(1) Molecular taxonomy

• Molecular taxonomy pipeline and methodology;
• Species delineation with information from single locus or multiple loci;
• The automatic approaches basing on public database.

(2) Molecular systematics

• Screening multiple genes for insect phylogenetic reconstruction;
• Integrate the laboratory data and the public database, data mining, build the super matrix, and reconstructing phylogenetic tree at the species level;
• Data simulation and case study on common basic questions in molecular systematics.

(3) Hymenoptera Systematics

• The research of systematics and functional morphology on Chalcidoidea (Eulophidae, Encyrtidae) and Apoidea;
• Focusing on Hymenoptera, study the insect molecular taxonomy and molecular systematics via data mining and integration of the laboratory data and the public database.
• Reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree to study the evolutionary relationship between parasitic Chalcidoidea and host insects, bees and host plants.
• Develop the China-Australia Virtual Laboratory on Taxonomy to promote international collaboration among taxonomists to study Hymenoptera in China;
• Via different sampling methods, especially the host baits, Malaise traps, artificial nest etc. to set up a long-term species sampling and monitoring network of Hymenoptera in different ecological zones in China.