InformationName：Jun Rong
Nationality：China
Email：rongjun@ncu.edu.cn
TeacherType：Doctoral Supervisor
Gender：Male
Graduated From：Fudan University
Degree：Ph.D.
Affiliated Institution：School of Life Sciences
Professional Title：Professor
Subject：Science
InformationJun Rong
Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor
Director, Center for Watershed Ecology, Nanchang University
Associate Director, Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education
Academic and Professional Appointments
Member, Committee of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Botanical Society of China
Standing Council Member, Non-Wood Forest Branch, Chinese Society of Forestry
Member, Committee of Watershed Ecology, Ecological Society of China
Editorial Board Member, Bulletin of Botanical Research and other academic journals
Research Focus
Engaged in molecular ecology research, dedicated to the conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic diversity in wild relatives of important crops.
Academic Services
Reviewer for over 40 internationally renowned academic journals including New Phytologist, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Horticulture Research, and Journal of Ecology.
Evaluation expert for the Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Awards, the National Key Research and Development Program of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Social Services
Leads the Oilseed Camellia Resource Exploration and Utilization Research Team at Nanchang University. Serves as the Chief Expert of the Jiangxi Xinjian Oilseed Camellia Science and Technology Backyard, China Rural Special Technology Association. Contributes to the development of the Oilseed Camellia industry and rural revitalization.
[1] 200109-200701, Fudan University, Ph.D. student
[2] 199709-200106, Zhejiang University, Undergraduate student
[1] 202309-present, Professor, School of Life Sciences
[2] 201207-202309, Professor, Institute of Life Science
[3] 200709-201206, Postdoctoral Fellow, Leiden University
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant no. 32270238, Principal Investigator, 2023-2026
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant no. 31870311, Principal Investigator, 2019-2022
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant no. 31460072, Principal Investigator, 2015-2018
1. Xie HX, Xing KF, Zhou J, Zhao Y, Zhang J, Rong J*. 2025. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variations drive adaptive evolution to freezing stress in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved tree: hexaploid wild Camellia oleifera. Plant Diversity 47: 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2024.07.009
2. Zhao Y, Liao LB, Zhu ZW, Zhang LD, Xiong ZD, Song ZP, Yan N, Zhong AW, Zhang J, Zhou CC*, Zhao Y, Liao LB, Zhu ZW, Zhang LD, Xiong ZD, Song ZP, Yan N, Zhong AW, Zhang J, Zhou CC*, Rong J*. 2024. De novo assembly of a near-complete genome of aquatic vegetable Zizania latifolia in the Yangtze River Basin. Scientific Data 11: 1341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04220-0
3. Xie HX, Xing KF, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Rong J*. 2024. Genome survey and identification of key genes associated with freezing tolerance in genomic draft of hexaploid wild Camellia oleifera. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 99: 326-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2023.2272155
4. Qin SY, Chen K, Zhang WJ, Xiang XG, Zuo ZY, Guo C, Zhao Y, Li LF, Wang YG, Song ZP, Yang J, Yang XQ, Zhang J, Jin WT, Wen Q, Zhao SZ, Chen JK, Li DZ, Rong J*. 2024. Phylogenomic insights into the reticulate evolution of Camellia sect. Paracamellia Sealy (Theaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 62: 38-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12948
5. Xie HX, Zhang J, Cheng JY, Zhao SZ, Wen Q, Kong P, Zhao Y, Xiang XG, Rong J*. 2023. Field plus lab experiments help identify freezing tolerance and associated genes in subtropical evergreen broadleaf trees: A case study of Camellia oleifera. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1113125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1113125
6. Cui XY, Li CH, Qin SY, Huang ZB, Gan B, Jiang ZW, Huang XM, Yang XQ, Li Q, Xiang XG, Chen JK, Zhao Y*, Rong J*. 2022. High-throughput sequencing-based microsatellite genotyping for polyploids to resolve allele dosage uncertainty and improve analyses of genetic diversity, structure and differentiation: A case study of the hexaploid Camellia oleifera. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 199-211.
7. Li Q, Zhao Y, Xiang XG, Chen JK*, Rong J*. 2019. Genetic Diversity of Crop Wild Relatives under Threats in Yangtze River Basin: Call for Enhanced In situ Conservation and Utilization. Molecular Plant 12: 1535-1538.
8. Zhao Y, Song ZP, Zhong L, Li Q, Chen JK, Rong J*. 2019. Inferring the origin of cultivated Zizania latifolia, an aquatic vegetable of a plant-fungus complex in the Yangtze River Basin. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1406.
9. Zhao Y, Zhong L, Zhou K, Song ZP, Chen JK, Rong J*. 2018. Seed characteristic variations and genetic structure of wild Zizania latifolia along a latitudinal gradient in China: implications for neo-domestication as a grain crop. AoB PLANTS 10: ply072.
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