CURRICULUM VITAE
I. PERSONAL DATA
| Name | Yongdong WANG |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Date of Birth | January 10, 1967 |
| Place of Birth | Gansu, China |
| Title | Ph.D., Research Professor |
| Affiliation | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Academia Sinica (the Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| Address | 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, P. R. China |
| Telephone | 86-25-3282221 (office), 86-25-3366349 (home) |
| Fax | 86-25-3357026 |
Current address in United States for a senior visiting scholar program
Paleobotany Laboratory
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida Dickinson Hall, P.O.Box 117800
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, U.S.A.
Tel.:(352) 392-1721 ext.232 (office); 692-3270 (home)
Fax: (352) 392-2539; E-mail: ydwang@flmnh.ufl.edu
II. MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Mesozoic filicalean plants: reproductive structures and in situ spores;
2. Studies on the Mesozoic gymnosperms (ginkgoalean and bennettitaleans)
3. Comparative anatomy of the Mesozoic conifer wood and permineralized cones
4. Mesozoic palyloflora, phytogeography and paleoclimate
III. ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED
| 1990 | Bachelor of Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. Subject: geology |
| 1993 | Master of Science, Lanzhou Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica, Lanzhou, China. Subject: palynology and stratigraphy |
| 1996 | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science), Northwest University, Xi'an, China. Subject: paleobotany and palynology |
IV. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
| 1986-1990 | Department of Geology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. B. S. majored in geology |
| 1990-1993 | Lanzhou Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica, Lanzhou, China. M. S. majored in palynology and biostratigraphy |
| 1993-1996 | Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China. Ph. D. majored in palaeobotany and palynology |
V. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
| July 1996-July 1998: | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Nanjing, China. |
| August 1998: | Associate Research Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Nanjing, China. |
| December 2000 - Present: | Research Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Nanjing, China. |
| September 2001- Present: | Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, USA. |
VI. PREVIOUS STUDY AND RESEARCH ABROAD (The Netherlands, France, Germany,
Japan, USA)
| September- October, 1997 | Visiting researcher, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Comparative study on Mesozoic filicalean plants. Financially supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Scientific mentor: Dr. J.H.A. van Konijnenburg van Cittert) |
| October 1997 - November 1999 | Visiting researcher, Laboratoire de Paléobotanique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France (three months, each year one month). Collaborative study on ultrastructure of Mesozoic plant cuticles and in situ spores. Financially supported by CNRS of France and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Scientific mentor: Prof. Georges Barale, Director of the laboratory and the Herbarium of the Université Lyon 1. |
| December 1999 | Short visit and study, Natural History Institute of Tokyo, Chiba Institute and Museum of Natural History, Japan. Studies on the Mesozoic permineralized plants of Japan. Supported by Natural History Institute of Tokyo, Chiba Institute and Museum of Natural History, Japan. Collaborator: Dr. Keni'chi Saiki. |
| October - November 2000 | Visiting researcher. Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tübingen University, Germany. Studies on the Early Mesozoic micro- and megaflora from Junggar Basin, Xinjiang. Scientific mentor: Prof. Dr. Volker Mosbrugger. |
| September 2001 -- | Post doc, Senior visiting scholar at Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Scientific mentor: Prof. David Dilcher, NAS |
VII. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
| 1986-1990 | Department of Geology, Lanzhou University (B.S.
studies). Carboniferous biostratigraphy of the Northern Qilian Mountains area, Gansu |
| 1990-1993 | Lanzhou Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica (M.S. studies) 1) Late Carboniferous palynostratigraphy and paleoecology in Zhongwei of Ningxia; 2) China-Japan cooperative study on remote sensing and geology of hydrocarbon resources in Tarim Basin, Xinjiang; 3) Microfossils of crude oils from the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang (A subject of State-key Eighth Five Plan Project of China: "Oil and gas resources in Tarim Basin"); 4) Palynological and stratigraphical investigations of two wells from the Turpan-Hami Basin, Xinjiang |
| 1993-1996 |
Department of Geology, Northwest University ( Ph.D.studies) |
| 1996-1998 | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia
Sinica. (Postdoctoral research program of palaeobotany) 1). Fertile organs and in situ spores of fossil ferns from the Permian to Jurassic in Northwest and South China; 2) Ultrastructural studies on fossil plant cuticles and in situ spore-pollen; 3) Collections and studies of Mesozoic Plants from the Three Gorges Area of the Yangtze River |
| 1998-Present | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia
Sinica (Associate research professor, Research Professor of palaeobotany)
1). Studies on the Early Mesozoic ferns from China: fine structure of fertile organs and in situ spores. Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2000-2002; 2). Fine and ultrastructural studies on Mesozoic pteridophytes (Filicales) and Cycadophytes: palaeoenvironmental implications. Collaborative project between Chinese Academy of Sciences and CNRS of France, 2000-2002; 3). Subdivision on boundaries between Triassic/Jurassic and Lower/Middle Jurassic and their ecosystem from the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, northwestern China. Member of the project between Max-Planck Gesellschaft of Germany and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
VIII. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
| Member of : | Palaeontological Society of China | Palaeobotanical Society of China |
| Palynological Society of China | Palaeontological Society of Jiangsu Province | |
| Botanical Society of Jiangsu Province | Botanical Society of America |
IX. AWARD
Second Class Price Award for Progress in Science and Technology of the Ministry
of Coal Industry, China (1997) for the study on "Jurassic coal-bearing strata
and coal accumulation in Northwest China" (collaborated with others).