Education: 

 Sep. 2006 – Jan. 2010, PhD degree in Ecology science from Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China 

 Sep. 2003 – Jun. 2006, Master’s degree in Ecology science from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China 

 Sep. 1999 – Jun. 2003, Bachelor’s degree in biology science from Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan Province, P. R. China   

 Positions:  

 Dec. 2013 – present, Associate professor in Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

 Feb. 2010 – Nov. 2013, Assistant professor in Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

 Overseas Experiences 

 Sep. 2019 – Dec. 2019, Visiting researcher in Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. 

 Sep. 2017 – Oct. 2018, Visiting researcher in Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. 

 Aug. 2014 – Sep. 2014, Visiting researcher in Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. 

 Dec. 2011 – Feb. 2012, Visiting researcher in Department of Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. 

 C-value Paradox and Evolution of Salamander Genomes

 One would expect that complexity requires more DNA to be generated. However, a larger genome doesn’t always lead to more complexity of an organism. This phenomenon is called the C-value paradox. I focus on the giant genome of salamander and lungfish, to uncover the evolution and adaptivity of genomes, and to provide concrete practice on the conservation of threatened salamanders.

 Temporal and Spatial organization of Mountain Ecosystem

 Mountain lands provide a scattered but much diverse of habitats to harbor threatened species. I like the flagship species including snow leopard, leopard, wolf, and black pears. I want to uncover how they live well in the disturbing world of human and safeguard other species in the mountain ecosystem.

　　*Corresponding author 

　　1.        Jiang Qiao, Guoqing Jia, Huaming Zhou, Lin Gong, Yong Jiang, Nengwen Xiao, Xiaoqi Gao, Anxiang Wen*, Jie Wang*. 2022. Mammal and bird diversity recorded with camera traps in Gongga Mountain National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China. Biodiversity Science, 30, 20395. 

　　2.        Jie Wang, Ping Liu, Jiang Chang, Cheng Li, Feng Xie*, Jianping Jiang*. 2022. Development of an eDNA metabarcoding tool for survey of the world’s largest amphibian. Current Zoology, 68, 608-614. 

　　3.        Jie Wang*, Michael W. Itgen, Huiju Wang, Yuzhou Gong, Jianping Jiang, Jiatang Li, Cheng Sun, Stanley K. Sessions, Rachel Lockridge Mueller*. Gigantic genomes can provide empirical tests of TE dynamics models. 2021. Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 19: 123-129. 

　　4.        Huaming Zhou, Meng Wu, Jing Li, Zhiming Li, Jie Wang*. 2020. Population and distribution status of the Tibetan argali (Ovis hodgsoni) in the Shiqu County, Sichuan Province. Acta Theriologica Sinica, 40(4), 346-354. 

　　5.        Wancai Xia, Faliang Shao, Guoqing Jia, Peng Cui, Huaming Zhou, Chen Yang, Jie Wang*. 2020. Avian diversity, distribution, and fauna of the Gongga Mountains. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 26(4), 1028-1034. 

　　6.        Jie Wang*, Hongxing Zhang, Fei Xie, Gang Wei, Jianping Jiang*. 2017. Genetic Bottlenecks of the Wild Chinese Giant Salamander in Karst Caves. Asian Herpetological Research, 8(3), 174-183. 

　　7.        Jie Wang*. 2015. Status of Japanese giant salamander and the enlightenment on the conservation of Chinese giant salamander. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 21, 683-688. 

　　8.        Jie Wang*, Jing Zhang, Xulin Li, Jianping Jiang*. 2014. Isolation and characterization of 16 microsatellite loci for the giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6, 367-368. 

　　9.        Jie Wang, Feng Xie, Gang Wang, Jianping Jiang*. 2014. Group-spawning and simultaneously polyandry of a stream-dwelling frog Feirana kangxianensis. Asian Herpetological Research, 5(4), 240-244. 

　　10.    Jie Wang, Jing Zhang, Xin Yang, Xulin Li, Jianping Jiang*. 2014. Isolation and characterization of 26 microsatellite loci for the frog Feirana quadranus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 1, 57-58. 

　　11.    Jie Wang, Yun Fang, Siegfried Klaus, Yue-Hua Sun*. 2012. Winter foraging strategy of the Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi): ecological and physiological factors. Journal of Ornithology, 153, 257-264. 

　　12.    Jie Wang, Chen Yang, Lei Zhu, Chenxi Jia, Yue-Hua Sun*. 2011. Sex-linkage identification of microsatellite TUT1. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 17, 404-406.  

　　13.    Jie Wang, Chenxi Jia, Songhua Tang, Yun Fang, Yue-Hua Sun*. 2011. Breeding Biology of the Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (Garrulax sukatschewi). Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 123, 146-150. 

　　14.    Jie Wang, Cuijuan Niu*, Chenxi Huang, Judie L. Rummer, Zhigang Xie. 2011. Compensatory growth in juvenile freshwater turtles, Chinemys reevesii, following feed deprivation. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 42, 82-89.  

　　15.    Jie Wang, Chen Yang, Nan Lu, Yun Fang, Yue-Hua Sun*. 2010. Diet of Chinese grouse during preincubation. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122, 177-180.  

　　16.    Jie Wang, Chenxi Jia, Songhua Tang, Yun Fang, Yue-Hua Sun*. 2010. Breeding of the Giant Laughingthrush (Garrulax maximus) at Lianhuashan, Southern Gansu, China. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122:388-391.  

　　17.    Jie Wang, Nan Lv, Chen Yang, Haizhong Chang, Yue-Hua Sun*. 2010. Anatomy of Digestive System of the Chinese Grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi). Chinese Journal of Zoology, 45, 122-126. 

　　18.    Jie Wang, Cuijuan Niu*. 2008. Effects of starvation on urinary nitrogen composition of juvenile Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtles (Chinemys reevesii). Asiatic Herpetological Research, 11, 141-144.  

　　1.      Spatial and temporal expression and silencing mechanism of transposable elements in the gigantic genomes of salamanders. (32170435, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023.01-2025.12) 

　　2.      Investigating the mechanism of sexual selection and mating system in Chinese giant salamander. (31570391, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016.01-2017.12) 

　　3.      Conservation genetics study of the wild Chinese giant salamanders in karst caves. (31200411, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013.01-2015.12).