1983.09-1987.07 华中师范大学生物系，获学士学位

1987.09-1990.02 中国科学院昆明植物研究所，获硕士学位

2000.09-2005.07 中山大学生命科学学院，获博士学位

1994.12-1995.12 日本富山县中央植物园进修

1996年 入选中国科学院“西部之光”人才培养计划

1999年 入选省学术和技术带头人后备人才培养计划

物种濒危机制与群体遗传学

1. Phylogenetic patterns and disjunct distribution in Ligularia hodgsonii Hook. (Asteraceae). Journal of Biogeography , 2013, 40: 1741–1754

2. Genetic structure of the endangered Leucomeris decora (Asteraceae) in China inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA markers. Conservation Genetics, 1012. 13:271–281

3. Phylogeography of an alpine plant Ligularia vellerea (Asteraceae) in the Hengduan Mountains. Journal of Systematics and Evolution,2012. 50 (4): 316–324

4. Yu-Chung Chiang, Tzen-Yuh Chiang, 2011. Population structure of Nouelia insignis (Asteraceae), an endangered species in southwestern China, based on chloroplast DNA sequences: recent demographic shrinking. Journal of Plant Research, 2011, 124:221–230

5. Patterns of chloroplast DNA variation in Cycas debaoensis (Cycadaceae): conservation implications. Conservation Genetics, 2011, 12:959–970

6. Natural hybridization and introgression in sympatric Ligularia species (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2011, 49 (5): 438–448

7. Genetic variation in the endangered Rutaceae species Citrus hongheensis based on ISSR fingerprinting. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2010. 57:1239–1248

8. Towards a more robust molecular phylogeny of Chinese Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae: Additional evidence from nrDNA ITS and cpDNA intron (rpl16 and rps16) sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2009, 53: 56–68