Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Academician of the European Academy of Sciences
Academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences
Academician of the African Academy of Sciences
Distinguished Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Published over 200 SCI papers
Total citations over 6000
Highly Cited Scientist in Agriculture and Biology by Elsevier (2014-2020)
Current - President of Hebei University
Current - Director of Beijing Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Current - Dean of the School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Current - Deputy Director of the Degree Committee, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Nebraska
2011: Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award for Scientific and Technological Progress in Life Sciences
2013: Distinguished Scientist Award, Entomological Society of America
2015: Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
2015: Achievement Award, 8th Tan Jiazhen Life Science Award
2017: National Natural Science Award, Second Prize
2017: Outstanding Achievement Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2019: Vice President, International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
2019: Ma Shijun Ecological Science Achievement Award
2021: Silverstein-Simone Award, International Society of Chemical Ecology
Research
Ecological Genomics Phenotypic Plasticity Neurobiology and Behavior
4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation phenomone in locusts, Guo, X.J., Yu, Q.Q., Chen, D.F., Wei, J.N., Yang, P.C., Yu, J., Wang, X.H., Kang, L., 2020
Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locusts, Wang, H.M., Jiang, F., Liu, X., Liu, Q., Fu, Y.Y., Li, R., Hou, L., Zhang, J., He, J., Kang, L., 2022
Variation of TNF modulates cellular immunity of gregarious and solitary locusts against fungal pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae, Wang, Y.D., Tong, X.W., Yuan, S.L., Yang, P.C., Li, L., Zhao, Y., Kang, L., 2022
Locust density shapes energy metabolism and oxidative stress resulting in divergence of flight traits, Du, B.Z., Ding, D., Ma, C., Guo, W., Kang, L., 2022
Phenylacetonitrile in locusts facilitates an antipredator defense by acting as an olfactory aposematic signal and cyanide precursor, Wei, J.N., Shao, W.B., Cao, M.M., Ge, J., Yang, P.C., Chen, L., Wang, X.H., Kang, L., 2019
A β-carotene-binding protein carrying a red pigment regulates body-color transition between green and black in locusts, Yang, M.L., Wang, Y.L., Liu, Q., Liu, Z.K., Jiang, F., Wang, H.M., Guo, X.J., Zhang, J.Z., Kang, L., 2019
Dop1 enhances conspecific olfactory attraction by inhibiting miR-9a maturation in locusts, Guo, X.J., Ma, Z.Y., Du, B.Z., Li, T., Li, W.D., Xu, L.L., He, J., Kang, L., 2018
Genetic variation in PTPN1 contributes to metabolic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan migratory locusts, Ding, D., Liu, G.J., Hou, L., Gui, W.Y., Chen, B., Kang, L., 2018
Transposable Element-Mediated Balancing Selection at Hsp90 Underlies Embryo Developmental Variation, Chen B., Zhang B., Xu L.L., Li Q., Jiang F., Yang P.C., Xu Y.N., Kang L., 2017
miR-71 and miR-263 Jointly Regulate Target Genes Chitin synthase and Chitinase to Control Locust Molting, Yang M.L., Wang Y.L., Jiang F., Song T.Q., Wang H.M., Liu Q, Zhang J., Zhang J.Z., Kang L., 2016
Molecular mechanisms of phase change in locusts, Wang,X.H., Kang,L., 2014
Locust genome sequence provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight, Wang, X.H., Fang, X.D., Yang, P.C., Jiang, X.T., Jiang, F., Zhao, D.J., Li B., Cui, F., Wei, J.N., Ma, C., Wang, Y.D., He, J., Luo Y., Wang, Z.F., Guo, X.J., Guo W., Wang X., Zhang Y., Yang M.L., Hao S.G., Chen B., Ma Z.Y., Yu D., Xiong Z., Zhu Y., Fan D., Han L., Wang B., Chen Y., Wang J., Yang L., Zhao W., Feng Y., Chen G., Lian J., Li Q., Huang Z., Yao X., Lv N., Zhang G., Li Y., Wang J., Wang, J., Zhu B. Kang, L., 2014
Metabolomic analysis reveals that carnitines are key regulatory metabolites in phase transition of the locusts, Wu, R., Wu, Z.M., Wang, X.H., Yang, P.C., Yu, D., Zhao, C.X., Xu, G.W., and Kang, L., 2012
Modulation of behavioral phase changes of the migratory locust by the catecholamine metabolic pathway, Ma, ZY, Guo, XJ, Guo, W, Wang, XH, Kang, L., 2011
CSP and takeout genes modulate the switch between attraction and repulsion during behavioral phase change in the migratory locust, Guo, W, Wang, XH, Ma, Z.Y., Xue, L., Han, J.Y., Yu, D., and Kang, L., 2011
Ecological trade-offs between jasmonic acid-dependent direct and indirect plant defences in tritrophic interactions, Wei, J.N., Wang, L.Z., Zhao, J.H., Li, C.Y., Ge, F. and Kang, L., 2011
A k-mer scheme to predict piRNAs and characterize locust piRNAs, Zhang, Y., Wang, X.H., and Kang, L., 2011
Roles of Thermal Adaptation and Chemical Ecology in Liriomyza Distribution and Control, Kang, L., Chen, B., Wei, J.N. and Liu, T.X., 2009
Characterization and transcriptomes of small RNAs in two phases of locust, Wei, Y.Y., Chen, S., Yang P.C., Kang, L., 2009
Grassland ecosystems in China: Review of current knowledge and research advancement, Kang, L., Han, X.G., Zhang, Z.B. and Sun, O. J., 2007
The analysis of large-scale gene expression correlated to the phase changes of the migratory locust, Kang, L., Chen, X.Y., Zhou, Y., Zheng, W., Li R.Q., Wang, J. and Yu, J., 2004
