Xiaolei Huang

Xiaolei Huang, Ph.D.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100101, CHINA
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Regional Coordinator, International Biogeography Society

I am interested in biodiversity patterns (character, distribution, relationship) and their evolutionary and ecological causes.

Key words: biodiversity pattern; biogeography; entomology; evolutionary biology; fauna evolution; molecular phylogenetics; Tibetan Plateau; Himalayas.

Current focuses:
1) biogeographical patterns and evolution of fauna in the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas (QTPH);
2) biogeography and speciation of Mindarinae (Insecta, Aphididae) with continentally and regionally disjunct distributions;
3) molecular phylogeny of higher aphid groups with K/T radiation and evolution of key biological features;
4) higher-level phylogenetic relationships between aphids and their primary endosymbionts, Buchnera.

I personally am also interested in some matters of general interest, such as how to promote the collection and sharing of biodiversity data. We have proposed that implementation of a joint data archiving policy by journals and databases would be a win-win strategy for both sides and a sustainable (quantity and quality) methodology for biodiversity data sharing and archiving. The suggestions have been published in TREE.

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