CURRICULUM VITAE for JENNY
QIU-YUN XIANG
Associate Professor Phone:
919-515-2728
Department of Plant Biology Fax:
919-515-3436
North Carolina State University Email:
Raleigh, NC 27695-7612
GENERAL INTERESTS
Plant systematics, evolution, and
biogeography.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Application of molecular techniques
to determine phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of plants displaying
an intercontinental disjunct distribution, and to understand molecular
evolution, hybridization and introgression in plants.
EDUCATION
B. S. 1982 Zhongshan University,
Guangzhou, China, in Plant Genetics
Ph.D. 1995 Washington State
University, in Botany-Plant Molecular Systematics
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
July 2006 --present. Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University
Jan. 2001 --July 2006. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University.
Aug. 1997 --Dec. 2000. Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University.
Aug. 1997 --Dec. 2000. Curator of the
R. J. Davis Herbarium, Idaho Museum of Natural History.
Aug. 1995 -- July 1997 Post-doctoral
Research associate; Ohio State University (OSU).
Aug. 1992 -- May 1995 Graduate Teaching
Assistant, Washington State University (WSU).
Jan. 1990 -- Dec. 1991 Curatorial Assistant,
Marion Ownbey Herbarium, WSU.
July 1989 -- Jan. 1990 Research Associate,
Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
Mar. 1989 -- June 1989 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Botany, National Museum of Natural History
Aug. 1982 -- Jan. 1990. Assistant Researcher,
Dept. of Taxonomy, Institute of Botany, The Chinese
J. L. Modliszewski*, D. T. Thomas*, C. Z. Fan*, D. J. Crawford, C. W. dePamphilis, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. 2006. Ancestral chloroplast polymorphism and historical secondary contact in a broad hybrid zone of Aesculus (Sapindaceae). American Journal of Botany. 93: 377-388.
Krings*, A. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 2005. Taxonomy of the Gonolobus complex (Apocynaceae – Asclepiadoideae) in the southeastern US: ISSR evidence and parsimony analysis. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 147-159.
Xiang, Q.-Y. (J.), David T. Thomas*, Wenheng Zhang*, Steven R. Manchester, and Zack Murrell. 2006. Species level phylogeny of the Dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence - implication in taxonomy and Tertiary intercontinental migration. Invited paper for the 2004 IAPT (International Association of Plant Taxonomy) symposium in Japan. TAXON 55: 9-30.
Xiang, Q.-Y. In press. Aucubaceae, Helwingiaceae, and Toricelliaceae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (ed. K.Kubitzki). Vol. X. Asteridea (vol. Ed. J. W. Kadereit).
Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y. In press. Cornales. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, London.
Xiang, (J.) Q.-Y. S. R. Manchester, D. Thomas*, W. H. Zhang*, C. Z Fan*. 2005. Phylogeny, biogeography, and molecular dating of Cornelian Cherries (Cornus, Cornaceae) - tracking Tertiary plant migration. Evolution 59: 1685-1700.
Houston, N. L., C. Z. Fan*, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang, J.-M. Schulze, R. Jung, R. S. Boston. 2005. Phylogenetic analyses identify ten classes of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family in plants including single-domain PDI related proteins. Plant Physiology 137: 762-778.
Xiang, Q.-Y. and D. E. Boufford. 2005. Cornaceae, Mastixiaceae, Toricelliaceae, Helwingiaceae, and Aucubaceae. Pp. 206-234. In: Wu, Z.Y. & P.H. Raven (eds). Flora of China. Vol. 14 (Apiaceae through Ericaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Xiang (J.) Q.-Y., W. H. Zhang*, R. E. Ricklefs, H. Qian, Z. D. Cheng, J. Wen, and J. H. Li. 2004. Regional differences in speciation and ITS Evolution: A comparison between eastern Asia and eastern North America. Evolution 58: 2175-2184.
Fan*, C.Z., M. D. Purugganan, D. T. Thomas*, B. M. Wiegmann, and (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang. 2004. Heterogeneous evolution of the Myc-like anthocyanin regulatory gene and its phylogenetic utility in Cornus L. (Cornaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 580-594.
Karlson, D.T., (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang, V. E. Stirm†, A. M Shirazi, Edward N. Ashworth. 2004. Phylogenetic analyses in Cornus substantiate ancestry of xylem supercooling freezing behavior and reveal lineage of desiccation related proteins. Plant Physiology 135: 1654-1665.
Xiang, Q. P., (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang, A. Liston, and X.C. Zhang. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Abies (Pinaceae): evidence from PCR-RFLP of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 145: 425-435.
Krings*, A. and Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. 2004. The Gonolobus complex (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae) in the southeastern United States. Sida 21: 103-116.
Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., Y. Shui, and Z. Murrell. 2003. Cornus eydeana (Cornaceae), A New Cornelian Cherry from China –Notes on Systematics and Evolution. Systematic Botany 28(4): 757-764. Plate I. Plate II. Plate III.
Fan, C. Z.* and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. 2003. Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rDNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 90 (9) 1357-1372.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (I am one of the contributors). 2003. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of Linneaen Society 141: 399-436.
Xiang, Q.-Y., M. L. Moody, D. E. Soltis, C.-Z. Fan, and P. S. Soltis. 2002. Relationships within Cornales and circumscription of Cornaceae – matK and rbcL sequence data and effects of outgroups and long branches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24: 35-57.
Xiang, Q.-Y. (J.) and D. E. Boufford. 2002. Cornaceae, Aubaceae, and Helwingiaceae. Flora of China. English Version. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. E-version.
Xiang, Q.-Y. and D. E. Soltis. 2001. Dispersal-Vicariance analyses of intercontinental disjuncts: historical biogeographical implications for angiosperms in the Northern Hemisphere. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 162: S29-39.
Fan, C.-Z. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships within Cornus L. (Cornaceae) based on 26S rDNA sequences. American Journal of Botany. 88:1131-1138.
Soltis, D. E., M. Tago-Nakazawa, Q.-Y. Xiang, S. Kavano, J. Murata, M. Wakabayashi, and C. Hibsch-Hetter. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) based on matK sequence data. American Journal of Botany. 88. 883-894.
Xiang, Q-.P., Q.-Y. Xiang, A. Liston, L.-K. Fu, and D.-Z. Fu. 2000. Length variation of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer in the genus Abies, with references to its systematic utility in Pinaceae. Acta Botanica Sinica. 42: 946-951.
Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, S. R. Manchester, and D. J. Crawford. 2000. Timing the eastern Asian-eastern North American floristic disjunction: molecular clock corroborates paleontological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 462-472. Erratum.
Xiang, Q.-Y. 1999. Systematic affinities of Grubbiaceae and Hydrostachyaceae within Cornales - insights from rbcL sequences. Harvard papers in Botany 4: 527-542.
Xiang, Q.-Y. and D. E. Soltis. 1998. rbcL sequence divergence and phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae sensu lato. pp. 123-139 In D. E. Boufford & H. Ohba (editors), Sino-Japanese Flora - Its Characteristics and Diversification. The University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo.
Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae and close relatives inferred from matK and rbcL sequences American Journal of Botany 85: 285-297.
Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. The eastern Asian, eastern and western-North American floristic disjunction: congruent phylogenetic patterns in seven diverse genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10: 178-190.
Xiang, Q.-Y., D. J. Crawford, A. D. Wolfe, Y.-C. Tang, and C. W. DePamphilis. 1998. Origin and biogeography of Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae): a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Evolution 52: 988-997.
Brochmann, C., Q.-Y. Xiang, S. J. Brunsfeld, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. Molecular evidence for origins of polyploid Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae): the narrow arctic endemic S. svalbardensis and its widespread allies. American Journal of Botany 85:135-143.
Wolfe, A. D., Q.-Y. Xiang, and A. R. Kerphart. 1998. Diploid hybrid Speciation in Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA 95: 5112-5115.
Wolfe, A. D., Q.-Y. Xiang, and A. R. Kerphart. 1998. Assessing hybridization in natural populations of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae) using hypervariable inter simple sequence repeat markers. Molecular Ecology 7: 1107-1125.
Xiang, Q.-Y., S. J. Brunsfeld, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1996. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Cornus L. (Cornaceae) and its implications for biogeography and character evolution. Systematic Botany 21: 515-534.
Xiang, Q-Y. and R. H. Edye. 1995. Chromosome number of Cornus sessilis (Cornaceae): phylogenetic affinity and evolution of chromosome numbers in Cornus. Sida 16: 765-768.
Soltis, D. E., Q.-Y. Xiang, and L. Hufford. 1995. Relationships and evolution of Hydrangeaceae based on rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 82: 504-514.
Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, D. R. Morgan, and P. S. Soltis. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of Cornus L. sensu lato and putative relatives inferred from rbcL sequence data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 723-734.
Xiang, Q.-Y. 1993. Cornaceae. Pp. 1356-1363. In W. T. Wang, S. G. Wu, K. Y. Lang, P. Q. Li, F. T. Pu & S. K. Chen, editors, Vascular Flora of the Hengduan Mountains, Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing.
Chase, M., D. et al. (myself and 34 other authors). 1993. Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 528-580.
Boufford, E. D. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1992. Pachysandra (Buxaceae) Reexamined. Botanical Bulletin, Academia Sinica 33: 201-207.
Edye, R. H. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1990. Fossil Mastixioid (Cornaceae) alive in eastern Asia. American Journal of Botany 77: 689-692.
Xiang, Q.-Y., 1989. Taxonomy of Cornus shindleri complex based on quantitative analysis of some characters. Bulletin of Botanical Research 9(1): 125-138.
Tang, Y.-C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1989. A reclassification of the genus Clematoclethra (Actinidiaceae) and further note on the methodology of plant taxonomy. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 27: 81-95.
Tang, Y.-C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1989. Cytological studies of Carex siderostricta Hance (Cyperaceae) and its importance in Phytogeography. Cathaya 1: 49-60.
Xiang, Q.-Y., 1987. System and synopsis of Cornus subgen. Syncarpea (Nakai) Q. Y. Xiang (Cornaceae). Bulletin of Botanical Research 7(2): 33-52.
Xiang, Q.-Y., 1987. A neglected character of Cornus L. s. l. with special reference to a new subgenus -- Sinocornus Q. Y. Xiang. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 25-131.
Tang, Y.-C., Q.-Y. Xiang, and Y.-L. Cao. 1987. Cytological studies on some plants of Sichuan and its neighboring regions (I). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 343-350.
Tang, Y.-C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1987. Cytological studies on some plants of East China (I). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 1-8.
Papers in review/revision:
Fan*, C.Z., M. D. Purugganan, X. Chen, B. M. Wiegmann, and (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang. Submitted. Analysis of anthocyanin regulatory genes in the dwarf dogwoods complex (Cornus, Cornaceae) - evidence of hybridization, positive selection, and recent population expansion. Journal of Molecular Evolution.
Thomas*, D. T., A. R. Ahedor, C. F. Williams, C. DePamphilis, D. J. Crawford, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. Submitted. Genetic analysis of a broad hybrid zone in Aesculus (Sapindaceae) – Inferences in genetic structure and evolution.
INVITED SEMINARS
1995 Laboratory of Evolutionary & Systematic Botany, The Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
China (three lectures).
1996 Butler University
1996 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1997 Ohio State University
1997 Idaho State University
1998 Boise State University
1999 Clark University
1999 Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
China.
2000 North Carolina State University
2001 Duke
University
2001 Symposium of SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America), North Carolina Chapter.
2002 Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica.
2002 Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico.
2002 School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China
2002 Symposium of Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
2003 University of Tennessee
2005 Deparment of Horticulture, NCSU
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
2005 XVII international Botanical Congress - Symposium 04-22, Biogeographic dynamics in the northern hemisphere. Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Invited speaker.
2004 International Symposium - Asian Plant Diversity and Systematics. August, Sakura, Japan. Sponsored by Japanese Society for Plant Systematics, International Association of Plant Taxonomists, National Museum of Japanese History, the Society for the Study of Species Biology, The Japanese Society of Phycology. Cosponsored by The Union of Japanese Societies for Systematic Biology. Invited speaker.
2004 Symposium on Systematic and Evolutionary Botany in Shanghai, July, Shanghai, China. Sponsored by Fudan University and Anhui University, supported by National Science Foundation of China. Invited speaker.
2004 Workshop on Botanical Nomenclature in Guangzhou, China. July, Guangzhou, China. Cosponsored by Guangdong Society of Botany, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Fairylake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, Missouri Botanical Garden, and International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Invited speaker.
2004 Invited seminar at International Symposium on Plant Diversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei. September, Taipei, Taiwan. Sponsored by Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, National Science Council Research Promotion Center for Life Sciences, and International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Invited speaker.
2002 Symposium of Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
2001 Symposium of SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America), North Carolina Chapter.
2000 Symposium of Historical Biogeography of Angiosperms in the Northern Hemisphere. Annual BSA (Botanical Society of America) meeting, Portland, OR.
1999 Symposium of Phylogeny and Systematics of the Asteridae. XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MO, USA.
1994 Symposium of Relationships between Plants of Eastern North America and Eastern Asia. Annual AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences), Knoxville, TN.
1993 Symposium of Sino-Japanese Flora - Its Characteristics and Diversification, XV International Botanical Congress). Yokohama, Japan.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
2006 Zhang, Wenheng* and (J.) Qiu-yun Xiang. Diversification pattern, gene duplication, and positive selection of PISTILLATA-like genes – A case in the dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae). Contributed talk at Annual Evolution meeting, Stony Brook, New York.
2006 (J.) Qiu-yun Xiang, Brian Moore, Jeff Thorne, and David Thomas. Biogeographic and biological correlates of diversification in dogwoods: migration and evolution of fruits and inflorescences in space and time. Contributed talk at Annual Evolution meeting, Stony Brook, New York.
2006 Chunmiao (Mia) Feng*, David T. Thomas, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Alangiaceae – integrating evidence from DNA sequences, morphology, and fossils. Contributed talk at Annual meeting of BSA (Botanical Society of America) and ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomy), Chico, California.
2006 Wendy K. Harris*, David T. Thomas, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang. Phylogeny and biogeography of the buckeye genus (Aesculus, Sapindaceae) –– A re-evaluation using broader sampling, a new method of phylogenetic dating, and new fossil evidence. Contributed talk at Annual meeting of BSA (Botanical Society of America) and ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomy), Chico, California.
2005 Peters*, M.P., J.M. Stucky and J. Xiang. Analysis of genetic diversity and outcrossing rates in the federally endangered species Echinacea laevigata. 102nd Annual Meeting of North Carolina Academy of Science, March 18-20, 2005, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC.
2005 Zhang, Wenheng* and (J.) Qiuyun Xiang. Evolution of PISTILLATA homologs in Cornus (Cornaceae). Annual meeting of BSA (Botanical Society of America) and ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomy), Austin, Texas.
2005 Peters*, Melinda, Jon Stucky, Edward Vargo, and Jenny Xiang. Genetic diversity and outcrossing rate in the federally endangered Echinacea laevigata (Asteraceae) - inferred from amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Annual meeting of BSA (Botanical Society of America) and ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomy), Austin, Texas.
2005 Xiang, (J.) Q.-Y. and W. H. Zhang*: Species diversity anomaly between eastern Asia and eastern North America - an explanation from unequal rate of speciation. –Oral presentation at SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution) 31st Annual Meeting, Hendersonville, NC.
2005 Zhang*, W. H., (J.) Q.-y. Xiang, and D. T. Thomas*. Gene duplication, selection, and rate of sequence evolution of PI homologous in dogwoods. - Oral presentation at SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution) 31st Annual Meeting, Hendersonville, NC.
2004 Zhang, Wenheng* and (J.) Qiuyun Xiang. Evolution of PISTILLATA homologs in Cornus (Cornaceae) - correlation to morphological diversification. Contributed talk at Annual Evolution meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado.
2004 Modliszewski*, J. and (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang. Chloroplast DNA inheritance, polymorphism, and historical interspecies gene flow in a broad hybrid zone of Aesculus L. (Sapindaceae). Contributed talk at Annual Evolution meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado.
2003 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., S. R. Manchester, D. Thomas*, W. H. Zhang*, and C. Z. Fan*. Phylogeny and Divergence Times of the Cornelian Cherries (Cornus subg. Cornus, Cornaceae) - Congruence Among Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Bayesian Analyses, Hypotheses Testing, and Implications in Evolution and Biogoegraphy. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.
2003 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., T.-K. Seo, J. Thorne, W. H. Zhang*, and C. Z. Fan*. Phylogeny and Intercontinental Disjunct Biogeographic Patterns in Cornus (Cornaceae): Divergence Times and Evolutionary Rates. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.
2003 Fan*, C. Z., (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang . Characterization of anthocyanin regulatory gene in Cornus – utility in evolutionary studies of the genus. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.
2003 Zhang*, W. H. and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. Eastern Asian-Eastern North American Floristic Disjunction-Rates of Molecular Evolution after Isolation. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.
2003 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., D. Thomas, A. Richardson-Ahedor, and C. F. Williams. Microsatellite Polymorphism and Genetic Structure of a broad hybrid zone of Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae). Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.
2003 Richardson-Ahedor, A., C.F. Williams, and Q.-Y. (Jenny) Xiang. Evidence of introgression in the Broad Hybrid Zone of the Buckeye Genus Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae). Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.
2003 N. L. Houston, C. Z. Fan, Q.-Y. (Jenny) Xiang, R. Jung, and R. S. Boston. Characterization of a plant-specific PDI class with novel protein properties. Plant Biology 2003, Honolulu, HI. p.200.
2003 N. L. Houston, C. Z. Fan, Q.-Y. (Jenny) Xiang, R. Jung, and R. S. Boston. The Protein Disulfide Isomerase Multigene Family in Maize. 45th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Lake Geneva, WI. p.43.
2002 N. L. Houston, Chuanzhu Fan, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, R. Jung, and R. S. Boston. Phylogenetic Analysis of Protein Disulfide Isomerase in Plants. 16th Annual North Carolina Plant Molecular Biology Consortium Retreat, Asheville, NC p.7.
2002 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., M.Moody, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. Effects of outgroups and long branches - An experiment with RASA and data from Cornales. Contributed paper for the BSA, ASPT annual meeting. Madison, WI. Abstract published on-line: http://www.2002.botanyconference.org/section12/abstracts/253.shtml
2002 C.-Z. Fan* and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. Sequence Variation of Flower Anthocyanin Regulatory Gene in Dwarf Dogwoods (Cornus L., Cornaceae) – Potential Utility in Studying Gene Evolution in Hybrids and Polyploids. Contributed paper for the BSA, ASPT annual meeting. Due to unexpected circumbstance, the Fan wasn’t able to go to the meeting. Presentation was canceled. Abstract published on-line: http://www.2002.botanyconference.org/section12/abstracts/212.shtml.
2001
Xiang, (Jenny) Q.Y. and C.-Z. Fan*. Phylogeography
and hybridization of the Dwarf dogwoods complex from the Pacific Northwest of
North Ameica. Contributed paper for
Evolution annual meeting, Knoxville, TN. June.
2001 Fan*, C.-Z. and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang.
Systematic affinities of Grubbiaceae and Hydrostachyaceae
in Cornales inferred from 26S rDNA sequence data. Contributed paper for BSA,
ASPT annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abstract published in
Amer. J. Bot. 88 (6), supplement.
2000 Xiang, (Jenny) Qiu-Yun and D. E. Soltis. Phylogenetic patterns and divergent times of
disjunct taxa: insights into historical biogeography of angiosperms in the
Northern Hemisphere. Invited talk
for symposium of HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ANGIOSPERMS IN THE NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE. Annual BSA (Botanical
Society of America) meeting, Portland, OR.
Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 87 (6), supplement.
2000 Chuan-Zhu Fan*, (Jenny) Qiu-Yun Xiang, Adjoa Richardson. Phylogenetic Relationships of Cornus L. Inferred from Nuclear DNA
Sequences. Contributed paper
for BSA annual meeting, Portland, OR.
Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 87 (6), supplement.
2000 Richardson*, Adjoa and (Jenny) Qiu-Yun Xiang. Microsatellite Analysis of the Hybrid Zone
in the Buckeye Genus Aesculus L.
(Hippocatanaceae). Contributed
paper for BSA annual meeting, Portland, OR. Abstract Amer. J. Bot. 87 (6), supplement.
1999 Q.-Y. Xiang*,
Circumscription and Relationships of Cornales, Invited talk at
the IBC & XVI International Botanical Congress symposium: Phylogeny and Systematics of the Asteridae,
St. Louis, MO, USA.
1998 Q.-Y. Xiang*, D.
J. Crawford, C. W. DePamphilis, and A. D. Wolfe. Assessing genetic diversity in complex hybrid zones of Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae) using
hypervariable DNA markers. Contributed paper at AIBS meeting
(American Institute of Biological Sciences). Baltimore, MD. Abstract published
in Amer. J. Bot. 85(6), supplement.
1998 Q.-Y. Xiang* and
Z. E. Murrelle. Relationships and biogeography of Cornus L. (Cornaceae) inferred from multiple molecular and
morphological data sets. Contributed paper at AIBS. Baltimore,
MD. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 85(6), supplement.
1997 A. D. Wolfe*, Q.-Y.
Xiang, and A. R. Kerphart . Old wine in new skin - reassessing
hybridization in Penstemon using
microsatellite-based markers. Contributed paper at AIBS meeting. Montreal, Canada. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 84: 245- 246. Receiving the
award of excellent presentation.
1997 Q.-Y. Xiang, D. J.
Crawford*, A. D. Wolfe, and C. DePamphilis.
Chloroplast DNA diversity in complex hybrid zones involving the four
species of Aesculus L.
(Hippocastanaceae) Sect. Pavia (Mill.) Persoon. Contributed paper
at AIBS meeting. Aug. Montreal, Canada. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 84:
246.
1996 Q.-Y. Xiang* and
D. J. Crawford. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae). Contributed paper at
AIBS. Seattle, WA, USA. Abstract
published in Amer. J. Bot., 83:203.
1994 Q.-Y. Xiang*, D.
E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. Phylogenetic relationships and genetic divergence
of disjunct taxa from eastern Asia and North America inferred from molecular
data: examples from Cornaceae,
Hydrangeaceae, and Saxifragaceae. Invited talk at AIBS
symposium: Relationships between plants
of eastern North America and eastern Asia. Knoxville, TN. Abstract published in
Amer. J. Bot., 81: 138-139.
1993 Q.-Y. Xiang* and
D. E. Solits. rbcL sequence
divergence and phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae sensu lato. Invited
talk at IBC (XV International Botanical Congress) symposium:
Sino-Japanese Flora - Its Characteristics and Diversification. Yokohama, Japan.
1991 Q.-Y. Xiang*, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. Molecular systematics of Cornus L. s. l. based on restriction site analysis of chloroplast DNA. AIBS contributed paper. San Antonio, TX. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 78: 230.
CONTRIBUTED POSTERS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
2005 Q.Y. (J.) Xiang. Species level phylogeny and biogeography of the Dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae) Inferred from matK and ITS Sequences and AFLP Data. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005.
2005 Peng, Ching-I, Shih-Chung Hsu, Allison B. Matheson*, David T. Thomas* Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang. Phylogenetic relationships of Begonia with emphasis on the Chinese species - Evidence from ITS sequences. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005.
2005 N. L. Houston, T. Yang, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang, R. Jung, R. S. Boston. Gene Expression and Phylogenetic Relationships Reveal a Complex Protein Disulfide Isomerase Family. ASCB (American Society of Cell Biology) meeting. San Francisco, CA. (planned)
2005 Q.-Y. (J. ) Xiang and W. H. Zhang. Diversity, Biogeography, and Evolution of dogwoods, NCSU International Research Exposition.
2003 W. H. Zhang and Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. Eastern Asian-eastern North American floristic disjunction – rate of molecular evolution after isolation. Annual BSA, ASPT meeting, Mobile, AL.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2006 Honorary Professor, Center of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
1995 Post-doctoral Fellowship, Graduate
School, Ohio State University.
1995 Honorary Associate Professor, Laboratory of Evolutionary and Systematic
Botany, Institute of
1994 Higinbotham Award, Department of Botany,
Washington State University (for
1993 Travel Award to International Meetings, Botanical Society of
America.
1993 Travel Award for invited speakers, XV International Botanical
Congress, Japan.
1992, 1993 Aase Memorial Fellowship, Department of Botany, Washington State University (for
1989 Short-term Visiting Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution.
1988 Award for excellent research paper of Young Scientists, The Chinese
Academy of Sciences
1978-1982 Award for academic excellence, Zhongshan University, China.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)
Botanical Society of America (BSA)
Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)