My research subjects are marine mammals (whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, seals, dugongs, and so on); primary research fields include but are not limited to bioacoustics, ecology, biology, and evolution of marine mammals. I work on sound and biosonar production, hearing and noise effect, visual and passive acoustic survey, evolution and conservation of aquatic mammals. The researches of my team involve noise and high-frequency bio-sound recording and analysis, ecological surveys, auditory evoked potential recording by using ABR technology, underwater bio-sound detection, photo-ID, whole-genome sequencing and analysis, and so on.

   

   

2002–2007 Ph.D in Hydrobiology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

08/2006 Acoustic Communication Course, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

1998–2002 BSc in Biology Technology. College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China.

Work Experience

10/2012-          Professor (Electee of “Hundred Talents Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Head of Marine Mammal and Marine Bioacoustics Laboratory, Sanya Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

10/2011-02/2013   Research Fellow, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore.

 

09/2009-09/2011    Postdoc Fellow, Marine Mammal Research Program, University of Hawaii, HI, USA, Working on echolocation and hearing of dolphins. Mentors: Profs. Paul E. Nachtigall, Alexander Ya. Supin, and Whitlow W. L. Au.

 

04/2009-09/2009  Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Working on hearing research of Cetaceans and other aquatic animals by using electrophysiological technology (ABR) with Drs. Darlene Ketten and Aran Mooney.

 

02/2009-04/2009   Visiting Scholar, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. Working on hearing research of fish by using electrophysiological technology (ABR) with Dr. Michael Smith.

 

07/2007-02/2009  Assistant researcher, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan.

09/2002-07/2007   Ph.D. student, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan. Supervisor: Dr. Ding Wang. Working on echolocation of finless porpoise with Drs. Ding Wang, Kexiong Wang, and Tomonari Akamatsu (from Japan).

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