叶志强，研究员、博导、独立PI；2023年7月加入华中师范大学生命科学学院，同年获得湖北省高层次人才项目支持。
个人网页：
课题组聚焦于复杂性状的形成与演化机制，主要研究方向包括：
1）以水溞为研究模型，探讨生物在极端环境、特殊生殖模式及表型可塑性条件下的适应与演化规律，重点关注宿主–微生物互作在环境适应性中的作用及其进化基础。
2）以“僵尸蚂蚁”体系为研究模型，解析寄生真菌操控宿主行为的神经、免疫与代谢调控机制，并进一步揭示该复杂寄生现象的进化过程与生态意义。
教育经历：
2003.09 - 2007.07 西安交通大学，生命科学与技术学院，学士
2007.09 - 2013.01 中国科学院大学，昆明动物研究所，博士
（导师： 中国科学院昆明动物研究所 施鹏 研究员）
工作经历：
2013.01 - 2013.12 中国科学院大学，昆明动物研究所，研究助理
2014.01 - 2017.09 美国印第安那大学 (Indiana University Bloomington)，生物系，博士后
（合作导师：美国国家科学院院士、美国艺术与科学院院士 Michael Lynch）
2017.10 - 2023.07 美国亚利桑那州立大学 (Arizona State University)，生物设计院，副研究员
（合作导师：美国国家科学院院士、美国艺术与科学院院士Michael Lynch）
2023.08 -至今 华中师范大学，生命科学学院，研究员
承担课题：
华中师范大学高层次人才引进项目（2023.07-2028.07，主持）
湖北省海外高层次人才项目（2023.11–2026.11，主持）
国家自然科学基金面上项目（2025.01-2028.12，主持）
国家海外引才专项计划（第二层次）（2025.01-2027.12，主持）
本科生课程：
《基因组学》、《生物技术概论》
研究生课程：
《生物信息与数据分析》
学术兼职：
目前担任Frontiers in Genetics审稿编辑，并曾受邀担任Nature Communication、Molecular Biology and Evolution、Molecular Ecology、Microbial Ecology、Science of the Total Environment等18个期刊的审稿人。
招生：
常年招收优秀本科生、硕士生、博士生和博士后。具体信息请邮件咨询（zhiqiang.yes@ccnu.edu.cn）
近五年发表文章 (2019.07-2024.07)：
1. Lynch M, Wei W, Ye Z, & Pfrender M. 2024.The genome-wide signature of short-term temporal selection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 121(28), e2307107121.
2. Ye Z#, Pfrender ME, Lynch M. 2023. Evolutionary Genomics of Sister Species Differing in Effective Population Sizes and Recombination Rates. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15 (11): evad202.
3. Ye Z#, Wei W, Pfrender M, Lynch M. 2023. Evolutionary Insights from a Large-scale Survey of Population-genomic Variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40 (11): msad233.
4. Ye Z#, Bishop T, Wang YH, Shahriari R, and Lynch M. 2023. Evolution of Sex Determination in Crustaceans. 2023. Marine Life Science & Technology，5 (1):1-11
5. Lynch M, Ye Z, Urbany L, Maruki, T, and Wei W. 2022. The Linkage-disequilibrium and Recombinational Landscape in Daphnia pulex. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14(11): evac145.
6. Maruki T, Ye Z, and Lynch M. Evolutionary Genomics of a Subdivided Species. 2022. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(8): msac152.
7. Ye Z#, Zhao C, Raborn R. Taylor, Lin M, Wei W, Yue H, Lynch M. 2022. Genetic Diversity, Heteroplasmy, and Recombination in Mitochondrial Genomes of Daphnia pulex, Daphnia pulicaria, and Daphnia obtusa. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(4): msac059.
8. Ye Z#, Jiang X, Pfrender ME, Lynch M. 2021. Genome-wide allele-specific expression in obligately asexual Daphnia pulex and the implications for the genetic basis of asexuality. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(11), evab243.
9. Ye Z#, Williams E, Zhao C, Burns CW, Lynch M. 2021. The rapid, mass invasion of New Zealand by North American Daphnia “pulex”. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(7): 2672-2683.
10. Ye Z, Molinier C, Zhao C, Haag CR, and Lynch M. 2019. Genetic control of male production in Daphnia pulex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 116(31):15602-15609.
（# 通讯作者）
Zhiqiang Ye, Researcher, Ph.D. Advisor, Independent Principal Investigator.
Joined the School of Life Sciences at Central China Normal University (CCNU) in July 2023 and received support from Hubei Province's High-Level Talent Program in the same year.
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Research Areas:
Our group focuses on the formation and evolutionary mechanisms of complex traits, with two major research directions:
1.Using Daphnia as a model, we investigate how organisms adapt and evolve under extreme environments, unusual reproductive modes, and phenotypic plasticity, with particular emphasis on the role and evolutionary basis of host–microbiome interactions in environmental adaptation.
2.Using the “zombie ant” system as a model, we dissect how parasitic fungi manipulate host behavior through neural, immune, and metabolic pathways, and further explore the evolutionary processes and ecological significance underlying this sophisticated parasitic strategy.
Educational Background:
2003.09 - 2007.07: B.Sc., School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University
2007.09 - 2013.01: Ph.D., Kunming Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
(Supervisor: Peng Shi, Researcher, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)Work Experience:
2013.01 - 2013.12: Research Assistant, Kunming Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014.01 - 2017.09: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
(Co-supervisor: Michael Lynch, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)2017.10 - 2023.07: Associate Researcher, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, USA
(Co-supervisor: Michael Lynch, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)2023.08 - Present: Researcher, School of Life Sciences, CCNU
Research Projects:
CCNU High-Level Talent Recruitment Project (2023.07-2028.07, PI)
Hubei Province High-Level Overseas Talent Program (2023.11–2026.11, PI)
National Natural Science Foundation General Project (2025.01-2028.12, PI)
National Overseas Talent Recruitment Program (Second Tier) (2025.01–2027.12, PI)
Undergraduate Courses:
Genomics
Introduction to Biotechnology
Graduate Courses:
Bioinformatics and Data Analysis
Academic Service: Currently serve as a review editor for Frontiers in Genetics and has been invited to review for 18 journals, including Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Microbial Ecology, and Science of the Total Environment.
Recruitment: Ye lab is actively recruiting outstanding undergraduate, master's, Ph.D. students, and postdoctoral researchers. For more information, please inquire by email (zhiqiang.yes at ccnu.edu.cn).