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Sun Baojun
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Conservation
Physiology
Reptiles
Ecology
Adaptation
Climate Change
Thermal Adaptation
Spatial Patterns
Temporal Patterns
Biodiversity
Areas of Focus
- Conservation Physiology
- Reptile Ecological Adaptation
Work Experience
- 2014-2021 - Assistant Researcher, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2017 - Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
- 2021-present - Associate Researcher, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014 - PhD: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2019 - Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2023 - Outstanding Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Genetically encoded lizard color divergence for camouflage and thermoregulation, Sun, B.J., Li, W.M., Lv, P., Wen, G.N., Wu, D.Y., Tao, S.A., Liao, M.L., Yu, C.Q., Jiang, Z.W., Wang, Y., Xie, H.X., Wang, X.F., Chen, Z.Q., Liu, F., Du, W.G., 2024
- Higher metabolic plasticity in temperate compared to tropical lizards suggests increased resilience to climate change, Sun, B.J., Williams, C.M., Li, T., Speakman, J.R., Jin, Z.G., Lu, H.L., Luo, L.G., Du, W.G., 2022
- Effects of climate and human activity on the current distribution of amphibians in China, Mi, C.R., Huettmann, F., Li, X.H., Jiang, Z.W., Du, W.G., Sun, B.J., 2022
- Moderate climate warming scenarios during embryonic and post‐embryonic stages benefit a cold‐climate lizard, Liu, W.L., Liu, P., Cui, L.X., Meng, Y., Tao, S.A., Han, X.Z., Sun, B.J., 2022
- Temperate and tropical lizards are vulnerable to climate warming due to increased water loss and heat stress, Mi, C.R., Ma, L., Wang, Y., Wu, D.Y., Du, W.G., Sun, B.J., 2022
- Latitudinal embryonic thermal tolerance and plasticity shape the vulnerability of oviparous species to climate change, Sun, B.J., Ma, L., Wang, Y., Mi, C.R., Buckley, L.B., Levy, O., Lu, H.L., Du, W.G., 2021
- Nocturnal dispersal flight of crickets: Behavioural and physiological responses to cool environmental temperatures, Sun, B.J., Huebner, C., Treidel, L., Clark, R., Roberts, K., Kenagy, G.J., Williams, C.M., 2020
- The embryos of turtles can influence their own sexual destinies, Ye, Y.Z., Ma, L., Sun, B.J., Li, T., Wang, Y., Shine, R., Du, W.G., 2019
- Phenology and the physiological niche are coadapted in a desert-dwelling lizard, Sun, B.J., Ma, L., Li, S.R., Williams, C.M., Wang, Y., Hao, X., Du, W.G., 2018
- Thyroid hormone modulates offspring sex ratio in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination, Sun, B.J., Li, T., Mu, Y., McGlashan, J.K., Georges, A., Shine, R., Du, W.G., 2016
Awards
- 2015: Outstanding Young Worker in Animal Ecology, Chinese Zoological Society
- 2016: Outstanding Young Worker in Animal Physiological Ecology, Chinese Zoological Society
- 2022: Youth Science and Technology Award, Chinese Zoological Society
