Educational experience：

BSc: Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2007 PhD: Ecology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012

Statement：

My research interests mainly focus on the evolution of different weird and wonderful animal behaviors, such as sexual selection, conflicts over parental care, animal personality and cooperation. I use combined methods (theoretical, lab, field) to answer the eco-evolutionary questions. It is fascinating to find out whether the predicted modelling results actually happen in reality, and why do some interesting phenomenon exist in nature using the modelling method. Recently, I have been doing some studies on: (1) the evolution of male mate choice and non-adaptive female extra-pair copulation; (2) feedback between sexual selection and animal personality; (3) eco-evolutionary dynamics (to investigate how the interactions between organisms and their environment affect the evolution, and in turn, how the evolution affects the interactions and population dynamics). I am also interested in animal conservation studies considering the behavioral traits (e.g., unravelling the impacts of environmental change on animals with different antipredator strategies).

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