Yike Gao

Biography

Educational Background: Sep. 1995 – July 1998 Northeast Forestry University, China PhD in Plant Ecology (Study on Genetic Ecology of Betula Platyphll Natural Population in Northeast China, PhD Thesis) Sep. 1990 – July 1993 Harbin Normal University, China MSc in Floral Biology in 1993. (Study on Biology and Regulate Bloom in Chrysanthemum, MA Dissertation) Sep 1984 – July 1988 Harbin Normal University, China BSc in Biology in 1988. Working Experience: 2012 - Professor in College of Landscape Architecture and Ornamental Horticulture, Beijing Forestry University Feb.2005 – Feb.2006 Post-doctoral fellowship in Botany Department of Trinity College Dublin. Ireland Jan.2001 – Jan.2011 Associate Professor in College of Landscape Architecture and Ornamental Horticulture, Beijing Forestry University Sep.2003 – Dec.2003 Visiting scholar in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London UK. Dec.1998 – Jan.2000 Post-doctoral research in College of Landscape Architecture and Ornamental Horticulture, Beijing Forestry University Oct. 1994 – Nov.1998 Lecturer, Plant Systematic and Floricultural in Botany in Forestry College in North-Eastern Forestry University

Research Interest

Wildflower and new plant development and breeding, plant-environment interactions, planting design, plant cell and tissue culture, in vitro plant breeding, genetic modifications for plant improvement, gene transfer in ornamental plant.