!!Ya-Ping Zhang - Curriculum Vitae
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__Major research interests:__
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Genome diversity, adaptation, domestication, human evolution, phylogeny\\
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__Education__
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*1982 - 1986 B.S. in Biochemistry, Fudan University\\
*1986 - 1991 Ph.D. in Animal Genetics, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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__Working Experience__
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*1991 - 1992 Assistant Professor, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences\\
*1992 - 1995 Postdoctoral fellow, San Diego Zoo, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species\\
*1995 - present Professor, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences\\
*1995 - 2000 Professor & Director, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences\\
*1996 - 2005 Vice Director, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences\\
*1996 - present Director, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Livestock and Poultry of Yunnan Province\\
*2003 - present Academician, the Chinese Academy of Sciences\\
*2003 - present Professor, Yunnan University\\
*2005 - 2012 Director, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences\\
*2007 - present Academician of Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)\\
*2007 - 2017 Director, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution\\
*2008 - 2012 Dean, College of Life Science, East China Normal University\\
*2013 - present  Honorary President, Yunnan University\\
*2012 - present  Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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__Professional Activities__
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__Responsibility__
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*2018.2  Editor, Current Zoology\\
*2013.1  Editorial board, Human Molecular Genetics\\
*2013.1  Editorial board, Scientific Reports\\
*2011.4  Editorial board, Journal of Heredity\\
*2009.1  Editorial board, Genome Biology and Evolution\\
*2008.1 – 2010.12  Editorial Board, Animal Genetics\\
*2006.1  Editorial Board, Integrative Zoology\\
*2006.1 – 2008  Editorial Board, Cell Research\\
*2004.1  Editorial Board, Chinese Science Bulletin
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__Professional affiliations__
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*2013.9  President, Chinese Society of Genetics\\
*2008.6 2012 National Representative, International Barcode of Life\\
*2004 - 2014 Vice President, China Zoological Society\\
*Member, IUCN/SSC Primate and Lagomorpha Specialist Group
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__Meetings__
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*Aug. 29–31, 2016, New Zealand, “MedSci 2016 Programme”, and QRW Lecture “Genetics of adaptation to high altitude”.\\
*Aug. 15–21, 2016, Hangzhou, China, “The 8th World Congress of Herpetology”, “Congress chair welcome”.\\
*Jun. 17–20, 2016, Beijing, China, Dog10K Genomes Consortium Meeting, “Welcome and introduction”, and “Population genomic approach to study domestication history and behavior trait of dog”.\\
*Nov., 2015, Nanchang, China, “18th National Animal Genetics and Breeding Seminar - Big data era new ideas and new methods of the study on animal genetic breeding”, “Domestic animals genome and evolution”.\\
*Oct., 2015, Wuhan, China, “The 6th Ray Wu Memorial Symposium”, “Genetic mechanism of high altitude adaptation in microevolution”.\\
*Jul., 2015, Macao, China, “World Medicine Summit--Improving Human Health”, “Genetic mechanism of high altitude adaptation”.\\
*Nov. 1–2, 2014, Taiwan, China, “The 2nd life Science BBS on Both Sides of the Taiwan Straits”, “Population genomics of domestic animals”.\\
*Oct. 17–20, 2014, Xinxiang, China, “Herpetology 2014. Academic Seminars in Chinese Institute of Zoology”; “Welcome and Introduction”.\\
*Aug. 9–12, 2012, Vancouver, Canada, “The 7th World Congress of Herpetology”.\\
*Jun. 2–4, 2012, Chengdu, China, “The 5th Asian Herpetology Conference”.\\
*May 18–19, 2012, Hangzhou, China, “The 2nd International Symposium on Disease Genomics”, Co-chairman in “Animal Models of Human Diseases”.\\ \\