Zhou, W., Cheng Z., Zhao Y., Fu C., 2016. Contribution of environmental and genetic variation to chemical similarity of Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.). Journal of Zhejiang University, 42(6): 731-738.  DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2015.12.131.

(11) Sun, Z.S., Zhou, W., JIN, X., Ohi-Toma, T., Li, P. and Fu, C.X., 2016. A tale of two islands: parallel evolution of dwarfism in Smilax biflora (Smilacaceae). Phytotaxa, 245(2), pp.89-106. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.245.2.1

(12) Shao, R., Shen, Y., Zhou, W., Fang, J., and Zheng, B., 2013. Recent advances for plant ATP-binding cassette transporters. Journal of Zhejiang AF University, 30, pp.761-768.

Abstracts of Talks and Posters at Important Conferences:

2020. Zhou, W., Soghigian, J., Xiang, Q. A new approach for cleaning paralogs in Hybseq data from Angiosperm353 kit – application for the phylogenomic studies of Castanea and Hamamelis with comparison to RAD-seq data. Botany 2020, July 27-31, online. (Presentation)

2019. Zhou, W. and Xiang, Q. Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Post-Isolation Divergence of Eastern Asia-North American Disjunct Genera Castenea, Hamamelis, Nyssa, and Torreya – Insights into Morphostasis. Botany 2019, July 27-31, Tucson, AZ, US. (Presentation)

2018. Zhou, W., Wen, J., Xiang, Q. Phylogenomics of Nyssa from single-copy genes and Fluidgim sequencing – insights into biogeography and character evolution. Botany 2018. July 21-25, Rochester, MN, US. (Presentation)

2017. Zhou, W. and Xiang, Q. Species delineation & phylogenomics in an eastern Asian-eastern North American disjunct genus – Nyssa. 2018 Genomic Sciences Biomathematics Symposium, April. Raleigh, NC, US. (Presentation)

2016. Zhou, W., Li, S., Xiang, Q. Understanding functional diversity and mechanisms of plant community assembly of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct forests through global secondary metabolite profiling: a test of HPLC-MS non-target method. XIX International Botanical Congress. July 23-29, Shenzhen, China. (Poster)

2015. Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Koch, M., Fu, C. Plastid genomes revealed three lineages of Ginkgo biloba diverged in the mid- to late-Pleistocene. 27th NC Plant Molecular Biology Retreat. International Biogeography Society (IBS) Special Meeting. May 4-8, Beijing, China. (Poster)

Main awards:

Teaching Experience:

PB403 Systematics Biology lab in Plant & Microbial Biology at NC State.

PB250 and PB200 Plant Biology lab in Plant & Microbial Biology at NC State.

Computer Languages:

Python, R, SQL

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