Resume
2019/05 – now, Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015/10 – 2018/09, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015/04 – 2015/06, Invited Visiting Scholar, Scottish Association for Marine Science
2013/01 – 2019/04, Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010/07 – 2012/12, Assistant Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education
2007/09 – 2010/07, Doctor of Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2004/09 – 2007/07, Master of Developmental Biology, Shandong Normal University
2000/09 – 2004/07, Bachelor of Biological Sciences, Shandong Normal University
Professional Memberships
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Member and Deputy Secretary General, Society for Marine Biotechnology in Chinese Society of Oceanography and Limnology
Member, Shandong Botanical Society
Member, Shandong Ocean Society
Member, Youth Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research Interests
Marine environmental omics and evolutionary ecology of marine algae, Diversity evolution and environmental adaptability of marine algae, Environmental response and succession of phytoplankton community structure
Honors and Awards
（1）Awarded the Second Prize of Marine Science and Technology Award from State Oceanic Administration
（2）Awarded the Zhu-Li-Yue-Hua scholarship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Selected Publications
1. Liu Feng*, Jin S, Kim JK, Wu X, Wang J. (2025). Occurrence frequency, molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of Ulva-specific chloroplast group II intron infA-62 family. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12: 1557121. (*corresponding author)
2. Liu Feng*, Li J, Jin S, Liu L. (2024). Molecular diversity and seasonal dynamics of Ostreococcus (Mamiellophyceae, Chlorophyta) in typical mariculture bays based on metabarcoding analysis. Marine Environmental Research. 202: 106764.
3. Li J, Liu Feng*, Yan T, Chen N, Liu L. (2024). Diversity and distribution characteristics of phytoplankton in typical mariculture bays in northern China. Journal of Applied Phycology. 36: 1363-1376.
4. Liu Feng*, Chen N, Wang H, Li J, Wang J, Qu F. (2023). Novel insights into chloroplast genome evolution in the green macroalgal genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Frontiers in Plant Science. 14: 1126175.
5. Liu Feng*, Wang Y, Huang H, Chen N*. (2023). Evolutionary dynamics of plastomes in coscinodiscophycean diatoms revealed by comparative genomics. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14: 1203780.
6. Liu Feng*, Melton JT, Wang H, Wang J, Lopez-Bautista JM. (2022). Understanding the evolution of mitochondrial genomes in the green macroalgal genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Frontiers in Marine Science. 9: 850710.
7. Liu Feng*, Wang H, Song W. (2022). Tandem integration of circular plasmid contributes significantly to the expanded mitochondrial genomes of the green-tide forming alga Ulva meridionalis (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 937398.
8. Liu Feng*, Melton JT. (2021). Chloroplast genomes of the green-tide forming alga Ulva compressa: comparative chloroplast genomics in the genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Frontiers in Marine Science. 8: 668542.
9. Liu Feng*, Liu S, Huang T, Chen N*. (2020). Construction and comparative analysis of mitochondrial genome in the brown tide forming alga Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae, Ochrophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology. 32: 441-450.
10. Liu Feng*, Melton JT, Lopez-Bautista JM, Chen N. (2020) Multiple intraspecific variations of mitochondrial genomes in the green-tide forming alga, Ulva compressa Linnaeus (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Frontiers in Marine Science. 7: 714.
11. Liu Feng*, Zhang Y, Bi Y, Chen W, Moejes FW. (2019). Understanding the evolution of mitochondrial genomes in Phaeophyceae inferred from mitogenomes of Ishige okamurae (Ishigeales) and Dictyopteris divaricata (Dictyotales). Journal of Molecular Evolution. 87: 16-26.
12. Liu Feng*, Liu X, Wang Y, Jin Z, Moejes FW, Sun S. (2018). Insights on the Sargassum horneri golden tides in the Yellow Sea inferred from morphological and molecular data. Limnology and Oceanography. 63: 1762-1773.
13. Liu Feng*, Pan J, Zhang Z, Moejes FW. (2018). Organelle genomes of Sargassum confusum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae): mtDNA vs cpDNA. Journal of Applied Phycology. 30: 2715-2722.
14. Liu Feng*, Li X, Che Z. (2017). Mitochondrial genome sequences uncover evolutionary relationships of two Sargassum subgenera, Bactrophycus and Sargassum. Journal of Applied Phycology. 29: 3261-3270.
15. Liu Feng*, Jin Z, Wang Y, Bi Y, Melton JT. (2017). Plastid genome of Dictyopteris divaricate (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae): understanding the evolution of plastid genomes in brown algae. Marine Biotechnology. 19: 627-637.
16. Liu Feng*, Melton JT, Bi Y. (2017). Mitochondrial genomes of the green macroalga Ulva pertusa (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta): novel insights into the evolution of mitogenomes in the Ulvophyceae. Journal of Phycology. 53: 1010-1019.
