Jianni Liu

ADDRESS: Early Life Institute
Key Laboratory for Continental Dynamics of the Ministry Education
Geology Department
Northwest University
229 Taibai Road
Xi’an 710069
Shaanxi Province
P. R. China
e-mail: liujianni@126.com
phone: ++86-(0)29-88303706
fax: ++86-(0)29-88303706

BIRTH: 10.09.1978

SEX: Female

STATUS: Married

HOBBIES: Badminton, jogging, table-tennis and so on

HEALTH: Good

LANGUAGES:
English: Fluent in reading; good in writing, listening and speaking
Chinese: Mother tongue

THE TITLE OF A TECHNICAL POST:
Lectuer (7/2006 – 4/2008, Geology Department, Northwest University)
Associate professor (4/2008 – 12/2011, Geology Department, Northwest University)
Professor (12/2011 – present, Geology Department, Northwest University)

CLASSES TAUGHT OR CO-TAUGHT : (7/2006 – present, Geology Department, Northwest University)
Graduate courses:
• Paleontology
• Fossil Lagerstätte
Undergraduate courses:
• Paleontology
• Fossils

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Research interests center around the coevolution of the Cambrian explosion and environment, especially focus on the coevolution of the lobopods and arthropods of Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte and environment, thereby, the origin, diversification and tapmorphy of Early Cambrian lobopods and arthropods as well as the geologically and/or biologically driven processes of the environment are the aspects of my research interests.

EDUCATION:
• Ph.D. (Paleontology), Geology Department, Northwest Universiy, Xi’an (2003-2006): The origin , diversification and evolution of Cambrian lobopods and arthropods.
• M.A. (Paleontology), Geology Department, Northwest Universiy, Xi’an (2001-2003): Study of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fossil Lagerstätte, in the southeast of Yunnan, China
• B.A. (Biology), Biology Department, Northwest Universiy, Xi’an (1997-2001): The ecology and behavior of animals

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY SERVICE:
• Member of China Research Society of Palaeontology
• Member of Shannxi Paleontology Society

RESEARCH AWARDS/ PROJECTS:
• Projects from National Science Fundation of China (NSFC): (No. 41172023, No.40802011, No. 40830208 and No. 40332016)
• Program for Changjiang Scholar and Innovative Research Team in the Universities, and Ministry of Sciences and Technology of China (PCSIRT, grant 2000077700), ‘973’ Program (grants 2006CB806401)
• Funds from Shaaxi Scientific Department (grants 2011KJXX62)
• Funds from Northwest University for Ph. D Innovative Program (grants 07YYB02)

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATORS:
• Member of the Chinese-Japanese Joint Research Project “Evolution of Early Life and Environments from Snowball Earth to the Phanerozoic Earth Records in S. China”
• Cooperating with Prof. Simon Conway Morris of Cambridge University, Prof. Alberto Simonetta from Unversita di Firenze, Dr. Steiner from Freie Univeristat, Berlin, Dr. Jason A. Dunlop from Nature History Museum, Berlin
LIST OF PUBLICATION
The first and author and Corresponding author papers
1刘建妮，舒德干，韩健，张志飞。2004。澄江化石库中具眼睛的珍稀叶足动物及其在节肢动物起源上的意义。科学通报 49(10): 977-984。
Liu Jian-ni, Shu De-gan., Han Jian & Zhang Zhi-fei. 2004. A rare lobopod with well-preserved eyes from Chengjiang Lagerstätte and its implications for origin of arthropods. Chinese Science Bulletin 49(10): 1063-1071.
2刘建妮，韩健，Simonetta, A. M.，胡世学，张志飞，舒德干。2006.早寒武世澄江化石库中叶足状的蠕形动物火把虫的再研究。科学通报 51(2): 171-176。
Liu Jian-ni, Han Jian, Simonetta, A. M., Hu Si-xue., Yao Yang., Zhang Zhi-fei. & Shu De-gan. 2006. New observations of the lobopod-like worm Facivermis from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte. Chinese Science Bulletin 51(3): 358-363.
3 Liu Jian-ni, Shu De-gan., Han Jian, Zhang Zhi-fei, and Zhang Xing-liang. 2006. A large xenusiid lobopod with complex appendages from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian, China). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(2): 215-222.
4 Liu Jian-ni, Shu De-gan., Han Jian, Zhang Zhi-fei, and Zhang Xing-liang. 2007. Morpho-anatomy of the lobopod Magadictyon cf. haikouensis from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagersträtte, South China. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 2007, 88: 279-288.
5刘建妮，舒德干，韩健，张志飞。2007。寒武纪叶足动物神奇啰哩山虫与啰哩山虫的比较研究。科学通报 49(10): 977-984。
Liu Jian-ni, Shu De-gan., Han Jian, Zhang Zhi-fei. 2008. The Comparative study of Cambrian lobopods Miraluolishania and Luolishania. Chinese Science Bulletin 53(1): 87-93.
6 Liu Jian-ni, Shu De-gan., Han Jian, Zhang Zhi-fei and Zhang Xing-liang. 2008. Origin, diversification, and relationships of Cambrian lobopods. Gondwana Research 14: 277-283.
7 Liu, J. N., Shu, D. G., Han, J., Zhang, Z. F. and Zhang, X. L. 2008. The lobopod Onychodictyon from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte revisited. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (2), 285–292.
8刘建妮，舒德干，韩健，张志飞。2008。寒武纪叶足动物对于探讨节肢动物起源的意义。中国科技论文在线精品论文1(1), 69-72.
9 Brigitte Schoenemann, Liu Jian-ni, Shu De-gan., Han Jian, Zhang Zhi-fei (Brigitte Schoenemann & Jian-Ni Liu contribute equally). 2009. A Miniscule Optimised Visual System in the Lower Cambrian.. Lethaia 42, 265-273.
10刘建妮，舒德干，韩健，张志飞。2009。寒武纪叶足动物与现生有爪类的亲缘关系再讨论。西大学报 39（6）：1037-1041
11. Liu, J. N., Steiner, M. Dunlop, J. A. Helmut, K., Shu, D. G., Ou, Q., Han J., Zhang, Z. F. & Zhang, X. L. 2011. An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages. Nature 470: 526-530.
12. Liu, J. N., Steiner, M. Dunlop, J. A. Helmut, K., Shu, D. G., Ou, Q., Han J., Zhang, Z. F. & Zhang, X. L. 2011. Reply-Replying to. C. P. Mounce & M. Wills Nature 476, doi:10.1038/nature10266; D. A. Legg et al. Nature 476, doi:10.1038/nature10267. Nature 476: E3-E4
13. Liu, J. N., Ou, Q., Han, J., Zhang, Z. F., He, T. J. Yao, X. Y., Fu, D. J. & Shu, D. G. 2012. New occurence of the Cambrian (Stage 4, Series 2) Guanshan Biota in Huize, Yunnan, South China. Bulletin of Geosciences 87(1):125–132.

Non-first author papaers
1 Han, J., Shu, D. G., Zhang, Z. F. and Liu, J. N. (2004). The earliest-known ancestors of Recent Priapulomorpha from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte.Chinese Science Bulletin 49(17), 1860-1868.
2 Han, J., Shu, D. G., Zhang, Z. F. and Liu, J. N. (2006). Preliminary notes on soft-bodied fossil concentrations from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits, Chinese Science Bulletin 20, 2482-2492.
3 Han, J., Zhang, Z. F., Liu, J. N. and Shu, D. G. (2007). Evidence of Priapulid Scavenging from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Deposits, South China. Palaios 22, 691-694.
4 Han, J., Liu, J. N., Zhang, Z. F., Zhang, X. L. and Shu, D. G. (2007). Trunk ornament on the palaeoscolecid worms Cricocosmia and Tabelliscolex from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits of China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2), 423-431.
5 Han, J., Yao, Y., Zhang, Z. F., Liu, J. N. (2007). New observation on the palaeoscolecid worms Tylotites petiolaris from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, south China. Paleontological Research 11(1), 59-69.
6 Han, J., Zhang, Z. F., Liu, J. N. (2008). A preliminary note on the dispersal of the Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fauna. Gondwana Research 14, 269–276.
7 Shu, D. G., Conway Morris, S., Han, J., Chen, L., Zhang, X. L., Shu, D. G., Liu, H. Q., Li, Y. and Liu, J. N. (2001). Primitive deuterostomes from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian, China). Nature 414, 419-424.
8 Shu, D. G., Conway Morris, S., Han, J., Zhang Z. F., Yasui, K., Janvier, P., Chen, L., Zhang, X. L, Liu, J. N., Li, Y. and Liu, H. Q. (2003). Head and backbone of the Early Cambrian vertebrate Haikouichthys. Nature 421, 526-529.
9 Shu, D. G., Conway Morris, S., Zhang Z. F., Liu, J. N., Han, J., Chen, L., Zhang, X. L., Yasui, K. and Li, Y. (2003). A new species of yunnanozoan with implications for deuterostome evolution. Science 299, 1380-1384.
10 Shu, D. G., Conway Morris, S., Han, J., Zhang Z. F. and Liu, J. N. (2004). Ancestral echinoderms from the Chengjiang deposits of China. Nature 430, 422-428.
11 Shu, D. G., Conway Morris, S., Han J., Li, Y., Zhang X. L., Hua, H., Zhang Z. F., Liu, J. N., Guo, J. F., Yao, Y. and Yasui, K. (2006). Lower Cambrian Vendobionts from China and Early Diploblast Evolution. Science 312, 731-734.
12 Zhang, Z. F., Han, J., Zhang, X. L., Liu, J. N. and Shu, D. G. (2003). Pediculate branchiopod Diandongia pista from the Lower Cambrian of South China, Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 77, 288-293.
13 Zhang, Z. F., Han, J., Zhang, X. L., Liu, J. N. and Shu, D. G. (2004). Soft tissue preservation in the Lower Cambrian linguloid brachiopod from South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (2), 259-266.
14 Zhang, Z. F., Shu, D. G., Han, J. and Liu, J. N. (2004). New data on the lophophore anatomy of Early Cambrian linguloids from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Southwest China.- Carnets de Géologie – Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Letter, 1-7.
15 Zhang, Z. F., Shu, D. G., Han, J. and Liu, J. N. (2005). Morpho-anatomical differences of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang and Recent lingulids and their implications. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 86, 277-288.
16 Zhang, Z. F., Shu, D. G., Han, J. and Liu, J. N. (2006). New Data on the rare Chengjiang (Lower Cambrian, south China) Longuloid brachiopod XianshanellaHaikouensis. Journal of Paleontology 80(2), 203-211.
17 Zhang, Z. F., Shu, D. G., Han, J. and Liu, J. N. (2007). A gregarious lingulid brachiopod Longtancunella chengjiangensis from the Lower Cambrian, South China. Lethaia 40(1), 11-18.
18 Zhang, Z. F., Han, J., Zhang, X. L., Liu, J. N. and Shu, D. G. (2007). Note on the gut pressrved in the Lower Cambrian Lingulellotreta(Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from South China. Acta Zoologica(Stockholm) 88, 65-70.
19. Ou, Q., Liu, J. N., Shu, D. G., Han J., Zhang, Z. F., Wan, X. Q.& Lei, Q. P. 2011. A Rare Onychophoran-Like Lobopodian from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Southwestern China, and its Phylogenetic Implications. Journal of Paleontology 85(3): 587-594

Abstracts for conferences
1刘建妮，舒德干 2003. 澄江化石库发现珍稀叶足动物新属种。中国古生物学会第22届学术年会论文摘要，成都。13页。
2 Liu, J. N., Shu, D. G., Han J., Zhang, Z. F. New sights on Early Cambrian lobopods of Chengjiang Lagerstätte. The 13th International Field Conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision at Yakutsk, Russia, July 2008. 49-50.
3 Liu, J. N. Cambrian lobopodians: origin, comparisons and evolutionary significance. The 33rd International Geological Congress at Oslo, Norway, August 2008. HPF01333P.
4 Liu, J. N., Shu, D. G., Han J., Zhang, Z. F. and Zhang, X. L. New sights on Early Cambrian lobopod Onychodictyon from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte. The Gondwana 13 Program and Abstracts at Dali, Chian, September 2008, 131 pp.
5 Liu, J. N., Shu, D. G., Han J. and Zhang, Z. F. Comparisions of eyes between lobopod Miraluolishania and Onychophroan Peripatus and their relevance to evolutionary aspects. The 2nd Workshop and Summer School on Architecture of Collisional Orogens: Eastern Alps versus China Central Orogenic Belt at Xi,an, China, September 2008, 54 pp.
6 Liu, J. N., Han J., Shu, D. G., Zhang, Z. F., Zhang, X. L.Cambrian lobopodians: comparisons and evolutionary significance. ICCE, 2009, Banff, Aug 3-8th. 41pp.
7 Liu, J. N., Ou, Q., Shu, D. G., Han J., Zhang, Z. F., Wan, X. Q.& Lei, Q. P.New insights into the lobopods from the cambrian chengjiang lagerstätte. Abstract for IPC3, 2010, Lundon, 250pp
8 Liu, J. N., Ou, Q., Han, J., Zhang, Z. F., He, T. J., Shu, D. G. New sights on lower cambrian (stage 4, series 2) Guanshan biota,yunnan, south China. 2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October –3 November 2010)
9. Liu, J. N. Ecology of Cambrian lobopodians. The 16th Field Conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy. 12 – 20 June 2011