Research Interests

Phylogeny and morphology of fish , mainly focus on Rhinogobius . Gobies show great diversity on distribution, behavior and morphological characteristics. During the evolution, some characteristics evolved under natural selection , from migratory to landlocked , lost of pattern and etc.my aim is to build a Phylogenetic relationship among native Rhinogobius species in China, find the evolutionary mechanisms base on morphological statistics and thousands of nuclear loci using target-gene enrichment .
Also interested in entomology , the ecological significance and taxanomy of stagbeetles