Prof. Hong Wang, Ph.D

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography

Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

132 Lanhei Road, Heilongtan (Black Dragon Pool)

Kunming, Yunnan 650201, PR China

E-mail: wanghong@mail.kib.ac.cn

Education

1981-1985　 B. Sc. The Southwest Forestry University, Kunming,

1987-1990　 M. Sc. The Southwest Forestry University, Kunming,

2009　　　  Ph. D Nanjing University, Nanjing

Position

1985-1987　 Teaching Assistant in the Department of Plant Protection, the Southwest Forestry University

1991-1992　 Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Plant Systematics and Phytogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1993　　　  Associate Research Fellow, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1994　　  　Visiting Scholar, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, U. S. A.

A research project for Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae)

1998-2002　 Associate Professor, and Head of Palynology and Pollination Biology Section, Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2001　 　　 Visiting Scientist to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK, for a co-project working with Professor Stephen Blackmore, on pollen morphology of Pedicularis and Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae)

2003　　　Professor, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2008　　　 Visiting Scientist to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK, for a co-project working with Professor Stephen Blackmore and Dr. Alexandra Wortley on pollen morphology of Crepidinae and Lactucinae (Asteraceae: Cichorieae)

Current Appointments

1. Deputy director of the Ecology Committee of Botanical Society of Yunnan

2. Editorial board of “Plant Diversity and Resources”, “Life World”

3. Editorial board of Member of Academic Committee of Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interests

(1) Reproductive biology and ecological adaptations of plants

(2) Pollen morphology and evolution of Angiosperms

(3) Phylogenetics, evolution, and biogeography of Asian and Chinese plants (major focus on Pedicularis and related taxa)