Education:  

09/2008- 06/2013   Ph.D, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences  

09/2003-07/2006   Master, Hebei University                    

09/1999-07/2003   Bachelor, Yantai Normal University 

Work experience:    

01/2020-                Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS 

03/2015-08/2015    Visiting Scholar, Case Western Reserve University  

01/2015-12/2019    Associate Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS 

05/2009- 12/2014   Assistant Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS 

07/2006- 05/2009   Research Assistant, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS 

Research interests:   

Biological invasion, Plant physiology 

Article: 

（1）       Liao ZY, Scheepens JF, Li QM, Wang WB, Feng YL*, Zheng YL*. 2020. Founder effects, post？introduction evolution and phenotypic plasticity contribute to invasion success of a genetically impoverished invader. Oecologia, 192, 105-118.  

（2）       Li WT, Zheng YL*, Zhang LK, Lei YB, Li YP, Liao ZY, Li ZP, Feng YL*. 2020. Post-introduction evolution contributes to the successful invasion of Chromolaena odorata. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 1252-1263.  

（3）       Zheng YL*, Liao ZY, Li WT, Wang RF, Li L, Yang AD, Zheng YG, Feng YL. 2020. The effect of resource pulses on the competitiveness of a tropical invader depends on identity of resident species and resource type. Acta Oecologica, 102: 103507. 

（4）       Burns JH*, Jennifer EM, Zheng YL. 2019. Tests of alternative evolutionary models are needed to enhance our understanding of biological invasions. New Phytologist, 222: 701-707. 

（5）       Liao ZY, Scheepens JF, Li WT, Wang RF, Zheng YL*, Feng YL*. 2019. Biomass reallocation and increased plasticity might contribute to successful invasion of Chromolaena odorata. Flora, 256: 79-84. 

（6）       Zheng YL*, Jean H. Burns, Liao ZY, Li YP, Yang J, Chen YJ, Zhang JL, Zheng YG. 2018. Species composition, functional and phylogenetic distances correlate with success of invasive Chromolaena odorata in an experimental test. Ecology Letters, 21: 1211-1220. 

（7）       Zheng YL*, Liao ZY. 2017. High-density native-range species affects the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata more strongly than species from its invasive range. Scientific Reports, 7: 16075. 

（8）       Zheng YL, Feng YL*, Zhang LK, Callaway RM, Valiente-Banuet A, Luo DQ, Liao ZY, Lei YB, Barclay GF, Silva-Pereyra C. 2015：Integrating the importance of novel chemical weapons and adaptation in the new ranges of a tropical invader. New Phytologist, 205: 1350-1359. 

（9）       Zheng YL*, Feng YL, Valiente-Banuet A, Li YP, Liao ZY, Zhang JL, Chen YJ. 2015. Are invasive plants more competitive than native conspecifics? Patterns vary with competitors. Scientific Reports. 5: 15622 

（10）   Qin R-M^#, Zheng Y-L^#, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Ragan M. Callaway, Gregor F. Barclay, Carlos Silva Pereyra, Feng Y-L*. 2013. The evolution of increased competitive ability, innate competitive advantage, and novel biochemical weapons act in concert to promote invasion by a tropical invader. New Phytologist，197: 979-988 (# contributed equally) 

（11）   Zheng YL*, Feng YL, Liao ZY, Li WT, Xiao HF, Sui HZ. 2013. Invasive Chromolaena odorata has similar size but higher phenolic concentration than native conspecifics. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2013, 15: 769-781. 

（12）   Zheng YL*, Feng YL, Lei YB, Liao ZY. 2012. Comparisons of plastic responses to irradiance and physiological traits by invasive Eupatorium adenophorum and its native congeners. Journal of plant physiology，169: 884-891. 

（13）   Zheng YL*, Feng YL, Wang RF, Shi XD, Lei YB, Han LH. 2012. Invasive Eupatorium adenophorum suffers lower enemy impact on carbon assimilation than native congeners. Ecological research, 27: 867-872 

（14）   Zheng YL, Feng YL*, Lei YB, Yang CY. 2009. Different photosynthetic responses to night chilling among twelve populations of Jatropha curcas. Photosynthetica, 47: 559-566 

（15）   Zheng YL, Feng YL*, Liu WX, Liao ZY. 2009. Growth, biomass allocation, morphology, and photosynthesis of invasive Eupatorium adenophorum and its native congeners grown at four irradiances. Plant Ecology, 203: 263-271 

（16）   Tian YH, Yuan HF, Xie J, Zheng YL*. 2016. Shade tolerance and suitability of tree species for planting in rubber plantations. Southern Forests, 78: 11-18 

（17）   Tian YH, Yuan HF, Xie J, Deng JW, Dao XS, Zheng YL*. 2016. Effect of diurnal irradiance on night chilling tolerance of six rubber cultivars. Photosynthetica，54: 374-380 

（18）   Li YP, Feng YL*, Kang ZL, Zheng YL, Zhang JL and Chen YJ. 2017. Changes in soil microbial communities due to biological invasions can reduce allelopathic effects. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57: 1281-1290 

（19）   Chen YJ, Bongers F, Tomlinson K, Fan ZX, Lin H, Zhang SB, Zheng YL, Li YP, Cao KF*, Zhang JL. 2016. Time lags between crown and basal sap flows in tropical lianas and co-occurring trees. Tree Physiology, 36: 736-747  

（20）   Lu HZ, Liu WY*, Yu FH, Song L, Xu XL, Wu CS, Zheng YL, Li YP, Gong HD, Chen K, Li S, Chen X, Qi JH, Lu SG. 2015. Higher clonal integration in the facultative epiphytic fern Selliguea griffithiana growing in the forest canopy compared with the forest understory. Annals of botany, 116: 113-122. 

（21）   Liao ZY, Zheng YL, Lei YB, Feng YL*. 2014. Evolutionary increases in defense during a biological invasion. Oecologia, 174: 1205-1214 

（22）   Lei YB, Zheng YL, Dai KJ, Duan BL, Cai ZQ*. 2014. Different responses of photosystem I and photosystem II in three tropical oilseed crops exposed to chilling stress and subsequent recovery. Trees-Structure and Function, 28: 923-933 

（23）   Xiao HF*, Schaefer DA, Lei YB, Zheng YL, Li YP, Yang XD, Feng YL. 2013. Influence of invasive plants on nematode communities under simulated CO₂ enrichment. European Journal of Soil Biology, 58: 91-97. 

（24）   Tian YH, Lei YB, Zheng YL, Cai ZQ*. 2013. Synergistic effect of colonization with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improves growth and drought tolerance of Plukenetia volubilis seedlings. Acta Physiologia Plantarum, 35: 687-696 

（25）   Lei YB, Wang WB, Feng YL*, Zheng YL, Gong HD. 2012. Synergistic interactions of CO₂ enrichment and nitrogen deposition promote growth and ecophysiological advantages of invading Eupatorium adenophorum in Southwest China. Planta, 236: 1205-1213 

（26）   Li Z, Lei YB, Zheng YL, Feng YL*. 2011. Involvement of oxidative stress and autointoxication in leaf senescence of Amomum villosum. Plant Biosystems, 145: 762-769. 

（27）   Lei YB, Feng YL*, Zheng YL, Wang RF, Gong HD, Zhang YP. 2011. Innate and evolutionary advantages of invasive Eupatorium adenophorum over native E. japonicum under ambient and doubled atmospheric CO₂ concentrations. Biological Invasions, 13: 2703-2714. 

（28）   Feng YL*, Lei YB, Wang RF, Callaway RM, Valiente-Banuet A, Inderjit, Li YP, Zheng YL. 2009. Evolutionary tradeoffs for nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis versus cell walls in an invasive plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106: 1853-1856. 

（29）   Feng YL*, Fu GL, Zheng YL. 2008. Specific leaf area relates to the differences in leaf construction cost, photosynthesis, nitrogen allocation and use efficiencies between invasive and noninvasive alien congeners. Planta, 228: 383-390.