结合群体基因组学和分子生态学等多学科研究手段，探讨亚热带热带主要森林树种的遗传多样性形成机制以及适应性进化等进化生物学核心问题。 

1.      Jie Gao#, Baosheng Wang#, Jian-Feng Mao, P？r Ingvarsson, Qing-Yin Zeng, and Xiao-Ru Wang* (2012) Demography and speciation history of the homoploid hybrid pine Pinus densata on the Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Ecology 19:4811-4827.  

2.      Baosheng Wang#, Jian-Feng Mao#, Jie Gao#, Wei Zhao and Xiao-Ru Wang* (2011) Colonization of the Tibetan Plateau by the homoploid hybrid pine Pinus densata. Molecular Ecology 20:3796-3811. (co-1^st author)  

3.      Jie Gao#, Tian-Hua He, Qiao-Ming Li* (2012) Traditional home-gardens and conservation of genetic diversity – a case study of Acacia pennata in southwest China. Conservation Genetics 13:891－898. 

4.      Jie Gao#*, Ting Lan. (2016) Functional characterization of the late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein gene family from Pinus tabuliformis (Pinaceae) in Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports.6: 19476.  

5.      Jie Gao#, Xue Yang, Wei Zhao, Tiange Lang and Tore Samuelsson*. (2015) Evolution, diversification, and expression of KNOX proteins in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. fpls.2015.00882. 

6.      Song Y# and Jie Gao* (2014) Genome-wide analysis of WRKY gene family in Arabidopsis lyrata and comparison with Arabidopsis thaliana and Populus trichocarpa. Chinese Science Bulletin. 59:754-765. (*通讯作者)  

7.      Song Y#, Jie Gao* Fengxi Yang, Chai-shian Kua, Jingxin Liu, Charles H. Cannon . (2013) Molecular Evolutionary analysis of the Alfin-Like Protein family in Arabidopsis lyrate, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Thellungiella halophila. PLOS One 8: e66838. (IF=2.806) 

8.      Jin Pan#, Baosheng, W, Zhi-yong Pei, Wei Zhao, Jie Gao, Jian-Feng Mao and Xiao-Ru Wang*. (2015) Optimization of the genotyping-by-sequencing strategy for population genomic analysis in conifers. Molecular Ecology Resources. 15: 711-722.  

9.      Yu Song#, Wenpan Dong, Bing Liu, Chao Xu, Xin Yao, Jie Gao and Richard T. Corlett*. (2015)  Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequences of two tropical trees Machilus yunnanensis and Machilus balansae in the family Lauraceae. Frontiers in Plant Science. fpls.2015.00662 

10. Ting Lan#, Jie Gao and Qing-Yin Zeng* (2013) Genome-wide analysis of the LEA (late embryogenesis abundant) protein gene family in Populus trichocarpa. Tree Genetics & Genomes 9:253－264.  

11. 高洁#，李巧明* (2008) 云南西双版纳地区羽叶金合欢的遗传多样性研究. 生物多样性16: 271-278. 

12. 高洁#，李巧明* (2008) 羽叶金合欢的DNA提取和SSR 引物筛选. 云南植物研究30: 64-68. 

1、国家自然科学基金面上项目：“近缘种间的遗传渐渗对松属植物适应气候变化的影响”，2018/01-2021/12，60万，主持。 

2、国家自然科学基金青年基金项目：“群体历史和生态分化对中国麻栎群体遗传变异分布格局的影响”，2014/01-2016/12，25万，主持。 

3、国家自然科学基金面上项目：“热带树种在基因组水平上对环境因子的适应”，2015/01-2017/12，74万，主要负责人及代主持。 

4、国家自然科学基金联合基金项目：“若干植物类群的演化、灭绝及其对亚洲季风气候的响应”，2016/01-2019/12，230万，子课题负责人。