Unleashing the Secrets of the Animal Kingdom: Inside the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Resume:
Jia Chenxi was born in September 1965 in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province. He is a doctor, associate researcher, master’s supervisor, and curator of the Bird Branch of the National Museum of Zoological Gardens.
Education and Work Experience:
1987, Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Xinjiang University;
1993, Master’s degree in Biology from Xinjiang University;
1996, PhD in Biology from Beijing Normal University;
1987-1990, Xinjiang Burgen Beaver Nature Reserve;
1996-Present, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
2005, Visiting scholar at Newcastle University, UK.
Field of Study:
Bird classification and systematic evolution; geographical variation in bird songs and morphology.
Social Positions:
Deputy Secretary-General of the Animal Ecology Committee of the Ecological Society of China and a member of the IUCN/SSC/WPA Pheasant Specialist Group.
Awards and Honors:
Winner of the 5th “Zheng Zuoxin Youth Bird Science Award” in 2003 and the second prize in the Natural Science Award of the Higher Education Science and Technology Award (ranked fifth) in 2006.
Scientific Research Projects:
Presided over three National Natural Science Foundation general projects, one national key research project, and one key sub-project of the foundation, and two horizontal projects.
Representative Works:
Published over 30 research papers in core academic journals at home and abroad, including:
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Jia, C.X. & Sun, Y.H. 2008 Nests, Eggs, and Incubation Behavior of Grey-headed Bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(4):875~879.
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Sun, Y-H., Fang, Y., Jia, C-X.Klaus, S., Swenson, J.E. & Scherzinger, W. 2007 Nest site selection of Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzowi at Lianhuashan, Gansu, China. Wildl. Biol. 13 (Suppl. 1): 68-72.
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Bi ZL, Gu Y, Jia CX et al. 2003 Nests, eggs, and nestling behavior of the snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax sukatschewi) at Lianhuashan Natural Reserve, Gansu, China. Wilson Bull 115 (4): 474-477.
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Sun YH, Jia CX and Fang Y 2001 The distribution and status of Sichuan Grey jay (Perisoreus internigrans). J. Ornithology 142(1): 99-103.
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Jia CXSun YH and Fang Y 2001 Occurrence of blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus in relation to habitat fragmentation in southern Gansu, China. In: Maureen Woodburn and Philip McGowan (eds). Galliformes 2000: Proceedings of the 2nd International Galliformes Symposium. pp 86-90.
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Jia CX and Zheng GM 2001 Social organisation and behaviour of blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. In: Maureen Woodburn and Philip McGowan (eds). Galliformes 2000: Proceedings of the 2nd International Galliformes Symposium. pp 183-190.
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Jia CXSun YH, Wang L 2002 Egg-laying time and laying intervals in Blood Pheasant. Zoological Research 23(6): 467-470.
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Jia CXZheng GM et al. 2001 Movement and brooding behavior of Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) in brooding period. Acta Zoologia Sinica 47(4): 376~380.
Contact Information:
Name: Jia Chenxi
Subject: Ecology
Tel/Fax: +86-10-64807059 / +86-10-64807099
Email: jiacx@ioz.ac.cn
Correspondence address: No. 5, Yard No. 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
National Museum of Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101