Chunlin LONG
Position: PhD, Professor II, Ethnobotanist
Address: 27 Zhong-guan-cun South Ave, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China
Cell Phone: +86-15910878928
Email: long.chunlin@muc.edu.cn; and long@mail.kib.ac.cn
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chunlin-Long
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6573-6049
EDUCATION:
B.Sc., Department of Biology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China, 1986
M.Sc., Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1989
Ph.D., United Graduate School, Gifu University, Japan, 2002
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
January 2010 – present, Professor Ⅱ, Minzu University of China;
October 1997 – 2012, Full Research Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIB);
May 1995 – October 1997, Associate Professor, KIB;
November 1992 – April 1995, Assistant Professor, KIB;
August 1989 – October 1992, Research Assistant, KIB.
RESEARCH INTETESTS:
Biodiversity and agrobiodiversity; Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Ethnoecology; Natural products chemistry; Plant taxonomy; Sustainable agroecosystem.
TEACHING:
Ethnobotany: Undergraduate and graduate students;
Ethnoecology: Master and Ph.D. programs.
SERVICES:
1. Positions
December 2020 – present, Director, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission of China;
August 2018 – present, Deputy Director, Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education of China
2. Academic Services
March 2023 – present, Associate Editor, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Springer;
April 2018 – present, Associate Editor, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Springer;
May 2011 – present, Editorial Board Member, Archives of Pharmacal Research, Springer;
January 2004 – present, Editorial Board Member, Journal of Plant Resources and Environment, the Science Press, China;
January 2002 – present, Editorial Board Member, Biodiversity Science, the Science Press, China.
3. Memberships and positions
1) October 2019 – present, President of Ethnobotanical Committee, China Wild Plant Conservation Association;
2) Jul 2017 – present, Vice Chair of Section Ethnoecology, Ecological Society of China;
3) Oct 2016 – present, Vice Chair of Section Pharmaceutical Classic, Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
4) Aug 2016 – 2018, Board Member and Asia Representative, International Society of Ethnobiology;
5) Jan 2013 – Dec 2023, Vice President, Section of Medicinal Plants and Phytomedicine, Botanical Society of China;
6) Sept 2012 – present, Vice President, Chinese Association of Ethnobotany;
Achievements, Prizes and Honors
Totally 457 papers and 25 books have been published, in which 224 papers were covered/indexed by SCI (Clarivate Analytics). Nineteen patents of innovation have been issued in China. More than 60 grants have been awarded by national, provincial or international funding agencies.
Major prizes and honors received:
1) Second Prize of Natural Science Achievement in Guangxi, awarded by the Guangxi People’s Government, 2022;
2) Second Prize of Science & Technology for Development Award, awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015;
3) First Prize of Advanced Achievement of Science and Technology in Yunnan, awarded by the Yunnan People’s Government, 2013;
4) Second Prize of Natural Science Achievement in Yunnan, awarded by the Yunnan People’s Government, 2012;
5) Distinguished Science & Technology Professional Personnel, awarded by the State Council of China, 2008;
6) First Prize of Natural Science Achievement in Yunnan, awarded by the Yunnan People’s Government, 2006;
7) J. W. Harshberger Medal, awarded by the Society of Ethnobotanists, 2005;
8) Yunnan’s Outstanding Scientist, awarded by the Yunnan People’s Government, 2002;
9) Second Prize of Natural Science Achievement in Yunnan, awarded by the Yunnan People’s Government, 2000;
10) Young Scientist Award, by Man and Biosphere Programme, UNESCO, 1996
Selected Grants (received recently)
1) 2024, National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant No: 32370407. Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Hypericaceae and Clusiaceae based on UPLC-QTOF-MS and multiple approaches. PI: Long CL
2) 2023, Yunnan Provincial Government. Grant No: 202305AF150121. Long Chunlin’s professional workstation in Yunnan Province. PI: Long CL
3) 2022, Administration Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve of China. Grant No: GBP-2022-01: Evaluation of edible and medicinal plants and their associated traditional knowledge in Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve of China. PI: Long CL
4) 2019, National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant No: 31870316: Evaluation of Chinese plant resources in Clusiaceae. PI: Long CL
5) 2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant No: 31761143001: On-farm conservation of crop landraces and their diverse seed systems in mountainous communities of Southwest China. PI: Long CL
PAPERS (Published in recent years: *refers to corresponding author):
1) Ji YY, Zhang RF, Bensalel J, Morcol T, Gu RH, Gallego-Delgado J*, Kennelly EJ*, Long CL*. Metabolomic and chemometric analyses of St. John’s wort and related Asian Hypericum species linked to bioactivity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2024, 329: 118163
2) Lin FK, Kennelly EJ, Linington RG*, Long CL*. Comprehensive metabolite profiling of two edible Garcinia species based on UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MSE coupled with bioactivity assays. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2023, 71(19): 8372
3) Li WL, Zhang Q, Fan YX, Cheng Z, Lu XP, Luo BS, Long CL*, 2023, Traditional management of ancient Pu’er tea gardens in Jingmai Mountains in Yunnan of China, a designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems site. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 19: 26
4) Li SZ, Zhang BX, Lei QY, Zhou JJ, Ali M, Long CL*, 2023, Diversity and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by Shui people in Southwest China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 19: 20
5) Long TY, Gu RH*, Linghu C, Long JY, Kennelly EJ*, Long CL*, 2023, UPLC-QTOF-MS-based metabolomics and chemometric studies of geographically diverse Acer truncatum leaves: A traditional herbal tea in Northern China. Food Chemistry, 417: 135873
6) Cheng Z, Hu X, Lu XP, Fang Q, Meng Y, Long CL*, 2022, Medicinal plants and fungi traditionally used by Dulong people in Northwest Yunnan, China. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12: 895129
7) Song YJ, Feng JC, Liu DM*, Long CL*, 2022, Different phenylalanine pathway response to cold stress based on metabolomics and transcriptomics in Tartary buckwheat landraces. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 70(2): 687-698
8) Zhang RF, Ji YY, Morcol T, Lin FK, Gu RH, Kennelly EJ*, Long CL*, 2021, UPLC-QTof-MS chemical profiling and characterization of antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory compounds from seven Hypericum species in China. Industrial Crops & Products, 171: 114156
9) Ji YY, Yang JY, Zhang RF, Chen QY, Xu R, Wei XJ, Chen XH, Chen SX, Guo FD, Kennelly EJ*, Long CL*, 2021, Chemical characterization, neuroprotective, antimicrobial and enzyme inhibitory activities of Hypericum volatile oils. Industrial Crops & Products, 171: 113991
10) Xu L, Wang YZ, Ji YY, Li P, Cao W, Wu SB, Kennelly EJ, Long CL*, 2021, Nutraceutical study on Maianthemum atropurpureum, a wild medicinal food plant in Northwest Yunnan, China. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12: 710487
11) Luo BS, Kastrat E, Morcol T, Cheng HP, Kennelly EJ, Long CL*, 2021, Gaultheria longibracteolata, an alternative source of wintergreen oil. Food Chemistry, 342: 128244
12) Huang W, Gilbert S, Poulev A, Acosta K, Lebeis S, Long CL*, Lam E*, 2020, Host-specific and tissue-dependent orchestration of microbiome community structure in traditional rice paddy ecosystems. Plant and Soil, 452: 379-395
13) Gu RH, Marcol T, Liu B, Shi MJ, Kennelly EJ*, Long CL*, 2019, GC-MS, UPLC-QTOF-MS, and bioactivity characterization of Acer truncatum seeds. Industrial Crops & Products, 138: 111480
14) Gu RH, Rybalov L, Negrin A, Morcol T, Long WW, Myers AJ, Isaac G, Yuk J, Kennelly EJ, Long CL*, 2019, Metabolic profiling of different parts of Acer truncatum from the Mongolian Plateau using UPLC-QTOF-MS with comparative bioactivity assays. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 67(5): 1585-1597
15) Huang WJ, Long CL*, Lam E*, 2018, Roles of plant-associated microbiota on traditional herbal medicine. Trends in Plant Sciences, 23(7): 559-562
16) Li P, Yue D, Kwok HF, Long CL*, Lau CB*, Kennelly EJ*, 2017, Using UPLC-QTOF-MS-based chemometric for the identification of anti-angiogenic biflavonoids from edible Garcinia species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65: 8348-8355
17) Li P, Senthilkumar HA, Figueroa M, Wu SB, Fata JE, Kennelly EJ*, Long CL*, 2016, UPLC-QTOF-MSE-guided dereplication of the endangered Chinese species Garcinia paucinervis to identify additional benzophenone derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 79(6): 1619-1627
18) Gu W, Zhang Y, Hao XJ, Yang FM, Sun QY, Lee KH, Wang YH, Long CL*, 2015, Indole alkaloid glycosides from the aerial parts of Strobilanthes cusia. Journal of Natural Products, 77(12): 2590-2594
19) Wu SB, Long CL*, Kennelly E*, 2014, Structural diversity and bioactivities of natural benzophenones. Natural Product Reports, 31: 1158-1174
20) Ahmed S, Peters CM, Long CL, Meyer R, Unachukwu U, Litt A, Kennelly E, Stepp JR, 2013, Biodiversity and phytochemical quality in indigenous and state-supported tea management systems of Yunnan, China. Conservation Letters, 6(1): 28-36
Selected Books
1) Lau CB, Long CL (eds), 2021, Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms of Yunnan Province of China. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), ISBN 9781032023380
2) Khasim SM, Long CL, Thammasiri K, Lutken H (eds), 2020, Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation. Singapore: Springer Nature, ISBN 9789811516368
3) Long CL, Guo ZY, Liu B, Hong LT, Cao WJS (eds), 2017, Folk Plant Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press, ISBN 978-7-03-052777-6
4) Kim MJ, Joeng MR, Long CL (eds), 2012, Tea and Tea Culture (in Korean). Nanjing: Southeast University Press, ISBN 978-7-5641-3580-5
5) Long CL, Song HC (eds), 2012, Biodiesel Plants of China (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press, ISBN 978-7-03-033723-8
6) Long CL, 2009, Traditional Management of Natural Resources in Ethnic Communities (in Chinese). Beijing: China Environment Science Press, ISBN 978-7-5111-0045-0
7) Pei SJ, Long CL, 2008, Traditional Culture and Biodiversity Conservation (in Chinese). Beijing: China Forestry Press, ISBN 978-7-5038-5195-7
8) Long CL, Yang CY, 2003, Studies on Traditional Social Forestry in Dong Ethnic Community (in English and Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan Sci & Tech Press, ISBN 7-5416-1793-8
