Brief CV

• BS, Ocean University of China (2000)

• PhD, Ocean University of China (2005)

• Lecturer, South China Normal University (2005)

• Associate professor, South China Normal University (2005-2009)

• Professor, South China Normal University (2009-2019)

• Professor, Xiamen University (2019- )

Research Interests

• Biodiversity and evolutionary mechanisms of marine protozoa

• Ecology of microorganisms in coastal wetlands

• Ecology of marine eukaryotic microorganisms

Selected Publications

• Hu X., Lin X., Song W., 2019. Ciliate Atlas: Species Found in the South China Sea. Science Press, Beijing, 631pp

• Liang Z., Shen Z., Zhang Y., Ji D., Li J., Warren A., Lin X.*, 2019. Morphology and phylogeny of four new VorticellaSpecies (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from coastal waters of southern China. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 66:267-280.

• Jiang M., Hu T., Wang Z., Liang Z., Li J., Lin X.*, 2019. Morphology and phylogeny of three PseudovorticellaSpecies (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from brackish waters of China. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66(6): 869–881.

• Wu L., Jiao X., Shen Z., Yi Z., Li J., Warren A., Lin X.*, 2017 New taxa refresh the phylogeny and classification of pleurostomatid ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea). Zoologica Scripta 46,245–253

• Wu L., Clamp JC., Yi Z., Li J., Lin X.*, 2015. Phylogenetic and taxonomic revision of an enigmatic group of haptorian ciliates, with establishment of the Kentrophyllidae fam. n. (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Pleurostomatida). PloS ONE 10(5): e0123720.

• Wu L., Yi Z., Li J., Warren A., Xu H., Lin X.*, 2015. Two new brackish ciliates, Amphileptus spiculatus sp. n. and A. bellussp. n. from mangrove wetlands in southern China, with notes on the molecular phylogeny of the family Amphileptidae (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 62, 662–669

Teaching Experience

• Foundations in Ecology

• Marine Protistology