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Name	Pengfei Fan
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Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Pengfei Fan

Contact Information

fanpf@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Sun Yat-Sen University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1998.09-2002.07: Bachelor of Management, Huazhong Agricultural University 2002.09-2007.06: Doctor of Science, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Named the white-cheeked macaque and Skywalker hoolock gibbon Conducted systematic research on various primates and their adaptation mechanisms Proposed a new theoretical framework for the evolution of gibbon monogamy
Work Experience	2007.06-2009.08: Lecturer, Dali College 2009.09-2011.08: Associate Professor, Dali College 2011.09-2015.12: Professor, Dali College (renamed Dali University in 2015) 2014.01-07: Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2016.01-present: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Sun Yat-sen University
Awards	2009: Outstanding Young Animal Ecologist 2013: Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program 2015: Selected for the National High-level Talent Program 2018: Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation's Excellent Young Scientists Fund

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Sun Yat-Sen University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1998.09-2002.07: Bachelor of Management, Huazhong Agricultural University
2002.09-2007.06: Doctor of Science, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Named the white-cheeked macaque and Skywalker hoolock gibbon
Conducted systematic research on various primates and their adaptation mechanisms
Proposed a new theoretical framework for the evolution of gibbon monogamy

Work Experience

2007.06-2009.08: Lecturer, Dali College
2009.09-2011.08: Associate Professor, Dali College
2011.09-2015.12: Professor, Dali College (renamed Dali University in 2015)
2014.01-07: Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016.01-present: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Sun Yat-sen University

Awards

2009: Outstanding Young Animal Ecologist
2013: Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program
2015: Selected for the National High-level Talent Program
2018: Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation's Excellent Young Scientists Fund

Areas of Focus	Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology
Publications	Quantified diet provides suggestions for habitat restoration for the world’s rarest primate., Zhong XK, Zhu CY, Wang YX, Qi XM, Fan PF., 2023 Gut microbiome responds compositionally and functionally to the seasonal diet variations in wild gibbons., Qi Li, Hanlan Fei, Zhenhao Luo, Shaoming Gao, Pandeng Wang, Liying Lan, Xinfeng Zhao, Linan Huang, Pengfei Fan., 2023 Wild gibbons plan their travel pattern according to food types of breakfast., Hanlan Fei, Miguel de Guinea, Li Yang, Paul A. Garber, Lu Zhang, Colin A. Chapman, Pengfei Fan., 2023 Growing disparity in global conservation research capacity and its impact on biodiversity conservation., Lu Zhang, Li Yang, Colin A Chapman, Carlos A. Peres, Tien Ming Lee, Peng-Fei Fan., 2023 Transboundary conservation hotspots in China and potential impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative., Shi KC, Yang L, Zhang L, Chapman C, Fan PF., 2023 Effects of climate and land-cover change on the conservation status of gibbons., Yang L, Chen T, Shi KC, Zhang L, Lwin N, Fan PF., 2023 Contrasting coloured ventral wings are a visual collision avoidance signal in birds., Zheng KD, Liang D, Wang XW, Han YQ, Griesser M, Liu Y, Fan PF., 2022 Where to sleep next? Evidence for spatial memory associated with sleeping sites in Skywalker gibbons (Hoolock tianxing)., Fei HL, de Guinea M, Yang L, Chapman CA, Fan PF., 2022 Effects of protected area on survival of threatened gibbons in China., Zhang L, Samuel TT, Chapman C, Fan PF., 2021 Build up conservation research capacity in China for biodiversity governance., Fan PF, Yang L, Liu Y, Lee TM., 2020 Asymmetric competition between sympatric endangered primate species affects their population recovery., Chen Y, Ma C, Yang L, Guan ZH, Jiang XL, Fan PF., 2020 Male gibbon loud morning calls conform to Zipf’s law of brevity and Menzerath’s law., Huang M, Ma H, Ma C, Garber PA, Fan P., 2020 Influence of traditional knowledge on conservation of the skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) outside nature reserves., Zhang L, Guan Z, Fei H, Yan L, Turvey ST, Fan P., 2020 Regional scientific research benefits threatened-species conservation., Hu Y, Luo Z, Chapman CA, Pimm SL, Turvey ST, Lawes MJ, Peres CA, Lee TM, Fan P., 2019 The neglected otters in China: distribution change in the past 400 years and current conservation status., Zhang L, Wang QY, Yang L, Li F, Chan BPL, Xiao ZS, Li S, Song DZ, Piao ZJ, Fan PF., 2018 The past, present, and future of gibbons in China., Fan PF., 2017 Description of a new species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) based on integrative taxonomy., Fan PF, He K, Chen X, Ortiz A, Zhang B, Zhao C, Li YQ, Zhang HB, Kimock C, Wang WZ, Groves C, Turvey ST, Roos C, Helgen KM, Jiang XL., 2017 White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys): a new macaque species from Modog, Southeastern Tibet., Li C, Zhao C, Fan PF., 2015 Habitat evaluation and population viability analysis of the last population of cao vit gibbon (Nomascus nasutus): Implications for conservation., Fan PF, Ren GP, Wang W, Scott MB, Ma CY, Fei HL, Wang L, Xiao W, Zhu JG., 2013 Habitat and food choice of the critically endangered cao vit gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) in China: implications for conservation., Fan PF, Fei HL, MB. Scott, Zhang W, Ma CY., 2011

Areas of Focus

Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology

Publications

Quantified diet provides suggestions for habitat restoration for the world’s rarest primate., Zhong XK, Zhu CY, Wang YX, Qi XM, Fan PF., 2023
Gut microbiome responds compositionally and functionally to the seasonal diet variations in wild gibbons., Qi Li, Hanlan Fei, Zhenhao Luo, Shaoming Gao, Pandeng Wang, Liying Lan, Xinfeng Zhao, Linan Huang, Pengfei Fan., 2023
Wild gibbons plan their travel pattern according to food types of breakfast., Hanlan Fei, Miguel de Guinea, Li Yang, Paul A. Garber, Lu Zhang, Colin A. Chapman, Pengfei Fan., 2023
Growing disparity in global conservation research capacity and its impact on biodiversity conservation., Lu Zhang, Li Yang, Colin A Chapman, Carlos A. Peres, Tien Ming Lee, Peng-Fei Fan., 2023
Transboundary conservation hotspots in China and potential impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative., Shi KC, Yang L, Zhang L, Chapman C, Fan PF., 2023
Effects of climate and land-cover change on the conservation status of gibbons., Yang L, Chen T, Shi KC, Zhang L, Lwin N, Fan PF., 2023
Contrasting coloured ventral wings are a visual collision avoidance signal in birds., Zheng KD, Liang D, Wang XW, Han YQ, Griesser M, Liu Y, Fan PF., 2022
Where to sleep next? Evidence for spatial memory associated with sleeping sites in Skywalker gibbons (Hoolock tianxing)., Fei HL, de Guinea M, Yang L, Chapman CA, Fan PF., 2022
Effects of protected area on survival of threatened gibbons in China., Zhang L, Samuel TT, Chapman C, Fan PF., 2021
Build up conservation research capacity in China for biodiversity governance., Fan PF, Yang L, Liu Y, Lee TM., 2020
Asymmetric competition between sympatric endangered primate species affects their population recovery., Chen Y, Ma C, Yang L, Guan ZH, Jiang XL, Fan PF., 2020
Male gibbon loud morning calls conform to Zipf’s law of brevity and Menzerath’s law., Huang M, Ma H, Ma C, Garber PA, Fan P., 2020
Influence of traditional knowledge on conservation of the skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) outside nature reserves., Zhang L, Guan Z, Fei H, Yan L, Turvey ST, Fan P., 2020
Regional scientific research benefits threatened-species conservation., Hu Y, Luo Z, Chapman CA, Pimm SL, Turvey ST, Lawes MJ, Peres CA, Lee TM, Fan P., 2019
The neglected otters in China: distribution change in the past 400 years and current conservation status., Zhang L, Wang QY, Yang L, Li F, Chan BPL, Xiao ZS, Li S, Song DZ, Piao ZJ, Fan PF., 2018
The past, present, and future of gibbons in China., Fan PF., 2017
Description of a new species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) based on integrative taxonomy., Fan PF, He K, Chen X, Ortiz A, Zhang B, Zhao C, Li YQ, Zhang HB, Kimock C, Wang WZ, Groves C, Turvey ST, Roos C, Helgen KM, Jiang XL., 2017
White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys): a new macaque species from Modog, Southeastern Tibet., Li C, Zhao C, Fan PF., 2015
Habitat evaluation and population viability analysis of the last population of cao vit gibbon (Nomascus nasutus): Implications for conservation., Fan PF, Ren GP, Wang W, Scott MB, Ma CY, Fei HL, Wang L, Xiao W, Zhu JG., 2013
Habitat and food choice of the critically endangered cao vit gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) in China: implications for conservation., Fan PF, Fei HL, MB. Scott, Zhang W, Ma CY., 2011

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