**Jia-Yu Xue**

Dr. Jia-Yu Xue is a scientist working on the transition of plants from aquatic to terrestrial environments, the origin and early diversification of angiosperms, and plant–pathogen interactions. He has published 3 book chapters and 59 indexed papers in different journals, of which he published 15 as the first author and 8 as the corresponding author. His h-index is 28, and the number of citations of his papers is 3102 according to Scopus. In addition, he serves as the associate editor for three journals.
