学习经历：

2009.09-2015.01，中国，中国科学院植物研究所，植物学，博士

2005.09-2009.06，中国，云南大学，生命科学与技术基地班，学士

工作经历：

2025.12-至今，中国，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，研究员

2021.01-2025.12，瑞典，于默奥大学，高级科研工程师

2017.11-2021.05，中国，北京林业大学，博士后

2015.06-2017.10，瑞典，于默奥大学，博士后

社会任职：

2025.07-至今，Scientific Data, 编委会成员

代表论著（^*第一作者；^#通讯作者）：

    1. Bao YT, Zhang RG, Liu H, Li ZC, Jiao SQ, Jia KH, Zhou SS, Nie S, Yan XM, Shi TL, Tian XC, Zhao SW, Kong L, Chen ZY, Ma HY, Yang XL, Chen C, El-Kassaby YA, Porth I, Wang XR^#, Mao JF^#, Zhao W^#. 2026. A chromosome-level genome assembly of Platycladus orientalis and comparative genomics reveal pivotal roles of transposable elements in gene duplication and pseudogenization across gymnosperm giga-genomes. Plant Communications: 101814.

    2. Zhang RG, Liu H, Shang HY, Shu H, Liu DT, Yang H, Jia KH, Wang XQ^#, Sun WB^#, Zhao W^#, Ma, Y^#. 2025. Convergent patterns of karyotype evolution underlying karyotype uniformity in conifers. Advanced Science 12: e2411098.

    3. Zhao W^*, Gao J^*, Hall D, Andersson BA, Bruxaux J, Tomlinson KW, Drouzas AD, Suyama Y, Wang XR. 2024. Evolutionary radiation of the Eurasian Pinus species under pervasive gene flow. New Phytologist 242: 2353–2368.

    4. Bruxaux J^*, Zhao W^*, Hall D, Curtu AL, Androsiuk P, Drouzas AD, Gailing O, Konrad H, Sullivan AR, Semerikov V, Wang XR. 2024. Scots pine - panmixia and the elusive signal of genetic adaptation. New Phytologist 243: 1231–1246.

    5. Zhang RG, Lu C, Li GY, Lv J, Wang L, Wang ZX, Chen Z, Liu D, Zhao Y, Shi TL, Zhang W, Tang ZH, Mao JF, Ma YP^#, Jia KH^#, Zhao W^#. 2023. Subgenome-aware analyses suggest a reticulate allopolyploidization origin in three Papaver genomes. Nature Communications 14: 2204.

    6. Guo JF, Wang B, Liu ZL, Mao JF, Wang XR, Zhao W^#. 2023.Low genetic diversity and population connectivity fuel vulnerability to climate change for the Tertiary relict pine Pinus bungeana. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61: 143–156.

    7. Zhao SW, Guo JF, Kong L, Nie S, Yan XM, Shi TL, Tian XC, Ma HY, Bao YT, Li ZC, Chen ZY, Zhang RG, Ma YP, El-Kassaby YA, Porth I, Zhao W^#, Mao JF^#. 2023. Haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Coriaria nepalensis a non-legume nitrogen-fixing shrub. Scientific Data 10: 259.

    8. Guo JF^*, Zhao W^*, Andersson B, Mao JF, Wang XR. 2023. Genomic clines across the species boundary between a hybrid pine and its progenitor in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Plant Communications 4: 100574.

    9. Andersson BA^*, Zhao W^*, Haller BC, Brännström Å, Wang XR. 2023. Inference of the distribution of fitness effects of mutations is affected by single nucleotide polymorphism filtering methods, sample size and population structure. Molecular Ecology Resources 23: 1589–1603.

    10. Liu H^*, Zhao W^*#, Zhang RG, Mao JF, Wang XR. 2022. Repetitive elements, sequence turnover and cyto-nuclear gene transfer in gymnosperm mitogenomes. Frontiers in Genetics 13: 867736.

    11. Nie S, Tian XC, Kong L, Zhao SW, Chen ZY, Jiao SQ, El-Kassaby YA, Porth I, Yang FS, Zhao W^#, Mao JF^#. 2022. Potential allopolyploid origin of Ericales revealed with gene-tree reconciliation. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 1006904.

    12. Jia KH, Liu H, Zhang RG, Xu J, Zhou SS, Jiao SQ, Yan XM, Tian XC, Shi TL, Luo H, Li ZC, Bao YT, Nie S, Guo JF, Porth I, El-Kassaby YA, Wang XR, Chen C, Van de Peer Y, Zhao W^#, Mao JF^#. 2021. Chromosome-scale assembly and evolution of the tetraploid Salvia splendens (Lamiaceae) genome. Horticulture Research 8: 177.

    13. Zhao W*, Sun YQ, Pan J, Sullivan AR, Arnold ML, Mao JF, Wang XR. 2020. Effects of landscapes and range expansion on population structure and local adaptation. New Phytologist 228: 330–343. 

    14. Gao J^*, Liu ZL^*, Zhao W^*, Tomlinson KW, Xia SW, Zeng QY, Wang XR, Chen J. 2020. Combined genotype and phenotype analyses reveal patterns of genomic adaptation to local environments in the subtropical oak Quercus acutissima. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 541–556.

    15. Jia KH^*, Zhao W^*, Maier PA, Hu XG, Jin Y, Zhou SS, Jiao SQ, El-Kassaby YA, Wang T, Wang XR, Mao JF. 2020. Landscape genomics predicts climate change-related genetic offset for the widespread Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae). Evolutionary Applications 13: 665–676.

    16. Jin YQ^*, Zhao W^*, Nie S, Liu SS, El-Kassaby YA, Wang XR, Mao JF. 2019. Genome-wide variant identification and high-density genetic map construction using RADseq for Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9: 3663–3672.

    17. Sun YQ^*, Zhao W^*, Xu CQ, Xu Y, El-Kassaby YA, De La Torre AR, Mao JF. 2019. Genetic variation related to high elevation adaptation revealed by common garden experiments in Pinus yunnanensis. Frontiers in Genetics 10: 1405.

    18. Zhao W^*, Meng J^*, Wang B, Zhang L, Xu YL, Zeng QY, Li Y, Mao JF, Wang XR. 2014. Weak crossability barrier but strong juvenile selection supports ecological speciation of the hybrid pine Pinus densata on the Tibetan plateau. Evolution 68: 3120–3133.

承担科研项目情况：

松属近缘种适应性遗传分化的形成机制，主持，国家自然科学基金青年基金，2019.01-2021.12。