Education

1986-1990  Department of Geology, Peking University, BS

1990-1993  Institute of Botany, CAS, MS (Dr. Ye Chen and Dr. Shuying Duan)

1998-2004  University of Florida, PhD (Dr. David Dilcher (USA academy member))

2004-2006 Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Postdoctor (Dr. Zhiyan Zhou (Chinese academy member))

Positions

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences          1993- 1997    Researcher Assistant.

Hainan Minfu Investment Group, Hainan, PRC               1995-1997     Project Manager

Unilation Communications Company, Beijing, PRC        1997-1998     Manager

Paleobotany Lab, FLMNH, Florida, USA                         1998-2000     Researcher Assistant

Geology Department, UF, USA                                         2000-2001     Collection Curator

Geology Department, UF, USA                                         2001-2002     Teaching Assistant

Disorder Education, UF, USA                                            2001-2001     Culture Consultant

Geology Department, UF, USA                                         2002-2004     Lab Technician

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology               2004-2006     Postdoctor

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology               2006-2011     Associate Research Professor

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology               2011-             Research Professor

　　1990  Award for Excellent Graduate, Peking University

　　1991  Award for Excellent Graduate, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　1999  Award of Outstanding Academic Achievement by an International Student, University of Florida

　　2000  Award of Outstanding Academic Achievement by an International Student, University of Florida

　　2002  Award of Outstanding Academic Achievement by an International Student, University of Florida

　　2002  Presidential Recognition of Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to University of Florida

　　2010  Included in Marquis Who’sWho in America

　　2011  Included in the 333 Program of Jiangsu Province

学术期刊论文

1995, Wang X. Study on the middle Jurassic flora of Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province. Chinese Journal of Botany, 7(1):81-88.

1995, Duan SY, Cui JZ, Wang X, Xiong BQ, Wang YQ. Fossil woods from the early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China, In Wu SM. Wood Anatomy Research, International Symposium on Tree Anatomy and Wood Formation, Tianjin, China. Tianjin International Academic Publishers, 166-171.

1997, Duan S, Wang X. A peculiar fossil leaf Beipiaophyllum Duan & Wang gen. nov., Chenia, 3-4:125-131

1997, Wang X, Duan S, Cui J. Several species of Schizolepis and their significance on the evolution of conifers，Taiwania, 42(2):73-85.

1997, 熊炳昆, 王永强, 段淑英,崔金钟, 王鑫, 木化石中的稀土元素, 中国稀土学报, 15:428-431.

2001, Jarzen DM, Wang X. Book review of “Fossil spores and pollen of China”, AASP News, 21(3):8-9.

2004, Wang X. Plant cytoplasm preserved by lightning, Tissue & Cell, 36(5):351-360.

2006, Wang X., A chemical signal possibly related to physiology in fossil cells detected by energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis, Tissue & Cell, 38(1):43-51.

2006，Wang X. Li N, Cui J. Jurastrobus chenii gen. et sp. nov., a cycadalean pollen cone connected with vegetative parts from Inner Mongolia, China, Progress of Natural Sciences, 16(13):213-221.

2007, Wang X. High temperature as a mechanism for plant cytoplasm preservation, Acta Geologica Sinica, 81(2):183-193.

2007, Wang X., Cui, J., The first observation on plant cell fossils in China. Acta Geologica Sinica, 81(1):16-22.

2007, Wang X. Duan S, Geng B, Cui J, Yang Y. Schmeissneria: A missing link to angiosperms? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7:14.

2007, 王鑫, 鲜活的化石, 生物进化, 1:20-22.

2007, Wang X, Liu WZ, Cui JZ, Du KH. Palaeontological evidence for membrane fusion between a unit membrane and a half unit membrane, Molecular Membrane Biology, 24(5-6):496-506.

2007, 王鑫，段淑英，耿宝印，崔金钟，杨永，史迈斯内果(Schmeissneria)是不是被子植物? 古生物学报，46(4): 486-490.

2008, Wang X. Mesofossils with platanaceous affinity from the Dakota Formation (Cretaceous) in Kansas, USA. Palaeoworld, 17, 246-252.

2008, Wang X, Yu J, Fang X. An AFM observation on fossil cytoplasm. Acta Geologica Sinica, English version, 82, 1141-1145.

2008, Wang X. Dilcher DL, Lott T, Li Y. Parapodocarpus gen. nov. and its implications for interpreting the ovulate organ in the Podocarpaceae. Geophytology, 37:1-8.

2009, Wang X. New fossils and new hope for the origin of angiosperms. in: P Pontarotti ed. Evolutionary Biology: concept, modelling and application. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. P51-70.

2009, Wang X, Li N, Wang Y, Zheng S. The discovery of whole-plant fossil cycad from the Upper Triassic in western Liaoning and its significance. Chinese Science Bulletin 54: 3116-3119.

2009. 王鑫, 李楠, 王永栋,郑少林.辽西上三叠统大型完整苏铁类化石的发现及意义. 科学通报, 54(13):1937-1939.

2009, Wang X, Zheng S. The earliest normal flower from Liaoning Province, China. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 51: 800-811.

2009, Jin J, Kodrul TM, Liao W, Wang X. A new species of Craigia from the Eocene Changchang Formation of Hainan Island, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 155:80-82.

2010. Wang X. Axial nature of cupule-bearing organ in Caytoniales. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 48(3):207-214.

2010. Wang X. Schmeissneria: An angiosperm from the Early Jurassic. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 48(5):226-235.

2010. Wang X, Krings M, Taylor TN. A thalloid organism with possible lichen affinity from the Jurassic of northeastern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 162:567--574.

2010. Wang X., and Wang S. Xingxueanthus: an enigmatic Jurassic seed plant and its implications for the origin of angiospermy. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(1):47-55.

2010. Wang X., Zhang Y, Du K, Fang X. Atomic force microscope observation on ultrastructures in plant cells. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10(10):6624-6628.

2010. Wang X, Zheng SL. Whole fossil plants of Ephedra and their implications on the morphology, ecology and evolution of Ephedraceae (Gnetales). Chinese Science Bulletin 55(15):1511-1519.

2010. Wang X, Zheng SL, Jin JH. Structure and relationships of Problematospermum, an enigmatic seed from the Jurassic of China. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171(4):447-456.

2010. Wang Y, Liu Z, Wang X, Shih C, Zhao Y, Engel MS, Ren D. Ancient pinnate leaf mimesis among lacewings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(37):16212-16215.

2010. Wang X, Du K, Yi T, Jin J. Cytoplasmic remains in an Eocene fossil stem. IAWA Journal 31(3):363-367.

2010. Liu WZ, Zhou YF, Wang X, Jiao ZJ. Programmed cell death during pigment gland formation in Gossypium hirsutum leaves. Plant Biology 12(6):895-902.

2010. Zheng S, Wang X. An undercover angiosperm from the Jurassic in China. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):895-902.

2011. Wang X, Liu W, Du K. Palaeontological evidence of membrane relationship in step-by-step membrane fusion. Molecular Membrane Biology, 28:115-122.

2011. Wang X, Yuan X, Zhou C, Du K, Gong M. Anatomy and plant affinity of Chuaria. Chinese Science Bulletin 56:1256-1261

2011. Wang, X., Han, G. The earliest ascidiate carpel and its implications for angiosperm evolution. Acta Geologica Sinica 85:998-1002.

2012. Wang X, Zheng X-T. Reconsiderations on two characters of early angiosperm Archaefructus. Palaeoworld 21: 193-201

2012. Tanner LH, Wang X, Morabito AC. Fossil charcoal from the Middle Jurassic of the Ordos Basin, China and its paleoatmospheric implications. Geoscience Frontiers 3: 493-502

2013. Han G, Fu X, Liu Z-J, Wang X. A new angiosperm genus from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 87, 916-925.

2013. 李楠, 邓焕祥, 张文虎, 杜开和,王鑫. 高温对现生植物细胞质的影响. 古生物学报 52:484-491.

2013. Wang X, Luo B. Mechanical pressure, not genes, makes ovulate parts leaf-like in Cycas. American Journal of Plant Sciences 4(12A):53-57.

2014. Heinrichs J., Wang X., Ignatov M.S. and Krings M. A Jurassic moss from Northeast China with preserved sporophytes. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 204: 50-55.

2014. Wang, X., Liu, W., Du, K., He, X. and Jin, J. Ultrastructure of chloroplasts in fossil Nelumbo from the Eocene of Hainan Island, South China. Plant Systematics and Evolution 10:2259-2264.

2015. Wang X. The megafossil record of early angiosperms in China since 1930s. Historical Biology 27:398-404.

2015. 王鑫. 植物细胞质化石研究进展. 科技导报 33(7):108-113.

2015. 王鑫, 刘仲健,刘文哲,张鑫,郭学民,胡光万,张寿洲,王亚玲,廖文波. 突破当代植物系统学的困境. 科技导报. 33(22):97-105.

2015. 王鑫, 刘仲健. 侏罗纪的花化石与被子植物起源. 自然杂志 37(6):435-440.

2016. Han, G., Liu, Z.-J., Liu, X., Mao, L., Jacques, F.M.B., Wang, X., A whole plant herbaceous angiosperm from the Middle Jurassic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 90(1): 19-29.

2016. Liu, Z.-J., Wang, X. A perfect flower from the Jurassic of China. Historical Biology 28(5):707-719.

2016. Liu, Z.-J., Wang, X. An enigmatic Ephedra-like fossil lacking micropylar tube from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Palaeoworld 25(1):67-75.

2016. Shen, H.-X., Du, K.-H., Wang, X. Plant cytoplasm preservation in a baked root of Abies. Palaeoworld 25: 287-291.

2016. Wang, X. On the interpretation of fossil nuclei. Natural Science 8: 216-219.

2017. Liu, Z.-J., Wang, X. Yuhania: A unique angiosperm from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Historical Biology, 29(4):431-441

2017. 张鑫,刘文哲,王鑫, How the ovules get enclosed in magnoliaceous carpels? PLOS One 12(4): e0174955.

2017. 韩刚，刘仲健，王鑫，A Dichocarpum-like angiosperm from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 91(1):1-8

2017. Wang, X., A biased, misleading review on early angiosperms. Natural Science, 9(12): 399-405.

2017. Miao, Y., Liu, Z. J., Wang, M., and Wang, X., Fossil and living cycads say "No more megasporophylls". Journal of Morphology and Anatomy, 1(2):1000107.

王鑫. 2017. 生命和素数都有基因吗? 生物进化, 44, 27-30.

2018. Liu, Z.-J., Huang, D., Cai, C., Wang, X., The core eudicot boom registered in Myanmar amber. Scientific Reports, 8(1): 16765.

2018. Liu, Z.-J., Wang, X., A novel angiosperm from the Early Cretaceous and its implications on carpel-deriving. Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition), 92(4): 1293-1298.

2018. Santos, A.A., Wang, X., Fu, Q., Diez, J.B., First palynological dating from the Jurassic South Xiangshan Formation (Nanjing area, China). Geobios, 51:559-570.

2018. Wang, X., An era of errors: Unveiling the truth of Archaeanthus and its implications for angiosperm systematics. ChinaXiv, 201804.201934.

2018. Fu, Q., Diez, J.B., Pole, M., Garcia-Avila, M., Liu, Z.-J., Chu, H., Hou, Y., Yin, P., Zhang, G.-Q., Du, K., Wang, X., An unexpected noncarpellate epigynous flower from the Jurassic of China. eLife, 7:e38827.

2019. Wang, X., Bai, S.-N., Key innovations in transition from homospory to heterospory. Plant Signaling & Behavior 14: 6.

2019. Liu, Z.-J., Hou, Y.-M., Wang, X., Zhangwuia: An enigmatic organ with bennettitalean appearance and enclosed ovules. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 108, 419-428.

2020. 陈丽君，侯叶茂，尹鹏飞，王鑫，中国侏罗纪的一个可吃的果实. 中国地质,3（1）：8-15.

2020. 王鑫, 刘仲健, 刘文哲, 廖文波, 张鑫, 刘忠, 胡光万, 郭学民, 王亚玲, 走出歌德的阴影: 迈向更加科学的植物系统学. 植物学报, 55(4).

2020. Schmidt, A.R., Regalado, L., Weststrand, S., Korall, P., Sadowski, E.-M., Schneider, H., Eva Jansen, Bechteler, J., Krings, M., Müller, P., Wang, B., Wang, X., Rikkinen, J. & Seyfullah, L. J., Selaginella was hyperdiverse already in the Cretaceous. New Phytologist, 228:1176-1182.

 2020. Han, G., Wang, X. A new infructescence of angiosperms from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition), 94, 1711-1713.

2020. Fu, Q., Diez, J. B., Pole, M., García-ávila, M., Wang, X. Nanjinganthus is an angiosperm, isn't it? China Geology, 3, 359-361.

2020．张立军, 初航, 王鑫, 韩刚, 高飞. 大杨树盆地中部甘河地区含被子植物化石地层新知。地层学杂志, 44, 326-336.

2020. 王鑫. 从静子花到丁氏花: 漫谈花朵的演化历程。大自然，2020, 216:66-69.

2020. Liu, X.D., Diez, J.B., Fan, Y., Liu, Z.J., Wang, X., A unique flower in Miocene amber sheds new light on the evolution of flowers, Palaeoentomology, 3(4):423-432.

2020. Wang, X., Groundless research published on International Journal of Plant Sciences. Voice of the Publisher, 6:167-169.

2021. Wang, X. The genesis of prime numbers ---- Revealing the underlying periodicity of prime numbers. Advances in Pure Mathematics, 11: 12-18.

2021. Wang, X. (2021). Criterion is a touchstone in study of early angiosperms. Open Journal of Plant Science, 6: 91-93.

2021. Wang, X. Several rules of prime distribution. London Journal of Research in Science: Natural and Formal, 21: 15-21.

2021. Wang, X. The currently earliest angiosperm fruit from the Jurassic of North America. Biosys: Biological Systems, 2: 416-422.

2021. Wang, X. New observation on seed/ovule position in the fruit of Archaeanthus and its systematic implications. China Geology, 4: 752-755.

2021. Fu, Q., Liu, J., and Wang, X., Offspring development conditioning (ODC): A universal evolutionary trend in sexual reproduction of organisms. Journal of Northwest University (Natural Science Edition), 51 (1): 163-172.

2021. Shen, H. X., Zhang, C. H., Wu, Y. F., Lü, M., and Wang, X., The first radiometric age of the Shengli Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Stratigraphy, 45 (2): 204-209.

2021. Wang, B. Y., and Wang, X., Symmetrical distribution of primes and their gaps. Advances in Pure Mathematics, 11 (5): 447-456.

2021. Wang, X., Two ways to prove Goldbach conjecture. London Journal of Research in Science: Natural and Formal, 21 (6): 1-9.

2021. Wang, X., Ding, Q., Santos, A. A., and Wappler, T., Nilssoniopteris longifolius Chang from the Middle–Late Jurassic of China: Implications for Bennettitales-insect interactions. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 297: 104582.

2021. Wang, X., Hu, G. W., Liao, W. B., Guo, X. M., and Cui, D. F., On the orientation of the carpel sutures in Fabaceae. Plant Science Journal, 39 (2): 208-210.

2021. Wang, X., Shih, C., Liu, Z.-J., Lin, L., and Singh, K. J., Reconstructing the Callianthus plant–An early aquatic angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research, 128: 104983.

2021. Wang, X., and Xu, X., Morphology of Juniperus cone and its implications on cone evolution. Journal of Morphology and Anatomy, 5 (S3): 1-4.

2022. Wang, X. On the origin of outer integument. China Geology, 5：777-778.

2022. Wang, X. A novel Early Cretaceous flower and its implications on flower derivation. Biology, 11: 1036.

2023. Liu, W.-Z., Shen, H.-X., Wang, X., A novel gymnosperm reproductive organ from the Jurassic of China. Palaeoworld

2023. Wang, X., A concise proof of Goldbach Conjecture. Preprints 2022:2022100420.

2023. Wang, X., Regular decimations result in irregular distribution of primes. Advances in Pure Mathematics 2022, 12(6):427-435.

2023. Wang, X., A novel Early Cretaceous flower and its implications on flower derivation. Biology 2022, 11(7):1036.

2023. Wang, X., Regular decimations result in irregular distribution of primes. Advances in Pure Mathematics 2022, 12:427-435.

2023. Santos, AA, Wang, X., Pre-Carpels from the Middle Triassic of Spain. Plants 2022, 11:2833.

2023. Cui, D.-F., Hou, Y., Yin, P., Wang, X., A Jurassic flower bud from China. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2022, 521:81-93.

2023. Chen L.-J., Wang, X., A flower bud from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Biology 2022, 11:1598.

专著

1995. 参加者, 中国化石植物图册，专著，科学出版社，1995。

2004. Dilcher, D., Lott, T.A., Wang, X., Wang, Q., A history of tree canopies, in Lowman MD and Rinker HB (eds.), Forest Canopies, 2^nd Ed. Chapter 6, p118-137, Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam.

2009. Wang, X., New fossils and new hope for the origin of angiosperms. in: P Pontarotti ed. Evolutionary Biology: concept, modelling and application. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. P51-70.

2010. Wang X. The dawn angiosperms. Springer, Heidelberg.

2010. 蔡重阳、王鑫、傅强[译者]，赫胥黎[作者]，人类在自然界的位置，北京，北京大学出版社

2018. Wang X. The dawn angiosperms. 2^nd edition. Springer, Heidelberg.

2018. 王鑫，被子植物的曙光。科学出版社，北京。

2023. 王鑫，草木撷英。江苏凤凰科学技术出版社，南京。

科普文章 

王鑫 2010. 漫话辽西大花园. 生命世界, 2010年, 56-59.

王一瑞, 马慧军, 王鑫. 2009. 蚕趣两则. 生物进化, 3:44-45. 

王鑫 2021. 石头城外有仙林. 新发现, 184:104-106.

王鑫 2021. 南京花:特殊的身份,不凡的出世. 新发现, 185:94-96.

王鑫 2021. 种子趣事(一). 新发现, 187:104-105.

王鑫 2021. 种子趣事(二). 新发现, 188:102-103.

王鑫 2021. 子代发育管控: 生物生殖的秘密. 新发现, 189:102-104.

王鑫 2021. 花的起源与达尔文的"错觉". 新发现, 190:100-102.

何浦桥, 徐福根, 王鑫. 2023. 地质历史时期中雷电的"脚印". 大自然. 230:54-55.