Areas of Focus
- Bird Taxonomy and Zoogeography
- Bird Molecular Biology
- Rare Animal Ecology and Biology
- Wetland Research
Work Experience
- 1983.7-1985.2 - Daqing City Urban and Rural Construction Environmental Protection Bureau - Assistant Engineer
- 1985.3-1995.10 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Intern, Experimentalist
- 1995.10-2010.10 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Senior Experimentalist, Associate Researcher
- 2010.10-Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1983 - Bachelor's Degree: Northeast Forestry University
- Vice Chairman and Secretary General of Yunnan Zoological Society
- Member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission
Publications
- Yunnan Wetlands, Lan Yang, Heng Li, Xiaojun Yang, 2010
- Protecting Birds: Harmony Between Humans and Birds, Zijiang Wang, Haikui Huang, Xiaojun Yang, 2009
- Status and Conservation of Black-necked Cranes in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Fengshan Li, Xiaojun Yang, Fang Yang, 2005
- Birds of Yunnan, Volume II, Lan Yang, Xiaojun Yang, 2004
- Birds in Yunnan, Weizhi Ji, Xiaojun Yang, Xianji Wen, Jianguo Zhu, 2006
- Wild Birds of Yunnan, China, Weizhi Ji, Xiaojun Yang, 2004
- Harmony Between Humans and Birds: International Forum on Bird Conservation, Yuechong Wang, Zijiang Wang, Zhengwen Gao, Lan Yang, Shaozhong Xu, Xiaojun Yang, 2006
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Taxonomic Implications of Asian Scimitar Babblers, Dong Feng, Shou-Hsien Li, Xiaojun Yang, 2010
- Winter Habitat Selection of Vulnerable Black-necked Cranes, D.J. Kong, Xiaojun Yang, Q. Liu, X.Y. Zhong, J.X. Yang, 2011
- Preliminary Study on the Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomic Relationship of Brown-necked Hook-billed Babblers, Rui Song, Feng Dong, Luming Liu, Fei Wu, Kai Wang, Fasheng Zou, Shouxian Li, Xiaojun Yang, 2011
Awards
- Yunnan Bird Classification and Conservation Biology Research (1995): First Prize, Provincial Level