Bio-acoustics, Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Biology of Marine Mammals, including Dolphins and Porpoises. 

MSc, 1995-1998, Behaviour and Bio-acoustics of Yangtze Finless porpoise, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PhD, 2002-2005, Behavioural Ecology and Passive Acoustic Observation of Yangtze Finless Porpoise, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1982-present, Behaviour and Conservation Breeding; Bio-acoustics and Behavioural Ecology; Conservation Biology of River Dolphins, Fresh-water Finless Porpoise, and Marine Dolohins, Institute of Hydroiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1982-present, Behaviour and Conservation Breeding; Bio-acoustics and Behavioural Ecology; Conservation Biology of River Dolphins, Fresh-water Finless Porpoise, and Marine Dolohins, Institute of Hydroiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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2007-Present, Behaviour and Bio-acoustics; Behavioural Ecology and Passive Acoustic Observation; Conservation Biology of Yangtze Finless Porpoise, and Chinese White Dolphin, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Zhaolong Cheng, Ding Wang, Haiping Wu, Shiang-lin Huang, Matthew K. Pine, Chongwei Peng, Kexiong Wang*. Stereotyped Whistles May Be First Evidence to Suggest the Possibility of Signature Whistles in an Injured Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Aquatic Mammals 2017, 43(2): 185-192, DOI 10.1578/AM.43.2.2017.185

2. Satoko Kimura, Tomonari Akamatsu, Lijun Dong, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang, Yasutoki Shibata, Nobuaki Arai. Acoustic capture-recapture method for towed acoustic surveys of echolocating porpoises. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2014, 135 (6): 3364–3370

3. Zhitao Wang, Liang Fang, Wenjing Shi, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang. Whistle characteristics of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Sanniang Bay, China. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2013, 133: 2479-2489

4. Zhitao Wang, Douglas P. Nowacek, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang*, Jianchang Liu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Ding Wang*. Diversity of fish sound types in the Pearl River Estuary, China. PeerJ 2017, 5:e3924; DOI10.7717/peerj.3924

5. Matthew K. Pine, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. Fine-scale habitat use in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis, may be more influenced by fish rather than vessels in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Marine Mammal Science 2017, 33(1): 291–312

6. Zhitao Wang, Whitlow W. L. Au, Luke Rendell, Kexiong Wang*, Haiping Wu, Yuping Wu, Jianchang Liu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Ding Wang*. Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China. PeerJ 2016, 4:e1695; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1695

7. Zhitao Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Zhigang Mei, Lijun Dong, Tomohito Imaizumi, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. Frequent and prolonged nocturnal occupation of port areas by Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis): forced choice for feeding? Integrative Zoology 2015, 10: 122–132

8. Liang Fang, Ding Wang, Yongtao Li, Zhaolong Cheng, Matthew K. Pine, Kexiong Wang*, Songhai Li*. The Source Parameters of Echolocation Clicks from Captive and Free-Ranging Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). PLoS ONE 2015, 10(6):e0129143. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129143

9. Zhitao Wang, Paul E. Nachtigall, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang*, Yuping Wu, Jianchang Liu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Ding Wang*. Passive Acoustic Monitoring the Diel, Lunar, Seasonal and Tidal Patterns in the Biosonar Activity of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary, China. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(11):e0141807. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141807

10. Zhigang Mei, Xinqiao Zhang, Shiang-Lin Huang, Xiujiang Zhao, Yujiang Hao, Lin Zhang, Zhengyi Qian, Jinsong Zheng, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. The Yangtze finless porpoise: On an accelerating path to extinction? Biological Conservation 2014, 172: 117–123

11. Zhitao Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang*, Wang D*. The Diel Rhythms of Biosonar Behavior in the Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) in the Port of the Yangtze River: The Correlation between Prey Availability and Boat Traffic. PLoS ONE 2014, 9(5): e97907. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0097907

12. Zhitao Wang, Yuping Wu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Jianchang Liu, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. Assessing the Underwater Acoustics of the World’s Largest Vibration Hammer (OCTA-KONG) and Its Potential Effects on the Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa chinensis). PLoS ONE 2014, 9(10): e110590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110590

13. Liang Fang, Yuping Wu, Kexiong Wang, Matthew K. Pine, and Ding Wang*, Songhai Li. The echolocation transmission beam of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2017, 142 (2), 771–779

14. M. K. Pine*, Ding Wang, L. Porter, Kexiong Wang. Investigating the spatiotemporal variation of fish choruses to help identify important for-aging habitat for Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis. ICES Journal of Marine Science 2017 doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx197

15. Shiang-Lin Huang, Zhigang Mei, Yujiang Hao, Jinsong Zheng, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang*. Saving the Yangtze finless porpoise: Time is rapidly running out. Biological Conservation 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.021

16. Sara Platto, Ding Wang Ding, Kexiong Wang. Variation in the emission rate of sounds in a captive group of false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens during feedings: possible food anticipatory vocal activity? Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 2016, 34, 6: 1218-1237

17. Minmin Chen, Yang Zheng, Yujiang Hao, Zhigang Mei, Kexiong Wang, Qingzhong Zhao, Jinsong Zheng*, Ding Wang*. Parentage-Based Group Composition and Dispersal Pattern Studies of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Population in Poyang Lake. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1268 doi:10.3390/ijms17081268

18. Chong Wei, Zhitao Wang, Zhongchang Song, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang*, Whitlow W. L. Au, Yu Zhang*. Acoustic Property Reconstruction of a Neonate Yangtze Finless Porpoise's (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) Head Based on CT Imaging. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(4): e0121442. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121442

19. Liang Fang, Songhai Li, Kexiong Wang, Zhitao Wang, Wenjing Shi, Ding Wang*. Echolocation signals of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Sanniang Bay, China. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2015, 138 (3): 1346–1352

20. Lijun Dong, Ding Wang*, Kexiong Wang, Songhai Li, Zhigang Mei, Shiyong Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Satoko Kimura. Yangtze finless porpoises along the main channel of Poyang Lake, China: Implications for conservation. Marine Mammal Science 2015, 31(2): 612–628

21. Satoko Kimura*, Tomonari Akamatsu, Liang Fang, Zhitao Wang, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang, Ken Yoda. Apparent source level of free-ranging humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis, in the South China Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2014, 1-7, doi:10.1017/S0025315414000071

22. T. Aran Mooney*, Songhai Li, Darlene R. Ketten, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang. Hearing pathways in the Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 2014, 217: 444-452 doi:10.1242/jeb.093773

23. Chenxi Wu, Xiaolong Huang, Jason D. Witter, Alison L. Spongberg, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang, Jiantong Liu. Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products and associated environmental risks in the central and lower Yangtze river, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2014, 106: 19–26

24. Satoko Kimura*, Tomonari Akamatsu, Ding Wang, Songhai Li, Kexiong Wang, Ken Yoda. Variation in the production rate of biosonar signals in freshwater porpoises. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2013, 133 (5): 3128–3134

25. Songhai Li*, Ding Wang, Kexiong Wang, Matthias Hoffmann-Kuhnt, Nimal Fernando, Elizabeth A. Taylor, Wenzhi Lin, Jialin Chen and Timothy Ng. Possible age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) and corresponding change in echolocation parameters in a stranded Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin. Journal of Experimental Biology 2013, 216: 4144-4153

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1. Zhaolong Cheng, Ding Wang, Haiping Wu, Shiang-lin Huang, Matthew K. Pine, Chongwei Peng, Kexiong Wang*. Stereotyped Whistles May Be First Evidence to Suggest the Possibility of Signature Whistles in an Injured Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Aquatic Mammals 2017, 43(2): 185-192, DOI 10.1578/AM.43.2.2017.185

2. Satoko Kimura, Tomonari Akamatsu, Lijun Dong, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang, Yasutoki Shibata, Nobuaki Arai. Acoustic capture-recapture method for towed acoustic surveys of echolocating porpoises. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2014, 135 (6): 3364–3370

3. Zhitao Wang, Liang Fang, Wenjing Shi, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang. Whistle characteristics of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Sanniang Bay, China. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2013, 133: 2479-2489

4. Zhitao Wang, Douglas P. Nowacek, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang*, Jianchang Liu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Ding Wang*. Diversity of fish sound types in the Pearl River Estuary, China. PeerJ 2017, 5:e3924; DOI10.7717/peerj.3924

5. Matthew K. Pine, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. Fine-scale habitat use in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis, may be more influenced by fish rather than vessels in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Marine Mammal Science 2017, 33(1): 291–312

6. Zhitao Wang, Whitlow W. L. Au, Luke Rendell, Kexiong Wang*, Haiping Wu, Yuping Wu, Jianchang Liu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Ding Wang*. Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China. PeerJ 2016, 4:e1695; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1695

7. Zhitao Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Zhigang Mei, Lijun Dong, Tomohito Imaizumi, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. Frequent and prolonged nocturnal occupation of port areas by Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis): forced choice for feeding? Integrative Zoology 2015, 10: 122–132

8. Liang Fang, Ding Wang, Yongtao Li, Zhaolong Cheng, Matthew K. Pine, Kexiong Wang*, Songhai Li*. The Source Parameters of Echolocation Clicks from Captive and Free-Ranging Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). PLoS ONE 2015, 10(6):e0129143. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129143

9. Zhitao Wang, Paul E. Nachtigall, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang*, Yuping Wu, Jianchang Liu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Ding Wang*. Passive Acoustic Monitoring the Diel, Lunar, Seasonal and Tidal Patterns in the Biosonar Activity of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary, China. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(11):e0141807. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141807

10. Zhigang Mei, Xinqiao Zhang, Shiang-Lin Huang, Xiujiang Zhao, Yujiang Hao, Lin Zhang, Zhengyi Qian, Jinsong Zheng, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. The Yangtze finless porpoise: On an accelerating path to extinction? Biological Conservation 2014, 172: 117–123

11. Zhitao Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang*, Wang D*. The Diel Rhythms of Biosonar Behavior in the Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) in the Port of the Yangtze River: The Correlation between Prey Availability and Boat Traffic. PLoS ONE 2014, 9(5): e97907. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0097907

12. Zhitao Wang, Yuping Wu, Guoqin Duan, Hanjiang Cao, Jianchang Liu, Kexiong Wang*, Ding Wang*. Assessing the Underwater Acoustics of the World’s Largest Vibration Hammer (OCTA-KONG) and Its Potential Effects on the Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa chinensis). PLoS ONE 2014, 9(10): e110590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110590

13. Liang Fang, Yuping Wu, Kexiong Wang, Matthew K. Pine, and Ding Wang*, Songhai Li. The echolocation transmission beam of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2017, 142 (2), 771–779

14. M. K. Pine*, Ding Wang, L. Porter, Kexiong Wang. Investigating the spatiotemporal variation of fish choruses to help identify important for-aging habitat for Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis. ICES Journal of Marine Science 2017 doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx197

15. Shiang-Lin Huang, Zhigang Mei, Yujiang Hao, Jinsong Zheng, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang*. Saving the Yangtze finless porpoise: Time is rapidly running out. Biological Conservation 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.021

16. Sara Platto, Ding Wang Ding, Kexiong Wang. Variation in the emission rate of sounds in a captive group of false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens during feedings: possible food anticipatory vocal activity? Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 2016, 34, 6: 1218-1237

17. Minmin Chen, Yang Zheng, Yujiang Hao, Zhigang Mei, Kexiong Wang, Qingzhong Zhao, Jinsong Zheng*, Ding Wang*. Parentage-Based Group Composition and Dispersal Pattern Studies of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Population in Poyang Lake. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1268 doi:10.3390/ijms17081268

18. Chong Wei, Zhitao Wang, Zhongchang Song, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang*, Whitlow W. L. Au, Yu Zhang*. Acoustic Property Reconstruction of a Neonate Yangtze Finless Porpoise's (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) Head Based on CT Imaging. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(4): e0121442. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121442

19. Liang Fang, Songhai Li, Kexiong Wang, Zhitao Wang, Wenjing Shi, Ding Wang*. Echolocation signals of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Sanniang Bay, China. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2015, 138 (3): 1346–1352

20. Lijun Dong, Ding Wang*, Kexiong Wang, Songhai Li, Zhigang Mei, Shiyong Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Satoko Kimura. Yangtze finless porpoises along the main channel of Poyang Lake, China: Implications for conservation. Marine Mammal Science 2015, 31(2): 612–628

21. Satoko Kimura*, Tomonari Akamatsu, Liang Fang, Zhitao Wang, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang, Ken Yoda. Apparent source level of free-ranging humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis, in the South China Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2014, 1-7, doi:10.1017/S0025315414000071

22. T. Aran Mooney*, Songhai Li, Darlene R. Ketten, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang. Hearing pathways in the Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 2014, 217: 444-452 doi:10.1242/jeb.093773

23. Chenxi Wu, Xiaolong Huang, Jason D. Witter, Alison L. Spongberg, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang, Jiantong Liu. Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products and associated environmental risks in the central and lower Yangtze river, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2014, 106: 19–26

24. Satoko Kimura*, Tomonari Akamatsu, Ding Wang, Songhai Li, Kexiong Wang, Ken Yoda. Variation in the production rate of biosonar signals in freshwater porpoises. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2013, 133 (5): 3128–3134

25. Songhai Li*, Ding Wang, Kexiong Wang, Matthias Hoffmann-Kuhnt, Nimal Fernando, Elizabeth A. Taylor, Wenzhi Lin, Jialin Chen and Timothy Ng. Possible age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) and corresponding change in echolocation parameters in a stranded Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin. Journal of Experimental Biology 2013, 216: 4144-4153

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Bio-acoustics and Behavioural Ecology; Conservation Biology; Behaviour and Conservation Breeding of Porpoises and Dolohins.

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4 students graduated, and 4 students at school