Assist. Prof. Dr. Yufeng Gu | Evolutionary Biology and Genetics | Research Excellence Award

Assistant Researcher | The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen | China

Assist. Prof. Dr. Yufeng Gu is an emerging researcher in evolutionary genomics with a rapidly growing scholarly footprint, reflected in 202 Scopus citations, 25 publications, and an h-index of 7. His research focuses on plant evolutionary biology, plastid genome architecture, phylogenetic systematics, and adaptive evolution in medicinally and ecologically significant taxa. Assist. Prof. Dr. Yufeng Gu has produced high-impact journal articles, including advanced comparative plastome studies that elucidate genomic structure, codon usage bias, positive selection patterns, and divergence timelines in key fern lineages such as Drynaria. His work integrates molecular evolution, genome sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis to uncover evolutionary mechanisms shaping biodiversity. He has contributed to multi-institutional research projects, advanced chloroplast genomics, and generated insights into hypervariable regions, repeat elements, and structural rearrangements driving plant diversification. His contributions support taxonomy, conservation genomics, and evolutionary inference, complemented by active scholarly engagement through peer review, collaborative R&D activities, and recognition within the plant genomics research community.

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