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Name	Shaohua Fan
Contact Information	shaohua_fan@fudan.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English, German
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Shaohua Fan

Contact Information

shaohua_fan@fudan.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English, German

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Fudan University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2005 - Bachelor's Degree: Northwest A&F University 2008 - Master's Degree: Northwest A&F University 2014 - Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology: University of Konstanz 2015-2018 - Postdoctoral Research: University of Pennsylvania
Work Experience	2015-2018 - University of Pennsylvania - Postdoctoral Researcher 2018-Present - Fudan University - Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
Awards	2016 - AAAS/Science program for Excellence in Science 2012 - Chinese government awards for outstanding self-financed student abroad 2011 - Travel grant from Frontiers in Speciation Research for visiting Prof. Yves van de Peer, University of Ghent, Belgium 2009 - DAAD doctoral stipend 2009 - ESF conserve genetics and thermal adaptation, travel grant to Ecological Genomics Workshop, Centro Residenziale Universitario di Bertinoro, Bertinoro (FC), Italy 2007 - Northwest A&F University, travel grant to Fifth International Bioinformatics Workshop, Weihai, China

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Fudan University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2005 - Bachelor's Degree: Northwest A&F University
2008 - Master's Degree: Northwest A&F University
2014 - Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology: University of Konstanz
2015-2018 - Postdoctoral Research: University of Pennsylvania

Work Experience

2015-2018 - University of Pennsylvania - Postdoctoral Researcher
2018-Present - Fudan University - Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor

Awards

2016 - AAAS/Science program for Excellence in Science
2012 - Chinese government awards for outstanding self-financed student abroad
2011 - Travel grant from Frontiers in Speciation Research for visiting Prof. Yves van de Peer, University of Ghent, Belgium
2009 - DAAD doctoral stipend
2009 - ESF conserve genetics and thermal adaptation, travel grant to Ecological Genomics Workshop, Centro Residenziale Universitario di Bertinoro, Bertinoro (FC), Italy
2007 - Northwest A&F University, travel grant to Fifth International Bioinformatics Workshop, Weihai, China

Areas of Focus	Human migration, divergence time, and adaptive evolution Phenotypic generation and evolutionary process Evolutionary process of genome structural variation
Publications	Whole-genome sequencing reveals African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation, Shaohua Fan; Jeffrey P. et al., 2023 Comprehensive evaluation of structural variant genotyping methods based on long-read sequencing data, Duan. X., Pei. M., Fan, S., 2022 African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations, Fan, S., Kelly, DE., Beltrame, MH., et al., 2019 Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations, Crawford, NG., Kelly, DE., Hansen ,MEB., Beltrame,MH., Fan, S et al., 2017 Going global by adapting local: A review of recent human adaptation, Fan, S., Hansen, ME., Yancy, L., Tishkoff, SA, 2016 The seahorse genome provides insights into the evolution of its specialized body plan, Lin, Q., Fan, S*., et al., 2016 Genomics of adaptation and speciation in cichlid fishes: recent advances and analyses in African and Neotropical lineages, Fan, S., Elmer, K.R. and A. Meyer, 2012 Positive Darwian selection drives the evolution of the morphology-related gene, EPCAM, in particularly species-rich lineages of African cichlid fishes, Fan, S., Elmer, K.R. and A. Meyer, 2011

Areas of Focus

Human migration, divergence time, and adaptive evolution
Phenotypic generation and evolutionary process
Evolutionary process of genome structural variation

Publications

Whole-genome sequencing reveals African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation, Shaohua Fan; Jeffrey P. et al., 2023
Comprehensive evaluation of structural variant genotyping methods based on long-read sequencing data, Duan. X., Pei. M., Fan, S., 2022
African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations, Fan, S., Kelly, DE., Beltrame, MH., et al., 2019
Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations, Crawford, NG., Kelly, DE*., Hansen ,MEB*., Beltrame,MH*., Fan, S* et al., 2017
Going global by adapting local: A review of recent human adaptation, Fan, S*., Hansen, ME*., Yancy, L*., Tishkoff, SA, 2016
The seahorse genome provides insights into the evolution of its specialized body plan, Lin, Q*., Fan, S*., et al., 2016
Genomics of adaptation and speciation in cichlid fishes: recent advances and analyses in African and Neotropical lineages, Fan, S., Elmer, K.R. and A. Meyer, 2012
Positive Darwian selection drives the evolution of the morphology-related gene, EPCAM, in particularly species-rich lineages of African cichlid fishes, Fan, S., Elmer, K.R. and A. Meyer, 2011

Human Migration Divergence Time Adaptive Evolution Phenotypic Generation Evolutionary Process Genome Structural Variation Genomics Evolutionary Biology Population Genetics Local Adaptation

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