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Bai Ming
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese, German
Species Continuity
Species Discontinuity
Morphology Quantification
Insect Database
Intelligent Identification
Beetle Systematics
Evolutionary Mechanisms
Taxonomy
Biological Classification
Species Origin
Areas of Focus
- Development of new technologies to resolve the contradiction and unity of species continuity and discontinuity
- Revolutionary new methods for species morphology quantification
- Largest insect model specimen database in China
- Establishment of the world's first intelligent beetle identification system
Work Experience
- 2019.2-present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2013.5-2015.1 - University of Jena, Germany - Visiting Scholar, Humboldt Scholar
- 2011.1-2019.1 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2008.7-2010.12 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2006.12-2007.12 - Natural History Museum, UK - Joint PhD Student
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004.9-2008.7 PhD: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001.9-2004.7 Master's: College of Life Sciences, Hebei University
- 1997.9-2001.7 Bachelor's: College of Life Sciences, Hebei University
- Published over 200 academic papers, with over 100 as first or corresponding author in journals like Cell, Nature Communications, Science Advances
Publications
- Hexagon-based adaptive hierarchies for efficient point-in-spherical-polygon tests on GPUs, Li J.*, Wang W.C., Li L.L., Ding Q., Bai M., 2024
- PENet: A phenotype encoding network for automatic extraction and representation of morphological discriminative features, Zhao Z.Y.#, Lu Y.Y.#, Tong Y.J., Chen X., Bai M.*, 2023
- The Water‐Exclusion Trap (WET): A 3D printable window trap collector that prevents DNA degradation, Lee S., Seung J., Yang Y.B., Orr M., Lee M., Tak J.H., Vogler A.P., Bai M.*, Lee S.*, 2023
- A Cretaceous chafer beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with exaggerated hind legs—insight from comparative functional morphology into a possible spring movement, Lu Y.Y., Ahrens D., Shih C., Jenkins Shaw J., Yang X.K., Ren D.*, Bai M.*, 2023
- Lampshade web spider Ectatosticta davidi chromosome-level genome assembly provides evidence for its phylogenetic position, Fan Z.#, Wang L.Y.#, Xiao L.#, Tan B., Luo B., Ren T.Y., Liu L.*, Zhang Z.S.*, Bai M.*, 2023
Awards
- 2019: International Cooperation Partner Award for Young Scientists, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016: First Prize, Zhou Yao Insect Taxonomy Award Fund
- Youth Science and Technology Award, Fifth Session, Entomological Society of China
- Third Prize, Science and Technology Progress Award, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
