Contact Information:

　　Mailing Address:

　　College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100

　　P. R. China

　　Phone: (86)  13572268252

　　E-mail: czybbg@nwafu.edu.cn

　　Office: North Campus, Science Building, College of Life Sciences, D604

　　Research Interests:

　　Our group is focused on the systematic and evolutionary botany, taxonomy of flowering plant and phylogeny of some selected taxa in Fabaceae etc. We are also working at specimen collection, identification and classification for our herbarium, WUK, for purpose of scientific study and education.

　　Education Experiences:

　　Northeast Forestry University, Botany, Ph.D. 2008

　　Northwestern University, Plant taxonomy, M.S. 1990

　　Shanxi University, botany, B. S. 1986

　　Professional Experiences:

　　Professor in College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University (2008-present)

　　Visiting Scholar in Tokyo metropolitan University, Japan (2009-2010)

　　Associate Professor in College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University (2003-2008)

　　Associate professor in former Northwestern Institute of Botany (1997-2003)

　　Assistant researcher in former Northwestern Institute of Botany (1992-1997)

　　Fellow staff in former Northwestern Institute of Botany (1990-1992)

　　Publications:

　　PeiLing Liu, Ying Wei, Jun Wen, Zhaoyang Chang* (2017). Recognition of a new species of  Hedysarum (Fabaceae, Hedysareae) from China based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phytotaxa , 295(3):237-245.

　　Peiliang Liu, Jun Wen*, Lei Duan, Emine Arslan, Kuddisi Ertuğrul, Zhaoyang Chang* (2017). Hedysarum L. (Fabaceae: Hedysareae) Is Not Monophyletic – Evidence from Phylogenetic Analyses Based on Five Nuclear and Five Plastid Sequences. PLoS ONE , 12(1).

　　Lei Duan, Xue Yang, Peiliang Liu, Gabriel Johnson, Jun Wen*, Zhaoyang Chang* (2016). A molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitations. PhytoKeys , 70: 111–137.

　　Xiaolin Liu, Lei Duan，Zhaoyang Chang (2016). A cladistic analysis of medical Astragalus penduliflorus Lam. Complex (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) in China and its taxonomic implications. Legume Research , 5:698-703.

　　Lei Duan, Jun Wen*, Xue Yang, Pei-Liang Liu, Emine Arslan, Kuddisi Ertuğrul, Zhao-Yang Chang* (2015). Phylogeny of Hedysarum and tribe Hedysareae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) inferred from sequence data of ITS, matK, trnL-F and psbA-trnH, Taxon , 2015, 64 (1): 49-64.

　　Xiao-Lin Liu, Jun Wen ^*, Ze-Long Nie, Gabriel Johnson, Zong-Suo Liang ^*, Zhao-Yang Chang (2013). Polyphyly of the Padus group of Prunus (Rosaceae) and the evolution of biogeographic disjunctions between eastern Asia and eastern North America, Journal Plant Research , 126(3): 351-361.

　　Xiao-Lin Liu, Xiao-Na Yue, Zhao-Yang Chang, Lang-Ran Xu (2011). A New species of Astragalus (Leguminosae) from Northwestern Xinjiang, China. Novon , 21(2): 216-218.

　　Chang Zhaoyang, Xu Langran, Shi Fuchen (2007). A taxonomic revision of Caragana tangutica and C. kozlowi (Leguminosae). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica , 45(3): 391-395.

　　Zhao-yang Chang, Zhen-hai Wu, Lang-ran Xu (2006), Onobrychis micrantha Schrenk, a newly recorded species of Leguminosae from China, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica ，44（2）：187-188.

　　Zhao-yang Chang, Fu-chen Shi, Lang-ran Xu (2006), Caragana qingheensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Northwestern China, Annales Botanici Fennici , 2006, 43（6）: 445-447.

　　Si-feng Li, Zhao-yang Chang, Yong-ming Yuan (1996). The origin and dispersal of the genus Clintonia Raf. (Liliaceae): evidence from its cytogeography and morphology. Caryologia , 49(2):125-135.