Academic Education
09/2004 – 07/2007 South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences PhD in Botany
09/2001 – 07/2004 College of Horticulture, Shandong Agriculture University M. Sc. in Fruit genetics and breeding
09/1997 –07/2001 College of Horticulture, Shandong Agriculture University B. Sc.
Work Career：
08/2018-present South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Medicinal Plant Genetics and Genomics research group, Huanyong Chen Associate Professor
07/2007- 07/2018 South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Plant structure and development research group, Assistant professor
11/2013 - 11/2014 University of California, Berkeley. Plant & Microbial Biology Department. Visiting Scholar, Collaborator, Dr. Chelsea D Specht
Research Interest：
1) Plant development and evolution research
2) Plant morphology
3) Plant science spread
Supported Projects：
2017-2020 National Natural Science Foundation of China (31670336). CUC gene function and
devolution in floral organ diversity of Zingiberales. RMB 731,200
2013-2015 National Natural Science Foundation of China (31200246). Studies on the accumulation of bioactive components during the development of Zingiber officinale Roscoe. RMB 220,000
2008-2010 Knowledge innovation program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Developmental biology research on Jatropha curcas L. RMB 100,000
Selected Publications：
Rubing Tan, Xi Wang, Huanfang Liu. Scientific research and popular science education course in South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences: a unique mushroom.BGCI: Roots. 2022, 19(1):11-13.
Huanfang Liu*, Honghua Yang, Tong Zhao, Canjia Lin, Yongqing Li, Xinhua Zhang, Yushi Ye and Jingping Liao. Combined metabolome and transcriptome analyses of young, mature, and old rhizome tissues of Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Frontiers in Genetics. 12:795201.
doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.795201.
Tong Zhao, Alma Piñeyro-Nelson, Qianxia Yu, Xiaoping Pan, Xiaoying Hu, Huanfang
Liu*, Jingping Liao. Transcriptome-Wide Analyses Provide Insights into Development of the Hedychium coronarium Flower, Revealing Potential Roles of PTL. Journal of Plant Biology. 2021, 64: 431–445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-021-09312-7
Tong Zhao, Chelsea D Specht, Zhicheng Dong, Yushi Ye, Huanfang Liu*, Jingping Liao.
Transcriptome analyses provide insights into development of the Zingiber zerumbet flower, revealing potential genes related to floral organ formation and patterning. Plant Growth Regulation. 2020, 90:331-345.
Huanfang Liu*, Chelsea D Specht, Tong Zhao, Jingping Liao. Morphological anatomy of leaf and rhizome in Zingiber officinale Roscoe, with emphasis on secretory structures. Hortscience 2020, 55(2):204-207.
Bruce K Kirchoff, Huanfang Liu, Jingping Liao. Inflorescence and flower development in Orchidantha Chinensis T. L. Wu (Lowiaceae; Zingiberales): Similarities to inflorescence structure in the sterelitziaceae. International Journal of Plant Science. 2020, 181(7): 716-731.
Xueyi Tian, Qianxia Yu, Huanfang Liu* and Jingping Liao*. Temporal-Spatial Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into the Development of Petaloid Androecium in Canna. Frontiers in plant sciences. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.01194/full
Huanfang Liu*, Shuling Lin, Jingping Liao. Floral ontogeny of two Jatropha species (Euphorbiaceae S.S) and its systematic implications. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 2015, 47(3): 959-965.
Huanfang Liu*, Yunfei Deng and Jingping Liao. Foliar trichomes of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae: Crotonoideae) from China and its taxonomic implications. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 2013, 20(1): 85-94.
Huanfang Liu, Yunfei Deng, Jingping Liao*. Floral organogenesis of three species of Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2008, 46 (1): 53-61.
Huanfang Liu, B K Kirchoff, G J Wu, Jingping Liao*. Microsporogenesis and male gametogenesis in Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae). The Journal of Torrey Botanical Society, 2007, 134 (3): 335-343.
Publication：
1. Rubing Tan, Xi Wang, Huanfang Liu. Scientific research and popular science education course in South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences: a unique mushroom.BGCI: Roots. 2022, 19(1):11-13.
2. Huanfang Liu*, Honghua Yang, Tong Zhao, Canjia Lin, Yongqing Li, Xinhua Zhang, Yushi Ye and Jingping Liao. Combined metabolome and transcriptome analyses of young, mature, and old rhizome tissues of Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Frontiers in Genetics. 12:795201.
3. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.795201.
4. Tong Zhao, Alma Piñeyro-Nelson, Qianxia Yu, Xiaoping Pan, Xiaoying Hu, Huanfang
5. Liu*, Jingping Liao. Transcriptome-Wide Analyses Provide Insights into Development of the Hedychium coronarium Flower, Revealing Potential Roles of PTL. Journal of Plant Biology. 2021, 64: 431–445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-021-09312-7.
6. Xinhua Zhang*, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Meiyun Niu, Ting Zhang, Huanfang Liu,
7. Feng Zheng, Yunfei Yuan, Yuan Li, Lin Fang, Songjun Zeng, Guohua Ma. Functional characterization of an Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.) dual-localized bifunctional nerolidol/linalool synthase gene involved in stress response. Phytochemistry.183 (2021)112610.
8. Tong Zhao, Chelsea D Specht, Zhicheng Dong, Yushi Ye, Huanfang Liu*, Jingping Liao.
9. Transcriptome analyses provide insights into development of the Zingiber zerumbet flower, revealing potential genes related to floral organ formation and patterning. Plant Growth Regulation. 2020, 90:331-345.
10. Huanfang Liu*, Chelsea D Specht, Tong Zhao, Jingping Liao. Morphological anatomy of leaf and rhizome in Zingiber officinale Roscoe, with emphasis on secretory structures. Hortscience 2020, 55(2):204-207.
11. Bruce K Kirchoff, Huanfang Liu, Jingping Liao. Inflorescence and flower development in Orchidantha Chinensis T. L. Wu (Lowiaceae; Zingiberales): Similarities to inflorescence structure in the sterelitziaceae. International Journal of Plant Science. 2020, 181(7): 716-731.
12. Xueyi Tian, Qianxia Yu, Huanfang Liu* and Jingping Liao*. Temporal-Spatial Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into the Development of Petaloid Androecium in Canna. Frontiers in plant sciences. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.01194/full
13. Huanfang Liu*, Shuling Lin, Jingping Liao. Floral ontogeny of two Jatropha species (Euphorbiaceae S.S) and its systematic implications. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 2015, 47(3): 959-965.
14. Huanfang Liu*, Yunfei Deng and Jingping Liao. Foliar trichomes of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae: Crotonoideae) from China and its taxonomic implications. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 2013, 20(1): 85-94.
15. Huanfang Liu, Yunfei Deng, Jingping Liao*. Floral organogenesis of three species of Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2008, 46 (1): 53-61.
16. Huanfang Liu, B K Kirchoff, G J Wu, Jingping Liao*. Microsporogenesis and male gametogenesis in Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae). The Journal of Torrey Botanical Society, 2007, 134 (3): 335-343.
