Biology, Sichuan University

Research summary

My general area of research interest includes evolutionary and systematic biology, biomechanics, etc. I have a natural history background and a life-long hobby of organism biology, especially in fields of entomology and herpetology.  

Currently I am working on genetic basis of adaptive trait evolution in Mimulus flowers with Prof. Toby Bradshaw and working on the biomechanics of directed aerial descent (gliding) in an Australian stick insect in Tom Daniel's lab.    

Awards

- People's Choice Award  

First Breadth in Anthropological Research (BAR) Conference, University of Washington
link to conference pictures

Publications and Presentations

A New Species of the Genus Maurya Distant (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from China

A New Species of the Genus Megalocentrus Yuan (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from China

"Directed Aerial Descent in Tropical Stick Insect (Phasmidae: Extatosoma)"
The 9th UW Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mary Grates Hall, May 2006

Highlights

Talk - "Entomology in China", Burke Museum, Seattle