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李承森研究员，男，博士生导师（中科院植物研究所）。师从徐仁院士，长期从事植物演化和环境变迁方面的科学研究和科学教育。1987年获德国洪堡奖学金，1990年获国务院学位办“做出突出贡献的中国博士学位获得者”荣誉称号，1992年起享受政府特殊津贴。主持中国科学院“九五”重大项目，国家自然科学面上基金和重点基金多项，获中国科学院自然科学二等奖、国家自然科学三等奖和北京市科学技术二等奖。发表研究论文150多篇，与英、美、法、德、比、波、捷、印和俄罗斯等十多个国家具有长期稳定的合作关係。
【李承森】曾任中国科学院植物研究所常务副所长，北京自然博物馆馆长等职位。中国植物学会古植物分会名誉理事长，中国植物学、英国林奈学会，美国植物学会，国际分类学会，乌克兰古生物学会会员等。
基本介绍中文名：李承森
国籍：中国
民族：汉族
出生地：南京
出生日期：1948.1
职业：博士，研究员
毕业院校：北京大学/中科院植物所
性别：男
单位：中科院北京植物所
本门：系统与进化植物学国家重点实验室
研究组：植被演替和环境演变创新研究组
研究领域维管植物比较形态学、植物解剖学、化石植物分类学、演化植物学和环境生物学。遵循植物演化生物学的思想，从生命科学和环境科学两个方面，研究陆地植物起源演化及其与全球环境变迁的相关关係。长期以来，通过研究植物演化过程中处于重要环节的类群，整体重建重要的绝灭类群，恢复植物演化序列，揭示其演化机制和规律；同时获取生物演化事件和化石植物富含的环境和气候信息，从生物学角度认识环境演变过程和规律，认识史前自然灾难，在长时间尺度上探索和理解全球变化趋势。其领导的研究团队主要致力于以下研究：1）陆地植物起源和演化；2）新生代植被演替及其对全球气候变化的回响；3）第三纪东亚-北美、东亚-欧洲植被的关係；4）人类早期活动与自然环境的关係，取得了一系列原创性研究成果，积累了丰富经验，发表研究论文150多篇；主要研究成果发表在美国、英国、德国、加拿大和荷兰等国际核心刊物上；主要研究经历1977北京大学地质系毕业，留校任教1981中国科学院植物所,获硕士学位1986中国科学院植物所,获博士学位1987-1989获德国洪堡奖学金，在德国波恩大学地质与古生物研究所和法兰克福大学森肯堡研究所工作1990 分别由英国文化协会和比利时Alice SEGHERS 基金会支持访问英国威尔斯大学和比利时列日大学。当年回国，由助理研究员越级晋升为研究员。1990获国务院学位办“做出突出贡献的中国博士学位获得者”荣誉称号1992起享受政府特殊津贴，同年获国家基金委优秀中青年人才专项基金1995获中国科学院自然科学奖二等奖（排名第二）1997获国家自然科学奖三等奖（排名第二）1998获美国史密森研究所奖学金1993年至今作为中国科学院与英国皇家学会合作项目中方负责人近十年来先后多次出访英国威尔斯大学，美国史密森研究所的国家自然历史博物馆，美国克利夫兰自然历史博物馆，瑞典皇家自然历史博物馆，法国蒙彼利尔第二大学，德国图平根大学，波兰科学院植物所，乌克兰科学院地质研究所，俄罗斯科学院植物研究所和太平洋海洋研究所，印度萨尼古植物研究所，阿拉哈巴特大学和加尔格达大学等，与国际上的同行开展广泛和稳定的合作研究。包括：1990.01－1990.07 英国卡迪夫大学（威尔斯大学）和比利时列日大学，访问学者1992－2003 英国卡迪夫大学（威尔斯大学）（1993、1995、1997、2002、2003年，每次3-6个月），客座教授1996－1999 美国史密森研究所（1996、1998、1999年，每次3个月），访问学者1996－2002 美国俄亥俄州自然历史博物馆（1996、1998、2002年，每次3-6个月），客座研究员1997－2003 瑞典皇家自然历史博物馆（1997、2003年，每次1个月），访问学者1999－2000 法国蒙彼利埃尔第二大学（1999、2000年，每次3个月），访问学者2000－2004 俄罗斯科学院科莫洛夫植物研究所和远东分院太平洋海洋地质研究所（2000、2002、2004年，每次1个月），访问学者2003－2006 印度古植物研究所，阿拉哈巴特大学，加尔格达大学2003、2004、2006年，每次1个月），访问学者1982－今中国科学院植物研究所。科普成就担任北京自然博物馆馆长，组织欧亚自然博物馆馆长高层论坛等国际活动。组织、领导和实施多项展览，包括植物展览、恐龙展览、矿物展览等。从事科研工作的同时，承担和参与了大量北京市科普项目和活动，为北京市知名科普专家，为祖国科学知识传播和提高大众环保意识做出贡献。学术兼职1996－今美国植物学会古植物学分会，荣誉会员；国际木材解剖学会会员；美国克利夫兰自然历史博物馆客座研究员1998－今英国林奈学会，会员1998－今中国植物学会，理事1998－今中国植物学会古植物学分会，理事长《植物分类学报》，副主编《Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology》，编委《The Palaeobotanist》，编委《植物科学进展》主编《植物学报》常务编委《古地理学报》编委波兰《Acta Palaeobotanica》编委印度《Palaeobotanist》编委兼任中国科技大学研究生院教授科研成果（*为通讯作者）2010-2013年1. Hao H, Ferguson DK, Syabryaj S, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2010. Early Paleocene vegetation and climate in Jiayin, NE China. Climatic Change 99:547–5662. Li JF, Hu YQ, Ferguson DK, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2010. An Early Pliocene lake and its surrounding vegetation in Zhejiang, East China. Journal of Paleolimnology 43:751–7693. Li YM, Ferguson DK, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2009. Paleoenvironmental inferences from diatom assemblages of the middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong, China. Journal of Paleolimnology 43:799–814 4. Song XY, Spicer RA, Yang J, Yao YF, Li CS, 2010. Pollen evidence for an Eocene to Miocene elevation of central southern Tibet predating the rise of the High Himalaya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297:159-1685. Gill FL, Dewhurst RJ, Dungait JAJ, Evershed RP, Ives L, Li CS, Pancost RD, Sullivan M, Bera S, Bull ID, 2010. Archaeol – a biomarker for foregut fermentation in modern and ancient herbivorous mammals? Organic Geochemistry 41(5): 467-4726. Wang Q, David K. Ferguson DK, Feng GP, Ablaev AG, Wang YF, Yang J, Li YL, Li CS*, 2010. Climatic change during the Palaeocene to Eocene based on fossil plants from Fushun, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295: 323–3317. Liang XQ, Wilde V, Ferguson DK, Kva?ek Z, Ablaev AG, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2010: Comptonia naumannii (Myricaceae) from the early Miocene of Weichang, China, and the palaeobiogeographical implication of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology163(1-2):52-638. Li YL, Kvacek Z, Ferguson DK, Wang YF, Li CS*, Yang J, Ying TS, Ablaev AG, Liu HM, 2010. The fossil record of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from the Palaeocene of NE China and interpretations of the evolution and phytogeography of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 160: 10-319. Hao H, Feng GP, Ablaev AG, Yang J, Li CS, 2010. Geological time of Wuyun coal mine and Baishantou section in Jiayin County, Heilongjiang Province. Journal of Palaeogeography 12(4): 425-431 10. Yao YF, Liao WB, Song XY, Li CS, 2010. Current status and conservation of mangrove resources in Tielu Harbor, Sanya, Hainan. Marine Science Bulletin 29(2):150-15511. Yao YF, Bruch AA, Mosbrugger V, Li CS*, 2011. Quantitative reconstruction of Miocene climate patterns and evolution in Southern China based on plant fossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 304(3-4):291-30712. Qin F, Ferguson DK, Zetter R, Wang YF, Syabrya S, Li JF, Yang J, Li CS, 2011. Late Pliocene vegetation and climate of Zhangcun region, Shanxi, North China. Global Change Biology 17: 1850-187013. Yao YF, Bruch AA, Mosbrugger V, Li CS, 2011. Quantitative reconstruction of Miocene climate patterns and evolution in Southern China based on plant fossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 304: 291–30714. D'Rozario A, Labandeira C, Guo WY, Yao YF, Li CS, 2011. Spatiotemporal extension of the Euramerican Psaronius component community to the Late Permian of Cathaysia: In situ coprolites in a P. housuoensis stem from Yunnan Province, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 306: 127-13315. Li Y, Smith T, Liu CJ, Awasthi N, Yang J, Wang YF, Li CS, 2011. Endocarps of Prunus (Rosaceae: Prunoideae) from the early Eocene of Wutu, Shandong Province, China. Taxon 60 (2): 555-56416. D'Rozario A, Sun B, Galtier J, Wang SJ, Guo WY, Yao YF, Li CS, 2011. Studies on the Late Permian permineralized tree fern Psaronius housuoensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province, southwest China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 163: 247-263 17. Nosova N, Zhang JW, Li CS, 2011. Revision of Ginkgoites obrutschewii (Seward) Seward (Ginkgoales) and the new material from the Jurassic of Northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 166: 286-29418. Yao YF, Bera S, Naskar K, Liao WB, Li CS. 2011. A comparative study of mangrove floras in China and India. Forestry Studies in China 13(3): 173-182.19. Yang J., Spicer R.A., Spicer T.E.V., Li C.S., 2011. 'CLAMP Online': a new web-based palaeoclimate tool and its application to the terrestrial Paleogene and Neogene of North America.Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments91: 163-18320. Hao H, Ferguson DK, Chang H, Li CS*, 2012. Vegetation and climate of the Lop Nur area, China, during the past 7 million years. Climatic Change 113:323-33821. Zhang QQ, Ferguson DK, Mosbrugger V, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2012. Vegetation and climatic changes of SW China in response to the uplift of Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 363-364: 23 - 3622. Song XY, Yao YF, Wortley AH, Paudayal KN, Yang SH, Li CS*, Blackmore S, 2012. Holocene vegetation and climate history at Haligu on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yunnan, SW China. Climatic Change 113:841-86623. Guo CQ, Ochyra R, Wu PC, Seppelt RD, Yao YF, Bian LG, Li SP, Li CS, 2013. Warnstorfia exannulata, an aquatic moss in the Arctic: seasonal growth responses to global climate change. Climatic Change 119(2): 407-419 24. Yao YF, Bruch AA, Cheng YM, Mosbrugger V, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2012. Monsoon versus Uplift in Southwestern China–Late Pliocene Climate in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan. PLoS ONE 7(5) e37760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.003776025. Yao YF, Li X, Jiang HE, Ferguson DK, Hueber F, Ghosh R, Bera S, Li CS*, 2012. Pollen and Phytoliths from Fired Ancient Potsherds as Potential Indicators for Deciphering Past Vegetation and Climate in Turpan, Xinjiang, NW China. PLoS ONE 7(6)e39780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.003978026. Jiang H, Yang J, Ferguson DK, Li Y, Wang C, Li CS, Liu C, 2012. Fruit stones from Tiao Lei’s tomb of Jiangxi in China, and their palaeoethnobotanical significance. Journal of Archaeological Science 40(4):1911 - 191727. Yao YF, Zhao Q, Bera S, Li XL, Li CS*, 2012 Pollen morphology of selected tundra plants from the high Arctic of Ny-?lesund, Svalbard. Advances in Polar Science, 23: 103-11528. Patra B, Bera S, Molchanoff S, Wang YF, Yang J, Li CS, 2012. Morpho-anatomy of Xerephedromiya ustjurtensis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) induced galls and intersexual variation of gall density in Ephedra distachya l. (Ephedraceae) from Ukraine. Acta Botanica Hungarica 2012. 54(3-4): 377-38929. Cheng YM, Yin YF, Mehrotra RC, Li CS, 2012. A new fossil wood of Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Pliocene of China and remarks on the phytogeographic history of Koelreuteria IAWA Journal, 33 (3): 301–307 30. Jiang H, Wu Y, Wang H, Ferguson DK, Li CS, 2013*. Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 22:129-14031. Wang Q, Spicer RA, Yang J, Wang YF*, Li CS*, 2013. The Eocene climate of China, the early elevation of the Tibetan Plateau and the onset of the Asian Monsoon. Global Change Biology 19: 3709–372832. Guo CQ, Ochyra R, Wu PC, Seppelt RD, Yao YF, Bian LG, Li SP, Li CS*, 2013. Warnstorfia exannulata, an aquatic moss in the Arctic: seasonal growth responses. Climatic Change 119:407–41933. Guo CQ, Yao JX, Wu PC, Li CS, 2013. Early Miocen Mosses from Weichang, North China, and their environmental significance. Acta Geologica Sinica 87 (6): 801-84034. Li JF, Abuduresule I, Hueber FM, Li WY, Hu XJ, Li YZ, Li CS*, 2013. Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at theArchaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China. PLoS One 8(7): e68957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.006895735. Li Y, Awasthi N, Yang J, Li CS, 2013. Fruits of Schima (Theaceae) and seeds of Toddalia (Rutaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan Province, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193: 119–12736. Mayr G, Yang J, De Bast E, Li CS, Smith T, 2013. A strigogyps-like bird from the Middle Paleocene of China with an unusual grasping foot. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):1–737. Liang XQ, Li Y, Kva?ek Z, Wilde V, Li CS, 2013. Seeds of Weigela (Caprifoliaceae) from the Early Miocene of Weichang, China and the biogeographical history of the genus. Taxon 62(5): 1009-1018 38. Missiaen P, Sole F, De Bast E, Yang J, Li CS, Smith T. 2013. A new species of Archaeoryctes from the Middle Paleocene of China and the phylogenetic diversification of Didymoconidae. Geologica 16/4: 245-25339. Tang YN, Li X, YaoYF, Ferguson DK, Li CS*, 2013. Environmental reconstruction of Tuyoq in fifth century and its bearing on Buddhism in Turpan, Xinjiang, China. PLoS One 9(1): e86363. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.00863632007Hu, Y. Q., Ferguson, D. K., Li, C. S., Xiao, X. P., Wang, Y. F. 2007. Alseodaphne (Lauraceae) from the Pliocene of China and its paleoclimatic significance. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 146: 277-285Cheng, Y. M., Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S. 2007. A new species of Millerocaulis （Osmundaceae）from the Midde Jurassic of China and its implication for evolution of Osmunda. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168(9) :1351-1358Yang, J., Wang, Y. F., Spicer, R. A., Mosbrugger, V., Li, C. S., Sun Q. G. 2007. Climatic reconstruction at the Miocene Shanwang Basin, China, using leaf margin analysis, CLAMP,coexistence approach, and overlapping distribution analysis American Journal of Botany. 94(4):599-608Song, X. Y., Blacimore, S., Bear, S., Li, C. S.2007. Pollen analysis of spider webs from Yunnan, China. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology. 145: 325-333Jiang, H. E., Li, X., Ferguson, D. K., Wang, Y. F., Liu, C. J., Li, C. S.2007. The discovery of Capparis spinosa L. (Capparidaceae) in the Yanghai Tombs (2800 years B.P.), NW China, and its medicinal implications Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 113: 409-420Hu, Y. Q., Zhang, Z. L., Bera, S., Ferguson, D. K., Li, C. S., Shao, W, B., Wang, Y. F.2007. What can pollen grains from the terracotta Army tell us? Journal of Archaeological Science. 34: 1153-1157Zhang, Y. L., Ferguson, D. K., Ablaev, A. G., Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S., Xie, L. 2007. Equisetum cf. Pratense (Equisetaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan in Southwestern China and its paleoecological implications. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168(3): 351-359Jiang, H. E., Li, X., Liu C. J., Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S. 2007. Fruits of Lithospermum officinale L. (Boraginaceae) used as an early plant decoration (2500 years BP) in Xinjiang, China. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34: 167-1702006Wang, Y. F., Xiang, Q. P., Ferguson, D. K., Zastawniak, E., Yang, J. & Li, C. S. 2006. A new species of Keteleeria (Pinaceae) in the Shanwang Miocene flora of China and its phytogeographic connection with North America. Taxon. 55(1): 165-171Liu, X. Q., Li, C. S.* & Wang, Y. F. 2006. The pollen cones of Ginkgo from the Early Cretaceous of China, and their bearing on the evolutionary significance. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 152(2): 133-144Kou, X. Y., Ferguson, D. K., Xu, J. X., Wang, Y. F. & Li, C. S.* 2006. The reconstruction of paleovegetation and paleoclimate in the Late Pliocene of west Yunnan, China. Climatic Change. 77: 431-448Jiang, H. E., Li, X., Zhao, Y. X., Ferguson, D. K., Huber, F. M., Bera, S., Wang, Y. F., Zhao, L. C., Liu, C. J. & Li, C. S.* 2006. A new insight into cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae) utilization from 2500-year-old Yanghai Tombs, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 180: 414-422Edwards, D., Li, C. S. & Raven, J. A. 2006. Tracheids in an early vascular plant: a tale of two branches. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 150: 115-1302005Zhao, Y. X., Li, C. S., Luo, X. D., Yi, T. M. & Zhou, J. 2005. Three new Urea derivatives from Pliocene-fossil Pinus armandii. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 88: 325-329Wang, Y. F., Ferguson, D. K. & Li, C. S. 2005. Ceratophyllum (Ceratophyllaceae) from the Miocene of Eastern China and its paleoecological Significance. Systematic Botany. 30(4): 705-711Sun, T. X., Edwards, D. & Li, C. S.* 2005. The stomatal apparatus of Lycopodium japonicum and its bearing on the stomata of the Devonian lycophyte Drepanophycus spinaeformis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 209-216Mehrotra, R. C., Liu, X. Q., Li, C. S.*, Wang, Y. F. & Chauhan, M. S. 2005. Comparison of the Tertiary flora of southwest China and northeast India and its significance in the antiquity of the modern Himalayan flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 135: 145-163Ma, Q. W., Li, F. L. & Li, C. S.* 2005. The coast redwoods (Sequoia, Taxodiaceae) from the Eocene of Heilongjiang and the Miocene of Yunnan, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 135: 117-1292004Zhao, Y. X., Li, C. S., Luo, X. D. & Zhou, J. 2004. A new Tricyclic 6-7-5ring diterpene from Pliocene fossil Tsuga dumosa. Heterocycles. 63: 861-864Zhao, L. C., Wang, Y. F., Liu, C. J. & Li, C. S.* 2004. Climatic implications of fruit and seed assemblage from Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China. Quaternary International. 117: 81-89Zhao, L. C., Collinson, M. E. & Li, C. S.* 2004. Fruits and seeds of Ruppia (Potamogetonaceae) from the Pliocene of Yushe Basin, Shanxi, northern China and their ecological implications. Botanical Journal of Linnean Society. 145: 317-329Yao, Y. F., Xi, Y. Z., Geng, B. Y. & Li, C. S.* 2004. The extine ultrastructure of pollen grains in Gnetum (Gnetaceae) from China and its bearing on the relationship with the ANITA group. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146: 415-425Xu, J. X., Ferguson, D. K., Li, C. S.*, Wang, Y. F. & Du, N. Q. 2004. Climatic and ecological implications of Late Pliocene Palynoflora from Longling, Yunnan, China. Quaternary International. 117: 91-103Ma, Q. W., Li, C. S.*, Li, F. L. & Vickulin, S. V. 2004. 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