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Shaohua Fan
Life Science
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English, German
Human Migration
Divergence Time
Adaptive Evolution
Phenotypic Generation
Evolutionary Process
Genome Structural Variation
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Population Genetics
Local Adaptation
Areas of Focus
- Human migration, divergence time, and adaptive evolution
- Phenotypic generation and evolutionary process
- Evolutionary process of genome structural variation
Work Experience
- 2015-2018 - University of Pennsylvania - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2018-Present - Fudan University - Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
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
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
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
