Zhiqiang Zhang

Biography

Zhiqinag Zhang, male, born in September, 1973 at Shenyang city, Liaoning Province. At present, I am a professor at College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, a master tutor, a board member of Chinese Herpetological Society, and a member of International Society of Zoological Sciences. I got my animal physiological ecology PhD degree from Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in July, 2007. From August 2008 to December 2009, funded by post-doctoral research fellowship programme, I worked at National University of San Luis as a post-doctor cooperated with Professor Enrique Caviedes-Vidal, focusing on the plasticity of digestive performance and histological and physiological mechanisms of paracelullar absorption in birds and small mammals. From July to October 2014, funded by both the state study abroad fund and University of Sydney, I worked at Tropical Ecology Research Facility belong to the University of Sydney as a visiting scholar, focusing on immunological ecology research of cane toads. Taking amphibians, reptiles and small mammals as my key research subjects, I major in animal physiological ecology and immunological ecology. In the past decades, I took charge of the following research projects: general grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China, The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents Open Grants, Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy Sciences, Education Department of Anhui Province Natural Science Key Foundation and Excellent Young Teachers Foundation, and Anhui Agricultural University Talent Foundation. In 2007, I was awarded the third prize of the Provincial Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Award of Anhui Provincial Higher Education Institutions as the fourth award-winner. So far, 4 papers belong to Q1 and Q2 areas of JCR have been published as the first author, and 3 papers belong to Q1 area of JCR have been published as the second author. Almost 40 papers in Chinese have been published as the first or corresponding author. In addition, I translated a popular science book as a participator.

Research Interest

Animal physiological ecology; Immunological ecology