Ya-Ping Zhang#
| Membership Number: | 4771 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cas.cn |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - present Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2013 - present President, The Genetics Society of China
- 2013 - present Honorary President, Yunnan University
- 2008 - 2012 Dean, College of Life Science, East China Normal University
- 2007 - 2017 Director, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
- 2005 - 2012 Director, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
- 2004 - 2014 Vice President, China Zoological Society
- 1996 - 2005 Vice Director, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
- 1995 - present, Professor, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Genome diversity
- Human evolution
- adaptive evolution
- Origin of domestic animals
- Genetic basis of domestication
- Conservation genetics
Honours and Awards
- 2014 National Natural Science Awards, Second Class Prize, China (Genome Diversity and Evolution of Asian Population)
- 2013 Natural Science Awards, First Class Prize, Yunnan Province, China. (Genetic Mechanism of Adaptive Evolution of Animals)
- 2010 Natural Science Awards, First Class Prize, Yunnan Province, China. (Molecular Phylogeny of Mammals)
- 2009 Achievement Prize, Tan Jiazhen Life Science Awards
- 2007 Fellow, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
- 2006 Cheung Kong Scholars Achievement Award, Ministry of Education of China, and Li Ka Shing Foundation
- 2006 National Natural Science Awards, Second Class Prize, China. (Mitochondrial Genome Diversity and Evolution of East Asian Population)
- 2004 Innovation Prize in Life Sciences, Congress of Global Chinese Bioscientists, and Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
- 2004 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Science and Technology, Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
- 2003 Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Biodiversity Leadership Award, Bay and Paul Foundations, USA
- 1997 Prizes for Outstanding Young Scientists, Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation, Hong Kong
- 1997 Science and Technology Prizes for Youth, China
- 1996 Prizes for Young Scientists, China
- 1995 Prizes for Young Scientists, Chinese Academy of Sciences
