Areas of Focus
- Spider Morphological Classification and Molecular Evolution
- Mechanisms of Species Formation or Genomics
Work Experience
- 1988-07 to Present: Various roles at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, including Intern Researcher, Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, Researcher
- Current: Second-level Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current: Editor-in-Chief of 'Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica', Secretary-General of the Asian Society of Arachnology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992-09 to 1998-11: PhD in Natural Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- 1985-09 to 1988-07: Master's Degree, Jilin University
- 1981-09 to 1985-07: Bachelor's Degree, Hebei University
Publications
- Male-specific (Z)-9-tricosene stimulates female mating behaviour in the spider Pholcus beijingensis, Xiao Y.H., Zhang J.X. & *Li S.Q., 2010
- Intraspecific or interspecific variation – Delimitation of species boundaries within the genus Gammarus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridae), with description of four new species, Hou Z.E. & *Li S.Q., 2010
- Is Gammarus tigrinus (Amphipoda, Crustacea) becoming cosmopolitan through shipping? – Predicting its potential invasive range using ecological niche modeling, Ba J.W., Hou Z.E., Platvoet D., Li Z, *Li S.Q., 2010
- Toward understanding the distribution of Laurasian frogs: A test of Savage’s biogeographical hypothesis using the genus Bombina, Zheng Y.C., Fu J.Z. & *Li S.Q., 2009
- A two–component female–produced pheromone of the spider Pholcus beijingensis, Xiao Y.H., Zhang J.X. & *Li S.Q., 2009
- Inferring species membership using DNA sequences with Back–Propagation Neural Networks, Zhang A.B., Sikes D.S., Muster C., *Li S.Q., 2008
- A phylogenetic analysis of the frog genera Vibrissaphora and Leptobrachium, and the correlated evolution of nuptial spine and reversed sexual size dimorphism, Zheng Y.C., Li S.Q. & Fu J.Z., 2008
- Biogeographical patterns of Chinese spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) based on a parsimony analysis of endemicity, Meng K.B., *Li S.Q. and Murphy R.W., 2008
- Phylogeographic analysis of Pimoidae (Arachnida: Araneae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 28S rRNA gene region, Wang Q., *Li S.Q., Wang R.J. & Paquin P., 2008
- A molecular phylogeny of the genus Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, Hou Z.E., Fu J.Z. & *Li S.Q., 2007
Awards
- 2010: Zhu Liyuehua Excellent Teacher Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2009: First Prize, Zhou Yao Insect Taxonomy Award Fund
- 1998: Josef G. Knoll Science Award, Germany
- 1994: Second Prize, Natural Science Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences