学习经历：

2015.09-2015.12，中国科学院昆明植物研究所，生物化学与分子生物学，理学博士；

2014.08-2015.08，美国哥伦布州立大学，分子生态学，联合培养博士研究生；

2010.09-2014.07，中国科学院昆明植物研究所，生物化学与分子生物学，硕博连读；

2006.09-2010.07，云南大学，生物科学基地班，理学学士。

工作经历：

2023.07-至今，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，副研究员；

2020.11-2023.06，云南师范大学，副教授；

2016.01-2020.10，云南师范大学，讲师。

学术兼职：

2026.01-至今，Journal of Systematics and Evolution 期刊青年编委

代表论著：

1. Qin H-T, Twyford AD, Zheng W, Milne RI, Yan L-J, Mo Z-Q, Zhu M-S, Nützmann H-W, Li D-Z*, Li H-T* and Gao L-M*. 2026. The genomic architecture of introgression during Rhododendron speciation. New Phytologist, 249(4): 2085-2102. 

2. Yan L-J, Li R-Z, Xiao Y-X, Corlett RT, Liu Y, Yu Z-X, Luo R-S, Yang J, Yu W-B*. 2025. DNA Barcoding Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Informs Conservation Priorities in Chinese Firmiana Species (Malvaceae) Using Genome Skimming Data. Integrative Conservation, 4: 569–583.

3. Zheng W#, Yan L-J#, Burgess KS, Milne RI, Qin H-T, Tan S-L, Luo Y-H, Zou J-Y, Mo Z-Q, Mӧller M, Fu C-N, Gao L-M*. 2025. Comparative analysis of multiple hybrid zones of Rhododendron ×duclouxii uncovered different potential evolutionary outcomes. Plant Diversity, 47(6): 944-955.

4. Fan P-Z, Zhu G-F, Wambulwa MC, Milne RI, Wu Z-Y, Luo Y-H, Shahi Shavvon R, Jump AS, Maity D, Gao L-M, Qi H-L, Wu H-Y, Kong X, Khan R, Yan L-J, Turuspekov Y, Li D-Z, Liu J. 2025. Genetic origins and climate-induced erosion in economically important Asian walnuts. Conservation Biology, 39(5): e70125.

5. Yan L-J#, Fan P-Z#, Wambulwa MC#, Qi H-L, Chen Y, Wu Z-Y, Milne RI, Khan R, Luo Y-H, Gao L-M, Shen S-K, Rashid I, Khan S-M, Maity D, Li D-Z, Liu J*. 2024. Human-associated genetic landscape of walnuts in the Himalaya: implications for conservation and utilization. Diversity and Distributions, 30: e13809.

6. Yan L-J*, Wang P, Shi Q-L, Liu J, Shi Y-E, Chi L-K. 2023. Applications of animal diet analysis based on DNA metabarcoding in ecological research. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 43(8): 3007-3019.

7. Yan L-J#, Zhu Z-G#, Wang P#, Fu C-N, Guan X-J, Kear P, Zhang C-Z, Zhu G-T*. 2023. Comparative analysis of 343 plastid genomes of Solanum section Petota: insights into potato diversity, phylogeny and species discrimination. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61(4): 599-612.

8. Zheng W#, Yan L-J#, Burgess KS, Luo Y-H, Zou J-Y, Qin H-T, Wang J-H, Gao L-M*. 2021. Natural hybridization among three Rhododendron species (Ericaceae) revealed by morphological and genomic evidence. BMC Plant Biology, 21(1): 529.

9. Yan L-J#, Burgess KS#, Zheng W, Tao Z-B, Li D-Z*, Gao L-M*. 2019. Incomplete reproductive isolation between Rhododendron taxa enables hybrid formation and persistence. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 61(4): 433-448.

10. Yan L-J, Burgess KS, Milne R, Fu C-N, Li D-Z*, Gao L-M*. 2017. Asymmetrical natural hybridization varies among hybrid swarms between two diploid Rhododendron species. Annals of Botany, 120: 51-61.

11. Gao L-M*, Li Y, Phan LK, Yan L-J, Thomas P, Phan KL, Möller M, Li D-Z. 2017. DNA barcoding of East Asian Amentotaxus (Taxaceae): potential new species and implications for conservation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 55(1): 16-24.

12. Yan L-J, Liu J, Möller M, Zhang L, Zhang X-M, Li D-Z*, Gao L-M*. 2015. DNA barcoding of Rhododendron (Ericaceae), the largest Chinese plant genus in biodiversity hotspots of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15(4): 932-944.

13. Li M-M, Meegahakumbura MK, Yan L-J, Liu J, Gao L-M. 2015. Genetic involvement of Camellia taliensis in the Domestication of C. sinensis var. assamica (Assimica Tea) Revealed by Nuclear Microsatellite Markers. Plant Diversity, 37(1): 29-37.

14. Yan L-J, Zhang Z-R, Li D-Z, Gao L-M*. 2014. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the Chinese endemic species Rhododendron spinuliferum. Plant Diversity and Resources, 36(1): 41-46.

15. Yan L-J, Gao L-M*, Li D-Z*. 2013. Molecular evidence for natural hybridization between Rhododendron spiciferum and R. spinuliferum (Ericaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 51(4): 426-434.

承担科研项目情况：

     1. 热带旗舰类群龙脑香科植物的保护生物学研究，主持，中国科学院项目，2026.01-2029.12.

     2. 极小种群云南梧桐及其隐存近缘物种的分类学界定，主持，云南省自然科学基金面上项目，2024.03 -2027.02.

     3. 热带珍稀濒危植物保护基因组学研究，主持，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园引才匹配项目，2023.07-2031.06.

     4. 重点保护植物遗传多样性研究，共同负责人，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园十四五规划项目，2023.01-2025.12.

     5. 杜鹃花属糙叶杜鹃和爆杖花自然杂交区的遗传结构与进化动态研究，主持，国家级，2022.01-2025.12.

     6. 杜鹃属糙叶杜鹃亚组的分类学与系统发育基因组学研究，主持，国家级，2018.01 -2020.12.

     7. 杜鹃属爆杖花近缘类群植物的物种界定及分子系统学研究，主持，省级，2020.06 -2023.05.