Areas of Focus
- Earthworm taxonomy and molecular classification
- Diversity patterns of earthworm species in China
- Molecular evolution and adaptive evolutionary mechanisms of earthworms
- Medicinal earthworm resources survey and utilization
Work Experience
- 2016-10 to 2022-07: Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2022-08 to present: Assistant Researcher, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-09 to 2016-09: PhD in Ecology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Identified over 600 species (subspecies) of earthworms in China
- Reconstructed molecular phylogenetic relationships of Megascolecidae earthworms in China
Publications
- Population genetic structure and diversity of Metaphire remanens (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) based on mitochondrial DNA analysis, with a note on a new species of Metaphire remanens sp. nov., Ji Bao Jiang, 2022
- Three new earthworm species of the tokioensis-group in the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Guangxi Province, China, Ji Bao Jiang, 2018