GONG Xun, Professor of botany. Major research interests include 1) conservation genetics of rare and endangered plants in China, such as Cycad species native to Yunnan, Paeonia delavayi, Nouelia insignis, Psammosilene tunicoides, Citrus hongheensis and so on; 2) phylogenetics or speciation o...
SHUI Yumin, Professor of botany. Major research interests include 1) the composition and evolutionary patterns of the biodiversity of the karst regions of SE Yunnan, China and the adjacent regions of the Indo-China peninsula; 2) the conservation of the local biodiversity, ecosystem and the r...
HU Hong, Professor of botany. Major research interests include 1) plant ecophysiology, with emphasis on photosynthesis and leaf functional traits; 2) correlations of orchids with mycorrhizal fungi; 3) storage and germination of orchid seeds; 4) breeding of new hybrids for sustainable use. E-...
PENG Hua, Professor of Botany and Curator of Herbarium of Kunming Institute of Botany (KUN). Major research interests include 1) classical taxonomy on Poaceae; 2) systematic study of several highly isolated taxa at higher ranks and characteristic elements in East Asia, such as Carlemanniacea...
LI Shenghong, Professor of phytochemistry and chemical ecology. Major research interests include 1) the isolation and structural elucidation of secondary compounds synthesized by plants, and investigation into their ecological functions, cellular localization, biosynthesis and ultimate utili...
QIN Hongbo, Professor of phytochemistry. Major research interests are total syntheses and medichcal chemistry modification of naturally occurring bioactive metabolites for new drug development; Exploration of new reaction for skeleton construction of nature products. E-mail: qinhongbo@mail.k...
ZHANG Yingjun, Professor of phytochemistry. Major research interests include 1) the natural products with various bioactivities, e.g. antiviral, antifungal anti-tumor, antioxidant, and preventive effects on cardio-vascular and nervous system disease, from medicinal plants, particularly those...
XIONG Wenyong, Professor at State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China. Major research interests include: 1) Screening of natural products for diabetes cure; 2) Study molecular mechanisms for insulin-regulated GLUT4 translocation; 3) Regulation of adipocyte diff...
