2014.10-2015.10 Visiting Scholar. University of California, Los Angeles 

2012.9-present Associate Research Fellow. Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS 

2010.7-2012.9 Assistant Research Fellow. Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS 

2004.9-2010.7 Ph.D. in Ecology. Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Conservation Biology

Landscape Genetics

Wei Xinzeng, Sork Victoria L., Meng Hongjie, Jiang Mingxi. 2016. Genetic evidence for central-marginal hypothesis in a Cenozoic relict tree species across its distribution in China. Journal of Biogeography, in press. Doi: 10.1111/jbi.12788 

Wei Xinzeng, Wu Hao, Meng Hongjie, Pang Chunmei, Jiang Mingxi. 2015. Regeneration dynamics of Euptelea pleiospermum along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients: Trade-offs between seedling and sprout. Forest Ecology and Management, 353: 232-239. 

Wei Xinzeng, Meng Hongjie, Bao Dachuan, Jiang Mingxi. 2015. Gene flow and genetic structure of a mountain riparian tree species, Euptelea pleiospermum (Eupteleaceae): how important is the stream dendritic network? Tree Genetics & Genomes, 11:64. 

Xinzeng Wei, Hongjie Meng, Mingxi Jiang. 2013. Landscape genetic structure of a streamside tree species Euptelea pleiospermum (Eupteleaceae): contrasting roles of river valley and mountain ridge. PLoS ONE, 8(8):e66928. 

Xinzeng Wei, Mingxi Jiang. 2012. Contrasting relationships between species diversity and genetic diversity in natural and disturbed forest tree communities. New Phytologist, 193(3): 779-786. 

Xinzeng Wei, Mingxi Jiang. 2012. Limited genetic impacts of habitat fragmentation in an “old rare” relict tree, Euptelea pleiospermum (Eupteleaceae). Plant Ecology, 213: 909-917. 

Dong He, Mingxi Jiang, Xinzeng Wei. 2012. A dendroclimatic investigation of radial growth-climate relations for the riparian species Cercidiphyllum japonicum in the Shennongjia area, central China. Trees-Structure and Function, 26: 503-512.

Xinzeng Wei, Mingxi Jiang, Handong Huang, Jingyuan Yang, Jie Yu. 2010. Relationships between environment and mountain riparian plant communities associated with two rare tertiary-relict tree species, Euptelea pleiospermum (Eupteleaceae) and Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Cercidiphyllaceae). Flora, 205: 841-852. 

Xinzeng Wei, Jianxiong Liao, Mingxi Jiang. 2010. Effects of pericarp, storage conditions, seed weight, substrate moisture content, light, GA3 and KNO3 on germination of Euptelea pleiospermum. Seed Science and Technology, 38: 1-13. 

Xinzeng Wei, Dong He, Mingxi Jiang, Handong Huang, Jingyuan Yang, Jie Yu. 2009. Characteristics of riparian rare plant communities on the Shennongjia Mountains, central China. Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research, 27(6): 607-616. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

Dong He, Xinzeng Wei, Lianfa Li, Mingxi Jiang, Jingyuan Yang, Jie Yu. 2009. Population structure and dynamics of Cercidiphyllum japonicum in riparian zones of the Shennongjia Mountains region, central China. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 32: 825-837. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

Jinju Zhang, Xiaohong Yao, Xinzeng Wei, Lei Chen, Mingxi Jiang. 2008. Development and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered tree Euptelea pleiospermum (Eupteleaceae). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 314-316. 

Xinzeng Wei, Handong Huang, Mingxi Jiang, Jingyuan Yang. 2008. Quantitative characteristics and spatial distribution patterns of Euptelea pleiospermum populations in riparian zones of the Shennongjia area, central China. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 32(4): 825-837. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

Landscape genetic structure of a streamside rare tree species within natural stream dendritic network on a subtropical mountain in central China. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31100344, 2012-2014, Principal Investigator).

Landscape genomics of an endemic tree species, Euptelea pleiospermum (Eupteleaceae). Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31470515, 2015-2018, Principal Investigator)