中国植物学会系统与进化植物学专业委员会委员。2001年于浙江大学获学士学位，2007年于中国科学院植物研究所获博士学位并留所工作，历任助理研究员（2007-2011）、副研究员（2012-2018）和研究员（2019-至今）。2012.11-2013.10在美国University of California, Irvine进行合作研究，合作导师Brandon S. Gaut教授。主要从事裸子植物的分子系统学、生物地理学、分子进化和保护生物学研究。近年来在植物DNA甲基化以及裸子植物的亲缘关系、生物地理学和保护生物学等研究方面取得了重要成果；主要研究工作发表在Nat Plants、Proc R Soc B、Commun Biol、BMC Biol、J Integr Plant Biol、Mol Phylogenet Evol、BMC Evol Biol、Ann Bot等国际主流刊物上。2012年入选“中国科学院青年创新促进会”会员，2017年入选“中国科学院青年创新促进会”优秀会员。

主要研究方向

（1）裸子植物的系统发生与生物地理学研究

利用系统发生基因组学（Phylogenomics）方法，从多个层次对裸子植物的系统发生关系进行研究，揭示其生物地理学历史，探讨重要的进化事件和物种多样性的形成机制。

（2）裸子植物的分子进化和关键性状的演化研究

对包括裸子植物在内的陆地植物主要支系进行研究，结合基因组、转录组、甲基化组等多组学多维度的研究手段，揭示裸子植物进化过程中DNA甲基化、线粒体、叶绿体和核基因组等的进化规律，探讨关键基因的进化模式及其对生物进化的影响，探索关键性状的起源与演化历史。

（3）裸子植物的保护生物学研究

对中国裸子植物物种的采集历史、保护现状及未来的保护策略等进行研究，为我国未来保护区的规划和调整提供重要的数据参考；结合群体遗传学、表观组学和景观基因组学等方法，揭示一些重要裸子植物物种的遗传多样性、群体分化和动态历史，探讨其应对全球变化的响应潜力，为其可持续种群管理提供参考。

主持和参加的科研项目

1. 国家重点研发计划项目“代表性珍稀濒危植物的保育和种群恢复技术”（2022YFF130170，2022.09-2026.08），课题骨干。
2. 中国科学院A类战略性先导科技专项项目“自然保护地健康管理与生态廊道设计技术”（XDA23080000，2019.01-2023.12），参与。
3. 中国科学院王宽诚率先人才计划卢嘉锡国际团队项目“植物的发育、分化与适应性进化国际团队”（GJTD-2020-05，2021.01-2023），参与
4. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“裸子植物基因DNA甲基化的进化研究”（31770238，2018.01-2021.12），主持人
5. 中国科学院青年创新促进会优秀会员人才专项（2017-2019），主持人
6. 国家重点研发计划项目“全球变化对北半球木本植物多样性的影响”（2017-2022），课题骨干
7. 中国科学院前沿科学重点研究项目“松柏类植物及其近缘类群的适应性进化研究”（2017-2022），参与
8. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“裸子植物线粒体基因组的进化研究”（31370250, 2014.01-2017.12），主持人
9. 国家自然科学基金重点项目“青藏高原植物辐射式物种形成的机制研究”（2014-2018），参与
10. 中国科学院青年创新促进会人才专项（2012-2015），主持人
11. 科技部科技基础性工作专项“植物重要类群DNA条形码之植物的分子标记筛选”（2011.01-2015.12），专题主持人
12. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“云杉属的辐射分化与生物地理学研究”（No. 30870166，2009.1-2011.12），主持人
13. 国家重点实验室项目“CAD/SAD基因家族的进化研究”，（2008-2009），主持人

代表性论文 (#：共同第一作者，*：通讯作者)

2024

1. Feng Y-Y, Du H, Huang K-Y, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q*. 2024. Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce. Communications Biology 7:114.
2. Xie D, Chen T-X, Du H, Wu H, Ran J-H*. 2024. Gymnosperm collecting in China: Past, present, and future. Journal of Systematics and Evolution DOI: 10.1111/jse.13122

2022

3. Xie D, Du H, Xu W-H, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q. 2022. Effects of climate change on richness distribution patterns of threatened conifers endemic to China. Ecological Indicators 136, 108594.
4. Huang K-Y, Kan S-L, Shen T-T, Gong P, Feng Y-Y, Du H, Zhao Y-P, Wan T, Wang X-Q, Ran J-H*. 2022. A comprehensive evolutionary study of chloroplast RNA editing in gymnosperms: A novel type of G‐to‐A RNA editing is common in gymnosperms. International Journal of Molecular Science23:10844.

2021

5. Xie D, Liu X-Q, Chen Y-X, Jiao D, Lou J-X, Qiu X-F, Xu W-H, Wang Z-H, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q. 2021. Distribution and conservation of threatened gymnosperms in China. Global Ecology and Conservation32, e01915.
6. Kan S-L, Shen T-T, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q*. 2021. Both Conifer II and Gnetales are characterized by a high frequency of ancient mitochondrial gene transfer to the nuclear genome. BMC Biology 19, 146.
7. Wan T, Liu Z, Leitch IJ. Xin H, Maggs-Kolling G, Gong Y, Li Z, Marais E, Liao Y, Dai C, Liu F. Wu Q, Song C, Zhou Y, Huang W, Jiang K, Wang Q, Yang Y, Zhong Z, Yang M, Yan X, Hu G, Hou C, Su Y, Feng S, Yang J, Yan J, Chu J, Chen F, Ran J-H, Wang X-Q*, Van de Peer Y*, Leitch AR*, Wang Q-F*. 2021. The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts. Nature Communications 12, 4247.
8. Wu H, Yu Q, Ran J-H, Wang X-Q*. 2021. Unbiased subgenome evolution in allotetraploid species of Ephedra and its implications for the evolution of large genomes in gymnosperms. Genome Biology and Evolution 13, evaa236.
9. Feng Y-Y, Shen T-T, Shao C-C, Du H, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q*. 2021. Phylotranscriptomics reveals the complex evolutionary and biogeographic history of the genus Tsuga with an East Asian-North American disjunct distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 157, 107066.
10. Fan X-K, Yan X, Feng Y-Y, Ran J-H, Qian C-J, Yin X-Y, Zhou S-S, Fang T-Z, Ma X-F. 2021. Genome size variations and species differentiation of Reaumuria soongarica. Biodiversity Science 29:1308-1320.

2020

11. Du H, Ran J-H, Feng Y-Y, Wang X-Q*. 2020. The flattened and needlelike leaves of the pine family (Pinaceae) share a conserved genetic network for adaxial-abaxial polarity but have diverged for photosynthetic adaptation. BMC Evolutionary Biology20, 131.
12. Kan S-L, Shen T-T, Gong P, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q. 2020. The Complete mitochondrial genome of Taxus cuspidata (Taxaceae): Eight protein-coding genes have transferred to the nuclear genome. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20, 10.

2019

13. Shen T-T, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q*. 2019. Phylogenomics disentangles the evolutionary history of spruces (Picea) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: implications for the design of population genetic studies and species delimitation of conifers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 141, 106612.
14. Shao C-C^#, Shen T-T^#, Jin W-T, Mao H-J, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q*. 2019. Phylotranscriptomics resolves interspecific relationships and indicates multiple historical out-of-North America dispersals through the Bering Land Bridge for the genus Picea (Pinaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 141, 106610.

2018

15. Ran J-H^#*, Shen T-T^#, Wu H, Gong X, Wang X-Q*. 2018. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Pinaceae updated by transcriptomic analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129, 106-116.
16. Ran J-H, Shen T-T, Wang M-M, Wang X-Q*. 2018. Phylogenomics resolves the deep phylogeny of seed plants and indicates partial convergent or homoplastic evolution between Gnetales and angiosperms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285, 20181012.

2016

17. Takuno S, Ran J-H*, Gaut BS*. 2016. Evolutionary patterns of genic DNA methylation vary across land plants. Nature Plants 2, 15222.
18. Wu H, Ma Z, Wang M-M, Qin A-L, Ran J-H, Wang X-Q*. 2016. A high frequency of allopolyploid speciation in the gymnospermous genus Ephedra and its possible association with some biological and ecological features. Molecular Ecology 25, 1192-1210.
19. Chen Z-D, Yang T, Lin L, Lu L-M, Li H-L, Sun M, Liu B, Chen M, Niu Y-T, Ye J-F, Cao Z-Y, Liu H-M, Wang X-M, Wang W, Zhang J-B, Meng Z, Cao W, Li J-H, Wu S-D, Zhao H-L, Liu Z-J, Du Z-Y, Wang Q-F, Guo J, Tan X-X, Su J-X, Zhang L-J, Yang L-L, Liao Y-Y, Li M-H, Zhang G-Q, Chung S-W, Zhang J, Xiang K-L, Li R-Q, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Zhou S-L, Ran J-H, Wang X-Q, Jin X-H, Chen Y-S, Gao T-G, Li J-H, Zhang S-Z, Lu A-M. 2016. Tree of life for the genera of Chinese vascular plants.Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54, 277-306.

2015及以前

20. Ran J-H^#, Shen T-T^#, Liu W-J, Wang P-P, Wang X-Q*. 2015. Mitochondrial introgression and complex biogeographic history of the genus Picea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93, 63-76.
21. Lu Y^#, Ran J-H^#, Guo D-M, Yang Z-Y, Wang X-Q*. 2014. Phylogeny and divergence times of gymnosperms inferred from single-copy nuclear genes. PLoS One 9, e107679.
22. Wang X-Q*, Ran J-H.2014.Evolution and biogeography of gymnosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 75, 24-40.
23. Ran J-H*, Shen T-T, Liu W-J, Wang X-Q*. 2013. Evolution of the bHLH genes involved in stomatal development: Implications for the expansion of developmental complexity of stomata in land plants. PLoS One 8, E78997.
24. Qin A-L, Wang M-M, Cun Y-Z, Yang F-S, Wang S-S, Ran J-H, Wang, X-Q*. 2013. Phylogeographic evidence for a link of species divergence of Ephedra in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions to the Miocene Asian aridification. PLoS One8, e56243.
25. Yang Z-Y, Ran J-H, Wang X-Q*. 2012. Three genome-based phylogeny of Cupressaceae s.l.: Further evidence for the evolution of gymnosperms and the Southern Hemisphere biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution64, 452-470.
26. Gao H, Guo D-M, Liu W-J, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q. 2012. Evolution of the 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) gene family: Conserved evolutionary pattern and two new gene classes in gymnosperms. Journal of Systematics and Evolution50, 195-205.
27. Guo D-M^#, Ran J-H^#, Wang X-Q*. 2010. Evolution of the cinnamyl/sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD/SAD) gene family: the emergence of real lignin is associated with the origin of bona fide CAD. Journal of Molecular Evolution71, 202-218.
28. Ran J-H, Gao H, Wang X-Q*. 2010. Fast evolution of the retroprocessed mitochondrial rps3 gene in Conifer II and further evidence for the phylogeny of gymnosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution54, 136-149.
29. Ran J-H, Wang P-P, Zhao H-J, Wang X-Q*. 2010. A test of seven candidate barcode regions from the plastome in Picea (Pinaceae). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology52, 1109-1126.
30. Qiao C-Y^#, Ran J-H^#, Li Y, Wang X-Q*. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of Cedrus (Pinaceae) inferred from sequences of seven paternal chloroplast and maternal mitochondrial DNA regions. Annals of Botany100, 573-580.
31. Ran J-H, Wei X-X, Wang X-Q*. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Picea (Pinaceae): implications for phylogeographical studies using cytoplasmic haplotypes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution41, 405-419.