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Name:
Yongqin Liu
Title:
Professor
Tel:
010-84097122
Email:
yqliu@itpcas.ac.cn
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Address:
Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Education and Appointments
Education 
Doctor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 09/2004-06/2007
Master of Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China, 09/1999-06/2002
Bachelor of Paleontology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China, 09/1987-06/1991
Appointments 
07/2012-present, Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
07/2007-06/2012, Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2012-2013, Visiting Scholar, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, USA
Three months per year in 2010, 2011, 2012, Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany
09/2007-12/2007, Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
2013, International Scientific Board, 5th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology 
10/2013-12/2013, Team Member, Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program (MCM IV), Antarctica
07/2008-09/2008, 07/2010-09/2010, Team Leader, Ecology investigation of Tibetan Glacier 
08/2009-09/2009, Team Leader, Sino-German investigation of Tibetan Lake, China


Research Interest

Glacier Microorganisms, Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemical cycle

Selected Publications

Publications in the recent 5 years （2016-2020）（* corresponding author; # joint first authors; Including books and book chapters）

Part 1: 5 representative publications 

1. Y.Q., Liu*, L., Shen,Y.h., Zeng, T.T., Xing, B.Q., Xu, N.L., Wang, 2020. Genomic insights of Cryobacterium isolated from ice core reveal genome dynamics for adaptation in glacier. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 1530.

2. K.S., Liu, T.D., Yao, D.A., Pearce, NZ, Jiao, Y.H., Zeng, B.X., Guo, Y.Q., Liu*, 2020. Bacteria in the lakes of the Tibetan Plateau and polar regions. Science of the Total Environment. 754, 142248.

3. Y.Q., Liu*, J. Priscu, T.D., Yao, T., Vick-Majors, A., Michaud, L., Shen, 2019. Culturable bacteria isolated from seven high-altitude ice cores on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology. 65(249), 29-38.

4. Y.Q., Liu*, T.J., Vick-Majors, J.C., Priscu, T.D., Yao, S.C., Kang, K.S., Liu, Z.Y., Cong, J.B., Xiong, Y., Li, 2017. Biogeography of cryoconite bacterial communities on glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93, fix072.

5. Y.Q., Liu*, J.C., Priscu,T.d., Yao, T.J., Vick-Majors, B.q., Xu, N.z., Jiao, P., Santibá？ez, S.J., Huang, N.L., Wang, M. Greenwood, A.B., Michaud, S.C., Kang, J.J. Wang, Q., Gao, Y.F., Yang, 2016. Bacterial responses to environmental change in the Tibetan Plateau over the past half century. Environmental Microbiology. 18(6), 1930–1941

Part 2: all other publications (exclude part 1) 

1. J., Qi, Z.W., Huang, T., Makic, S.C., Kang, J.M., Guo, K.S., Liu, Y.Q., Liu, 2021. Airborne bacterial communities over the Tibetan and Mongolian Plateaus: ariations and their possible sources. Atmospheric Research. 247, 105215. 

2. H.J., Wang, L.Y., Hou, Y.Q., Liu, K.S., Liu, L.P., Zhang, A.Y., Hu, C.P., Yu, 2021. Horizontal and vertical gene transfer drive sediment antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon system. Journal of Environmental Science. 102, 11-23.

3. F., Picazo, A., Vilmi, J., Aalto, J., Soininen, E.O., Casamayor, Y.Q., Liu, Q.L., Wu, L.J., Ren, J.Z., Zhou, J., Shen, J.J., Wang, 2020. Climate mediates continental scale patterns of stream microbial functional diversity. Microbiome. 8, 92.

4. B., Li, Z., Chen, F., Zhang, Y.Q., Liu, T., Yan, 2020. Abundance, diversity and mobility potential of antibiotic resistance genes in pristine Tibetan Plateau soil as revealed by soil metagenomics. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96, 2020, fiaa172

5. Z.Q., Gu, K.S., Liu, M.W., Pedersen, F., Wang, Y.Y., Chen, C., Zeng, Y.Q., Liu, 2020. Community assembly processes underlying the temporal dynamics of glacial stream and lake bacterial communities. Science of The Total Environment. 143178.

6. K.S., Liu, Y.Q., Liu*, A.Y., Hu, F., Wang, Y.Y., Chen, Z.Q., Gu, S., Anslan, J.Z., Hou, 2020. Different community assembly mechanisms underlie similar biogeography of bacteria and microeukaryotes in Tibetan lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(6), fiaa071.

7. K.S., Liu, J.Z., Hou, Y.Q., Liu*, A.Y., Hu, M.D., Wang, F., Wang, Y.Y., Chen, Z.Q., Gu, 2019. Biogeography of the free-living and particle-attached bacteria in Tibetan lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95(7).

8. K.S., Liu, Y.Q., Liu*, B.P., Han, B.Q., Xu, L.P., Zhu, J.T., Ju, N.Z., Jiao, J.B., Xiong, 2019. Bacterial community changes in a glacial-fed Tibetan lake are correlated with glacial melting. Science of The Total Environment. 651, 2059-2067.

9. L., Shen, Y.Q., Liu*, N.L., Wang, N.P., Adhikari, 2019. Genomic Insights of Dyadobacter tibetensis Y620-1 Isolated from Ice Core Reveal Genomic Features for Succession in Glacier Environment. Microorganisms. 7(7): 211.

10. K.S., Liu, T.D., Yao, Y.Q., Liu*, B.Q, Xu, A.Y., Hu, Y.Y., Chen, 2019. Elevational patterns of abundant and rare bacterial diversity and composition in mountain streams in the southeast of the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences. 62(5), 853-862.

11. L., Shen, Y.Q., Liu*, N.L., Wang, N.Z., Jiao, B.Q., Xu, X.B., Liu, 2018. Variation with depth of the abundance, diversity and pigmentation of culturable bacteria in a deep ice core from the Yuzhufeng Glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Extremophiles. 22:29-38.

12. Y.C., Deng, Y.Q., Liu*, M., Dumont, R., Conrad, 2017. Salinity Affects the Composition of the Aerobic Methanotroph Community in Alkaline Lake Sediments from the Tibetan Plateau. Microbial Ecology. 73, 101–110

13. Y.Q., Liu*, J.C., Priscu, J.B., Xiong, R., Conrad, T., Vick-Majors, H.Y., Chu, J.Z., Hou, 2017. Salinity drives archaeal distribution patterns in high altitude lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. fiw033

14. Y.Q., Liu*, R., Conrad, T.D. Yao, G., Gleixner, P., Claus, 2017. Change of methane production pathway with sediment depth in a lake on the Tibetan plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. PALAEO-07869

15. L. Shen, Y.Q., Liu*, B.Q., Xu, N.L., Wang, H.B., Zhao, X.B., Liu, F., Liu, 2017. Comparative genomic analysis reveals the environmental impacts on two Arcticibacter strains including sixteen Sphingobacteriaceae species. Scienific Reports. 7, 2055.

16. K.S., Liu, Y.Q., Liu*, N.Z. Jiao, B.Q., Xu, Z.Q., Gu, T.T., Xing, J.B., Xiong, 2017. Bacterial community composition and diversity in Kalakuli, an alpine glacial-fed lake in Muztagh Ata of the westernmost Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 3, fix 085.

17. B.X., Guo, Y.Q., Liu*, Z.Q., Gu, L., Shen, K.S., Liu, T.T., Xing, N.L., Wang, H.C., Liu, Y.G., Zhou, J.L., Li, 2017. Aureimonas glaciei sp. nov., isolated from an ice core. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 67(2), 485-488. 

18. Z.Q., Gu, Y.Q., Liu*, N.L., Wang, N.Z., Jiao,L., Shen, H.C., Liu, Y.G., Zhou, X.B., Liu, J.L., Li, J.N., Liang, H., Busse, 2016. Chelatococcus reniformis sp. nov., isolated from a glacier. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66, 4525–4529

19. B.X., Guo, Y.Q., Liu*, Z.Q., Gu, L., Shen, K.S., Liu, N.L., Wang, T.T., Xing, H.C., Liu, Y.G., Zhou J.L., Li, 2016. Massilia psychrophila sp. nov., isolated from an ice core. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66, 4088–4093.

20. K.S., Liu, Y.Q., Liu*, N.Z., Jiao, L.P., Zhu, J.B., Wang, A.Y., Hu, X.B., Liu, 2016. Vertical variation of bacterial community in Nam Co, a large stratified lake in central Tibetan Plateau. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109:1323–1335

21. K.S., Liu, Y.Q., Liu*, N.L., Wang, Z.Q., Gu, L., Shen, B.Q., Xu, Y.G., Zhou, H.C., Liu, N.Z., Jiao, 2016. Hymenobacter glacieicola sp. nov., isolated from glacier ice. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66, 3793–3798.

22. T.T., Xing, T.D., Yao, Y.Q., Liu*, N.L., Wang, B.Q., Xu, L., Shen, Z.Q., Gu, B.X., Guo, H.C., Liu, Y.G., Zhou, 2016. Polaromonas eurypsychrophila sp. nov., isolated from an ice core. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66, 2497–2501.