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Name	Zhang Wei
Contact Information	{'en': 'Email: weizhangvv (AT) pku.edu.cn, Office Phone: 62767697, Lab Phone: 62767697', 'zh': '电子邮件：weizhangvv (AT) pku.edu.cn, 办公室电话：62767697, 实验室电话：62767697', 'de': 'E-Mail: weizhangvv (AT) pku.edu.cn, Bürotelefon: 62767697, Labortelefon: 62767697'}
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

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Zhang Wei

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{'en': 'Email: weizhangvv (AT) pku.edu.cn, Office Phone: 62767697, Lab Phone: 62767697', 'zh': '电子邮件：weizhangvv (AT) pku.edu.cn, 办公室电话：62767697, 实验室电话：62767697', 'de': 'E-Mail: weizhangvv (AT) pku.edu.cn, Bürotelefon: 62767697, Labortelefon: 62767697'}

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Peking University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2005-2011 PhD, School of Life Sciences, Peking University 2001-2005 Bachelor, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University
Work Experience	2024-Present Researcher (Permanent), School of Life Sciences, Peking University 2024-Present Researcher (Permanent), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences 2018-2024 Researcher, School of Life Sciences, Peking University 2018-2024 Researcher, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences 2012-2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago 2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Awards	Zhou Yaokun Entomology Classification Award Fund First Prize, 2024 Biomedical Summit Fund, 2023 National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, 2023 Peking University Teaching Excellence Award, 2023 Benyuan Public Welfare Fund, 2023 Most Popular Teacher, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, 2022 Huang Tingfang/Xinhe Young Outstanding Scholar Award, 2022 21st Young Teacher Basic Skills Competition at Peking University, First Prize, Best Teaching Plan Award, Best Teaching Demonstration Award, Most Popular by Students Award, 2021 Green Leaf Biopharmaceutical Outstanding Young Scholar, 2020 Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, 2019 Boya Young Scholar, 2019 Yifang Scholar, 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Advisor in Beijing Universities, 2019 Excellent Class Director, Peking University, 2019 National High-level Talent Introduction Plan (Youth Project), 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2014

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Peking University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2005-2011 PhD, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2001-2005 Bachelor, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University

Work Experience

2024-Present Researcher (Permanent), School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2024-Present Researcher (Permanent), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences
2018-2024 Researcher, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2018-2024 Researcher, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences
2012-2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago

Awards

Zhou Yaokun Entomology Classification Award Fund First Prize, 2024
Biomedical Summit Fund, 2023
National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, 2023
Peking University Teaching Excellence Award, 2023
Benyuan Public Welfare Fund, 2023
Most Popular Teacher, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, 2022
Huang Tingfang/Xinhe Young Outstanding Scholar Award, 2022
21st Young Teacher Basic Skills Competition at Peking University, First Prize, Best Teaching Plan Award, Best Teaching Demonstration Award, Most Popular by Students Award, 2021
Green Leaf Biopharmaceutical Outstanding Young Scholar, 2020
Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, 2019
Boya Young Scholar, 2019
Yifang Scholar, 2019
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Advisor in Beijing Universities, 2019
Excellent Class Director, Peking University, 2019
National High-level Talent Introduction Plan (Youth Project), 2018
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2014

Areas of Focus	Integrative research combining experimental and computational biology to explore theoretical foundations and molecular mechanisms of evolutionary problems such as speciation, adaptive traits, and introgressive evolution.
Publications	Genetic mechanisms of animal camouflage: an interdisciplinary perspective, Huang G, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Wei F#, 2024 Rediscovery and systematics of the enigmatic genus Helicostoa reveals a new species of sessile freshwater snail with remarkable sexual dimorphism, Zhang LJ#, Shi ZA, Chen ZY, von Rintelen T, Zhang W, Lou ZJ, 2024 Uncovering the functional basis of mantids that resemble plants, Zhang W#, Lohman DJ, 2024 Genetic modification of a Hox locus drives mimetic color pattern variation in a highly polymorphic bumble bee, Yang W, Cui J, Chen Y, Wang C, Yin Y, Zhang W, Liu S, Sun C, Li H, Duan Y, Song F, Cai W, Hines HM, Tian L#, 2023 The diversification of butterfly wing patterns: Progress and prospects, Teng D, Zhang W#, 2023 Fusang: A framework for phylogenetic tree inference via deep learning, Wang Z, Sun J, Gao Y, Xue Y, Zhang Y, Li K, Zhang W, Zhang C, Zu J#, Zhang L#, 2023 Potential and progress of studying mountain biodiversity by means of butterfly genetics and genomics, Wang S, Girardello M, Zhang W#, 2023 Inferring historical introgression with deep learning, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Shao Y, Jiang Y, Ouyang Y, Zhang L#, Zhang W#, 2023 Imperfect ant mimicry contributes to local adaptation in a jumping spider, Zeng H#, Zhao D, Zhang Z, Gao H, Zhang W#, 2023 Editorial: The origination of genetic novelties: New genes, new regulations, and new cell types, Zhang W#, Zhang L, Zhang W, 2023 Genomic consequences and demographic response to pervasive hybridization over time in climate-sensitive pikas, Ge D, Wen Z, Feijo A, Lissovsky A, Zhang W, Chen J, Yan C, She H, Zhang D, Cheng Y, Lu L, Wu X, Mu D, Zhang Y, Xia L, Qu Y#, Vogler AP#, Yang Q#, 2022 Widespread gene expression divergence in butterfly sensory tissues plays a fundamental role during reproductive isolation and speciation, Wu N, Evans E, van Schooten B, Meléndez-Rosa J, Ortiz Y, Planas Soto-Navarro SM, Van Belleghem SM, Counterman BA, Papa R#, Zhang W#, 2022 The evolution and diversification of oakleaf butterflies, Wang S, Teng D, Li X, Yang P, Da W, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Liu G, Zhang X, Wan W, Dong Z, Wang D, Huang S, Jiang Z, Wang Q, Lohman DJ, Wu Y, Zhang L, Jia F, Westerman E, Zhang L, Wang W, Zhang W#, 2022 以枯叶蛱蝶属为例揭示山地生物多样性演化和遗传机制, 王姝婷，滕德群，张蔚#, 2022 The Arabidopsis DREAM complex antagonizes WDR5A to modulate histone H3K4me2/3 deposition for a subset of genome repression, Wang Y, Fan Y, Fan D, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Zhang R, Wang Y, Sun Y, Zhang W, He Y, Deng XW#, Zhu D#, 2022 High-quality reference genomes of swallowtail butterflies provide insights into their coloration evolution, He J, Zhang R, Yang J, Chang Z, Zhu L, Lu S, Xie F, Mao J, Dong Z, Liu G, Hu P, Dong Y, Wan W, Zhao R, Xiong T, León-Cortés JL, Mao C, Zhang W, Zhan S, Li J, Chen L#, Wang W#, Li X#, 2022 Atypical laminin spots and pull-generated microtubule-actin projections mediate Drosophila wing adhesion, Sun T, Song Y, Teng D, Chen Y, Dai J, Ma M, Zhang W, Pastor-Pareja JC#, 2021 A widely diverged locus involved in locomotor adaptation in Heliconius butterflies, Teng D, Li F, Zhang W#, 2021 Using comprehensive machine-learning models to classify complex morphological characters, Teng D, Li F, Zhang W#, 2021 Functional and adaptive significance of promoter mutations that affect divergent myocardial expressions of TRIM72 in primates, Feng Y, Xu H, Liu J, Xie N, Gao L, He Y, Yao Y, Lv F, Zhang Y, Lu J, Zhang W, Li C, Hu X#, Yang Z#, Xiao R, 2021 Chromosome-level reference genome assembly and gene editing of the dead-leaf butterfly Kallima inachus, Yang J, Wan W, Xie M, Mao J, Dong Z*, Lu S, He J, Xie F, Liu G, Dai X, Chang Z, Zhao R, Zhang R, Wang S, Zhang Y, Zhang W#, Wang W#, Li X#, 2020 Disentangling population history and character evolution among hybridizing lineages, Mullen SP#, VanKuren NW, Zhang W, Nallu S, Kristiansen EB, Wuyun Q, Liu K, Hill RI, Briscoe AD, Kronforst MR#, 2020 Tracing the origin and evolution of supergene mimicry in butterflies, Zhang W#, Leon-Ricardo BX, van Schooten B, Van Belleghem SM, Counterman BA, McMillan WO, Kronforst MR#, Papa R

Areas of Focus

Integrative research combining experimental and computational biology to explore theoretical foundations and molecular mechanisms of evolutionary problems such as speciation, adaptive traits, and introgressive evolution.

Publications

Genetic mechanisms of animal camouflage: an interdisciplinary perspective, Huang G*, Zhang Y*, Zhang W, Wei F#, 2024
Rediscovery and systematics of the enigmatic genus Helicostoa reveals a new species of sessile freshwater snail with remarkable sexual dimorphism, Zhang LJ#*, Shi ZA*, Chen ZY, von Rintelen T, Zhang W, Lou ZJ, 2024
Uncovering the functional basis of mantids that resemble plants, Zhang W#, Lohman DJ, 2024
Genetic modification of a Hox locus drives mimetic color pattern variation in a highly polymorphic bumble bee, Yang W, Cui J, Chen Y, Wang C, Yin Y, Zhang W, Liu S, Sun C, Li H, Duan Y, Song F, Cai W, Hines HM, Tian L#, 2023
The diversification of butterfly wing patterns: Progress and prospects, Teng D, Zhang W#, 2023
Fusang: A framework for phylogenetic tree inference via deep learning, Wang Z*, Sun J*, Gao Y, Xue Y, Zhang Y, Li K, Zhang W, Zhang C, Zu J#, Zhang L#, 2023
Potential and progress of studying mountain biodiversity by means of butterfly genetics and genomics, Wang S, Girardello M, Zhang W#, 2023
Inferring historical introgression with deep learning, Zhang Y*, Zhu Q*, Shao Y, Jiang Y, Ouyang Y, Zhang L#, Zhang W#, 2023
Imperfect ant mimicry contributes to local adaptation in a jumping spider, Zeng H#*, Zhao D*, Zhang Z, Gao H, Zhang W#, 2023
Editorial: The origination of genetic novelties: New genes, new regulations, and new cell types, Zhang W#, Zhang L, Zhang W, 2023
Genomic consequences and demographic response to pervasive hybridization over time in climate-sensitive pikas, Ge D*, Wen Z*, Feijo A*, Lissovsky A*, Zhang W*, Chen J, Yan C, She H, Zhang D, Cheng Y, Lu L, Wu X, Mu D, Zhang Y, Xia L, Qu Y#, Vogler AP#, Yang Q#, 2022
Widespread gene expression divergence in butterfly sensory tissues plays a fundamental role during reproductive isolation and speciation, Wu N, Evans E, van Schooten B, Meléndez-Rosa J, Ortiz Y, Planas Soto-Navarro SM, Van Belleghem SM, Counterman BA, Papa R#, Zhang W#, 2022
The evolution and diversification of oakleaf butterflies, Wang S*, Teng D*, Li X*, Yang P, Da W, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Liu G, Zhang X, Wan W, Dong Z, Wang D, Huang S, Jiang Z, Wang Q, Lohman DJ, Wu Y, Zhang L, Jia F, Westerman E, Zhang L, Wang W, Zhang W#, 2022
以枯叶蛱蝶属为例揭示山地生物多样性演化和遗传机制, 王姝婷*，滕德群*，张蔚#, 2022
The Arabidopsis DREAM complex antagonizes WDR5A to modulate histone H3K4me2/3 deposition for a subset of genome repression, Wang Y*, Fan Y*, Fan D*, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Zhang R, Wang Y, Sun Y, Zhang W, He Y, Deng XW#, Zhu D#, 2022
High-quality reference genomes of swallowtail butterflies provide insights into their coloration evolution, He J*, Zhang R*, Yang J*, Chang Z*, Zhu L*, Lu S*, Xie F, Mao J, Dong Z, Liu G, Hu P, Dong Y, Wan W, Zhao R, Xiong T, León-Cortés JL, Mao C, Zhang W, Zhan S, Li J, Chen L#, Wang W#, Li X#, 2022
Atypical laminin spots and pull-generated microtubule-actin projections mediate Drosophila wing adhesion, Sun T, Song Y, Teng D, Chen Y, Dai J, Ma M, Zhang W, Pastor-Pareja JC#, 2021
A widely diverged locus involved in locomotor adaptation in Heliconius butterflies, Teng D, Li F, Zhang W#, 2021
Using comprehensive machine-learning models to classify complex morphological characters, Teng D, Li F, Zhang W#, 2021
Functional and adaptive significance of promoter mutations that affect divergent myocardial expressions of TRIM72 in primates, Feng Y*, Xu H*, Liu J*, Xie N, Gao L, He Y, Yao Y, Lv F, Zhang Y, Lu J, Zhang W, Li C, Hu X#, Yang Z#, Xiao R, 2021
Chromosome-level reference genome assembly and gene editing of the dead-leaf butterfly Kallima inachus, Yang J*, Wan W*, Xie M*, Mao J*, Dong Z*, Lu S, He J, Xie F, Liu G, Dai X, Chang Z, Zhao R, Zhang R, Wang S, Zhang Y, Zhang W#, Wang W#, Li X#, 2020
Disentangling population history and character evolution among hybridizing lineages, Mullen SP#, VanKuren NW, Zhang W, Nallu S, Kristiansen EB, Wuyun Q, Liu K, Hill RI, Briscoe AD, Kronforst MR#, 2020
Tracing the origin and evolution of supergene mimicry in butterflies, Zhang W#, Leon-Ricardo BX, van Schooten B, Van Belleghem SM, Counterman BA, McMillan WO, Kronforst MR#, Papa R

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