Areas of Focus
- Research on mosquito-borne viruses and mosquito control
- Research on prevention and control technologies for emerging/severe viruses
- Research related to biosafety
Work Experience
- 2014-09~Present - Wuhan National Biosafety (Level 4) Laboratory - Laboratory Director
- 2012-10~Present - Wuhan Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences - Dean
- 2003-01~2003-04 - University of Illinois - Visiting Scholar
- 2001-07~2001-10 - National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark - Visiting Scholar
- 1999-02~1999-12 - Danish Agricultural University - Visiting Scholar
- 1995-09~1996-10 - Pasteur Institute of France - Visiting Scholar
- 1989-11~Present - Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, Researcher
- 1987-09~1989-11 - Department of Biology, Yunnan University - Assistant Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998-09--2001-07 PhD: Sun Yat-sen University
- 1984-09--1987-07 Master's Degree: Yunnan University
- 1980-09--1984-07 Bachelor's Degree: Hubei University
Publications
- Introduction to the Biosafety Directory of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in the 6th Edition of the CDC's 'Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories', Han Xia, Zhiming Yuan, 2022
- Comparison and Effectiveness Verification of Two Real-Time Fluorescent Quantitative PCR Methods for Detecting Nipah Virus, Shuqi Xiao, Yongxia Shi, Han Xia, Hongping Wei, Zhiming Yuan, Yi Huang, 2022
- Infection and Pathogenesis of the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Rhesus Macaque, Ge Gao, Xue Hu, Yiwu Zhou, Juhong Rao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yun Peng, Jiaxuan Zhao, Yanfeng Yao, Kunpeng Liu, Mengying Liang, Hang Liu, Fei Deng, Han Xia, Chao Shan, Zhiming Yuan, 2022
- Environmental Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater Systems and Related Environments in Wuhan: April to May of 2020, Lu Zhao, Evans Atoni, Raphael Nyaruaba, Yao Du, Huaiyu Zhang, Oscar Donde, Doudou Huang, Shuqi Xiao, Nanjie Ren, Teng Ma, Shu Zhu, Zhiming Yuan, Lei Tong, Han Xia, 2022
- Increased Morbidity of Obese Mice Infected with Mouse-Adapted SARS-CoV-2, YaNan Zhang, ZheRui Zhang, HongQing Zhang, XiaoDan Li, JiaQi Li, QiuYan Zhang, Jing Liu, Qi Li, ChengLin Deng, ZhengLi Shi, Zhiming Yuan, HanQing Ye, Bo Zhang, 2021
Awards
- China National Machinery Industry Corporation Science and Technology Award (2018): Second Prize for 'Research and Application of Key Technologies for High-Level Biosafety Laboratory Engineering'
- Guangdong Science and Technology Award (2013): Second Prize for 'Research on Detection Technology and Risk Assessment and Control of Major Foreign Infectious Diseases'
- Provincial Award (2010): Third Prize for 'Promotion and Application of Biological Mosquito Larvicide in Resistance Management'
- City-Level Award (2007): Second Prize for 'Promotion and Application of Biological Mosquito Larvicide'
- Provincial Award (2003): Third Prize for 'Research on Mosquito-Killing Bacillus Sphaericus'
- Institute-Level Award (1990): Second Prize for 'Development and Application of C3-41 Mosquito Larvicide Emulsion'