研究组隶属于综合保护中心，将立足于云南，延伸至中国西南山地和东南亚地区，借助多基因组测序技术和物种分布区信息，综合生物信息学、系统发育基因组学、生物地理学、地理信息学和生态学等研究方法，解析关键类群的多样性起源、演化和适应，并整合系统发育多样性与遗传多样性的证据，解析出区域和物种水平的生物多样性的保护优先区域，为生物多样性保护政策和策略制定提供科学依据。 

The Biodiversity Research Group was established in July 2012 by Prof. Richard Corlett. Our research is focusing on the biodiversity hotspots in Yunnan and extending to the Mountains of Southwest China and Southeast Asia. We are integrating research methods including bioinformatics, phylogenomics, biogeography, geoinformatics and ecology, with multi-omics sequencing data and species distribution information, to clarify the origin, evolution and adaptation of tropical/subtropical key organisms, then incorporating the evidence of phylogenetic diversity and genetic diversity to assess the priority areas for biodiversity conservation at the regional and species levels, which will help to provide scientific suggestions and recommendations for the formulation of biodiversity conservation policies and strategies.