EDUCATION
2004, Shandong University, Ecology, Ph.D
2001, Shandong University, Ecology, M.S.
1995, Qufu Normal University, Biology, B.A.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010-present, Shandong University, Professor
2006-2010, Shandong University, Associate Professor
2004-2006, Shandong University, Lecturer
2008-2009, Korea University, the Republic of Korea, Postdoctoral Fellow
2004-2006, Beijing Normal University, Postdoctoral Fellow
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecological differentiation and adaptive molecular evolutionary mechanism of plants.
Biodiversity maintenance and Community assembly mechanisms.
Protection of plant resources and assessment of ecological adaptability.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1.2018-2021, National Science Foundation of China, The ecological differentiation and adaptive evolutionary mechanism of Phragmites australis based on epigenetic variation and phenotypic plasticity, Grant No. 31770361 (PI).
2.2017-2021, National Key R&D Program, Ecological restoration and industrialization technology of typical estuary wetlands in North China, Grant No. 2017YFC0505905 (PI).
3.2015-2019, Ministry of Science and Technology, Investigation on Main Shrub Plant Communities in China, Grant No. 2015FY110300 (PI).
4.2015-2018, National Science Foundation of China, The mechanism of ecological driving and adaptive molecular evolution of plant functional traits in typical deciduous oak forests, Grant No. 31470402 (PI).
5.2013-2016, National Science Foundation of China, Responses of plant functional traits and community assembly mechanism under the condition of changeable moisture habitats in the Yellow River Delta, Grant No. 31270374 (PI).
6.2007-2010, Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, Grant No. NCET-07-0511 (PI).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS(*Corresponding Author)
1.Lele Liu1, Cuiping Pei, Shuna Liu, Xiao Guo, Ning Du, Weihua Guo*. Genetic and epigenetic changes during the invasion of a cosmopolitan species (Phragmites australis). Ecology and Evolution, 2018, 8(13): 6615-6624
2.Lele Liu1, Ning Du, Cuiping Pei, Xiao Guo, Weihua Guo*. Genetic and epigenetic variations associated with adaptation to heterogeneous habitat conditions in a deciduous shrub. Ecology and evolution, 2018, 8(5): 2594-606
3.Xiao Wang1, Xiao Guo, Yang Yu, Han Cui, Renqing Wang, Weihua Guo*. Increased nitrogen supply promoted the growth of non-N-fixing woody legume species but not the growth of N-fixing Robinia pseudoacacia. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 17896-17905
4.Xiao Guo1, Ting Yu, Mingyan Li, Weihua Guo*. The effects of salt and rainfall pattern on morphological and photosynthetic characteristics of Phragmites australis (Poaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 2018, 145(3): 212-224
5.Xiao Guo1, Xiaohuang Ren, Eller Franziska, Mingyan Li, Renqing Wang, Ning Du, Weihua Guo*. Higher phenotypic plasticity does not confer higher salt resistance to Robinia pseudoacacia than Amorpha fruticosa. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018, 40(4):79-93
6.Wei Dong1, Yuguang Song, Zhong Zhao, Nianwei Qiu, Xijinag Liu, Weihua Guo*. The Medicago truncatula R2R3-MYB transcription factor gene MtMYBS1 enhances salinity tolerance when constitutively expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2017, 490(2): 225-230
7.Ning Du1, Xiangfeng Tan, Qiang Li, Xiao Liu, Wenxin Zhang, Renqing Wang, Jian Liu, Weihua Guo*. Dominance of an alien shrub Rhus typhina over a native shrub Vitex negundo var. heterophylla under variable water supply patterns, Plos One, 2017, 12(4): e017649
8.Ning Du1, Pan Wu, Eller Franziska, Dayou Zhou, Jian Liu, Wenhao Gan, Ruirui Yang, Min Dai, Yandong Chen, Renqing Wang, Weihua Guo*. Facilitation or Competition? The Effects of the Shrub Species Tamarix chinensis on Herbaceous Communities are Dependent on the Successional Stage in an Impacted Coastal Wetland of North China, Wetlands, 2017 , 37(5)：899-911.
9.Mingyan Li1, Ning Du, Xiao Guo, Ting Yu, Song Zhao, Weihua Guo*. Nitrogen deposition does not reduce water deficit in Ailanthus altissima seedlings, Flora, 2017, 233(1): 171-178
10.Yujie Luo1, Yifu Yuan, Renqing Wang, Jian Liu, Ning Du, Weihua Guo*. Functional traits contributed to the superior performance of the exotic species Robinia pseudoacacia: a comparison with the native tree Sophora japonica. Tree Physiology, 2016, 36(3): 345-355
AWARDS
1.Outstanding Contribution Award of "Great Power Teacher", 2018.
2.My favorite teacher, Shandong University, 2017.
3.New Century Excellent Talents, Ministry of Education, 2007
SCIENTIFIC BOARDS AND PANELS
1.Member of the Committee on Education and Instruction, Ministry of Education
2.Vice Director of the Committee on Education and Instruction, Shandong Province
3.Member of the Committee on Education and Instruction, Shandong University
4.Standing Director of Ecological Society of China
5.Vice President of Forestry Society of Shandong Province
6.Vice President of Botanical Society of Shandong Province
7.Standing Director of Ecological Society of Shandong Province
