Title of the Doctoral Thesis

Flower fossils from the Late Cretaceous flora of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic

Research interests

• Paleobotany, plant evolution, systematics, plant anatomy and morphology
• The origin and evolution of early angiosperm flowers
• Plant fossils especially three-dimensionally preserved plant reproductive organ fossils

 Curriculum Vitae

Current position

• 2023– University assistent (prae doc)

Education and scientific career

• 2023– PhD in Biology at the Deparment of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
• 2020–2023 MSc in Palaeobotany, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• 2016–2020 BSc in Geology, Chang'an University, Xi'an, China
• 2010–2016 Secondary School

 Selected publications

• Wu, X., Wang, Z., Shu, J., Yin, S., Mao, L., Shi, G., in press. A new Trapa from the middle Miocene of Zhangpu, Fujian, southeastern China. Palaeoworld, doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.02.008
• Yin, S., Wu, X., Wang, Z., Shi, G., in press. First fossil record of Canarium (Burseraceae) from the middle Miocene of Fujian, southeastern China and its paleoecological implications. Palaeoworld, doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2022.03.009
• Beurel, S., Bachelier, J.B., Hammel, J.U., Shi, G., Wu, X., Rühr, P.T., Sadowski, E.M., in press. Flower inclusions of Canarium (Burseraceae) from Miocene Zhangpu amber (China). Palaeoworld, doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.02.006
• Wu, X., Shu, J., Yin, S., Sadowski, E.M., Shi, G., 2023. Parrotia flower blooming in Miocene rainforest. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, doi: 10.1111/jse.13001
• Wang, Z., Sun, B., Wu, X., Yin, S., 2023. A new pod record of Acacia (Leguminosae) from the Fotan Group, middle Miocene, Southeast China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 317, 104966
• Wang, Z., Li, Y., Wu, X., Yin, S., Dong, C., 2023. First fossil record of Pelekium (Thuidiaceae) from the middle Miocene Zhangpu amber in Asia. Historical Biology, 1–7
• Wang, Z., Wu, X., Sun, B., Yin, S., Quan, C., Shi, G., 2022. First fossil record of Castanopsis (Fagaceae) from the middle Miocene Fotan Group of Fujian, southeastern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 305, 104729